Escape from Oscar’s Puzzles at the ANHS museum

Chris Abbott, Post Correspondent

You can step back in time to escape Tillsonburg’s ‘aesthetic’ museum on Friday, Sept. 19.

Solve puzzles and follow the clues that will set you free during Annandale National Historic Site’s first Oscar’s Puzzles event, 4-9 p.m. at 30 Tillson Ave. Clues are based on Tillsonburg’s past.

Participants accepting the museum’s one-day challenge, which will be geared toward teens and adults, will be timed. You can register individually or as a team (up to six people) at $20/team – groups are preferred – through the Town’s Connect2Rec site. Call 519-842-2294 for more information.

“Annandale (NHS) has a history that’s connected with Oscar Wilde,” said Kate Bakos, Culture and Heritage Manager/Curator. “The house (Annandale House) is what you will be escaping from. Clues will be left behind for you from Oscar Wilde.”

“There’s some trivia with it as well,” said Larissa McCabe, a summer student at ANHS who came up with the museum’s trivia escape room concept. “You will have to solve a puzzle to enter the next room… and you keep doing that until you get out.”

“Edutainment – you’re learning something while doing it,” Bakos smiled. “And you get to see the house in a different way. It will be more in the evening, as well, so it will be a little darker.”

“It’s multiple choice, so it’s for anyone,” noted McCabe, who had created an Ancient Greece escape room last summer for children at summer camp. “They really enjoyed that – a lot!”

Pre-registration is required.

chris@granthaven.com