Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunts

Specialties

Discover the secrets of museums, historic neighborhoods, and more while tackling fun, witty questions. Join a public hunt or work with us to create a private or corporate outing that emphasizes nimble thinking and active teamwork.

Our scavenger hunts will get those mental cogs spinning as you sleuth through the Philadelphia Museum of Art or scour Reading Terminal Market for answers. Questions are designed to showcase the best – and often overlooked – parts of a museum or neighborhood on an exciting, inspiring, and sometimes tasty whirlwind tour.

An educational and unusual way to bring out the best in colleagues, corporate and private groups have found our scavenger hunts to electrify teamwork and skyrocket morale.

— The Murder at the Art Museum Scavenger Hunt

— The Haunted Philadelphia Scavenger Hunt

— The Munch Around the Market Scavenger Hunt

— The Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

— The Naked at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Scavenger Hunt

History

Established in 1999.

Watson Adventures LLC was founded in 1999 as an organizer of fun and informative scavenger hunts for corporate groups and the general public, giving participants a new and enjoyable way to explore and enjoy the city and learn little-​known facts about its history and geography.

Since that time, Watson Adventures has become the nation’s fastest-​growing company of its kind with a regular series of hunts for public groups in Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago and the New York area, and private hunts for as many as 500 participants across the country and beyond. More than 150,000 hunters, including employees of more than 1,000 prestigious corporations and organizations, have participated in Watson Adventures’ hunts.

The firm’s acclaimed hunts are ideal both for companies looking for a new form of corporate team-​building and for the general public.

Meet the Business Owner

Bret W.

Business Owner

Bret Watson, a veteran journalist who has held staff positions at and contributed to publications such as Entertainment Weekly, The Cable Guide, Avenue, and Travel Holiday, founded the firm in 1999. The fun aspect of Watson Adventures’ hunts is a direct outgrowth of Bret’s personal interest in the lighter side of life: has performed as a stand-​up comic at some of New York’s finest comedy clubs such as Caroline’s, Stand-​Up New York, Gotham Comedy Club, The Comic Strip and Don’t Tell Mama.

He created and staged his first scavenger hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1993, as an offbeat, fun activity for his friends. Bret wanted them to discover some of the unusual and humorous objects he had seen in the museum’s collections, such as a medieval brass bowl depicting a wife spanking her husband and, as he says, «a stained-​glass saint who looked just like Mick Jagger.»