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Museum 1: Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal


1. Location - Dakar, Senegal
Task: Read a book set in Africa or written by an African author.

2. About - The museum was recognized by Time as one of the "World's 100 Greatest Places of 2019" .
Task: Read a book originally published in 2019.

3. Collection - Armor of Dogon Hunter
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Dogon art is primarily sculpture that revolves around religious values, ideals, and freedoms. Dogon sculptures are not made to be seen publicly, and are commonly hidden from the public eye. The importance of secrecy is due to the symbolic meaning behind the pieces and the process by which they are made.
Task: Read a book with the word "secret" is in the title. Plurals accepted.

4. Interactive Item - based on the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 2: Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru


1. Location - Chiclayo, Peru
Task: Read a book set in South America or written by a South American author.

2. About - The museum contains most of the important artifacts (ceremonial vessels, necklaces and jewelry) found at Huaca Rajada by archeologist Walter Alva in 1987, including the Lord of Sipán and his entourage - Lord of Sipan was name given to first of several Moche mummies.
Task: Read a book with the word "Lord" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

3. Collection - Mask
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Task: Read a book with one or more masks on the cover.

4. Interactive Item - based on the Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 3: Bangkok National Museum


1. Location - Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok is among the world's top tourist destinations, and has been named the world's most visited city consistently in several international rankings. One attraction is the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall, a 19th-century European-style building with a traditional Thai roof.
Task: Read a book that has a throne on the cover, or has the word "throne" in the title. Plurals are allowed as are series titles.

2. About - The museum was established and opened in 1874 by King Chulalongkorn to exhibit the royal collections of his father King Mongkut.
Task: Read a book that has a word in the title that is derived from the letters in the name Chulalongkorn. The word must be at least 4 letters long. A letter may be used only as many times as it appears in the name.

3. Collection - War Elephant and antique weapons.
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Task: Read a book with an elephant on the cover or the word "elephant" in the title. Plurals allowed.

4. Interactive Item - based on the Bangkok National Museum.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 4: The National Art Center in Tokyo


1. Location - Tokyo, Japan
Task: Read a book set in Japan.

2. About - Its Monet exhibition, held between 7 April and 2 July 2007, was the second most visited exhibition of the year, not only in Japan but in the world.
Task: Read a book that is the 2nd in a series.

3. Collection - Great Wave off Kanagawa
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Task: Read a book with waves on the cover.

4. Interactive Item - based on the National Art Center in Tokyo.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection

Museum 5: National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.


1. Location - Washington, D.C
Task: Read a book set in Washington, D.C.

2. About - It's the only national museum devoted to the documentation of the African American experience.
Task: Read a book written by and African-American writer. You may use this list for assistance.

3. Collection - Postcard of a banana & pineapple vendor 1912
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Task: Read a book with fruit on the cover.

4. Interactive Item - based on the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 6: Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town


1. Location - Cape Town, South Africa
Task: Read a book set in South Africa or written by a South African Author

2. About - What was once a magnolia-yellow grain silo in Cape Town became the Zeitz Museum.
Task: Read a book with a cover that is 75% yellow.

3. Collection - Athi Patra Ruga The Night of the Long Knives 2013
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Task: Read a book with "knife" or "knives" in the title.

4. Interactive Item - based on the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 7: National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa


1. Location - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Task: Read a book set in Canada or written by a Canadian author.

2. About - Following its founding in 1880, the Gallery occupied five different spaces, before finally settling in the stunning building it now calls home.
Task: Read a book that is in a series with 5 primary works.

3. Collection - Running Horses by Joe Fafard
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Task: Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover.

4. Interactive Item - based on the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 8: Tate Modern in London


1. Location - London, England.
Task: Read a book set in London, England.

2. About - Tate Modern was opened by the Queen on 11 May 2000.
Task: Read a fantasy novel featuring a queen. "Fantasy" must be listed as a genre on the main book page.

3. Collection - Haegue Yang
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Task: Read a book that has a main book page genre of science fiction.

