Crime Scene Cleaner Art Piece Locations: Complete Modern Art Museum Guide

All Crime Scene Cleaner art piece locations for the Modern Art Museum are listed below in this guide. President Studio built Chapter 8 as the penultimate and largest mission in the game.

This page covers every misplaced exhibit, all nine T-Rex bones, the exact TV color puzzle solution, all four cassette tapes, both secrets, and the full Nightmare Mode portal system.

Before You Start: How the Modern Art Mission Works

The Modern Art mission is Chapter 8 and carries a location size rating of 4 out of 4. It is the highest single level in Crime Scene Cleaner. Before picking up a mop, understand how the mission divides its tasks.

There are three separate task types. First, Move Furniture means returning items to their correct position within the same room. Second, Misplaced Exhibits means items that belong in a completely different wing or room. Third, Evidence means collecting 10 bodies and all physical clues. The mission lore states that a murderous game was hosted in the Modern Art Gallery for rich VIPs. Kovalsky reflects on arrival: “Seeing with my own eyes what these billionaires use their money for was disgusting.”

Use cleaner sense (Q) frequently in each room before moving on. Some items read as placed correctly but are in the wrong room entirely. Cleaner sense only highlights items within the current room zone, not in adjacent hallways or the next wing.

Crime Scene Cleaner Art Piece Locations: Room-by-Room Guide

The guide below covers every room in the museum. Each section lists furniture to move into place, misplaced exhibits with their destination room, and warnings for the trickiest items. Follow the T-Rex section first before cleaning anything else.

Central Exhibition and Foyer

The Foyer is the entrance hall and the home base of the T-Rex skeleton. The T-Rex is missing nine bones scattered across the entire museum. Collecting all nine and returning them to the skeleton before cleaning the Central Exhibition prevents losing track of bones buried under blood or trash.

Furniture to move in place inside the Foyer:

• Large paintings next to the yellow door: slide each painting into its correct position on the wall.
• Three brown benches: each slides into its designated floor spot.

Misplaced exhibits that leave this area and go elsewhere:

Item	Current Location	Destination Room
Red Round Table	Central Exhibition	East Wing: Red Room
Colorful Painting 1	Central Exhibition	Upper Passage
Pointy Round Sculpture	Central Exhibition	West Wing: Sculptures Room
Square Painting 1	Behind Velociraptor Statue	Central Exhibition: Foyer framing area
Square Painting 2	Blocking Triceratops path	Central Exhibition: Foyer framing area
Boy Head Sculpture	Left staircase near skeleton	West Wing: Sculptures Room
Nefertiti Bust	Triceratops skeleton room	West Wing: Sculptures Room

The Egg statue sits directly on the floor of the Central Exhibition beneath its pedestal. Mop carefully around it. Sweeping the Egg away from the area moves it out of position and makes it much harder to locate and place correctly.

T-Rex Bones: All 9 Locations

The T-Rex skeleton in the Central Exhibition requires nine separate bone pieces. No other section of the mission demands this many scattered items. Collect and return each bone immediately after finding it.

1. Jaw: On the floor directly under the T-Rex in the Central Exhibition. Most players find this bone first without needing a guide.
2. Toe Bone: Impaling a body hanging through an open door at the top of the Duck Room stairs. Access via the stairway inside the Duck Room.
3. Foot Claw (Back Foot Claw): Impaling a body in the Dark Room maze, positioned next to the Shield evidence item.
4. Arm Bone: Next to a body lying on the Lion Statue in the West Wing Sculptures Room.
5. Leg Bone: Inside the toilet in the upstairs loft area of the Yellow Room.
6. Tail Part 1 (Inner Tail): On the second floor, at the far end of the hallway opposite the cafeteria entrance.
7. Tail Part 2 (Outer Tail): In the West Wing bandstand area among the band equipment.
8. Foot Bone: Inside the “Illusion of Choice” dual-door exhibit room next to the Cafeteria entrance.
9. Rib Bone: On the floor in the middle of the Duck Room.

