Word Problem

      The National Art Museum (NAM) of Washington, D.C. holds art work from as far back as Leonardo da Vinci.  These paintings cost nearly one million a piece and sometimes more.  The entire NAM is made up of nothing but rooms the size of an average class room.  Each room has one security guard watching every move you make.  They also have a set of cameras for each piece of art work coming from every angle.

• If each room consist of 8 pieces of art and every set of camera consists of 5 in all for each piece of art work, then how many cameras are in the whole room?
• It costs $7.00 for one all access ticket.  If each room on the second floor has five different rooms and there is a different guard in each room and each guard changes rooms every 2.5 hrs and you stay in the museum for 10 hrs how many times will the guards change?  and how much money will you have to pay?
• A group of 20 children and adults are going to The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden ice-skating rink on March 15.  Adults cost $5.50, children cost $4.50, and skate rental is $2.50.  If the group spends a total of $145.00 on the trip.  How many children are going?  How many adults are going?  And how much do they cost?  How much did they pay for skates in all?

Answers

1. How many prints are in the National Gallery's collection?____________
2. Of what works are they?________
3. With how many prints did the gallery begin? Who were the five people that donated them?________
4. How many sizable gifts of graphics came the year after 1941?________
5. What collection of art was donated and what did it also include?_______

1. Who was the artist?_____
2. What is the name and date of the photo?__________
3. Where did the artist live and what were his life dates?______________
4. What did he think he could transform with photography?_______
5. When did he announce his new invention?_______

1. Through what month is the rink open?____
2. Would you be able to get a special menu for the children?_____
3. If I want to go to the cafe during skating what times could I go?________
4. What drink are on the menu?_________
5. How many total hours could I spend at the skating rink during he week in skating season? Mon.-Sat._______

1. _______. Tennessee pink marble is a notable material used in the sculpture garden.
2. _______. Twelve new acquisitions are presented.
3. _______. The sculpture garden includes no marble floors.
4. _______. The reflecting pool and fountain refresh visitors from spring through fall.
5. _______. Four entrances are available to the National Mall.

     The National Gallery of Art Museum was conceived, founded, and endowed in 1937. The original neoclassical marble building was designed by John Russell Pope and opened to the public in 1941.
     The original collection was made up of 21 masterpieces. Among these pieces are the Annunciation by Jan van Eyck, Titan’s Venus with a mirror and Raphael’s Alba Madonna, the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Western Hemisphere.
     The collection of the National Gallery of Art is constantly growing. The museum has changed a lot since 1941, from the exhibition rooms, sculpture halls, information room, even the air-conditioning system has changed. These places are the interior of this amazing building.
     The exterior has grown and prospered since that time. Also, reconstruction has occurred dramatically. Large office buildings now replace the small-scale brick houses that once were the urban core of the city.

     Besides the exterior and interior changes the art itself has changed. The art in this building goes back to the 1300’s.
     There are two buildings. The West building is the home of work between 1300 and 1900. The East building has 20,000ft of exhibition room and holds the 20th century art. The East and West buildings are connected by an underground passageway. Complete with waterfalls, gift shops, and a beautiful cafeteria.
 
 

Answers to Word Problems

1. 40 cameras in each room
2. The guards will change four times.  You will have to pay $7.00.
3. 15 kids= $67.50, 5 adults= $27.50, 20 skates= $50.00

Answers to Scavenger Hunt

http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm

Next click on the link that says "works on paper" under gallery highlights.

Now click on "prints, drawings, and photographs".  Read the information to answer questions 1-4.

1. How many prints are in the National Gallery's collection?   more than 65,000
2. Of what works are they? Western European and American works
3. With how many prints did the gallery begin? Who were the five people that donated them?400, W.G Russel Allen, Paul Sachs, Phillip Hoifer, Ellen Bullard, and Lessing J. Rosenwald
4. How many sizable gifts of graphics came the year after 1941? nearly 2,000 works
5. What collection of art was donated and what did it also include? Joseph E. Widener, including and extraordinary array of French eighteenth-century prints, illustrated books and related drawings

Go down the page and click on "selected photographs from the collection"

Click on the first picture.  Answer questions 1-5 with the information.

1. Who was the artist? William Henry Fox Talbot
2. What is the name and date of the photo? The Boulevards of Paris
3. Where did the artist live and what were his life dates? Britain, 1800-1877
4. What did he think he could transform with photography? he could transform life into art
5. When did he announce his new invention?1839

Now move to the left column and click on "planning a visit".  Then click on "restaurants".  Next, go down the page and review the Sculpture Garden Pavilion Cafe' to answer questions 1-5.

1. Through what month is the rink open? March 17th
2. Would you be able to get a special menu for the children? yes
3. If I want to go to the cafe during skating what times could I go? Mon.-Sat. 10:00-9:00pm Sun. 11:00-7:00pm
4. What drink are on the menu? coffee, wine, and beer
5. How many total hours could I spend at the skating rink during he week in skating season? Mon.-Sat.72 hours.

Answers to Fact and Fiction

1. Fact
2. Fiction
3. Fiction
4. Fact
5. Fiction

Return to questions

"National Gallery Of Art U.S.A." National Gallery Of Art. 2002, January 3.
                       29 March, 2002. <http://www.nga.gov/press/sclpfct.htm>.

"National Gallery Of Art U.S.A." planning a visit. 2002, March 6. 29 March,
                       2002. <http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/skating.htm>.

"National Gallery Of Art U.S.A." the collection. 2002, March 11. 27 March,
                       2002. <http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm>.