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SCAVENGER HUNT

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YOU ARE THE DETECTIVE! Do you have your tools?

Your ImaginationImagine each object based on the given clues. The objects may be easier to spot if you can already see them in your head.

Your Mind How will you use the clues to find the objects you are searching for?

ParentsExplore each gallery highlighted on the museum maps and give clues to help children find the objects on display!

Welcome to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art!

BLOCH BUILDING

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Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park

Secret Door

A Keen EyeUse the visual clues inside each magnifying glass. If you need extra help, there are full images of each object on the inside back cover.

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Gallery L92CLUES

So many SPIRALS. So many TEETH. A CROCODILE wearing a hat?!

Water Deity Headdress, Etim Abassi Ekpenyong

Imagine wearing this on your head. How does it feel? This headdress was worn like a mask. Can you find other masks in this gallery? Which one is your favorite?

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Welcome to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art!

CLUES Paint you can EAT?! Full of penny candy

(only 1 CENT!).

POPS of color.

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Gallery L31Lets Begin!!

Jawbreaker Machine, Wayne Thiebaud

Pop artists turn ordinary objects like candy and soup cans into art. Be a Pop artist! What candy or sweet would you paint? Write it below.

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If you want to go outside, follow the secret door (see maps). If the weather is bad, stay inside and follow the clues.

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Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park

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LARGER than life! LANDED on the lawn. A GAME made for giants.

Shuttlecocks, Claes Oldenberg and Coosje van Bruggen

Did you know that the artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen wanted to make it look like giants were playing a game on the lawn? The artists thought the Nelson-Atkins Building looked like a net and set the Shuttlecocks on the lawn for a giant game of badminton. Each of the four Shuttlecocks weighs 5,500 pounds. Only a giant could pick one up!

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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Auguste Rodin

What games do you like to play on the lawn?

What other art objects have you seen so far today?

* Alternate secret doors marked on maps

Sculptor of The Thinker4

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African

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European

Sculpture HallKirkwoodHall

208American Indian

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South Asian

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JapaneseChinese

Youve found all of the objects in the Bloch Building! Now use these clues to explore more of the museum. Enter the Nelson-Atkins Building and go to Kirkwood Hall on the Plaza Level.

Saint George, Christian Jorhan the Elder

Did you know that Saint George is the patron saint of England? George has always been a popular name for English kings and might be why Duchess Kate and Prince William named their baby George.

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NELSON-ATKINS BUILDINGPlaza Level

LOCATION

Kirkwood Hall

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A dragon SLAYER to protect you.

Looks like STONE, but is it? A gruesome reminder to brush your teeth.

Beware of the DRAGONs breath!

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ENTERHERE

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Design your own headdress here!

Would yours be long or short? Would it have feathers or

horns or would it look like a turban? Add some symbols

that represent you.

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Gallery 208

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Hat fit for a CHIEF.

FEATHERS to the floor.

TALLER than most.

Eagle Feather Headdress

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Sculpture HallKirkwoodHall

208American Indian

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South Asian

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JapaneseChinese

NELSON-ATKINS BUILDINGLevel 2

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CLUES SEATED in a peaceful pose. A GOLDEN being. He is BIGGER than you!

Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Buddha)

Did you know that the Buddhas hands are talking to you? The hand gestures in sculptures of the Buddha are called mudras. Each mudra means something different! The gesture that the Buddha is doing in this sculpture means meditation. Youll need to concentrate hard, too, to find the next object!

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LOCATION

Gallery S216

Did you know that this figures sweater is actually made of figures of people? Legend says that the god Vishnu saved the world from a flood. All of the wise scholars of the world rode Vishnus back to escape the water.

CLUES A PIGs cousin. Is he wearing a SWEATER? Made of STONE, but has

a kind heart.

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Gallery 227

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8Model of a Multi-Storied Tower

Can you find the little figure sitting above the gate? He probably owned a large estate that looked like this model.

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1: nelson-atkins.org/Jawbreaker

2: nelson-atkins.org/WaterDeity

3: nelson-atkins.org/Shuttlecock

4: nelson-atkins.org/SaintGeorge

YOU DID IT! You explored the museum and used the clues to find all of the objects on your list. Youre an expert museum visitor! In your expert opinion, what is the coolest thing you saw on your scavenger hunt? Which art object would you like to take home? Write it below.

CLUES A HOUSE made for dolls? FOUR mini stories tall. Find shelter in my beautifully

PAINTED walls.

LOCATION

Gallery 2318

Learn more about the works in this guide by going to these links:5: nelson-atkins.org/EagleFeatherHeaddress

6: nelson-atkins.org/AmitabhaBuddha

7: nelson-atkins.org/Vishnu

8: nelson-atkins.org/Tower

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