Houston Museum of Fine Arts Scavenger Hunt
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Be sure to review this sheet
before
going to the museum, so that you’ll be sure to be familiar
with all of the terms on the sheet. At the least,
bring your textbook
with you so you can look
up any unfamiliar terms. Plan to spend
at least two hours
working on the scavenger hunt.
DUE
OCTOBER 27
View the files
“How to Read a Label” and “MFAH General Information” before your visit.
Admission to the museum is $7 normally; with a student ID admission is only $3.50.
If you
show this assignment and a student ID, admission will be free.
The museum is closed
Mondays, and, on Thursdays, admission is free for everyone.
While you’re downtown, I encourage you to visit some of the cultural institutions. If you visit the
Menil Collection
and/or the
Contemporary Art Museum
(just across the street from the MFA)
and write up a 5 sentence response, I will provide
five points of extra credit
(each). There are
several temporary exhibitions on view at the museum, including “Acid on Metal: the Art of
Etching and Aquatint.” You can write up a five-sentence response to those for extra credit, as
well.
Bring back proof of your attendance!
It is important that you attend the museum yourself.
There is no substitute for seeing art in person. To that end, I require you to bring back proof of
your attendance. They will give you a sticker to wear on your shirt that identifies you as a paying
visitor. Bring the sticker and a receipt as proof.
Get a map of the museum. It will be difficult
to follow the assignment without one.
The room numbers are referenced below in the
questions and can be found on the map. They are also near the doorway in most rooms. If you
get lost, ask a guard for directions, referring to the room number, but also the works of art you’re
looking for (the guards may not know the room numbers, especially in the Caroline Wiess Law
Building, where they’re not posted).
I recommend a clipboard or another hard surface for writing. If you write large, you might want
to bring extra paper. Please type up your responses in a digital file and turn that in, rather than
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- Spring '08
- Kataoka,M
- Menil Collection, contemporary art museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Caroline Wiess Law, Arts of Korea
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