4. Interactive item - based on the Tate Modern in London.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

1. Location - New York City, U.S.A.
Task - Read a book set in New York City.

2. About - The museum presents over 5,000 years of artwork, including Islamic art dating back to the seventh century and the well-known Edgar Degas’ painting The Dance Class.
Task - Read a book that is a chunkster over 500 pages.

3. Collection - Raven Rattle.
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Task - Read a book with a raven(s) on the cover or in the title.

4. Interactive Item - based on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 10. Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands

1. Location - The Hague, Netherlands
Task: Read a book set in the Netherlands or written by a Dutch author.

2. About - The Mauritshuis in The Hague was built in the seventeenth century as a private residence for Count Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen.
Task: Read a book set in the seventeenth century (1601 - 1700)

3. Collection - Chair Louis XIV style circa 1690-1700
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Task: Read a book with a chair on the cover.

4. Interactive item - based on Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 11. The National Palace Museum in Taipei

1. Location - Teipei, District of Taiwan
Taipei is known for its many night markets, the most famous of which is the Shilin Night Market in the Shilin District. The surrounding streets by Shilin Night Market are extremely crowded during the evening, usually opening late afternoon and operating well past midnight.
Task: Read a book with the word "night" or "market" is in the title. Plurals are allowed.

2. About - it originally began as the former Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, whose collection included artwork from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Task: Read a book set in a fictional or fantasy city.

3. Collection - Jade Pi-Hsieh, Auspicious Beast Han Dynasty circa 25-220
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Task: Read a book with dragons in it.

4. - Interactive item - based on the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 12. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo

1. Location - Cairo, Egypt
Task: Read a book set in Egypt.

2. About - The building lay on the bank of the Nile River, and in 1878 it suffered significant damage in a flood of the Nile River.
Task: Read a book in which a river plays a significant role.

3. Collection - Gold Mask of Tutankhamun - 11 kgs of solid gold
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Task: Read a book with "gold" as a root word in the title. (Gold, Golden, etc.)

4. Interactive item - about The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 13. Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna

1. Location - Vienna, Austria
Task: Read a book set in Austria or written by an Austrian author.

2. About - Housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, it is crowned with an octagonal dome.
Task: Read a book that has a geometric shape of circle, square, triangle, or rectangle on it. This task excludes moons or planet shapes as circles.

3. Collection - Mars, Venus and Amor
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Task: Read a book that has a main page genre of romance.

4. Interactive item - about the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 14. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico


1. Location - Puerto Rico
In September 2017, the island was threatened or hit by two major hurricanes: Irma and Maria. Hurricane Irma narrowly missed the island on September 6 as a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). The heart of the storm stayed off-shore, but the northeast of Puerto Rico, including San Juan, saw serious damage.
Task: Read a book about a climate disaster.

2. About - The museum was inaugurated in 2000.
Task: Read a book that was published in 2000.

3. Collection - Jose Campeche The Daughters of Governor Ramón de Castro
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Task: Read a book that has the word "Daughter" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

4. Interactive item - based on the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 15. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art


1. Location - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Task: Read a book set in California.

2. About - In 1936, one year after the museum opened, it established its photography collection, becoming one of the first museums to recognize photography as a fine art.
Task: Read a book in which a significant character is a photographer, or there is depiction of a photograph on the cover. (The cover cannot be the photograph.)

3. Collection - Andy Warhol
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His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture.
Task: Read a memoir/biography of a celebrity who was popular in the 1960's.

4. Interactive item - based on The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 16. Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City


1. Location - Mexico City, Mexico
Task: Read a book set it Mexico or written by a Mexican author.

2. About - Its actions include: literacy campaigns, the creation of rural schools, regional normals and the National Plan of Museums, including Anthropology (along with History, Viceroyalty and Modern Art).
Task: Read a book set in a school, college, or university.

3. Collection - 16. Sonaja Otami Culture
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Task: Read a book that has a single feather on the cover.

