This Father’s Day – Give Dad the Gift of A Unique Experience Wigwam Escape @ The Institute for American Indian Studies

Father’s Day is nothing like Mother’s Day. Typically moms get flowers and candy or wined and dined at a lovely brunch or dinner. Dad’s are a little more complicated to shop for…after all what do you get a man that seems like he has everything!

This year, forget the neckties, shirts, and gadgets. A better plan is to give him the “gift of a unique experience” with a set of tickets to Wigwam Escape. Connecticut’s newest escape room is located at the Institute for American Indian Studies on 38 Curtis Road in Washington Connecticut. https://wigwamescape.org/

Working together to solve the puzzles of how Native American communities in the Connecticut woodlands lived before European contact is an ideal bonding experience for you and your dad that will be remembered for years to come. Best of all, after playing the game, you will have the opportunity to take “victory” photos and discuss the game with staff of the Institute over popcorn and a beverage. An added bonus for dad is that tickets to Wigwam Escape entitle players to a substantial discount to tour the Institute for American Indian Studies that is located next door.  Wigwam Escape is the perfect gift for Father’s Day; it made for memories, fun, interactive and is sure to bring out your inner sleuth!

About Escape Rooms

Essentially an escape room is a puzzle game where players are put in a room and have a set time to solve the puzzles and “escape” the room. Players solve a series of puzzles using clues or hints from around the room. In order to escape the room, you have to solve all the riddles and puzzles within the time constraints to successfully escape. Forget video games, this is hands-on fun!

Wigwam Escape – The Story

You, the game player, find yourselves in a Native American village in the woodlands of Connecticut in the year 1518. You’ve just received word that an illness is affecting the neighboring fishing village of Metachiwon and they are asking for help. It is seven miles to Metachiwon so you have to act quickly. It’s up to you to figure out how to gather and prepare supplies for your journey ahead. You have one day (roughly one hour game time) to hunt, gather and cook using only the resources found in the village and surrounding forest. This empathetic experience connects players to the ways Native peoples lived and the skills they relied on 500 years ago in their daily lives.

FAQs - Wigwam Escape

Wigwam Escape allows three to seven players to experience the room. To enhance the experience the room caters only to private groups, so when you book the room, it is for your group only. 

The ticket price is $25 per player and includes a non- expiring half off admission ticket to the Institute for American Indian Studies that can be used at any time during museum hours. 

The suggested age for Wigwam Escape is 12 and up; however, as long as there is a parent or guardian present during the game kids under 12 are welcome.

Wigwam Escape includes a 15-minute pre-game introduction with an Experience Host, a one-hour session in the escape room and a post-game popcorn party and discussion.

Wigwam Escape is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday by reservation. Office hours are Wed. and Thurs. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To purchase your tickets, visit www.wigwamescape.com or call (860) 868- 0510.