The museum used to be a workhouse back in the day. It has several different sections in the museum. Part of it is directed specifically for children... With things like the photo below that identifies what part of you mouth tastes what, like sour or sweet.
Then it had a very large section on the transformation of modern medicine. Specifically infant mortality and the advancements in medicine that have decreased the rate.
The pregnancy "simulator"... That joker was heavy!
But my favorite part of the whole museum was the recreation of a Victorian Era street in Leeds. You chose a character to follow and see what happened to them. I chose a woman named Mary Holmes, she was a dressmaker, a widow and mother of two. The replica was so detailed... Down to the stench from poor sewage.
The butcher
This is the replica of my character's living quarters. It turns out she had TB. She worked lots of long hours to try to provide for her children. She suffered with TB for 2 years before it killed her.
Anyway, then it went through the public Heath initiatives that were taken to clean up Leeds and make the population healthy and functioning again. It was quite interesting! The first week we had talked a lot about the transition to industrialized society and how it damaged public health, and then the initiatives taken to change it all.
All in all a very enjoyable outing!
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