Bring each T-Rex bone to the skeleton immediately after finding it. The T-Rex toe bone (bone 2) may disappear at 34 out of 35 objects in the Central Exhibition counter. However, the mission still reaches 100 percent completion without the final toe. This is a known in-game quirk and does not softlock the level.

East Wing: Yellow Room

The Yellow Room requires four items brought from elsewhere in the museum. Every other yellow-colored item in the room belongs there and does not need a guide.

1. Yellow Computer Chair: Behind the bar inside the Cafeteria. This is the most commonly missed Yellow Room item because players rarely enter the Cafeteria during the first pass.
2. Globe: Near the entrance to the Red Room, next to the 3 Egg exhibit area.
3. Wooden Chair 1: In the Central Exhibition just past the T-Rex, between the entrances to the West Wing and the Dark Room.
4. Wooden Chair 2: On the second floor balcony area overlooking the museum entrance.

The Yellow Room includes a loft area accessible by a ladder. The small lamp sitting in front of the ladder base belongs upstairs in the loft, not on the ground floor.

East Wing: Red Room

The Red Room needs five items brought from other parts of the museum. Four are chairs and one is a table. None of these items exist inside the Red Room at mission start.

1. Coffee Table: Outside the Yellow Room door in the connecting corridor. It is one of the first items players see when entering the museum.
2. Red Chair 1: Directly under the T-Rex in the Central Exhibition.
3. Red Chair 2: In a corner of the Duck Room.
4. Red Chair 3: Hidden inside the Dark Room maze.
5. Red Chair 4: Inside the Cafeteria, flat against the double doors on the inside. This chair requires full Cafeteria access to retrieve.

There are two distinct red chair models in the museum. They look nearly identical but are not interchangeable. Placing the wrong chair model into a slot registers as incorrect in the exhibit counter. Use cleaner sense after placing each chair to confirm the placement turns green before moving on.

West Wing: Sculptures Room (Artifacts Room)

The Sculptures Room receives items from almost every wing of the museum. Additionally, this room holds the destination for several of the hardest-to-find misplaced exhibits in the entire level.

Items that must be brought to the Sculptures Room:

• Egyptian Bust (Nefertiti Bust): Found in the Northern Exhibition room containing the Stegosaurus.
• Unnamed Bust 1: In the Central Exhibition just outside the Duck Room.
• Unnamed Bust 2: Far end of the Central Exhibition, up the stairs near the wall past the West Wing and the Dark Room.
• Grasping Hands Statue: On a suspended floating table inside the Red Room.
• Star Sphere: On the floor directly at the entrance to the West Wing, very close to the door.
• Doughnut Statue: On top of one of the glass display cases in the Music Section of the West Wing. It blends with the display case surface and is easy to miss.
• Basketball Sphere: Sitting inside the basketball hoop in the Dark Room maze.

The basketball sphere inside the Dark Room hoop is the single most missed item in the Modern Art mission. It belongs in the West Wing Sculptures Room. Hundreds of players complete the entire museum and remain stuck at one missing exhibit because of this sphere. Check the hoop before assuming the Dark Room is complete.

West Wing: Cassettes Room and Bandstand

The West Wing music area contains several misplaced exhibits tied to the cassette and bandstand rooms. Additionally, T-Rex Tail Part 2 sits in this area.

Misplaced items and their destinations:

Item	Current Location	Destination
Cymbal	Near the Red Door, Central Exhibition	West Wing stage (bandstand)
Head Sculpture	On top of an exhibit stand, Central Exhibition	West Wing Sculptures Room
Guitar	Behind the bar in the Cafeteria	West Wing bandstand stage
Ring Sculpture	On a display case in the tape room	Sculptures Room
Knot Sculpture	In front of the tapestry room	Pedestal in the tapestry room
T-Rex Tail Part 2	In the bandstand area	Central Exhibition: T-Rex

Hard-to-spot furniture in this area:

• A picture on the wall in the tape room next to the door to the bandstand. Jump to place it correctly.
• A drum sitting in the short passage between the tape room and the bandstand entrance.

