GALLERY GAMES SAMPLER
A selection of interpretive gallery games.
Whose Muse?—A guessing game of portraits from the museum's collection inspired by the board game Guess Who?
Treevial Pursuit—an artful game of tree-themed trivia. Advance to the heartwood to win. Created in collaboration with Kristy McKinney and visitor experience student staff.
Museum Bingo—Ready? Set! Go on a creative quest to draw or describe responses to prompts. Find five in a row to earn a prize.
Museum Bingo—Ready? Set! Go on a creative quest to draw or describe responses to prompts. Find five in a row to earn a prize.
Giant Mancala—created from a felled tree in collaboration with sculpture faculty and students at the University of Kansas for the Spencer Museum's Backyard Bash
Spencer's Gambit—A flat-pack, easy-to-assemble game of Chess featuring works of art from the collection and fun facts about the game's origins and variants across time, place, and cultural traditions. Created in collaboration with Emily Kruse.
PSST Curious Kids Network—a series of in-gallery, virtual, and hybrid top-secret missions for kids and their grown-ups to solve the mysteries of art. Mission Illuminate, pictured here, explored the art and science of light. Created in collaboration with Robin Ward, Christy Schneider, Eliza Bullock, and Kristina Walker for the Spencer Museum of Art.
PSST Curious Kids Network—Mission Illuminate
PSST Curious Kids Network—Mission Illuminate
PSST Curious Kids Network—Mission Illuminate
PSST Curious Kids Network—Mission Illuminate
PSST Curious Kids Network—Mission Illuminate
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view
A seek and find with a sweet reward— cookies decorated with details of works of art on view