From: "Monroe County Local History Room" <mclhr@centurytel.net> Subject: RE: A Question for the List Serve Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:19:54 -0500 Message-ID: <BA41C9B9DF464CBDB3E49FE5A39E49F0@Library>
Hello.
We here at the Monroe County Local History Room & Museum have been giving
out clipboards with scavenger hunt pages for a couple of years now and they
have proven very successful with our visitors. We created the scavenger
hunt pages to appeal to 5-15 year olds. Families work on them together.
Kids get interested in history. On each page there is a close up picture of
an artifact on display and a short rhyme about what it might be. The
challenge for the kids is to locate and identify what the actual artifact
is. The scavenger hunt page idea is a simple yet effective way to engage
our audience.
Jarrod M. Roll
Director - County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656
608-269-8680
www.MCLHR.org
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[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Seymour, Janet
I
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:25 PM
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Subject: FW: A Question for the List Serve
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From: crystalokk@aol.com [mailto:crystalokk@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 10:57 AM
To: Seymour, Janet I
Subject: A Question for the List Serve
I live just across from the McFarland (Dane Co.) Historical Museum and
am a board member. I will be having a family gathering the 22nd of
August and as part of the activities I have the idea to have a treasure
hunt at the museum, looking for items which my family has donated to
the collection. Aside from listing the items, what other kind of
information or hints should I include? If you have done this kind of
activity before at your museum, I'd appreciate any suggestions you
might have for a successful 'hunt'!
Crystal Lokken