Timewalk, a new exhibition at London's Immersive Experience Museum, lets visitors walk through 12,000 years of human history in just over an hour, visiting Babylon, Egypt, the Maya, Gobeklitepe and Rapa Nui in a multisensory journey across oceans and centuries.
An Immersive Journey Through Lost Civilisations
Grounded in archaeological research, Timewalk begins as soon as visitors enter the museum and are handed headphones, which come with 25 languages and a channel suitable for children. The experience is a 360-degree immersion with sound, bringing the journey through history to life.
First, visitors walk through a tunnel narrated by time, explaining how the whole of human history is just a blink of an eye when it comes to the universe. Then they enter a room with dozens of stone pillars, each telling the story of one of humanity's great civilisations, from the well-known Maya and Egyptians to others lost to time.
Experiencing History Like Never Before
The first immersive room takes visitors on a journey back through time as images flash around them in the huge space. It feels like travelling through the desert in Babylon and into the city famed for its hanging gardens, then across the ocean to Easter Island and into the jungle to see the Mayan temples and how these people survived.
Narrated by David Schofield and Olivia Williams, Timewalk has been designed and created by more than 250 immersive artists, designers and composers. The aim is to bring history to life in a way which has never been done before, fully immersing visitors in the landscape and time as they travel through the great civilisations of the past.
Exhibition Details
The exhibition ends with a stirring monologue, explaining how we're all linked through time and space. Timewalk is on now at London's Immersive Experience Museum, with tickets available on the website.
