Can You ‘Escape the Museum’? - Escape Room Packages launch at The National Museum of Computing

The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), an independent charity, has today announced the launch of its exhilarating Escape Room Packages. Rooted in the Museum’s extraordinary collection, participants will face a series of perplexing challenges inspired by computing technology across the decades. 

Participants must collaborate, gathering their wits, problem-solving, and team working skills to beat the ticking clock - and rival teams - in a thrilling race to the finish line to escape the Museum. 

 From the moment participants start the challenges, they know they’re in for an exceptional escape room experience. Escapees will be confronted with alien tools and technology from decades past - paper tape, punched cards, and floppy disks all feature. As the finish line looms, participants must tackle cryptography and programming to decipher the clues they have collected and make their escape. 

TNMOC provides a range of options for participants. Priced at £30.00 per person or £55.00 for a pair, the 90-minute Escape Room Challenge Package includes a 15-minute mission briefing followed by a 75-minute Escape Room Challenge, themed on one of the four decades from the 1940s to the 1980s. Full admission to TNMOC’s vast and enlightening collections is also included. 

 For larger groups of up to eight, TNMOC provides the Escape Room Experience Package. While offering the same as the Challenge package, the Experience has the additions of an icebreaker ‘Heritage Quiz’, all day meeting room access, a buffet lunch, and a two-hour expert guided tour and refreshments. Priced at £70 per person, the Escape Room Experience package is perfect for corporate or family days out as the Christmas season approaches.

Jacqui Garrad, Director at TNMOC comments: “After a difficult 18 months of limited access to the museum, we are delighted to be able to host fun days out like our Escape Room Packages. We have received an overwhelmingly positive response from those who have trialled them and are thrilled to be opening our escape rooms to families, large groups and anyone who wants to attend. 

“We are confident our escape rooms will be able to please even the most discerning escape room hobbyist, with the added bonus of educating our escapees on the history of computing along the way.”

Escape Room Packages can be purchased here: Online Shop — The National Museum of Computing (tnmoc.org). Vouchers are redeemable on select dates from January 2022