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Museum Escape Room

Kerry Brown

Created on June 7, 2026

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ESCAPE ROOM

MUSEUM

Escape the Boston Massacre Museum

Students enter the Boston Massacre Museum, where a priceless historical artifact has disappeared. Before the museum closes, they must solve a series of source-analysis challenges to unlock exhibits and recover the missing artifact. Each exhibit contains clues related to the Boston Massacre. Students must collect four numbers to unlock the final museum vault.

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Welcome Detective!

A valuable artifact from the Boston Massacre exhibit has vanished. To recover it, you must visit four museum galleries and solve historical mysteries using primary and secondary sources.

Time: 10 minutes Role: Historical Detective

Collect one code digit from each gallery.

Final Goal: Escape the museum and recover the artifact by analyzing historical evidence.

Room 1

Gallery 1

Challenge

Gallery 1: Source Identification Room

  • History textbook excerpt
  • Paul Revere's engraving
  • Eyewitness account

The Scream 1893Edvard Munch

Drag each card to its corresponding box

La Gioconda s XVILeonardo Da Vinci

Room 1

Gallery 2

investigate Paul Revere's engraving.

The Engraving Exhibit

Challenge

Encourage a reaction

Supporters of the patriot cause

Patriot silversmith

American Colonists

Influence public opinion

Paul Revere

Still Life with Flowers,1612 Clara Peeters

Drag each card to its corresponding painting

  • What was the purpose?
  • Who was the audience?

Room 1

Gallery 3

Click evidence that demonstrates bias.

Gallery 3: Bias Detective Lab

compare:

  • Paul Revere's engraving
  • Eyewitness account

Click evidence that demonstrates bias.

Aggressive and organized

Innocent and defenseless

British viewpoint

How are colonists portrayed?

Drag each card to its corresponding box

How are soldiers portrayed?

  • What perspectives are missing?

Let's go to the third room and match the images!

Gallery 4

Room 1: Arrange the cards

Room 3

Challenge

Room 1

Gallery 4

Timeline Hall

Arrange events in chronological order:

Challenge

Third

First

Second

Drag each card to its corresponding painting

The Blue Room, 1923Suzanne Valadon

Still Life with Flowers,1612 Clara Peeters

Victorious Love, 1601Caravaggio

Final Challenge Students enter the four-digit code collected from each gallery.

Last room...Show what you know!

It seems that most of the artworks have been restored. But before the museum conservation team can finally open it to the public, you must demonstrate your art knowledge. Answer the following questions to complete your mission!

Room 4

Final Challenge

Room 4

Bonus Challenge

Thanks to your insight and knowledge, the museum is fully restored. All artworks are ready to be visited by the public, and the museum is ready to open its doors.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

There is still work to do. Not all the artworks have been returned to their place. Continue to keep restoring the gallery.

Something went wrong!

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There is still work to do. Not all the works have been returned to their place. Continue to keep restoring the gallery.

Something went wrong!

back