Whodunit? National Railway Museum unveils murder mystery experience

An immersive exhibition with a murder-mystery theme has opened at the National Railway Museum in York.

The museum has commissioned The Missing Passenger exhibition by artist and director Geraldine Pilgrim as part of its Mystery on the Rails season to create a new visitor experience in the atmospheric Station Hall.

During the experience, participants will be taken back to October 1937 to play the role of a detective who has to find a murderer. They will follow a trail around the scene of a crime and search for clues before handing over their evidence.

In the tradition of Murder on the Orient Express and The Lady Vanishes, The Missing Passenger combines two enduring British fascinations – crime and trains.

Conjuring up images from the golden age of detective fiction with her renowned attention to period detail, Pilgrim uses the museum’s vintage railway carriages and original station platforms to set the scene for this most curious of ‘whodunits’.

The exhibition runs until September 3, is free and no booking is required.