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Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches

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Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches is an exhibition created in 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/museums/horrible-histories-terrible-trenches-exhibition-2009|title=Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches Exhibition 2009 {{pipe}} Time Out London|publisher=timeout.com|accessdate=31 January 2014}} as part of the Horrible Histories franchise. It is about "life in the terrible trenches during the First World War", and debuted at the Imperial War Museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.franceinlondon.com/en-Events-in-London-3511-Horrible-Histories-Terrible-Trenches-Exhibition-at-the-Imperial-War-Museum-Kids--Terrible-trenches-imperial-war-museum.html|title=France in London {{pipe}} Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches Exhibition, at the Imperial War Museum|publisher=franceinlondon.com|accessdate=31 January 2014}} It lasted from 18 July 2009 to 31 October 2010.{{cite web|url=http://familyshare.com/horrible-histories-terrible-trenches-exhibition|title=Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches Exhibition|publisher=familyshare.com|accessdate=31 January 2014}}

Content

The exhibition "sets the writer [Terry Deary]'s work and Martin Brown's illustrations alongside a series of hands-on activities".{{cite web|url=http://www.redcarnationhotels.com/about-us/news-and-events/2009/june/horrible-histories-terrible-trenches-at-the-imperial-war-museum|title=Horrible Histories Terrible Trenches at the Imperial War Museum|publisher=redcarnationhotels.com|accessdate=31 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131224083006/http://www.redcarnationhotels.com/about-us/news-and-events/2009/june/horrible-histories-terrible-trenches-at-the-imperial-war-museum|archivedate=24 December 2013}} Interactive content includes allowing participants to try on clothes from the era, smelling odours of the trenches.{{cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.co.uk/department/home/blogs/7991|title=Terrible Trenches exhibition opens tomorrow – Scholastic UK – Children's Books, Book Clubs, Book Fairs and Teacher Resources|publisher=scholastic.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2014}}

Reception

France In London gave it a rating of four and a half stars out of five.

References

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External links

  • [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/6175638/Terrible-Trenches-war-is-no-laughing-matter.html Terrible Trenches: war is no laughing matter – Telegraph]

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