Frankenstein attraction to open in Bath in the spring
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The first Frankenstein museum in the UK is to open this spring, with horror shows and escape rooms. It will open in Bath, where the gothic novel was written by Mary Shelley, and guests will be faced by an eight-foot animatronic replica of the monster. The house will tell the story behind the famous novel over four floors.
Jonathan said: “Chris proposed this one day, maybe about a year ago. “He said ‘did you know that Mary Shelley had written Frankenstein in Bath’, which I didn’t. “It was one of those ‘that’s going to work, we’ve got to do it’. We’ve got on with it and here we are now.”
Mary Shelley lived in Bath as a 19-year-old in 1816, with the novel first published The attraction will create a creepy anonymously in 1818 - and it was thought to atmosphere including scary music, temperature controls and smells as well as projections have been written by her husband at the time. and spooky props. It plans to welcome guests from May, This will also include an escape room themed dependent on the current UK lockdown. on the horror story located in the basement, where guests will have to escape the clutches Ticket prices are yet to be revealed but will be on sale next month on the website here. of Victor Frankenstein who has gone mad. However, there will also be accurate pieces of The museum will be yards from the Jane the time including period costumers, artefact’s Austen museum, who also wrote many of her famous novels including Pride and Prejudice and some of Mary Shelley’s letters. in the city. Johnathan Willis and Chris Harris, who are The city of Bath is expecting a summer boom behind the attraction, said in an online following the popularity of Bridgerton, a Netflix statement they decided to create it after series which was filmed there. thinking that the author wasn’t celebrated enough. 26
