Places out of time
Reconstructed streets, themed places, working sets and living-history environments—distinct from living Indigenous cultural practices.
Photo / image: Kotaro - User: (WT-shared) 耕太郎 at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source in Image CreditsToei Kyoto Studio Park (Eigamura)
A film-set environment with historic Japanese streets, costumes and performances.
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Photo / image: JKT-c · CC BY 3.0 · source in Image CreditsHuis Ten Bosch
A Dutch-inspired townscape with canals and European architecture in Nagasaki Prefecture.
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Photo / image: skua47 · CC BY 2.0 · source in Image CreditsColonial Williamsburg
Restored and reconstructed eighteenth-century environments with historic trades and interpreters.
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Photo / image: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source in Image CreditsPuy du Fou
Large-scale historical performance and recreated settings designed for theatrical immersion.
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Photo / image: Gene Jackson from Brooklyn, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source in Image CreditsEdo Wonderland Nikko Edomura
An Edo-inspired reconstructed town with costuming and live performances.
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Photo / image: Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source in Image CreditsSovereign Hill
A recreated gold-rush streetscape with workshops, mining activities and interpreters.
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Photo / image: Nico-dk ( talk ) 21:08, 17 September 2009 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source in Image CreditsDen Gamle By
Historic buildings and streets from different eras of Danish life.
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Photo / image: Stefan Scheer · CC BY 2.5 · source in Image CreditsEfteling
Fairy tales, folklore and storytelling brought into designed physical environments.
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Global Village, Dubai · reference photograph supplied by editor; original image rights unverifiedGlobal Village
A seasonal entertainment destination using internationally themed pavilions and marketplaces.
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Photo / image: AnbyG · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source in Image CreditsKorean Folk Village
Reconstructed historic settings with crafts and performances interpreting earlier Korean ways of life.
Worlds we perform
Participation, making and imaginative play.
Cosplay and prop making
Costumes, craftsmanship, performance and the transformation of fictional designs into physical art.
Photo / image: Przykuta · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source in Image CreditsLive-action role-playing (LARP)
Collaborative storytelling experienced through roles, environments, rules and live performance.
Photo / image: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source in Image CreditsRenaissance fairs
Historically inspired entertainment, music and craft; not necessarily strict historical reconstruction.
Photo / image: Diacritica · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source in Image CreditsTabletop role-playing
Shared worlds made through game systems, improvised narrative, maps and imagination.
Photo / image: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source in Image CreditsHistorical reenactment
Experimental archaeology, careful reconstructions and participatory interpretations of the past.
Independent videogames
Small-studio storytelling, unusual interactive forms and games that experiment with memory and place.