Roam with the Gnome

The Key Room has a new activity for kids and adults alike! Come find where the Gnome hid some of our most intriguing keys by picking up our scavenger hunt.

This week, Coleton Tanner, age 5, found all 10 keys with a little help from his parents. By showing me his favorite key on the scavenger hunt, he was awarded a very prestigious prize: the Junior Key Keeper Award.

Come unlock the mysteries of our keys by Roaming with the Gnome. If you can complete the task successfully, you might walk away with an award!

Lauren
Key Room Museum Curator

Getting Sketchy

Today, while documenting some of our keys in preparation for our upcoming Summer Enchanted Evening, Sara, our museum manager, and I were introduced to a spectacular 16 year-old from San Diego.

Grace Klein and her artwork

Grace Klein was enjoying the Key Room in a way I have never seen before; each key she found interesting provided a subject for her sketchbook. In seconds, Grace would draw an incredibly accurate sketch of our Collections.

Grace's sketch of the Vatican door key

As we spoke with Grace, she kindly offered to draw our favorite keys and leave them for Sara and I to enjoy.

Sara and the Lobster Lock and Key set from the Chinese Mandarin Palace that depicts the sea and its contents

Grace's drawings of my favorite key, the Key to Knowledge and Sara's favorite, the Lobster Lock and Key.

We welcome all aspiring artists to come and take in the intricacies of our Key Collection. You never know what inspiration you will find here!

Lauren
Key Room Museum Curator