AN ENTIRE generation has a chance to revel in nostalgia at a new 90s-themed exhibition opening in Worcester.
‘I Grew Up 90s’ runs at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum from July 5 until September 7.
Visitors can revisit the days of Britpop and Cool Britannia, from the Spice Girls to Lara Croft, Power Rangers to Pokemon, Trainspotting to Teletubbies, through more than 200 iconic objects and artworks.
The exhibition showcases a wide array of wonderfully preserved objects and encompasses toys, technology, sport, fashion, food, film, books, TV, and more.
Visitors can dress up in cool 90s fashions for selfies and play a 90s arcade machine including Sonic the Hedgehog. They can throw some 90s shapes on dance mats and chill in the reading corner with 90s magazines and books. To really get in the spirit visitors can purchase their own 90s bucket hat when they arrive.
Exhibition curator Matt Fox said: “The Nineties have been described as the decade where ‘history took a holiday’, with ten years of relative peace, prosperity, and progress for our planet. In Britain, the economy was doing well, arts and culture were flourishing, and an air of optimism prevailed – we even thought football might be coming home.
“Those of us who grew up during those peaceful years may not have realised how fortunate we were, but with today’s hindsight we recognise the nineties as a golden age for UK youth. It was the decade of Girl Power and Cool Britannia, of the internet and innovation, and it belonged to the young.”
Visit www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk for more details.