North Exhibition: Duck Room

The Duck Room holds two critical items that are easy to lose during cleaning.

Items in the Duck Room:

• Rib Bone (T-Rex): On the floor in the middle of the room.
• Feather Sculpture: On the Duck Room floor near the walls.

The Feather Sculpture sits on the Duck Room floor and belongs on the pedestal just outside the Duck Room entrance with two other feathers. Pick it up before mopping the floor. Sweeping during cleanup pushes the Feather Sculpture into walls or under furniture, making it extremely difficult to find afterward.

North Exhibition: Dark Room (Labyrinth)

The Dark Room is a glass maze in the North Exhibition. It holds a T-Rex bone, a Red Room chair, and the most missed item in the museum. Additionally, the TV color puzzle and the Katana chamber are located here.

Key items:

• Foot Claw (T-Rex): Impaling a body on a corpse near the Shield evidence item inside the maze.
• Red Chair 3 (for Red Room): Hidden in the maze area.
• Basketball Sphere: In the basketball hoop near the TV puzzle area. Goes to the West Wing Sculptures Room.

Navigation note: The Dark Room must be entered from the upper floor passage first. Opening the lower door during that first pass makes the return cleanup run much faster.

Upper Passage

The Upper Passage connects the second floor sections and contains several framed paintings and the Goat Statue. This area confuses players because paintings must go in specific spots based on frame type.

Key items:

• T-Rex Tail Part 1 (Inner Tail): At the far end of the second-floor hallway, opposite the cafeteria entrance.
• Goat Statue: On a table in the Upper Passage. Return it to its display spot.
• Multiple framed paintings that must match their frame slot type.

Painting placement rules:

Painting Type	Floor Level	Key Rule
Frameless painting	First floor only	Central corridor entrance area
Framed painting	Second floor only	Upper passage walkway above entrance
Gold-framed painting	Gold-frame slots only	Upper passage specific alcoves
Wood-framed painting	Wood-frame slots only	Upper passage wall sections

Gold-framed paintings and wood-framed paintings are not interchangeable. Placing the wrong type into a slot will not register as correct in the exhibit counter. Examine the frame material before attempting placement.

Cafeteria: VIP Area and Main Seating Area

The Cafeteria is the last area most players unlock. Several important items from other rooms sit inside the Cafeteria, and the Yellow Computer Chair cannot be recovered until Cafeteria access opens.

Items in the Cafeteria that belong elsewhere:

• Yellow Computer Chair: Goes to the East Wing Yellow Room.
• Guitar 2: Goes to the West Wing bandstand stage.
• Colorful Painting 3 near the entrance: Goes to the Upper Passage.

Misplaced items within the Cafeteria itself:

• Coffee Table in the wrong spot: Belongs in the VIP seating area.

Stealable items in the Cafeteria:

• 11x 100$ bills scattered on the floor.
• 2x 300$ bills on top of a black sofa.
• 300$ bills on small tables and on the shelf above the sink.

Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art TV Puzzle Solution

The TV color puzzle in the Dark Room maze blocks access to the Katana and the Rage Against the Machine Steam achievement. Many players spend significant time here because the hint is easy to miss and the colors can appear invisible on certain display settings.

Where Is the TV Puzzle?

The puzzle is inside the Dark Room, also called the Labyrinth or Maze Room, in the North Exhibition. Six TVs sit grouped in the far corner of the maze. Matching their colors to the correct pattern unlocks a secret door on the right-hand wall.

Where to Find the Hint

Two in-game sources show the correct color combination before you need to enter the Dark Room.

1. Ceiling mirror: Stand near the entrance of the North Exhibition and look directly up. A mirror on the ceiling reflects a 2×3 grid showing the correct TV color layout. The image is mirrored, so account for that when reading the positions.
2. Security room: In the West Wing, behind the carpet displays room, a security monitor displays the exact color pattern. Visit this room before entering the Dark Room to read the full answer without any guesswork.

