Families looking for something different this spring and early summer can step into Bath’s darker past with The Frankenstein Experience, a new walking tour and museum adventure inspired by Mary Shelley’s time in the city. Blending history, storytelling and immersive theatre, the experience reveals the secrets, scandals and Gothic influences that helped shape Shelley’s famous...
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Valentine’s escape game launches at House of Frankenstein in Bath
Families, couples and thrill-seekers are invited to try something a little different this Valentine’s Day as Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein unveils a brand-new escape game inspired by one of literature’s most famous love stories. Launching on 14 February, The Monster’s Bride (In a Box!) challenges players to help history’s most misunderstood Monster finally find...
The Frankenstein Experience at House of Frankenstein
See where she lived and discover past secrets, lies and darstardly events that took place in the city’s Regency side streets on a one-hour walking tour. The experience continues in the House of Frankenstein, a part museum immersive experience, where you’ll come face to face with unusual and grisly artefacts, atmospheric interactive multi-sensory stuff, an...
Straight from the red carpet: del Toro and stars honour Bath with signed Frankenstein poster
The House of Frankenstein in Bath has just added a new treasure to its ever-growing collection — and this one comes straight from Hollywood’s red carpet. Wayne Sheridan, who visited the museum over the summer, surprised staff with an official poster from the newly released Frankenstein film, signed by director Guillermo del Toro and stars Jacob Elordi (The Creature) and Oscar Isaac...
The Big Lock-In – An escape room murder mystery at House of Frankenstein
The Big Lock-In, an all new murder mystery escape room adventure is coming to Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein on the 30 & 31 May Described as the ultimate games night at The House of Frankenstein, grab your teammates and immerse yourself in a thrilling party atmosphere of puzzle solving as you attempt to conquer...
Dare you unravel The Gift interactive puzzle at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein?
Following the success of renowned Escape Rooms Victor’s Lair and The Shallows, plus the sinister interactive group puzzle The Body In A Suitcase, Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein has created a new festive family game – The Gift. The Gift is an intriguing, hands-on and highly entertaining puzzle-based game for up to six players… but be warned, not...
Scary just got a little scarier at The House of Frankenstein’s After Dark 2024
Ian Waller lived to survive a visit to The House of Frankenstein’s After Dark scarefest – or did he? It was dark – really, really dark, with just the slightest glimmer of light creeping around the frames of the crooked doors to show – well, we’re not quite sure what. Something was in there –...
The House of Frankenstein’s After Dark Nights To Die For returns this October!
The Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein super scary After Dark – Nights To Die For is back from 11-31 October – if you dare! With new psychological twists and terrors, it offers an evening of total darkness, confinement and an assault on the senses for brave visitors to the 300-year-old town house in central Bath...
House of Frankenstein announces The Great Escape Room Challenge for Easter 2024
Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein, the award-winning multi-sensory Museum & Escape Rooms experience in central Bath, is excited to announce the epic return of The Great Escape Room Challenge for Easter 2024. Who will conquer, in the fastest time, the mind-boggling clues awaiting players inside Victor’s Lair and our new The Shallows Basement Escape Rooms?...
Win a family immersive experience at House of Frankenstein this half term
It will soon be half term! Time to put away those pesky gadgets and head over to Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein for a unique in-person game experiences! There’s monster discounts for families, groups and students, so take on the challenges of Victor’s Lair and The Shallows Escape Rooms, The Body in a Suitcase Game,...
Two for one entry for all Bath residents visiting House of Frankenstein in January
To celebrate the anniversary of the first publication of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein on 1st January 1818, Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein is offering all Bath residents 2 for 1 entry throughout January 2024. Mary Shelley was only 19 when she wrote most of Frankenstein whilst living at 5 Abbey Churchyard, Bath. Considered one the most important...
Review – a family visit to The Shallows escape room at House of Frankenstein
Ian Waller and his family pay a half term visit to Bath’s newest escape room This is really important! The world could be about to end and – as fate would demand it – it was up to my family and me to save humanity. And if that wasn’t enough, we only had 45 minutes...
Review: After Dark – Nights To Die For at House of Frankenstein, Bath
Ian Waller and his family endure scares, screams and jumps at one of Bath’s best attractions Dare you enter? For what lies ahead, no one can be sure, although the screams and yells of terror are an unwelcome guide. After all, it’s said that a young girl was believed to be persecuted in an old...
New scares in store at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein in Bath is running two spine chilling events for the strong willed to enjoy over Halloween and beyond. The Shallows, the new basement Escape Room is now open! The Shallows is the second, and even more extreme, immersive Escape Room experience that follows the ongoing success of Victor’s Lair attic Escape Room, both...
Review – a Halloween visit to After Dark at House of Frankenstein in Bath
It’s time to leave the littles with granny and venture into the scary side of Bath with a spooky trip to House of Frankenstein – if you dare… As Halloween approaches and the scary beasts and monsters of Bath emerge from their underground lairs, there’s one place for the chance of fright has just increased...
Review – House of Frankenstein Victor’s Lair Escape Room
We were trapped and only by solving a series of fiendish clues could we hope to escape. The thing was, we didn’t known where to start, what the clues were or even where to find them. This puzzling situation was all the result of a visit to Victor’s Lair, the latest creepy addition to Mary...