Harry Potter fans can bring the wizarding world to life by joining a Wizard School Scavenger Hunt at one of five leading art museums.

HOW THE GAME WORKS

Your team of up to six people will explore exhibits featuring artwork and items reminiscent of Harry Potter’s adventures while tackling witty, tricky questions. The game can be enjoyed by both Harry Potter fans and people who are new to the young wizard’s adventures. Although previous knowledge can be helpful, we provide a cheat sheet of wizarding terms to help out those who aren’t Potter experts. This hunt is designed for kids and adults to do together, but all-adult teams will be allowed to compete separately.

To participate, reserve tickets for a public scavenger hunt or stage a private event for a birthday party, Bar/Bat Mitzvah or other occasion.

The Wizard School Scavenger Hunt
For Harry Potter Fans ages 10 and up
Follow in the footsteps of young wizards on a field trip to the museum in search of art that echoes characters, places and enchanted objects in the famed Harry Potter books and movies. Keep your trusty wand handy as you track down a powerful sorceress, a Snape-like potions master, flying owls and dragons, Hagrid-like giants, centaurs and unicorns like those you’d see in the Forbidden Forest, strange mermaids and sharks that seem straight out of the Triwizard Tournament, fierce knights in armor, and cloaked and masked figures as scary as any Death Eater or Dementor. Wizards and muggles (i.e., people who aren’t Potter experts) can play and enjoy this game. The hunt is not an addition to or variation on Harry’s adventures, but instead references to the books will provide a surprising bridge to many strange and wonderful works of art. It’s a great way to discover—or rediscover—your favorite art museum. Kids must be accompanied by adults. For ages 10 and up.

Available at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Getty Center in Los Angeles, The Philadelphia Museum of Artand The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

For more information on how the game is played, see Frequently Asked Questions.

To stage a private Wizard School Scavenger Hunt, use our Contact Us form or call us at 877-9-GO HUNT (877-946-4868), extension 11.

Public Wizard School Scavenger Hunts are available on select weekends. To purchase tickets for a public hunt and see available dates, click on your museum of choice below then select “See Available Dates” or call OvationTix at 866-811-4111. Please note that there is a $1 surcharge for phone orders.

NEW YORK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

BOSTON
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

CHICAGO
The Art Institute of Chicago

LOS ANGELES
The Getty Center in Los Angeles

PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia Museum of Art

WASHINGTON, DC
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Watson Adventures also hosts dozens of other public scavenger hunts in museums, parks, historical neighborhoods and other popular locations in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Learn about newly added hunts, discounts and special offers by signing up for our hunt
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PRIVATE SCAVENGER HUNTS

Would you like to organize a birthday party or Bar/Bat Mitzvah surrounding a Wizard School Scavenger Hunt? Our hunts have been acclaimed by ABC News, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Daily Candy and numerous other media outlets. More than 145,000 hunters have gone on our hunts since 1999.

In addition to our Wizard School events, we offer scores of other scavenger hunt options in museums and historical neighborhoods that can be staged for private and corporate events, company holiday parties and corporate outings. Historical and cultural scavenger hunts are offered in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and beyond. We also offer scavenger hunts that can be staged in any location.

To learn about staging a private event, see Private Hunts or contact us at 877-9-GO HUNT (877-946-4868), extension 11, or e-mail us.