The Exact TV Color Solution

Position	Correct Color
Upper Left	Pink
Lower Left	Orange
Upper Middle	White
Lower Middle	Blue
Upper Right	Green
Lower Right	White

Fixes for Players Who Cannot See the Colors

Some display settings make the TV colors appear as shades of grey. Three community-confirmed workarounds fix this.

• Grey TVs fix: Enable ambient occlusion in your graphics settings. On certain monitors and low-graphics presets, the TV colors render as grey rather than their actual colors.
• Flashlight trick: Turn on Kovalsky’s flashlight while looking at the TV monitors. This restores color visibility for most players and requires no settings changes.
• Colorblind click-count method: Set all six TVs to static first. Then count clicks from static for each position. Upper Left clicks 4 times (Pink). Upper Middle stays static (White). Upper Right clicks 3 times (Green). Lower Left clicks 1 time (Orange). Lower Middle clicks 2 times (Blue). Lower Right stays static (White).

After matching the colors correctly, the door on the right unlocks immediately. If the door stays closed, one TV is one click off from the correct color. Cycle through each TV slowly and check it against the table above before trying any other fix.

All Secrets in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art

The Modern Art Museum contains two secrets. Both require specific actions to trigger and neither appears during normal cleaning. Missing either secret prevents 100 percent completion.

Secret 1: The Cassette Wall (West Wing)

1. Go to the West Wing bandstand area.
2. Look at the right-hand wall near the glass display case. Transparent cassette tape covers line the wall.
3. Interact with the lowest cassette cover to open it. Step on top.
4. Open the next cassette cover above you and jump up onto it. Continue climbing upward.
5. Reach the top of the cassette wall.
6. Find a smaller cassette decoration on the upper wall. Interact with it.
7. A hidden door opens. Jump through to enter the secret room.
8. Collect the contents of the golden chest inside.

Secret 2: The Katana Chamber (North Exhibition)

1. Go to the Dark Room maze in the North Exhibition.
2. Set all six TVs to the correct color combination using the solution table above.
3. The door on the right side of the TV wall unlocks.
4. Walk down the corridor to the room at the end.
5. Pick up the Katana from the floor.
6. Nine mannequins spawn around you immediately.
7. Destroy all nine mannequins with the Katana.
8. The exit door opens automatically when all mannequins fall.
9. The Rage Against the Machine Steam achievement unlocks on exit.

All Cassette Tapes in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art

The Modern Art mission contains four cassette tapes. Three are straightforward pickups. Tape 2 only appears after triggering a specific in-game event.

Tape	Location	How to Get It
Tape 1	Red Room: table near the fire alarm	Available at mission start, grab it immediately
Tape 2 (KOKKO KANN)	West Wing bandstand: stage floor	Appears only after the mannequin puzzle triggers the lights-out event
Tape 3	Duck Room Corridor: floor near a chest	Access via the stairs inside the Duck Room, follow the corridor
Tape 4	East Wing Red Room: on the console table	Located during standard Red Room furniture placement

Tape 2 step-by-step:

1. Enter the West Wing bandstand area via the back entrance behind the stage.
2. Move the mannequins back to their marked positions on the stage.
3. Remove the body on or near the stage.
4. The lights go out and music begins. This is intentional and part of the mission.
5. The cassette tape (KOKKO KANN) appears on the stage floor when the lights return.

Troubleshooting: Still Missing an Exhibit?

If your exhibit counter shows one or two items remaining and your cleaner sense finds nothing in any room, the missing items are almost always from this list. These are the most commonly missed items in the Modern Art mission, ranked by how frequently the community reports them.

