Hunt for six things, walk the history time trail, play the Seychelles games — islands, market and music — answer the history quiz, and fill your museum passport.

Start the scavenger hunt

Ms Nathalie

Your museum guide

You have found 0 of 6 things so far. Keep going — the Creole kitchen is in Creole Culture & Traditional Life.

Any order you like

Look around the museum

Five famous things stand in the museum's own yard and just across the road. Tap one and answer.

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Ask Ms Nathalie

Got a question about Seychelles history? Type it here!

Your museum passport

0 of 4 stamps earned

Fill all four stamps and your explorer badge is waiting at the door.

Spotter

Find all six things in the galleries.

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Time traveller

Read every stop on the time trail.

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Island hopper

Play all three Seychelles games.

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Quiz whiz

Answer all 11 history questions.

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Spot these six things

Found 0 of 6

Show a card to a guard — they know where every object hides.

The history time trail

Opened 0 of 7 stops

Tap a year, read what happened, then try the next one.

Tap a year to see what happened. Read all seven to earn the time traveller stamp.

Seychelles explorer

0 of 6 islands visited

Three games about the islands themselves: hop from island to island, fill a market basket, and play Creole music.

Hop the islands

0 of 6 islands visited

Tap an island to see what makes it special. Read all six.

Fill your market basket

0 of 6 in the basket

Tap the six things a market lady in Victoria really sells. Leave the silly ones on the shelf.

The Creole music corner

0 of 4 sounds heard

Tap an instrument to hear it made. Hear all four, then play a whole moutya rhythm.

The history quiz

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Questions from ages 6 to 15. Tap an answer. Dark means you got it.

  1. Ages 6–8

    What is the special stone in the museum called?

  2. Ages 6–8

    In which year did the first settlers arrive?

  3. Ages 9–11

    What did sailors raise in 1756 to claim the islands?

  4. Ages 9–11

    Which country took over from France in 1810?

  5. Ages 9–11

    What was the museum building before it became a museum?

  6. Ages 12–15

    In which year did Seychelles become its own country?

  7. Ages 12–15

    Who was brought to the islands and forced to work on the plantations?

  8. Ages 6–8

    What is Anse Source d'Argent on La Digue?

  9. Ages 9–11

    What is moutya?

  10. Ages 9–11

    Where can you buy fresh fish, chilli and vanilla in Victoria?

  11. Ages 12–15

    Where does the coco de mer, the heaviest seed on Earth, grow?

Answer all 11 to see your score.