Our Visit to The Cleveland Art Museum

We had a wonderful visit to The Cleveland Art Museum the other day!!!  I can't believe this was the first time I had ever taken Cassie! Most people would think an Art Museum might be a boring for a young child, but I remember reading about a post from another blog about making your trip like an adventure... and I knew this would help to keep C's interest: Making a Scavenger Hunt!  I created a "Visual Scavenger Hunt List" like the one I saw at Montessori MOMents.  What a fab idea from Lori at Montessori MOMents....be sure to check out her post on this here! To create a "Visual Scavenger Hunt",  I went to the Cleveland Museum of Art's Website and selected about 20 art works to print on a single sheet of paper.  Then, we were off to the museum!!! Cassie stated to me that "We're on Treasure Hunt!!!" This made it SOOO EXCITING!  She couldn't wait!!!  Here is Cassie finding the Armor Court and Knight! She couldn't understand why the horses had armor too!?!

Here is our "Visual Scavenger Hunt" for The Cleveland Museum of Art:

C with a Greek Sculpture (I think!).

C very intrigued with this Mummy Case!

C finding The African Serpent Headdress on her "Visual Scavenger Hunt List".

Cassie posing in front of a sculpture by Artist Red Grooms!!! I've always loved this!!!

I wish I had taken more pictures,  but we were so engrossed with searching for all our treasures!!!  Cassie did a fabulous job searching for the different items on her list and even saw some before I even did!  We went at a fairly fast pace through the museum because we were looking and I didn't want to stop for too long!  I asked her what her favorite piece of art was in the Museum and she said:

EVERYTHING!

(So,  I think it was a successful visit!!!)

What are your experiences with visiting an Art Museum with children???

(please share!!!)