Grymm Tooms Travelling Museum
Victorian marvels, medicine and magic lantern shows for all the family
Periods covered: Victorian
Contact: Richard Edwards
0207 474 8049
We are UK-based historical interpreters comprising of Grymm's World of Wonders, Tooms Medical Marvels and the Grymm-Tooms Picture Company, covering the Victorian era from 1860 to 1900. We are based in London and operate in and around the M25 area although we are willing to travel further if required.
The late 19th century was a time of incredible discovery, invention and change and it is our intention to illustrate a broad spectrum of experiences throughout that period. Many of our exhibits are unique and hand made by us. We are not a 'medicine show' or 'flim-flam' artists, nor a shop for that matter (although we do owe a debt to the great showman Phineas T Barnum). We are a museum, and much of what we show is about man's place in nature, his effect on it, and interpretation of it throughout the Victorian era. We also include a collection of pre-cinema devices which brought the world to the parlour for the first time.