4. Interactive item - based on the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 17: Musée D'Orsay in Paris

1 Location - Paris, France
Task: Read a book set in Paris.

2. About - The museum was once a railway station.
Task: Read a book with a train on the cover.

3. Collection - Emile Galle - Hand With Seaweed and Shells.
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Task: Read a book about people who's work is derived from the sea.

4. Interactive item - based on the Musée D'Orsay in Paris.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 18: The Art Institute of Chicago

1. Location - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Task: Read a book set in Illinois.

2. About - After the Great Fire of 1871, Chicago leaders were devoted to rebuilding and growing the city, which included opening a museum and school for the fine arts.
Task: Read a book with fire on the cover.

3. Collection - The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Task: Read a book with a theme of mental illness.

4. Interactive item - based on the Art Institute of Chicago.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 19: Museo Larco in Lima

1. Location - Lima, Peru
In October 2013, Lima was chosen to host the 2019 Pan American Games; these games were held at venues in and around Lima, and were the largest sporting event ever hosted by the country
Task: Read a book with sport as a theme.

2. About - In 1925, Rafael Larco Herrera acquired a collection of vases and other archaeological pieces from his brother-in-law, Alfredo Hoyle.
Task: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are any combination of R L H.

3. Collection - Chimú Funerary Attire
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Task: Read a book with jewelry on the cover.

4. Interactive item - based on the Museo Larco in Lima
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 20: The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, China

1. Location - Xi'an, China
Task: Read a book set in historic China - prior to 1900.

2. About - The terra-cotta army, dating back to the late third century, was discovered by local farmers in 1974 just outside of Xi'an City.
Task: Read the third book in a series.

3. Collection - Head of an Archer
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Task: Read a book that has "archer" in the title or author's name. Or, a significant character is an archer.

5. Interactive item - based on The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, China.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 21. The Musée du Louvre in Paris

1. Location - Paris, France
Paris is the home of the famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower.
Task: Read a book with the word "tower" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

2. About - Architect I. M. Pei was awarded the project and proposed a glass pyramid to stand over a new entrance in the main court, the Cour Napoléon.
Task: Read a book with "pyramid" in the title or on the cover.

3. Collection - Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
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Task: Read a book with a theme of angels.

4. Interactive item - based on The Louvre in Paris.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 22. State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg

1. Location - St. Petersburg, Russia
Task: Read a book set in Russia.

2. About - The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, Saint Catherine's Day.
Task: Read a book with a significant character or author with the name Catherine.

3. Collection - Notebook Purse
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Task: Read a book with filigree on the cover. It may be a design element of the cover, or part of an article. Ask for a ruling on this task. eg: The Storyteller's Secret
The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani

4. Interactive item - based on the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 23. Museo Nacional Del Prado in Madrid

1. Location - Madrid, Spain
Task: Read a book set in Spain.

2. About - The Museo del Prado opened to the public on 19 November 1819 as a Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture. In 2019, we celebrated our Bicentenary.
Task: Read a book that has 200-299 pages. Use the rules for audiobooks and ebooks.

3. Collection - Autorretrato
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Task: Read a book with a man wearing a hat on the cover.

4. Interactive item - based on the Museo Nacional Del Prado in Madrid.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 24. The National Gallery in London

1. Location - London, England
Task: Read a book set in the UK.

2. About - In 2019, The National Gallery was ranked seventh in the world on the List of most visited art museums.
Task: Read a book that is in a series of seven published works.

3. Collection - Mr. & Mrs. Anderson
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Task: Read a book that is a mystery, solved by a man & woman duo.

4. Interactive item - based on The National Gallery of London.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 25. Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

1. Location - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Amstelpark in the Zuid borough houses the Rieker windmill, which dates to 1636.
Task: Read a book with "Windmill, Wind, or Mill" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

2. About - The collection consists of one million objects dedicated to art and history with the museum’s first purchase, The Swan by Jan Asselijn, remaining one of Rijksmuseum’s most renowned pieces.
Task: Read a book with "Swan" in the title, or on the cover. Plurals are allowed.

