Mystery at the Fort

It's February 1942 and the Second World War is raging on. Air raids over the South Coast are happening often, as enemy planes fly overhead looking for important military targets.

Fort Nelson, a Victorian fort, has been taken over by the War Office and is now being used by the British Army to store ammunition supplies. But many of the fort’s original Victorian features remain, including the beautiful oil paintings hanging in the Officers’ Mess.

The most precious painting of all, ‘Nelson’s Victory’ by famous artist Robert Cartwright, is the forts most prized possession. But on the night of 11 February, everything changed...

As the air-raid siren sounds and the fort is plunged into darkness for a blackout, ‘Nelson’s Victory’ mysteriously disappears!

Who took the painting? Why did they steal it?

And where have they hidden it?

It’s up to YOU to become the detectives, investigate the clues, question the suspects and solve the mystery!

We estimate that the activity can be completed in about 90 minutes.

All the actors will be playing specific characters and will be ‘in character’ for the duration of their performance*.

Museum Assistants will be available to support your ‘investigation’.

*All performances are in areas with no seating. Performances last up to 5 minutes.