Trudy
Ok, I can admit from the jump that I don’t know Prospect Park well. As many times as I have been around it, I have never been inside to explore it. That’s where Museum Hack comes into the picture. Last Thursday, I was invited to join in a team scavenger hunt type of event in Prospect Park If you are a fan of the Amazing Race television show, you’ll understand that clues have to be found by teams all over a designated area to be first at the end of a quest and win the game. It was a sneak peek at the official event scheduled for June 3rd.
What Is Museum Hack?
Museum Hack is a company that hosts tours in some of the best museums around the country. The tours are unconventional, they are not scripted and fed to the tour guides. The guides are left to make them as interesting as they like, they can talk about lowlights and little-known scandalous facts to make the tours interesting for tour-goers. Also, Museum Hack organizes trust building events for work teams as well. here is the description from the Museum Hack website:
We began offering these unique experiences at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Today, we host hundreds of tours every year at museums in cities across the U.S. Our tour types include public, private and company team building. We also offer consulting for museums and corporations.
Our un-highlights tour puts an alternative spin on the museum, featuring other sides to the highlights we love, as well as some of the strangest, wildest, sexiest stories hidden throughout the museum. Each Museum Hack tour is customized based on the audience.
Why Was Prospect Park Chosen?
The park was chosen as the basis for the team challenge because we were given historical facts about the park and then given clues to complete the next challenge. We went all over the park into wooded areas I had never seen before to take pictures as statues of the park’s famous engineers, or to identify some of the local flora, or to recreate how the glaciers create the leveled land that is now the park millions of years ago. At each stage, we took pictures to show that we completed our assignments. There were five teams and a prize incentive to complete the challenge first, and that was a FujiFilm Instax Share2 printer. I didn’t win but that’s ok.
Can You Hack The Park?
This is something that I know I will want to do again even if you’ve never watched the Amazing Race and even though my teammate bailed on me at the last minute. If you don’t have a teammate, it’s ok you’ll get to meet the coolest strangers to team up with and help each other figure out the quests like I did. It was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon being outdoors and breaking the monotony of the office and meeting new people. The Museum Hack amazing race takes about an hour and fifteen minutes before your time runs out.
Have you ever participated in an event of this kind? If not, would you? Tell me about your adventure in the comments below. If you are in the New York area and are feeling like you are ready to get your life in Amazing Race style, the official kickoff for #MuseumHackAmazingRace is June 3rd and maybe I’ll see you there? If you are interested, you can find the tickets here.
Until our next rendezvous…
XOXO
Trudy
You write about so many varied things! Amazing! I wouldn’t go haring about a park, but I enjoy reading about your adventures.
Hi Anne! Is My variedness a good thing? Look at it this way, at least I get my steps in for the day!
I am not sure I have ever done that sort of thing before, but looks fun!
I’m sure that you have as a child, but it’s stills fun as an adult!
I was so not adventurous as a kid lol!
Me either.
I like how you are mixing the posts up Trudy!
Thank you Not too much?
I lived in Brooklyn for a year and loved Prospect Park. Great spot
Isn’t it beautiful? Thanks.
It was cool! Maybe they have tours in your state? You should check out the website.
This looks like a great idea and a lot of fun! And “boo” to your teammate…..
Sounds so fun! I love Museum Hack and was disappointed I couldn’t go for this preview – thanks for letting me live vicariously!!
I should be at the official opening on June 3rd.
Is this what I think it is *crosses fingers*, Museum Hack fits you to a T, the “other” side of mainstream!
Nope, Gary unfortunately it isn’t. But better than nothing for now. Lol! ???
that sounds like a very cool thing to do. just my cup of tea. we did something similar when I was at school – we’d have to find certain letters or symbols hidden in certain places, it was part of our phys ed – we had to find them under a time so we had to run. I loved it.
I plan to be the on the third so I can have more fun! You do feel like a kid.
This sounds so good and cool way to explore The park. I’m putting prospect park on my to visit list next time I’m in NYC
I hope that you get to see how beautiful it is! And right across the street is the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, it’s overlooked by most people, but it’s gorgeous! Definitely a full day!
I’ve only ever visited in the winter so want to make sure my next trip is spring/summer to enjoy the parks. I bet the botanic gardens are beautiful!
They’re incredibly beautiful, even though the New York Botanical Garden is more popular with tourists.
This is a fabulous idea! I am grinning from ear to ear; wish we had this in Chicago! Talk about ‘off the beaten path’ of scripted tours which I utterly loathe! Thanks so much for sharing with us! Cher xo
Ohh…this is exactly the type of event I would go for. I love to learn new things and see stuff other people might miss. It sounds great!
I love escape room and scavenger hunts, so the idea of doing this makes me want to jump up and find something ? I’m going to keep a note to check cities for something like this when I’m travelling, it would be a great way to get to know somewhere new!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
You’re welcome!. Ok, I just checked Museum Hack currently has regular tours in San Francisco, Chicago, NYC, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. So if you are ever visiting those cities, you can take advantage!
OMG This looks amazing! I will totally be looking into this xx
Museum Hack’s museum tours are really interesting as well. Mary Lane just took one. I think I’d like to schedule one later this summer after I see the fashion exhibition at the Met.
OMG that sounds amazing! Let me know if you would like someone to join you! xx
Will do!
This seems like so much fun! I would love to read more about your experience, Trudy!
Thank you Agness! It was fun.