3. Collection - Still Life with Books
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Task: Read a book with a book(s) on the cover. Graphic depictions of books are not allowed as in Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) by Robin Sloan

4. Interactive item - about the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 26. The Vasa Museum in Stockholm

1. Location - Stockholm, Sweden
Task: Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author.

2. About - This museum is a recovered 17th-century Swedish ship. Visitors to the museum, board the ship for the ultimate trip down Scandinavian memory lane.
Task: Read a book with the theme of Vikings.

3. Collection - Lion Masthead
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Task: Read a book with a lion on the cover or the word "Lion" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

4. Interactive item - based on the The Vasa Museum in Stockholm.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 27. The Acropolis Museum in Athens

1. Location - Athens, Greece
Task: Read a book set in Greece, or written by a Greek author.

2. About - The monuments of the Acropolis have withstood the ravages of past centuries, both of ancient times and those of the Middle Ages.
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of mythology.

3. Collection - Hunting Dog Votive
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Task: Read a book in which a dog is a significant character.

4. Interactive item - based on the Acropolis Museum in Athens.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 28. The British Museum in London

1. Location - London, England
A romantic name for England is Loegria, related to the Welsh word for England, Lloegr, and made popular by its use in Arthurian legend.
Task: Read a book based on the Arthurian legend.

2. About - The museum's permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, having been widely sourced during the era of the British Empire.
Task: Read a book with the work "Empire" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

3. Collection - Dragon Tiles
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Task: Read a book whose cover is at least 75% blue.

4. Interactive item - based on the British Museum in London.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 29. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

1. Location - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Task: Read a book set in Venice.

2. About - Vincent Van Gogh produced nearly 900 paintings and more than 1,100 works on paper during his lifetime.
Task: Read a book set between the years 900 and 1100.

3. Collection - Self Portrait
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Task: The cover has a bearded man, or a signification character has a beard.

4. Interactive item - based on the Vincent Van Gogh Museum.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection

Museum 30. Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence

1. Location - Florence, Italy
Task: Read a book set in Italy (excludes Venice), or written by an Italian author.

2. About - The Academia Gallery showcases a collection of antique musical instruments.
Task: Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover, or a significant character plays a musical instrument.

3. Collection - The Kidnapping of the Sabines
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Task: Read a book with a main page genre of Mystery that involves kidnapping.

4. Interactive item - based on the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 31. The National WWII Museum in New Orleans

1. Location - New Orleans, Louisiana
Task: Read a book set in New Orleans.

2. About - Two historians, Stephen Ambrose and Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller established the war museum in 2000
Task: Read a book originally published in 2000.

3. Collection - Enigma machine
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The Enigma machine is an encryption device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the German military.
Task: Read a book with the word "Code" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

4. Interactive item - based on the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 32. Pergamon Museum in Berlin

1. Location - Berlin, Germany
Task: Read a book set in Germany, or written by a German author.

2. About - Since the end of September 2014 the museum is partially closed for renovation. In November 2016 it was revealed that the renovation would not be finished before 2023.
Task: Read a book that is set in the future.

3. Collection - Portraits of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII
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Task: Read a book set in Ancient Rome or Ancient Egypt.

4. Interactive item - based on the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 33. The Getty Center in Los Angeles

1. Location - Los Angeles, California
"Los Angeles" is Spanish for "The Angels".
Task: Read a book that was originally published in Spanish and translated to English.

2. About - The Getty Center features a 34,000-square-foot (12,400 m2) Central Garden. Included in the garden is a maze of azaleas which floats in the pool.
Task: Read a book from Mazes and Labyrinths List. State the position number when reporting.

3. Collection - Nude Study of an Old Man
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Task: Read a book with a human character who is male and over the age of 70.

