You’re not collecting objects (drop that pigeon!), you’re searching for answers to tricky, humorous questions that help you see a museum, neighborhood, or other cool place with new eyes.
Anyone can get in the game! The scavenger hunts take place on weekends and are played on teams of up to six people. No knowledge of any hunt location is required—all you need is a sharp mind and a good pair of shoes. More than 150,000 hunters served since 1999.
Advance purchase is required for all hunts. To purchase tickets online, select a city or a hunt and go to the hunt calendar. To purchase tickets by phone, call OvationTix at 866-811-4111 (Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time). Please note that there is a $1 surcharge for phone orders.
Boost morale, build teamwork and have fun with your colleagues on our Corporate Scavenger Hunts.
Celebrate a birthday, have a party with friends and family, go on a great school field trip, raise money for a charity—our Private Group Scavenger Hunts are great for all occasions.
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Explore Boston—and other great locations in Massachusetts—on public scavenger hunts that reveal the best of such places as Old Boston along the Freedom Trail, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, Back Bay, Cambridge and Harvard, Salem, Concord and, farther west, Amherst and the Springfield Museums. Special theme hunts feature gourmet food, ghost stories and haunted locations, and murder mysteries. Find out what you’ve been missing!
Based on a Sherlock Holmes story... An eminent cryptographer has been found shot dead in her office, alongside the body of an unidentified foreigner. The scholar's husband was also critically wounded. The […]
A curator has been murdered! And he left a trail of clues connected with secrets in works of art at the Museum of Fine Arts. As your team gathers answers about the art, you begin to piece together a sordid […]
If you think you know Old Boston... from the Boston Common to the North End, then prepare to be surprised. Discover the secrets of such historic places along the Freedom Trail as Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere’s […]
A serial killer? Or the Curse of the Freemasons? Someone—or some thing—has been bumping off Museum of Science staffers involved in the recent discovery of a long-lost invention by Benjamin Franklin. This […]
Is Salem America’s most ghost-ridden town? Brace yourself for a “spirited” search for the ghosts and historic highlights of this, um, bewitching town. Armed only with a flashlight, you’ll learn the tales of […]
Are you literally hungry for adventure? Then this is the hunt for you! Taste victory as you see the best of Cambridge and Harvard while making stops along the way to sample tasty treats. Your quest for […]
Take an unblushing look at nudity in art ...at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. You’ll scrutinize paintings, sculptures, period rooms, randy Romans, a “stag” party drinking game, Gauguin’s island girls, […]
Follow in the footsteps of young wizards ...on a field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, in search of art that echoes characters, places, and enchanted objects in the famed Harry Potter books and movies. Be […]
At the New England Aquarium, you’ll spiral around the Giant Ocean Tank and dive into exhibits starring seals, sharks, penguins, and some of the deep’s most colorful and bizarre creatures. Highlights include […]
Go where Founding Fathers battled Brits —and each other—on a scavenger hunt that brings out the spirits of 1776. This special hunt takes you inside the Old State House Museum in search of such items as actual […]
Explore the eerie side of art ...at the Museum of Fine Arts. Artists definitely have a dark side, and you’ll discover it at your peril while searching for skulls and skeletons, hideous monsters, severed […]
Check out “Murder Mystery” in the Themes dropdown menu for hunts that combine a whirlwind tour of a great museum with a plot, suspects, and codes you must untangle. Also available in other cities.
