The Museum Lock-In
A themed A2-level escape room reviewing painters, New Year's Eve, directions, houses, a murder mystery, ghosts, food, quiz shows, and cultural differences.
A free Escape Room for Adults at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Talking about famous painters and other famous people, Talking about New Year’s Eve, Giving and asking for directions, A murder story, Describing a house, Talking about ghosts and haunted places, Talking about food and drink, Talking about quiz shows, Talking about places and buildings, Making plans and expressing intentions, Talking about cultural differences, Getting around. Transport..
You and your classmates are locked inside a small city museum after closing time. The museum has rooms about art, history, and travel, and strange noises echo through the halls. To open the front door, you must solve nine puzzles left by the night guard and find a secret nine-letter word. Work…
Solve all nine puzzles to collect letters and spell the 9-letter master code that unlocks the museum door.
Puzzles
- 🎨 The Famous Painter: Which painter is famous for painting the Mona Lisa?
- 🎆 The Special Moment: I happen once a year, at twelve o'clock at night. People count down, hug, and shout 'Happy New Year!' when I arrive. Fireworks light up the sky at this exact moment. What am I?
- 🧭 Which Way?: Decode the numbers to find a word you use when giving directions.
- 🏠 Rooms in a House: Match each room to what people do there.
- 🔍 The Detective's Notes: The detective ___ the room carefully for clues after the murder.
- 👻 The Old Castle: Unscramble this word: TNEDAUH
- 🍽️ At the Market: Three of these are fruits. Which one is not a fruit?
- 📺 Tonight's Plan: to quiz We show are watch a going tonight.
- 🌍 Around the World: Read the passage and decide if each statement is true or false.
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Write each answer.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Write each answer.
- 🎨 The Famous Painter Which painter is famous for painting the Mona Lisa? a) Pablo Picasso b) Claude Monet c) Vincent van Gogh d) Leonardo da Vinci
- 🎆 The Special Moment I happen once a year, at twelve o'clock at night. People count down, hug, and shout 'Happy New Year!' when I arrive. Fireworks light up the sky at this exact moment. What am I?
- 🧭 Which Way? Decode the numbers to find a word you use when giving directions. 3-15-18-14-5-18 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19 T20 U21 V22 W23 X24 Y25 Z26