4. Interactive item - based on the Getty Center.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 34. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

1. Location - Washington, D.C.
Task: Read a book set in Washington State.

2. About - The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum collects, preserves, studies, and exhibits artifacts, archival materials, and works of art related to the history, culture, and science of aviation and spaceflight and the study of the universe. Its research and outreach activities serve all audiences, within and beyond its walls.
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of Space Opera.

3. Collection - Chandelier
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Task: Read a book with a candle(s) on the cover, or in the title.

4. Interactive item - based on the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 35. Instituto Ricardo Brennand in Recife, Brazil

1. Location - Recife, Brazil (surrounded by a reserve of preserved Amazon)
Task: Read a book set in Brazil or the Amazon forest.

2. About - Instituto Ricardo Brennand's architecture is inspired by a Tudor-style castle complete with drawbridge.
Task: Read a book with a bridge on the cover or "bridge" in the title. Plurals are allowed.

3. Collection - Margaret Moe's Amazon
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Task: Read a book that has two main words with the same initial in the title. There may be articles and conjoiners (the, in, and, but, etc), but no additional words. The articles and conjoiners are not included in words containing the same initial.
eg. Magpie Murders, The Girls in the Garden, but NOT The Taker or A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

4. Interactive item - based on the Instituto Ricardo Brennand.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 36. Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem

1. Location - Jerusalem, Israel
Task: Read a book set in Israel or written by an Israeli author.

2. About - The museum serves as the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, the most notable installations being the Hall of Names, a memorial for each Jewish person murdered in the Holocaust.
Task: Read a book with a proper name in the title. This is restricted to a person's name. If not obvious, explain how the name is valid.

3. Collection - Heartstrings - Music of the Holocaust
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Task: Read a book with the theme of Music. "Music" must show on the main page page genres.

4. Interactive item - based on the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection

Museum 37. National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

1. Location - Washinton, D.C.
Washington D.C. borders Maryland and Virginia.
Task: Read a book set in either Maryland or Virginia.

2. About - The final element of the National Gallery of Art complex, the Sculpture Garden was completed in 1999 after more than 30 years of planning.
Task: Read a book set in the 1990's.

3. Collection - The Veiled Nun
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Task: Read a book with a significant character who is a nun. This character may be from any religion, real or fictional, as long as she is called a nun.

4. Interactive item - based on the National Gallery of Art.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 38. Inhotim in Brumadinho, Brazil

1. Location - Bumadinho, Brazil
The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on January 25, 2019, resulting in the deaths of 270 people.
Task: Read a book with a theme of Natural Disaster. The book may be about earthquakes, volcanoes, weather (hurricane, tornado), mountain slides, floods, forest fires, etc. It does not include situations like airplane crashes, shipwrecks, etc.

2. About - It was founded by the former mining magnate Bernardo Paz, who turned his ranch into the open air museum.
Task: Read a book that takes place primarily on a farm, ranch, or plantation.

3. Collection - Carrion Flower
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This flower looks fantastical.
Task: Read a book that is set in a fantasy world.

4. Interactive item - based on the Imhotim.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 39. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires

1. Location - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Every time I hear Buenos Aires, I think of the movie Starship Troopers in which alien bugs wiped out the city of Buenos Aires.
Task: Read a book that is on the Kick Ass Military Science Fiction Books list. State position on the list.

2. About - The museum showcases Latin American art spanning from the early 20th century to the present, including works from acclaimed artists like Frida Kahlo.
Task: Read a book that is on the
Art & Artists in Fiction list. State position on the list.

3. Collection - Ballerina
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Task: Read a book where the main character is a ballet dancer. The book may be fiction or non-fiction (memoir, biography).

4. Interactive item - based on the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

Museum 40. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington

1. Location - Wellington, New Zealand
Task: Read a book set in New Zealand or written by a New Zealand author.

2. About - Te Papa Tongarewa translates literally to 'Container of Treasures'. (Treasure chests?)
Task: Read a book that is on the Pirates! list. State position on the list.

3. Collection - Stamp
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Task: Read a book with Postcard or Letter in the title. Plurals are accepted.

