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Word Problems

 The following was contributed by Pamela ('02)

     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?

The following was contributed by Brooke ('03)

  1. If the distance to get from the Sculpture Garden to the Capitol is 1/4 of a mile and you walk at a rate of two miles per hour, how long will it take you to get from the Capitol to the Sculpture Garden?
  2. If Stieglitz had created 1642 photographs in his career and 100 had never been exhibited what percent of his artwork was never shown?
  3. If the Sculpture Garden is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., how many hours is the Sculpture Garden open in a week?

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Scavenger Hunt

Contributed by Brooke ('03)

Go to: http://www.nga.gov/programs/programs.htm

  1. What is the location & hours of the gallery?

Go to http://www.nga.gov/programs/music.htm

  1. What day will Mykola Suk be playing music by Mozart, Beethoven, & Franz Liszt? 

Go to http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/geninfo.htm#policies

  1. Visitors will be asked to present all _____  before entering the gallery.

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Fact or Fiction

Contributed by Pamela ('02) and Brooke ('03)       

Go to http://www.nga.gov/press/sclpfct.htm

  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.

  6. There are over 20 types of paintings in the collection.

  7. The gallery holds approximately 2,100 works of Western Sculpture.

  8.  There is a law about not carrying children on your shoulders in the gallery!

  9.  People are allowed to take pictures of all exhibits.

 

Answers to Fact or Fiction

 

Information about the 
National Gallery of Art

 

     The National Gallery of Art is a famous collection gathered from many famous and non-famous artists worldwide. There are plenty of valuable paintings and sculptures that can cost from $1000 to $1,000,000. Such an artist is Henri Fantil-Latour, who has paintings & sculptures that are literally priceless!
     If you are planning a visit to the gallery, it is located on the National Mall between Third & Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW, and is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. & Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    On the ground floor are galleries of prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, & temporary exhibits. European Paintings & sculpture, from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries, American Art, & temporary exhibitions are on the main floor. There are guided tours. These tours are around the prices of $5 & $6. Some of the exhibitions on the tours include Folk art, modernism, and the Index of American Design, French paintings, & sculpture garden related creations.
     Families can enjoy the NGA together through participating in workshops, stories in art, postcard tours, adventures in art, NGA kids, & the children’s film program. There are plenty of different types of art for the whole family to enjoy such as American, British, French, & Italian 17th & 18th century paintings, Northern European sculptures, etc.
     There are also gift & gallery shops where you can purchase posters, plaques, stationary, books, multimedia from the gallery, & framed works of art. There is also a children’s shop where kids can buy arts & crafts, story books, games, puzzles, etc.
     All & all, my favorite part of the gallery was the outstanding fountain with beautiful flowers & the messenger god, (Hermes) who is the centerpiece of the fountain. The National Gallery of Art is an educational & fun experience for all ages to enjoy, explore, & love all of the works of art!

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
  4. It takes 11 minutes to get from the Capitol to the Sculpture Garden. * You take 5280 ft. multiply by 1/4 of a mile, which is 1320. Then you divide by 2 miles per hour and that is 660. Then you divide by 60 min. in an hour and you get 11.
  5. About 6% of his artwork was never shown.
  6. The Sculpture Garden is open 80 hours in  a week.
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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

  1. The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden, located on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW, are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1.

  2. April 6th

  3. Visitors will be asked to present all bags for inspection as they enter the Gallery.

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Answers to Fact and Fiction

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

  6. False. The collection holds 12 types of paintings from American paintings to Italian paintings.

  7. True

  8. True

  9. False. People can only take pictures of certain exhibits but not if they are special to the gallery.

     


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Citation

"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>.

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

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