For Valentine's Day, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting a nudity-themed scavenger hunt today and tomorrow.
Attendees, though, are advised to remain clothed.
"Nudity is a lot of fun, but the hunt itself is just as much fun," said Stacy King, who is coordinating the event. "I think the combination is a win-win situation."
Teams will have the opportunity to scrutinize the museum's collection of nude paintings and sculptures for clues to a master list of questions, which participants will receive at the start of the event.
The team with the most correct answers at the end of two hours wins.
"We want to give them as much time to get as many correct as they can, so accuracy counts," King added.
And the Philadelphia Museum of Art isn't the only one hosting a nude scavenger hunt. Naked-themed hunts will be held simultaneously at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in Washington.
King said that the hunts were started as a way of providing a fun way for people to experience art.
The tours are "designed to whet [people's] appetite so they'll want to come more," King said.
Her company, Watson Adventure Scavenger Hunts, has been organizing the hunt at the museum for the past two years, as well as the hunts in New York and Washington.
While teams will examine art containing nude men and women, they will also have to search works involving sea monsters, nymphs and saints with body piercings.
Past participants have ranged from 20 to 40 years in age, although many in their 50s have attended, she said, stressing that college students are not the only ones entranced by nudity.
"People seem to love nudity, and I'm sure there's a lot of nudity to choose from in [the] museum," King said.
The hunts will occur today at 6:15 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. The price is $12 per person, which includes museum admission.
Not your average scavenger hunt - Hunters will search the museum's collection of nude paintings and sculptures for clues to a master list of questions - Friday at 6:15 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m., $12 per person; includes museum admission
