Welcome! You’re invited to participate in an eco-friendly scavenger hunt of the current exhibition, Unknown Outcome: A Coastal Virginia Collaboratory, features of the Hermitage gardens, and woodcarvings located on the Sloane mansion. All items are categorized below in five sections spread across the Hermitage estate. Happy hunting!
Unknown Outcome (upstairs)
Find the 5 kayaks featured in Morning Commute
Find out which winged insect’s flight pattern is depicted in Flight Pattern
Find the 3 hand-engraved plates suspended in the middle of the room in Certainty
Find a favorite dreamscape sequence in What We Decide
Find the Walking Houses mural in the upstairs hallway
Unknown Outcome (downstairs)
Find the well-known printed message to drivers in Eyes Forward
Unknown Outcome (outside)
Take a picture of yourself among Atlantis Project #1
Walk around Symbolic Swim to experience both perspectives
Participate in Linked: Carbon Footprint Station
Find a climate change term and its definition in Hothouse
Find Buddha, the Japanese tea set, and Portrait of Mrs. Sloane suspended in The Museum Tree
Find the biodegradable shopping bags, chicken wire, and LED lights used to create the 97-foot installation, Growing Concern
Outside Gardens & Grounds
Find the Garden Gate created by artist Patrick Dougherty
Find the large magnolia tree
Find the fountain in the Rose Garden
How many millstones can you find in the Millstone Courtyard?
Take a selfie/make a funny face in the mirrored siding along our award-winning outside bathrooms!
How many chimneys can you find on the house?
Find the Sunken Tennis Court
Find the Water Tower Complex and the Sunken Garden
Find the little wooden log bench
Outside Architecture – find these wood carvings along the house
Snail and grapes
Worm eating leaf
Large faces among the grapes
Lion with a crown
“Mrs. William Sloane”
Dragon
King Neptune’s face
Thank you for participating in the scavenger hunt! Once complete, you are invited to pick up a complimentary sticker at the museum’s front desk. We hope you have a wonderful evening and enjoyed exploring the estate.
