A NEW escape room at a popular museum in Worcester will still be open despite the museum closing for a month.

The Commandery, in Sidbury, will be closing its doors to the public in January and will not be reopening until February 1. 

It was announced by the museum on social media, which opened today after a break for Christmas to end the year.

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A spokesperson said: "The Commandery is back open today for you to round off 2022 with an explore of the building and gardens.

"After Saturday 31 December, The Commandery is closed for the month of January and will reopen on 1 February 2023. We can't wait to see you again then."

Despite the museum closure, the new escape room, Commandery Quest, will be open through January 2023.

The escape room has its own opening days and times outside of the museum’s usual hours which includes some evenings.

Commandery Quest, created by 12Volt: Games Studio, is based on the traditional escape room experience which invites participants to complete a challenge by tackling a series of puzzles against the clock.

The Escape Room story is based around the Commandery’s role as the Royalist Headquarters in the English Civil War.

When the escape room opened in October, Helen Manning, commandery events officer said: “We are so excited to present this Escape Room with a difference – actually set in one of Worcester’s most historic buildings.

"We look forward to seeing if teams can rise to the challenge and beat Arty Snitch to the treasure.”

Teams of two to six players become museum curators, battling against the clock they will solve a series of puzzles to find Charles II’s lost treasure before infamous thief Arty Snitch catches up with them.

The Commandery is most famous for being the Royalist Headquarters during the deciding battle of the English Civil War – the Battle of Worcester 1651.

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Over the years, the building has served various purposes throughout its long existence.

It was built on the site of an early medieval chapel and has been a monastic hospital, family home, a college for the blind, and housed the Littlebury Printworks, before becoming a museum.

For more, visit https://www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/museums/the-commandery/visit-the-commandery/.