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Happy #ScavengerHuntDay!
This year we’re challenging you to “hunt” around your house and reply with the OLDEST thing you own.
We’ll start…
This year we’re challenging you to “hunt” around your house and reply with the OLDEST thing you own.
We’ll start…
At the Museum, this “Madonna and Child” is the oldest painting in our collection. It dates back to 1290–95. https://gty.art/2TBFMzf
Going back further, this Carolingian reliquary from our decorative arts collection dates to the 8th century—though some of the elements have been replaced since. https://gty.art/2Xpi8Ho
Going back even further, this Cycladic vessel, known as a cylindrical pyxis, was once used to store jewelry. It dates to 3000–2800 B.C. https://gty.art/3gn8X30
“This is a photograph of my grandfather's high school football team in 1930, the year they won the Virginia state championship.” — Christopher
"The oldest object I own is a Hungarian-English dictionary from 1908. It's from my great grandparents when they immigrated from Hungary." —Ali
"I have a black thorn shillelagh, circa 1880s. My great-great-grandfather would take my grandfather (then age 5) on walks with him through their village in Omagh, Ireland, tipping his hat in greeting with the end of his shillelagh to each person they passed." —Maureen
“I have this flash from the 1980s that isn't very interesting, but I love it because my grandpa gave it to me, and he apparently had a label maker…” —Sarah
“I’ve recently acquired my great-grandmother’s sewing machine from the 1930s, which I use as a nightstand, but it easily converts for when I need to sew.” —Desiree
