Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse
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The revamped Ripon workhouse museum has reopened with a more immersive experience, allowing visitors to taste gruel, sweep the yard, and interact with costumed volunteers. Director Alexa Vernon stated that visitors will literally walk in the footsteps of historical inmates. The museum aims to tell the national story of poverty and welfare in Victorian Britain.
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Immersive experience aims to foster understanding of past suffering.
Alexa Vernon said: 'You are literally going to walk in the footsteps of people who have experienced this place.'
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Alexa Vernon said: 'You are literally going to walk in the footsteps of people who have experienced this place.'
The Guardian- Immersive experience aims to foster understanding of past suffering.
- Focus on human dignity and treatment of the poor.
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Loaded language removed<p>Revamped Ripon attraction reopens as a more immersive experience telling ‘national story’ of poverty and welfare</p><p>Visitors to one of Britain’s most complete surviving Victorian workhouses won’t have to strip and bathe in someone else’s bath water.
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Alexa Vernon said: 'You are literally going to walk in the footsteps of people who have experienced this place.'
The GuardianThe Ripon workhouse is one of Britain's most complete surviving Victorian workhouses.
The GuardianVisitors to the workhouse will not have to strip and bathe in someone else's bath water.
The GuardianVisitors might get some gruel.
The GuardianVisitors can sweep the yard.
The GuardianThe museum is revamped and reopens as a more immersive experience telling a 'national story' of poverty and welfare.
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