“…through the historic streets of Philadelphia,” enthuses PhillyBite Magazine. “Discover the city’s iconic landmarks, hidden gems, and intriguing historical sites as you solve clues and navigate through the city together.”

In this interesting roundup of Philadelphia activities, PhillyBite notes that Watson Adventures offers “specialized scavenger hunts that take you on a captivating journey through the city’s rich history. This interactive and unconventional date idea allows you to collaborate, communicate, and bond while exploring the wonders of Philadelphia. Whether you’re a history enthusiast or simply looking for an adventure, a scavenger hunt through historic Philadelphia will surely provide an unforgettable experience.”

Read the complete article at PhillyBite.com.

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The New York Times 

You can read the major profile of Watson Adventures from the front page of the Weekend section or the earlier story in which Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos raves about the hunts.

Another Times story recommends our Family Hunts.

Bezos also sent Watson Adventures a personal letter of thanks in appreciation of a hunt his wife commissioned for his birthday. He wrote:

“I can’t think of a better way to bring people together and have fun.” —Jeff Bezos

Curious about which scavenger hunts Bezos played? His team set a record score on The Met Madness Scavenger Hunt. He also led another team to victor on The Seattle Art Museum Scavenger Hunt.

See all of the locations are hunts are available in, coast to coast, from Boston to San Diego, from Seattle to Miami. Or contact us to learn more—and find more fun wherever you are!

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NBC News 4 New York this week previewed our new Escape To the Museum Virtual Scavenger Hunt. Anchor Natalie Pasquarella spoke with our own Julie Jacobs about making the switch to virtual games and showed viewers a game in action.

If you’ve wondered how our virtual games work, watch the video!

For your convenience, here is a transcript of the video:

NBC Reporter Natalie Pasquarella: Well, as some businesses start to think about re-opening and how to go about it, many adopted new virtual business models to stay in business. But for one company, not only did they bring in outdoor activity indoors, they also turned a local game into one of global proportions.

Video of Outdoors Hunt, Voice of Hunt Host: This is a Watson Adventures hunt, so you’ll be working together as a team.

Pasquarella: Six weeks ago, a day with Watson Adventures, a scavenger hunt company based in Manhattan, looked like this.

Video of Outdoors Hunt, Voice of Player: Hey, let’s go to the next one. Come on!

Julie Jacobs, Chief Development Officer of Watson Adventures: The in-person hunt started as a way for groups to get to know museums and historic neighborhoods, and it quickly became a big corporate team-building activity.

Video of Online Game: Hi, I’m Chad, your Watson Adventures virtual scavenger hunt guide for today.

Pasquarella: But since the Coronavirus hit, their adventures have a whole new look. All that searching is now happening online. Instead of landmarks, it’s a hunt for answers.

Jacobs: It’s more intellectually challenging. The questions are cleverly worded riddles that you have to work together as a team to do well.

Pasquarella: Julie Jacobs of Watson Adventures says they never saw this game plan coming.

Jacobs: And when this all went down, we’re like, let’s figure out a way to do what we were doing and convert it, so if everybody is remote, how would that work?

Video Online Game, Player Speaks: Hey, guys.

Pasquarella: They made it work with Zoom and other video chat technology.

Jacobs: We started with one game and now we’re up to, I think, we have seven games. Thing that’s been amazing about this is now we’re talking to people in multiple time zones and all over the world. That’s the silver lining here, is that you can bring all these people together.

Video of Online Game, Player Speaks: The hint is “Jimmy Carter, the 39th President, famously farmed them.”

Pasquarella: They’re now doing virtual public hunts on weekends and private groups during the week.

Jacobs: We’re doing many, many a day and we just are working with a high school senior class because they aren’t going to have their prom, and they aren’t going to have graduation, possibly, and so this is a way to bring the whole class together.

Video of Online Game Host: They should be arriving soon, all right!

