Overview
Sydney's Australian National Maritime Museum has joined the after-hours pop-up party. Launching their very own scavenger hunt aboard the HMAS Vampire, the Maritime Museum is staying open a little later for the grown ups this Thursday, August 28.
Structured as a photographic scavenger hunt, 'Dare, Danger, Destroy' is a special after-hours event from 6–7:30pm in which you snap clues with your phone around the museum's prized warship. The third of three Australian-built Daring class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy, the HMAS Vampire has a few secrets hidden below decks — there'll even be a poor ol' sailor 'trapped in time' wandering around the ship ready for all the selfies.
Once you've solved the puzzles and poked around the epic ship (the largest museum-owned object on display in Australia), there'll be a pop-up cash bar back on land to reward your hunting efforts. Your hard-solved clue images live stream in the waterfront bar — soundtracked by DJ Stuart Ridley (emagica). Best of all, the event and Vampire quest is free entry — when you show them the Tag Town app, the very same camera app used for Art and About — and over 18s only, so you can explore the warship and soak up the Maritime Museum without little screaming thingies running around).
The Maritime announcement comes just a few weeks after the announcement of The Festivalists' upcoming Hijinks nights at Sydney Aquarium, also hinged around an after-hours scavenger hunt. But that's all sweet with us; the longer we get to spend at Sydney's museums after hours with cheeky booze on a school night, the better.
'Dare, Danger, Destroy' runs 6–7:30pm on Thursday, August 28 at the Maritime Museum. Entry is free (when you show the Tag Town app at entry), over 18s only.
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