4. Interactive item - based on Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

INTERACTIVE TASKS:

1. Museum 1: Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal

Link: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/...
Task: Book with a MC in dress designing business.

2. Museum 2: Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru
Link:
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Task: Book with a chalice or cup on cover or in title

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ad/f8/...
http://portal.andina.com.pe/EDPFotogr...
it is called 'orejera', and is a sort of earring. You can see how it used to be worn in this picture
Task: Book with earring in the title or on the cover.

3. Museum 3: Bangkok National Museum
Link:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Book with chariot/s on cover or in the title

4. Museum 4: The National Art Center in Tokyo
Link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

5. Museum 5: National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2...

Read a book with a Milliner as MC

6. Museum 6: Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town
https://zeitzmocaa.museum/art/c-stunn...

Read a book that centers on the Vatican or the Pope

7. Museum 7: National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa
Captioned as Rembrandt, Heroine from the Old Testament, 1632–33
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...

Read a book set in Prehistory up to Birth of Christ

Museum 8: Tate Modern in London

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Read a book with Window in the cover or title

Museum 9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
Bronze Chola Statue of Nataraja

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropo...

Read a book with a Chozha King/Prince as MC

Museum 10. Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands

Museum 11. The National Palace Museum in Taipei

Museum 12. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptia...

Read a book with a Pharaoh in the book or in the title

Museum 13. Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna

Museum 14. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
https://www.mapr.org/en/art/artwork/h...

Read a book with bicycle on the cover

Museum 15. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Museum 16. Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City

Your link doesn't work viji. Well, it works, but is not a link to an item.

Peggy wrote: "Your link doesn't work viji. Well, it works, but is not a link to an item."

I am sorry about this. I copied the link posted by Janice in the Help section of Museum 1. I was under the impression it would work here also.

I thought a painting in the Museum could work for an Interactive task.

What sort of the items should I use and how do I get the links that could work for the challenge? I am sorry that I am not able to understand the task. Could you please help me with this?

Thanks.

Could this exhibit work for the Interactive Challenge for Museum 1:

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/...

If so, I would change my task for this picture.

Thanks.

Yes, that works, Viji. Good link!

If the link posted in Msg. #18 is agreeable, then I change the task as

Book with a MC in dress designing business.

I hope my task is allowable. Thanks.

That will work, Viji.

Interactive Task:

Museum 2: Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GX4YX0/muse...

Book with a chalice or cup on cover or in title

Would this image and task could be used for the interactive task for Museum 2?

I used a different website and want to be sure if the link works. Thanks.

Kristie wrote: "That will work, Viji."

Thanks a lot, Kristie.

Viji wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Your link doesn't work viji. Well, it works, but is not a link to an item."

I am sorry about this. I copied the link posted by Janice in the Help section of Museum 1. I was under the..."

That's what happened! If you copy a link from someone's message, chances are the link has been truncated. Best thing to do is click on the link so that you are on the actual webpage and then copy the URL.

Viji wrote: "Interactive Task:

Museum 2: Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GX4YX0/muse...

Bo..."

Viji, please in future post your questions in the help thread for interactive tasks. That way everyone can benefit from it. Often members don't go to other members' challenge threads. Someone might see your picture and want to borrow it using a different task.

In answer to your question the link works, and using chalice or cup on the cover will work.

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Your link doesn't work viji. Well, it works, but is not a link to an item."

I am sorry about this. I copied the link posted by Janice in the Help section of Museum 1. I ..."

Thanks, Peggy. I am slowly getting the hang of it. I tried another website and posted the link and the interactive task relating to
Museum 2: Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru

Could you pl. check if I have done it properly? If this is alright, I will continue to work on other Museums for Badge 1.

Is there any thread for posting the Interactive Tasks or is it alright if I post the Interactive tasks in my own thread as in my Msg. #15 above?

It is really nice of you to have checked my first task and pointed out where I had gone wrong. How do I get to know that the image chosen by me and the task created for that image are valid? If any mistakes are made by me, how that would be pointed out for correction. Thanks.

