Dominik Heher Dominik Heher Department für Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems 2025 “The paper reflects the process of designing the escape game “”Mission: Golden Pan- ther”” at Schallaburg Castle both from the point of view of storywriting and scenogra- phy. Since 2021, Schallaburg Castle Exhibition Centre has been offering escape games that are thematically related to the exhibitions and/or to the castle’s history. As the ticket for the escape room also includes a visit to the exhibition, the latter has been successfully made attractive for new audiences, especially among younger adults. The escape room “Mission: Golden Panther” (opening: April 13, 2024) has been developed by Dominik Heher (story, riddles) and Studio Kudlich (scenography, graphic design). It is thematically linked to the exhibition “”RENAISSANCE once, now & here”” (April 13 to November 3, 2024). The players slip into the role of spies who - disguised as al- chemists - have to gain access to the studiolo of the lord of the castle, Hans Wilhelm of Losenstein. On behalf of the Catholic Archduke, they are to find out, if the avowed Protestant Losenstein might not be as loyal as he had claimed to be...” PDFDocument deu 2025-11-06T12:27:24.810275Z 2025-11-06 escape games Schallaburg cultural mediation escape room 305002 b application/pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/