1. Basketball Sphere: Inside the basketball hoop in the Dark Room maze. Goes to the West Wing Sculptures Room.
2. Feather Sculpture: On the Duck Room floor. Goes on the pedestal just outside the Duck Room entrance.
3. Fire extinguisher: Behind an open door in the Central Exhibition. This is a misplaced exhibit, not a cleaning item.
4. Egg statue: On the floor of the Central Exhibition directly below its pedestal. It needs to be placed on the pedestal above it.
5. Doughnut Statue: On top of a glass display case in the West Wing Music Section.
6. Star Sphere: On the floor at the very entrance of the West Wing. Easy to walk straight past when entering.
7. Unnamed Bust 2: At the top of the stairs at the far end of the Central Exhibition past the West Wing.
8. Second-floor paintings: Gold-framed paintings placed into wood-framed slots or vice versa, registering as incorrect.

If cleaner sense shows no remaining items in a room but your counter still shows exhibits missing, those items are in another zone entirely. Use the room-by-room sections above to cross-check every area you have visited.

Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art Nightmare Mode Guide

No other walkthrough article covers the standard Modern Art mission and Nightmare Mode together. This section gives players a complete reference for both versions of the museum without switching between multiple guides.

What Changes in Nightmare Mode

Nightmare Mode restructures the Modern Art Museum completely. The connected hallway layout disappears and a Cloud Level hub room with eight portal doors replaces it. Each portal leads to a renamed Exhibition zone based on the standard rooms.

Key Nightmare Mode changes:

• Standard museum rooms become named Exhibition zones accessed through colored portals.
• Bodies and garbage bags must be deposited at the Cloud Level hub, not inside each Exhibition zone.
• The water tap for refilling buckets is located at the Cloud Level only.
• Grime accumulates faster than in the standard mission.
• The cassette tape collectible becomes an Onyx Disc.
• The TV puzzle in the Sewage Exhibition changes: set all TVs to green instead of the standard 6-color pattern.

Nightmare Mode Portal Map

Portal Color	Leads To	Former Standard Room Name
Black Marble	Foyer	Foyer
White	Furniture Exhibition	Red Room
Black and White	Cafeteria	Cafeteria
Red	Duck Exhibition	Duck Room
Grey Marble	Music Exhibition	West Wing Cassette Room and Carpet Room
Blue	Upper Passage	Upper Passage
Bronze	Sewage Exhibition	Dark Room / Labyrinth
Green	Ancient Exhibition	North Exhibition Sculptures Area

Nightmare Mode Onyx Disc Location

The Onyx Disc is the Nightmare Mode equivalent of the standard cassette tape. Follow these steps to find it.

1. Enter the Duck Exhibition via the Red Portal at the Cloud Level.
2. Go upstairs inside the Duck Exhibition.
3. Take the one open red door at the top.
4. Walk to the end of the corridor.
5. Find the concealed door at the corridor end and enter it.
6. Navigate through the labyrinth room inside. Follow any visible exit signs to move efficiently.
7. The music box holding the Onyx Disc sits at the end of the labyrinth.

Key Nightmare Mode Differences to Know

• Sewage Exhibition TV puzzle: Set all TVs in front of the locked door to green. The standard 6-color solution does not apply here.
• Furniture Exhibition (formerly Red Room): The room is now decorated entirely in white. Layout and furniture placements differ from the standard mission.
• Ancient Exhibition: Contains dinosaur bones and statues from what were the Sculptures Room and North Exhibition in the standard mission.
• Music Exhibition stuck counter fix: Some misplaced Music Exhibition furniture sits inside a secret room in the Upper Passage. If your Music Exhibition count will not clear, check the Upper Passage secret room before continuing.

Evidence Locations: All 10 Bodies in Modern Art

Collecting all 10 bodies is required for 100 percent mission completion. Most bodies are visible during normal room exploration, but two are easily missed.

