Free · Three museum clues

Museum Object Guessing Game

Use the material, place, and date clues to uncover a hidden museum object.

  • Clear, kid-friendly steps
  • Private in your browser
  • No signup

Museum discovery lab

Solve one museum challenge

Made with Nephrite jadeConnected to ChinaMade 1800s

Mystery object

What could it be?

1800s

Use the three clues to uncover this Open Access object.

Powered by The Met Open Access dataset (curated subset), an open-source library available under CC0-1.0.

Three simple steps

How to use it

  1. Pick an object, time, material, or museum challenge.
  2. Look closely at the picture and read the short clues.
  3. Open the Met record when you want to learn more.

Private by default

Your words and choices stay in this browser tab. There are no accounts, uploads, ads, or trackers inside the tool. Close the tab and the working data is gone.