The Hub July 2017 | Page 32

There’s more than just walking around listening to a history lesson Above: The view of the river from behind the museum Below: Demonstrations entertain and inform visitors tavern. Dale says that he hopes the craft beer from the fort hops will be ready to serve that night and it should be a great night. "It's gonna be a fun weekend that is certainly going to be a change from the style of events we have done in the past.” In addition to their classic activities, the Fort Malden Historic Site has added new things to do this year. "One cool one we have added is a new half hour escape room in our marquee," said Dale. "It is an escape room in a tent essentially. It's really well put together by one of our incredibly creative students, who helped me in creating an escape room in the barracks last year. We still offer that escape room as well. It's a one hour escape room on Thursday nights but now during the day we offer a half hour escape room." There is still a fee for the enhanced programs even though entry into the fort is free this year. The daily escape room is $11.70 for a half hour and operates on a first come first served basis. The hour escape room has to be booked in advance and it's only on Thursday nights for $24.50. Other events that take you back in time do not need to be booked in advance. In September, in partnership with the Maidstone Area Bicentennial Museum, the winter community fund and the town of Amherstburg the Fort will host a voyager rendezvous, with canoes and fur traders and demonstrations on fur trading. A murder mystery will take place on July 22, held by high school students. There’s also the Arts by the River event and HarvestFest this year at the fort. The fort is looking into offering advanced tickets for their haunted fort that is done in partnership with a local youth centre. They have done it for a couple of years Dale says, and last year it was so popular they were having tours sell out. People arriving to find it had been sold out for the night was not a fun experience.