Body Number	Location	Area
1	On or near the bandstand stage	West Wing
2	Under or near the Lion Statue	West Wing
3	In the Yellow Room loft area	East Wing
4	Near the mirror exhibits	North Exhibition
5	Near the mirror exhibits (second body)	North Exhibition
6	Near the Triceratops skeleton	North Exhibition
7	Hidden inside the dark maze	Dark Room / Labyrinth
8	Near the bronze T-Rex statue	Central Exhibition
9	Slumped behind the main bar	Cafeteria
10	In the Many Doors / Illusion of Choice section	Door Exhibit

One additional body hangs through an open door at the top of the Duck Room stairs. The T-Rex Toe Bone impales this body. Remove the body and retrieve the bone before disposal. This body is separate from the 10 counted in the mission objective tracker.

In the updated patch of the game mentioned in the Fandom wiki community, most of the old tactics have been changed.

Stealable Items in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art

Kovalsky can steal valuable items throughout the museum to supplement his income from the cleaning contract. All stealable items are listed below by area.

Item	Location	Cash Value
2x 200$ bills	Northern Exhibition: Crate by the basketball court	400$
3x 300$ bills	Northern Exhibition: Crate in the corner of the mirror area	900$
100$ bill	Northern Exhibition: On the overlook information post	100$
6x 100$ bills	Door Exhibit: Behind the white door (The Gift of Guilt exhibit by Zack De Patterno)	600$
300$ bill	Central Exhibition: Inside the fire extinguisher locker behind the bronze dinosaur statues	300$
Drugs (100$)	West Wing bandstand stage, left side	100$
Drugs (100$)	East Wing Yellow Room: Yellow crate	100$
300$ bill	Upstairs Yellow Room: Behind the lamp	300$
11x 100$ bills	Cafeteria: Scattered on the floor	1100$
2x 300$ bills	Cafeteria: On top of the black sofa	600$

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Frequently Asked Questions About Crime Scene Cleaner Art Piece Locations

Where are all the T-Rex bones in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art?

The T-Rex skeleton in the Central Exhibition requires nine bones. The jaw sits directly under the skeleton. The Toe Bone impales a body at the top of the Duck Room stairs, the Foot Claw impales a body in the Dark Room maze, and the Arm Bone lies next to a body on the Lion Statue in the West Wing. The Leg Bone is in the Yellow Room toilet, Tail Part 1 is on the second-floor hallway, Tail Part 2 is in the West Wing bandstand, the Foot Bone is in the Illusion of Choice room, and the Rib Bone is on the Duck Room floor.

What is the TV color puzzle solution in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art?

The six TVs in the Dark Room maze must be set to: Upper Left Pink, Lower Left Orange, Upper Middle White, Lower Middle Blue, Upper Right Green, and Lower Right White. The hint is visible on the ceiling mirror at the North Exhibition entrance, and a security monitor in the West Wing carpet room also shows the correct pattern. If the TV colors appear grey on your screen, enable ambient occlusion in graphics settings or activate Kovalsky’s flashlight while looking at the screens.

Where are all four cassette tapes in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art?

Tape 1 is on the table near the fire alarm in the Red Room at mission start. Tape 2 (KOKKO KANN) appears on the West Wing bandstand stage floor only after fixing the mannequins and triggering the lights-out event. Tape 3 is in the Duck Room corridor on the floor near a chest, reached via the Duck Room stairway. Tape 4 is on the console table in the East Wing Red Room.

How do I unlock the Katana in Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art?

Set the six Dark Room TVs to the correct colors from the table above. The door on the right side of the TV group unlocks immediately when all six are correct. Walk down the corridor and pick up the Katana at the end. Picking up the Katana spawns nine mannequins. Destroy every mannequin to open the exit door and unlock the Rage Against the Machine Steam achievement.

How is Crime Scene Cleaner Modern Art Nightmare Mode different from the standard mission?

Nightmare Mode replaces the connected museum hallway layout with a Cloud Level hub and eight color-coded portals leading to renamed Exhibition zones. Bodies and garbage bags must be deposited at the Cloud Level rather than inside each zone. The cassette tape collectible becomes an Onyx Disc, found in a hidden labyrinth room inside the Duck Exhibition via the Red Portal. The TV puzzle in the Sewage Exhibition changes from the standard 6-color solution to simply setting all TVs to green.