Beamish, The Living Museum of the North is launching its very own version of the classic board game Cluedo.
Forget Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum. Instead, it might be the tram driver with the lead pipe in the sweet shop, or the music teacher with the candlestick in the dentist’s - after Beamish teamed up with Cluedo makers Hasbro to launch the museum edition of the popular game. To mark the game’s launch, visitors can join in a Beamish Cluedo event this half-term, from October 22 to 30 , and help to solve a murder mystery in The 1900s Town.
Celyn Gurden Williams, acting assistant director of engagement at Beamish Museum, said: “We’re very excited to be launching a Beamish Museum edition of Cluedo. It’s fantastic to be able to put a Beamish spin on this classic family game. We’re sure it will provide hours of fun as players use their detective skills to follow the trail around their favourite museum and pick up clues to try and solve the murder of Mr Green the grocer.”
The museum’s latest board game venture comes after the success of Beamish Museum versions of Monopoly and Top Trumps. Celyn added: “Our visitors really love the Beamish versions of Monopoly and Top Trumps so we’re sure Cluedo will prove to be very popular.”
Simon Woolley, head of learning at Beamish Museum, added: “We’re looking forward to welcoming sleuths of all ages to the museum over October half-term for this exciting event. Each day, at 11am and 2pm, visitors to The 1900s Town will be invited to discover, through a process of elimination, where Mr Green was murdered, what weapon was used to commit the crime and, perhaps most importantly, who killed Mr Green?”
Throughout October half-term, visitors can take part by visiting the locations featured in the game, including the garage, bank and dentist’s, and eliminate each of the suspects and weapons as they discover them. The remaining suspect and weapon will reveal who the murderer was and the weapon they used to commit the crime. Those who correctly discover the murderer will receive a certificate, and families can also pose for a photograph.
As well as taking part in the Beamish Cluedo event, visitors can explore the 350-acre open air museum by hopping aboard a traditional tram or bus and travelling back in time to be surrounded by years of fascinating North East history, from the 1820s through to the 1950s.
Visitors can get their hair done the fashionable 1950s way on the 1950s terrace, take a walk down a cobbled Edwardian street, and taste delicious food from times gone by including freshly-baked bread, traditional ice cream and fish and chips. They can chat with cheerful costumed engagers, experience life as a Land Girl, practise their football skills 1950s-style, play schoolyard games in The Pit Village, and much more.
Plus, discover how no two visits are the same with Beamish's year-round exciting events programme. The Beamish Unlimited Pass means you can pay once and visit free for a year, including daytime events. Visitors need to pre-book for 10am, 11am and 12pm timeslots, but those who are planning to visit from 1pm onwards can just turn up and won’t need to pre-book (last admission is one hour before closing time).
Beamish Museum Cluedo will be available to buy from October 22, 2022 from The 1900s Town stalls, museum shop at the entrance, and online the shop at www.beamish.org.uk .
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