School Workshops since 2012
Long ago in the mists of time, in the almost forgotten year of 2012, Domini Thorpe and Jude Bloomfield joined forces to create Viking School Visits. Dom & Jude specialised in Vikings & Anglo Saxons, and between them would go to almost anywhere in the country to inspire children with their passion for history. Sadly, Jude passed away unexpectedly in 2015, but Dom decided to continue the business in her name.
We have slept in ancient houses, baked our own bread, made butter and cheese, brewed our own mead, spun our own wool and sewn our own clothes.
Our experiences enable us to relate tales from first hand experience about life in the past
Interactive & Authentic History
Historical authenticity has always been at the core of what the company provides. Everything displayed is either an actual artefact or an accurate replica. Wherever possible we provide information backed up with evidence, and where something is open to interpretation we always make it clear that the evidence is not definitive. We can always provide academic references for what we say and are constantly updating our research.
But workshops designed for children also have to be fun! The more fun they have the more inspired and engaged the children are. With this in mind we have created our own portfolio of interactive games and activities designed to be an exciting way for children to learn. You can find more about our workshops here
Growing and Learning
Over the years the popularity of the workshops has grown, and we now work with a number of other experts around the country, who can be found on our Visitors page. Most of these people specialised in Vikings, but some of them also brought knowledge of other historical periods, so in 2019 Viking School Visits began offering workshops in everything from the Stone Age to WWII.
In 2020 the world ground to a halt thanks to the oblivious Coronavirus. To continue to inspire children and help teachers in a time when only digital communication was allowed, we began offering interactive live-streams and interactive video presentations.
Into the future
Over time it became obvious we needed a name that reflected the wide variety of workshops we now offer; who wants to get a Tudor visitor from a Viking company? Holding true to our core values of historical accuracy and a passion for sharing our love of history, we became Marvellous History!
Now, Marvellous History is a nationwide team of enthusiastic experts who can provide a Costumed Historical Visitor for almost any event and any historical period. We regularly provide WOW days for schools, but we can also do anything from a kids holiday club to a stag do! See our services pages for more information on the services we offer.
Marvellous History are also members of both the Historical Association and the International Museum Theatre Alliance.
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In Memoriam
Over the years we have lost some of our beloved team. We keep these memorials here to honour them and their contribution to our lives, and the hundreds of others they inspired.