Jacobs: One person’s good at reading a map, or one person’s good at wordplay, or one person says, “We’ve spent too long on this question.” It also really works well with the multiple generations, yet we do student groups, as well, and we’ve had 80th birthday parties.

Video of Online Game Player: Ta-da! OK, three points for that, guys.

Pasquarella: Definitely something to do while you’re in quarantine. For more information, go to WatsonAdventures.com. There’s a limited number of people allowed to do those public hunts, so they advise you sign up two weeks in advance.

Anchor Stefan Holt: Something fun to do at school, that’s cool!

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As quarantining and social distancing have sent most of the country inside for weeks now, people have turned to our new virtual games and remote team activities to stay connected, even when they’re apart. And our games have really turned some heads!

Real Simple magazine lists us among 10 Best Virtual Games to Play When You Can’t Be Together.

“Though you see them via Zoom daily, you miss the coffee runs with colleagues that gave you a break from the office. Boosting corporate morale when you aren’t in the same space can be difficult, but [Watson Adventures] may be a way to get through the hurdle.”

And Bloomberg news says we’re one of the Best Planners for Virtual Parties.

“On April 13, Razz Oppenheimer celebrated his 13th birthday with a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art…and the Getty Center, plus a few other museums, too. Not physically, of course: The Manhattan teen is currently self-isolating with his family at their home in Maine. Rather, Razz played Escape to the Museum, one of four new hour-long virtual games from scavenger hunt specialist Watson Adventures.”

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“With everyone working from home,” he told the Post, “corporate morale-boosting becomes even more important.”

New York Post: Here’s how to pivot your business in order to survive — and thrive

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K Street Magazine founder Kate Michael recently joined our Wild Wildlife Scavenger Hunt at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Can you tell she had a blast?

“It’s an intense contest for those with a competitive spirit,” Kate writes. “For everyone else, it’s a great way to see a museum or other public place in a fresh new way.”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Check out the video to follow along on their scavenger hunt from start to finish.

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“The hunt involving the murdered curator is tailored to a museum’s collection,” the story reported, “and also is offered at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Getty Center in Los Angeles, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.”

Hunters also got to chime in: “I really like the level of difficulty,” said Matt Fuhrman, 22, a college graduate from Columbus, Ohio. “I read The Da Vinci Code and all the Dan Brown books. It was very much like the books.”

We now offer other murder mystery scavenger hunts in dozens of locations through the U.S.A. Go to Find a Scavenger Hunt, pick your city, and search for the “Murder Mystery” theme—or contact us—to learn what options are near you for a private group game. Or join us on weekends for a public hunt in six cities: get more information at Find a Public Hunt. Hurry before the trail grows cold!

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In another write-up, “An Amazing Race,” New York wrote of our Grand Central Scramble: “Part of the fun in Watson’s games is the riddlelike clues….New York trivia buffs will be impressed by the level of detail in the hunt.”

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Not even the mayor of Chicago can resist the excitement of a Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunt. Rahm Emanuel helped ABC’s Windy City LIVE as they zipped around town and completed the fun challenges of the Thrown for a Loop Scavenger Hunt.

Members of their studio audience made up Team Ryan and Team Val and competed as “The ScAvengers” to find and solve clues through the Chicago Loop. Head on over to watch the videos and join in on the fun.

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Today

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The Washington Post profiled two of our hunts in the feature story “Scavenging for Fun on a Big-City Hunt.” Reporter Hetty Lipscomb wrote, “Scampering up the marble steps with my team, I felt like a contestant on a reality TV series, The Amazing Race at the Smithsonian.”

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When the American Museum of Natural History wanted to add an extra dash of fun to its “Moon Dance: Night Journey” benefit gala, they turned to Watson Adventures to kick off the evening with a one-hour scavenger hunt highlighting the best of the museum. The hunt went from the famous giant whale to the legendarily large T. rex.

The online publication Socially Superlative was on hand to report on the event: “The competitive juices were flowing among the teams, so much so that women (including myself) were removing their high heels so they could scurry to the next clue quicker.” See the full story.

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