Step into a world of intrigue and excitement for a thrilling after-hours murder mystery experience in the astounding Painted Hall

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Step into a world of intrigue and excitement for a thrilling after-hours murder mystery experience in the astounding Painted Hall. Assemble your team of detectives, explore the historic buildings at nighttime, and interrogate enigmatic suspects to piece together the scattered clues before the time is up!  

With 90 minutes to investigate, interrogate, and deduce, will your team crack the case, or will the culprit slip through your fingers?  

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Designed by Sir James Thornhill and painted between 1707 and 1726, the Painted Hall features more than 3,700 square metres of Baroque walls and ceilings. These surfaces are covered in striking images depicting 200 figures including kings, queens and mythological creatures. The Painted Hall reopened in 2019, following a two year long, award-winning conservation project and is now open for visits, tours and events. 

* Suitable for ages 16+

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      Murder Mystery Experience

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      Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN

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