New Lego history show opens at Gloucester Museum

The exhibition features historic moments, such as the Blitz in London

A new exhibition of key moments in history made out of Lego is to go on display at the Museum of Gloucester.

The exhibition, titled Brick History, features events such as the London Blitz, the destruction of Pompeii and US President Barack Obama's inauguration.

There are five sections and 30 separate models, including parts that had to be glued together to transport them.

Brick History will be on display at the Museum of Gloucester from 29 June until 6 October.

The exhibition has been put together by Warren and Teresa Elsmore

Amy Washington, programmes and exhibitions manager at the museum, said the models have taken anywhere from one week to six months to build.

"It doesn't come from any blueprint or models or Lego sets you'll have seen before," she said.

"This whole exhibition has been put together by the fabulous Warren and Teresa Elsmore, who own a selection of touring exhibitions.

"There's about 30 models in this exhibition, looking at different breadth of times and everything that's happened."

The exhibition includes the first mobile phone and civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr.

Each model contains information about how it was built.

The exhibition, including this scene of the destruction of Pompeii, is on display until 6 October