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Blists Hill open air museum - Accuracy of Reconstruction  

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Ben Oates Question 2 In the Blists Hill open air museum I looked at reconstructions of 19th century shops and houses. In this question I am going to see how accurate these reconstructions are. There were many reconstructed buildings at the Blists Hill, one of them was the Doctors house. It did look and old building and was quite small, this is because a hundred years or so ago people were smaller than they are now. You could see from the décor of the house that doctors had more money in them days than most other people. This building however was not an original Doctors house, it has been adapted and brought in from a country estate but has been presented as a doctors surgery and waiting room. Although to give it that authentic feel the instruments that a doctor would use are all original as is the kitchen range and furniture, it...

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