The Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp

When you reach the site above, click on Just for Fun.

Then click on Frequently Asked Questions. Read the questions and answers under each section listed in bold print to complete the listed activities.

Met Basics

True (+) or False (o) #1-11

_____1.  Each museum visitor is given a colored button to show that a donation has been made for admission.

_____2.  The buttons are made in over 1,000 different colors.

_____3.  There are nearly three million objects in the collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

_____4.  Paintings, drawings, and sculptures are the only part of the museum's collections.

_____5.  The building of the MMA has two million square feet of floor space.

_____6.  In 1996, about five and a half million visited the Met and the Cloisters.

The Met's Collection

_____7.  The first piece of art acquired by the Museum was the Temple of Dendur.

_____8.  A sarcophagus is a coffin.

_____9.  The largest framed painting on canvas at the Met is Washington Crossing the Delaware by German-born artist Emanuel Leutze.

_____10.  The Temple of Dendur was transported by ship from Egypt.  It was built in 13 B.C.

_____11.  "William" is a bright blue hippopotamus just under 8 inches high.  It can be found in the American Paintings and Sculpture section of the MMA.

Behind the Scenes

Fill in the blanks.  #12-16

12.  _______________in blue gray uniforms are stationed at every section of the MMA.  _______________patrol the building when the Museum is closed to visitors.

13.  _______________are responsible for the works of art in the collections.

14.  A_______________ is hung in the front of the Museum to tell people that the special exhibition is open.

A Brief History of the Met

15.  The Met was founded in _____________________.

16.  The __________________art collection is the finest outside of Cairo.

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

True (+) or False (o) #17-18

17.  ______________You can visit the bed where Claudia slept, the pool and the fountains where Claudia and Jamie bathed and collected funds at the MMA.

18.  ______________You may not spend the night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Writing an Informational Report

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/SistineChapel/Michelangelo/Michelangelo.html

Read about Michelangelo's life as it is told in this first person narrative.  Then write a news article, an informational report, using the facts you collected. Remember to include the five Ws in your report.