Families take to museums around Britain on the lookout for Harry Potter

This article originally appeared on Culture24.

Fans of Harry Potter are scouring museums for clues as part of the Harry Potter Spotter Trail in celebration of the first ever illustrated copy of The Philosopher’s Stone

In partnership with charity Kids in Museums andThe Telegraph newspaper, a new competition has got families searching museums for a discreetly hidden image from the illustrated version of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone.

Placed in one of twelve different museums around the country families who find the picture are being

The families must then take a photograph of the image and share it on social media, using the hashtag #HarryPotterSpotter.

There are also clues to find at each venue to help people complete the task, including the one inside Derby Museum and Art Gallery, which reads:

Where will you find phosphorus instead of the Philosopher’s Stone? Be sure to make the ‘Wright’ decision!

Once the mission is complete, the winner will be picked out randomly from the entrants and receive a copy of the Deluxe Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone, a Harry Potter Studio tour in Leavesden and many more relevant prizes.

Kids in Museums is a charity that encourages more children and their families to visit museums and illustrator of the book, Jim Kay, believes the competition is a perfect way to fulfill the charities’ objective.

“Museums are one of my favourite places to visit," he said. "The objects they contain tell the story of ourselves and our world, and I find them endlessly inspiring and fascinating.”

Kay added that he felt "privileged" his images are on display in the chosen museums. “It’s an honour to know they will appear in the places that made me want to become an artist.”

Running until midnight on November 1, the images can be found in each of the 12 museums listed below:

•    Beamish Museum - www.beamish.org.uk
•    Derby Museum – www.derbymuseums.org
•    Egypt Centre, Swansea – www.egypt.swan.ac.uk
•    Falmouth Art Gallery – www.falmouthartgallery.com
•    Hampton Court Palace – www.hrp.org.uk
•    Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh – www.edinburghmusuems.org.uk
•    Manchester Museum – www.manchester.ac.uk/museum
•    Museum of London – www.museumofLondon.org.uk
•    National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin - www.nationalgallery.ie
•    Norwich Castle – www.musuems.norfolk.gov.uk/visit_us/Norwich_castle  
•    River and Rowing Museum, Henley-On-Thames – www.rrm.co.uk
•    V&A Museum of Childhood, London – www.vam.co.uk/moc


Experiencing a museum can change a young person’s life. Find out more about Kids in Museums and their vital work opening up museums to everyone: www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk

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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/literary-history/art539070-families-take-to-museums-around-britain-on-the-lookout-for-harry-potter