Castleshire: We LOVE kids and making history come alive to them

We offer treasure hunts (with clues in English or if they're studying a foreign language, clues in Spanish or French). 

In fact, the Lost Spanish Treasure Hunt is perfect for team work. And the reward this year for one lucky group is $600.  Which works well for schools.  

You can call and schedule private school tours for a weekday, Monday through Thursday. $10 per student, includes a choice of jobs from the treasure chest. Will they be king or gong farmer? In a historical tour of the castle, learn medieval terms, and what they might have enjoyed as a child in medieval ages, like not going to school, but getting to scrub the floors and dust the chandeliers, clean the toilets, etc., climbing towers, walking on catwalk... then outside for games, like boules, life-size chess, and shooting tennis balls from a trebuchet. This tour generally takes three hours. Many schools bring lunch and eat on the life-size chess board in the courtyard.

Here's a quick look! We are trying our first year with an event every second weekend of each month starting March through November (some are still in development.) We will always give school group tours a better price.

Sat. March 8, 4 to 6 p.m.: Dickens Afternoon Tea. Step back in time, tea with the Queen, English/Scottish dancers to entertain and true English scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam, plus a few French pastries and cucumber sandwiches! 

Fri. and Sat., April 11-12, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.: The Lost Spanish Treasure Hunt - Pirates Day. A Renaissance Faire with a treasure hunt, medieval games, vendors, entertainers - twice during the event into the great hall for performances, crafts and much more! Family friendly event. Student day, $10 per student; teachers $15.

Fri. and Sat., May 9-10: Narnia. This event is put together by Holly Black and hosted at the castle for those who love to read and imagine.

Call if you'd like to come for a tour and get a better idea of what we offer our community in historical education!

For more information, https://www.castleshire.org/events.html

For questions and/or tour reservations, phone Bonnie Palmer, 417-767-2233. Address: 1700 Martins Branch Rd. Fordland, MO