Sick to Death

About Us

Explore the gory story of medicine through time. Learn and laugh in a gross but family fun attraction.

Sick to Death is a history of medicine attraction in Chester city centre, on the historic rows and within a 16th Century church. It offers a playground of plague with a smatter of splatter & a chance to poke into the medical past in a fun, interactive & unique learning experience. 

Meet the Grim Reaper and Asclepius, the ancient Greek God of medicine as they guide you through the weird and wonderful history of medicine.

Experience the past in a way that has never been done before!

Explore the pestilence ridden “Diagnosis Alley”, taking care to avoid the deadly diseases which lurk on every surface. Will you survive?

Examine the reason why autopsies were so important to furthering our understanding of the human body and maybe try performing one yourself?

Why does the plague doctor where his strange mask?

Enter the TURDIS the only time travelling toilet in existence!

Quacks! who are the villains of medicine?

Magic & Medicine – Are magic potions real?

What does your poo say about you?

Sex and the cyst (parental advisory)

Much more …….