Get your friends together and challenge yourselves to complete an escape room game in one of Worcester’s most historic buildings.

Here’s the story…

Once the Royalist headquarters during the English Civil War, The Commandery is rumoured to be where an important object was hidden on the eve of the Battle of Worcester. Now the museum curators need to find the artefact before infamous thief Arty Snitch, who is determined to find the treasure for himself. 

Recently, Arty has struck at some of the most high-profile museums and galleries across Europe and it's believed he’s now after the famous Great Seal of King Charles II, said to have been hidden right here in 1651. 

Climb up to the museum attic with your team to solve challenges from different periods of history and complete the escape room game.

Do you have what it takes to unearth the Royal Seal, before it’s too late?

The Commandery's History

The Commandery was founded as a monastic hospital around 1085 by Saint Wulfstan, then Bishop of Worcester, to serve the needs of travellers outside the city walls and beautiful wall paintings from the 1500s can be seen on the walls of The Commandery today. Most of the building dates form the late fifteenth century and is of timber framed construction. The Commandery was one of the last monastic institutions to be dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540. In 1651 Charles II marched into Worcester and set up his Headquarters in the city, with the commander-in-chief the Duke of Hamilton billeted at The Commandery. The building has also been a quiet family home, a school for the blind, and a printing works.