Project Details
We were commissioned to design and manufacture bespoke scent boxes for the “Bad Bridget” exhibition in Ireland. The exhibition explores the stories of women who emigrated to America in the 19th century.
Client: Bad Bridget
Sector: Arts & Culture
Status: Completed
Our scent boxes were created to enhance the visitor experience by capturing evocative smells that complement the sights and sounds of the exhibition. Together, these elements form a fully immersive, multi-sensory journey, bringing history to life in a powerful and engaging way.
Bad Bridget
Our ‘Bad Bridget’ exhibition tells the stories of thousands of women who left Ireland for North America between 1838 and 1918, many of which found themselves in trouble and struggling to survive.
Through an eclectic mix of sights, sounds, smells and objects, our exhibition charts these women’s experiences of migration; starting with their lives in Ireland, and the hardships that led many to migrate. Unlike female migrants from other countries, hundreds of thousands of Irish girls and women travelled alone. ‘Bad Bridget’ provides an insight into life at sea and the dangers and difficulties these women faced.
Arriving in America came as a shock to many of the women—finding a job and a place to live wasn’t easy. Living in poverty, and bombarded by temptations, crime never seemed far away and many of the women got swept up in it. Our exhibition shines a light on their living conditions in the tenement and the treatment they received from the authorities.
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‘Photo: courtesy of AVM Curiosities & National Museums NI’.
‘Photo: courtesy of National Museums NI’
