Beautiful Things · During your visit

Gallery detective sheet.

Eyes close, hands off — the shine on these objects took a century to earn. Check off what you find, then answer the questions at the bottom before you leave.

Name:

Date:

Find in the gallery

A machine that plays music with no electricity at all
The biggest radio you can find — and the smallest
Something bright red made of early plastic (Bakelite)
A machine workers used to punch in at their jobs (a time clock)
A telephone with no buttons and no screen
The oldest object you can find — check the labels for dates
A camera that used film instead of a screen
A video game machine older than your teacher (maybe)
A painting of Seattle from before your grandparents were born
An object whose exact purpose you can't figure out — write down your best guess
A worn or shiny spot that shows where hands touched an object for years
One object you would take home if you could — and one sentence on why

What did you learn?

Write down one thing you didn’t know before today:

What was life like back then?

Pick ONE object you found. Imagine one day in the life of the person who used it — morning to night. What was harder than your life? What might have been better?

The mystery object

The object whose purpose you couldn’t figure out — describe it and write your best guess:

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