Scavenger Hunts

  Rob and I just traipsed through several museums and gardens on vacation.  Many had scavenger hunts.  It helps young children navigate a museum if it’s more interactive.  So I looked for more scavenger hunts.  Since I live outside Washington D.C., it seems like the logical place to start.  The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum uses Goosechase; instructions for the Air and Space Museum’s Scavenger Hunt guide visitors through the process.  The NGA in Your Neighborhood is a scavenger hunt which ties the building and grounds to one’s own neighborhood.  Are you planning a visit to the African American Museum (NMAAHC)?  They have more of a study guide.  The Constitution Scavenger Hunt with Political Cartoons from the National Archives is more of a lesson, too.  Here’s the hunt from the Natural History Museum.  Here’s the American History Scavenger hunt.  Instead of a hunt, the National Building Museum has Patterns, a 38 page educator’s guide.  America’s Presidents is a classroom resource from the National Portrait Gallery, one of our family’s favorite museums.  The Smithsonian also has Adventure Lab.  (I haven’t tried the app, yet.). One more hunt, The National Zoo.  (We just visited the Corning Museum of Glass, which has several scavenger hunts, all available online and at the museum.)