Och Aye Spy – Museum Hunt for Young Explorers

Och Aye Spy – Museum Hunt for Young Explorers

Och Aye Spy – Enhance your museum visit with this new trail for children, solve the clues and claim your completion sticker. You can purchase a clue sheet and map from the museum reception to enhance your museum visit, solve the clues for each case to make a note of the museum item referred to. Each item has a letter which will help you solve the mystery word or phrase.

Once you have solved the mystery take your completed sheet to reception to solve the clues and claim a completion sticker.

Clue sheets can be booked here, pay when you pick up.

The museum is open 10am – 5pm, with the last sheets sold at 4.30pm, normal museum entry fees apply.

Additional Information

Accessible rooms
Blue badge parking
Cyclist welcome
Disabled access
Exclusive use
Free Wi-Fi
Parking
Walkers welcome
22 January - 15 November 2025
10am - 5pm
Family-friendly
Free (normal entry fees apply)
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr KA7 4PQ

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