The Art Detective’s Guide is a fun worksheet for younger visitors. It is available from Reception and the entrance to the exhibition. Each Art Detective’s Guide includes some or all of the following activities:
- Finding pictures in the exhibition
- Questions
- Fascinating facts
- Write a poem
- Drawing
Your chance to be on the Royal Academy of Arts website
Come into the gallery and pick up a copy of the Art Detective’s Guide. Go around the show and complete the activities and then hand it in during your visit or post it to:
Sarah Knowler
Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600—1600
Young visitors were asked to find the Talismanic shirt of Cem Sultan, which is on show in gallery eight.
A talisman is something that brings good luck and wards off evil. The royal person would often wear a garment that was decorated with text and numbers to protect him from injury or death during hunting or battle. The numbers and letters were a special code designed to protect the wearer.
Young visitors to Turks have been designing their own lucky shirts. Click their names below to see their designs.
Alex, aged 9
Asha, aged 4
Colette, aged 8 1/2
Edward, aged 8
Eik, aged 8
Ella, aged 8
Iman, aged 7
Lucy, aged 10
Mohana, aged 7
Zak, aged 3
Leon, aged 6