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "Interactive Task:

Museum 2: Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Chiclayo, Peru

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GX4YX0/muse......"

Thanks, Janice. I was under the impression that I was the only one who is having the problem with the links. I got lot of help from other members when I addressed this issue in the help thread.

My interactive task and link for Museum 1 had a problem which Peggy was kind enough to help me with and I set it right. I tried another link for Museum 2 and wanted to be sure if I had done it alright this time. I did not know that I could post this in the help thread for interactive tasks. I will hereafter start posting my queries relating to Interactive tasks in the help thread as suggested by you.

Thanks.

Viji, I think Janice was referring to the questions about which pictures and tasks work for the interactive tasks, not the link issues. If you want to post a link to a picture or have a question about if a task fits the picture or book fits the task, the interactive thread is the best place to post to make sure everyone sees it.

Link is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Your links all seem to be working now. :)

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Viji - here some icons for you.
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There are so many.

Cherie wrote: "Viji - here some icons for you.
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There are so many."

Thanks, Cherie.

1. Badge: 1; Book 1
2. Museum 3, Location
3. Link: The Autumn Throne; 01/09/2021
4. Pages: 505 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book that has a throne on the cover, or has the word "throne" in the title
6. How it fits: Has 'Throne' in the title

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Good start!

Janice wrote: "✔️

Good start!"

Thanks, Janice.

1. Badge: 1; Book 2
2. Museum: 1; Location
3. Link: Love and Death Among the Cheetahs; 01/13/2021
4. Pages: 320 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book set in Africa or written by an African author
6. How it fits: Set in Kenya

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1. Badge: 2; Book 1
2. Museum: 36; 2. About
3. Link: The Secrets of Mia Danvers
4. Pages: 301 (ebook -read); 220 (Paperback) amazon.com link: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Mia-Da...
5. Task: Read a book with a proper name in the title.
6. How it fits: Proper name in the title

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1. Badge: 2; Book 2
2. Museum: 6; Location
3. Link: Dance of the Snake; 01/20/2021
4. Pages: 192 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book set in South Africa or written by a South African Author
6. How it fits: Set in south Africa

1. Badge: 2; Book 3
2. Museum: 5; Collection
3. Link: One Bad Apple; 01/22/2021
4. Pages: 272 (Kindle read); 262 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book with fruit on the cover
6. How it fits: Apples on cover

Viji wrote: "1. Badge: 2; Book 3
2. Museum: 5; Collection
3. Link: One Bad Apple; 01/22/2021
4. Pages: 272 (Kindle read); 262 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book with fruit on the cover
6. How it fi..."

All cover tasks require that you link to the cover. Please add the link. Thanks.

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "1. Badge: 2; Book 3
2. Museum: 5; Collection
3. Link: One Bad Apple; 01/22/2021
4. Pages: 272 (Kindle read); 262 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book with fruit on the cover..."

Oops, sorry. Am in the habit of adding covers and tried to be very conscious of not adding covers on reading your instructions. This is how I ended up!! hahahaha. Would be more careful in future.

I added the cover by editing my post (msg. #44). I hope it is alright. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

1. Badge: 1; Book 3
2. Museum: 1; About
3. Link: Death in Kew Gardens; 01/25/2021
4. Pages: 304 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book originally published in 2019
6. How it fits: Originally published on 06/04/2019

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1. Badge: 1; Book 4
2. Museum: 4; About
3. Link: Echoes of the Heart; 01/27/2021
4. Pages: 247 (Kindle - read); 243 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book that is the 2nd in a series
6. How it fits: 2nd in the Secrets of Scarlett Hall Series

1. Badge: 1; Book 5
2. Museum: 1; Collection
3. Link: The Cathar Secret; 01/28/2021
4. Pages: 416 (Paperback)
5. Task: Read a book with the word "secret" is in the title
6. How it fits: 'Secret' in the title