This virtual treasure hunt is designed to offer kids an opportunity to search and explore the World Wide Web for information about art and artists. Adults new to the Web may also find the challenge enjoyable. If you're new to this type of activity, check out the hunt tips before starting the game. Directions: Print this page out (along with the hunt tips page). Try to complete as many of the following items as you can, by writing your answers down in the space provided. For each item, a link is provided to a Web site that offers the answer to the question(s) posed. Clicking on the name of the Web site with the cursor will take you there. Once at a site, you may need to hunt for the information you are asked to provide. Good luck and have fun!
	1. Museum of Art History. Read about the art forms of six ancient cultures at this Web site researched by third graders. What did the Ancient Romans use to make the color purple? 2. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery - Jacob Lawrence Page. Learn about the life and times of this famous African-American artist. What did Jacob's mother do to keep him out of trouble? 3. Boston Museum of Fine Arts' Family Place - Paul Gauguin. Learn about the life and work of the famous French aritist, Paul Gauguin. Where are the two women from in Gauguin's painting? What's unusual about the way they are dressed? 4. Great Buildings Online - Eiffel Tower Page. See pictures and learn some interesting facts about this famous tower in Paris, France. Who designed the Eiffel Tower? How old is the tower? How tall is it? 5. Exploring Leonardo. Here you will discover some interesting facts about Leonardo da Vinci and his work. Give one possible reason for why Leonardo wrote backwards in his notebooks? 6. The Kids' Castle. At this web site, there's lots to discover and do involving the arts. Name one material that Andy Goldsworthy has made his sculptures with? 7. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mary Cassatt. Learn about the life, times, and work of this famous American artist. What caused Mary Cassatt to give up art making? 8. Utah Museum of Fine Arts - KidsMuse!. Learn about color, composition and more. Where is the light source coming from in the painting, "Bacon and Eggs" by Wayne Thiebaud? 9. Kyoto National Museum - Museum Dictionary. A young person's guide to art from Japan, Korea and China. What is written across the top of the painting titled "Catching a Catfish with a Gourd?" 10. National Gallery of Art - Watson and the Shark. Take a closer look at this famous painting by John Singleton Copley. Who was Watson? What happened to him?
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