'Medieval Women' exhibition, British Library

“What a completely marvelous exhibition, and what a mysterious one”
- The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Client: British Library
Location: London
Size: 540 sqm
Timeframe: 2023-2024
I designed the British Library’s major exhibition ‘Medieval Women: In Their Own Words’. The show celebrates the rich and complex lives of women of Europe during the Middle Ages through their own voices, visions and experiences. Featuring visionaries, writers, lovers, leaders from across the centuries, speaking powerfully for the thousands that history have left behind. 
The exhibition design creates an ethereal medieval townscape for the story to unfold. As visitors move through the scenography, they encounter life-size silhouettes of the featured women and their voices. Multi-sensory interactives allow visitors to smell medieval cosmetics and olfactory interpretations of heaven and hell according to the visions of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe. 
The show received multiple great reviews including 5 stars from the Guardian and the Telegraph. 
Photographs by James Harris Photography and (c) British Library Board.
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