Escape room project connects UBalt to community

true05/07/2026Escape room project connects UBalt to communityUBalt students spent a semester in Dr. Rachael Zeleny’s Arts in Society course building elaborate scrapbooks that could serve as portable escape rooms. These books would live at Walters Art Museum for visiting high school students to play--enhancing students' connections to an art museum through affordable field trips.UBalt Stories Students consider the aspects of an escape room they built while standing inside an exhibit room at the Walters Art Museum.

Students consider the aspects of an escape room they built while standing inside an exhibit room at the Walters Art Museum.

Art doesn’t just show us objects, it tells stories about power, class and identity, often in ways words can’t capture. When we combine those stories with our own experiences, the meaning becomes even richer.

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