The Field Museum's Member Publication Education's Impact: Stories from Chicago, Wyoming, China and .^dag;ascar Scientists Discuss Favorite Field Gear D Winter 2005-2006 FKOMTHE PRESIDE NT Education : Here and Amund the Globe Even long-time Field Museum members sometimes feel overwhelmed by the w/ealth of information presented in the Museum's many exhibitions. Next time you visit, consider taking advantage of the more than 100 Field Museum docents who await you. These volunteers are dedicated to enriching your visit and are trained to help you make the most of your time by pointing out exhibition highlights and answering questions. Our docent-led tours are a great introduction to the Museum, or a fun way to rediscover favorite exhibitions in a structured way. Beth Spencer is among the innny Field Museum docents available to enhance your visit. The variety of tours includes: IVIuseum Highlights — a lool< at some of our most popular exhibi- tions (weekdays 11am and 2pm, weele, talk with Dr. Babcock in the Museum 's Paumee Earth Lodge. Field Educator Makes Museum a Learning Tool for Teachers A Conversation with Elizabeth Babcock Kaiherine I.' Hnniley, Writer Photos by Diane Alexander IVliite As Director of Teacher and Student Programs in The Field Museum's Education Department, Elizabeth Babcock, PhD, helps the Museum fulfill its purpose of educating the public. In the Field spoke with Dr. Babcock about her experiences and the work of her department. UF: What is the main goal of your job? Dr. Babcock: To make the Museum accessible to Chicago area teachers and students. Teachers some- times don't realize the wealth of resources here and don't know The Field Museum continues to offer new things all the time. We train the teachers to use the Museum. We've also tried to make everything affordable. In September 2004, we made all of the temporary exhibitions free for all Chicago area schools. ITF: What experiences have made the biggest impression on you? Dr. Babcock: The most memo- rable experiences are the ones in which I see the fruit of our labor in educating teachers and students about how to use the Museum in a meaningful way. In my role, 1 also teach classes, and it's the contact with the teachers 'If a teacher is well trained on how to use the Museum's resources then it's more likely the stu- dents are going to have meaningful experiences.' and students that keeps me — and all the folks in the education department — rejuvenated everyday. ITF: When you're designing programs, what aspects do you consider in order to fully engage students? Dr. Babcock: It's important to make sure the students have some sort of interaction with real artifacts and specimens. They're going to have a very different sense of what ancient Egypt was all about when they come here and see the artifacts, as opposed to just reading about it in a book or on the internet. ITF: Why do you feel it's important to train educators? Dr. Babcock: I think a lot people assume that when a teacher comes to the Museum it's automatically easy to use the Museum in an effective way, but we know that's not the case. Over the course of a teacher's 20 to 30-year career, he or she is going to work > ith thousands of students. If a cacher is well trained on how o use the Museum's resources then it's more likely the students are going to have meaningful experiences. ITF: How do you help students and teachers make the most of field trips? Dr. Babcock: One way is through the free educator guides. These guides help them think through how they can build the fTeld trip into their classroom learning. We also train teachers on our focused field trip framework that outlines different ways of interacting with our exhibitions. That way, teachers and students become better Museum users. We also have a fantastic decent corps of volunteers who likes working with the school groups and regularly take them on guided exhibition tours. ITF: When students and teachers leave, how do you hope they view the Museum? Dr. Babcock: I had a really neat experience the other day. A group of third and fifth grade students came with their parents and teachers on a family field trip. We did a dinosaur-related set of activities, when they left, we asked them for evaluations. They said things like, "I didn't know that the Museum was such an interesting place."... "I hadn't been here in 20 years, I didn't know that they had these new resources." We love comments like that. ITF Citigroup Foundation provides lead corporate support for professional development programs for teachers at Tfie Field Museum. IN THE FIELD OFSPECIALINTEREST Helping Malagasy Scientists Study and Conserve Their Island's Unique Habitats Steven Goodman, PhD, Senior Field Bioloi^ist, Tlte Field Museum Achille Raselimanana, PhD, Biodiversity Pro<^ram Officer, IVVVF-Madat^ascar The island of Madagascar has levels of endemic plants and animals virtually unparal- leled anywhere else on Earth and the country faces considerable pressure on remaining natural forest habitats. It is impossible to protect what is unknown and the more we learn about the organisms of the island, the greater insight we have into conservation needs. The availability of trained human resources is key to conservation efforts in Madagascar. Malagasy scientists must have the means to conduct research and the experience to place scientific data in a context that can enhance conservation. It is simply imperative that Malagasy scientists play a key role in the progress of programs associated with their island's biodiversity and natural environments. ^ as RAP-Gasy — a team of Malagasy biologisiStttffi ^*€^ In the early 199()s, the World Wildlife Fund and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Madagascar office began the Ecology Training Program (ETP). It strives to furnish logistical, financial and supervi- sory support to promising young Malagasy graduate students working in conservation biology and in collaboration with Malagasy universities. Field Museum Senior Field Biologist Steven Goodman, PhD, (article co-author) began coordinating this program close to its conception and continues in this capacity. In 1996, herpetologist Achille Raselimanana, PhD, (article co-author) joined WWF-Madagascar as the biodiversity program officer and as coordinator of ETP. This program has advanced knowledge of the island's unique biologi- cal inventories and hundreds of Malagasy students and researchers have visited nearly 200 different sites for multidisciplinary biological inventories. About 50 students have earned higher degrees at Malagasy universities associated with ETP and slightly more have visited The Field Museum to conduct research. Thanks in part to ETP, a body of Malagasy biologists has emerged with the needed skills to make a difference in advancing conserva- tion programs on their island. However, a couple of years ago, a problem involving the advancement of Malagasy biologists became apparent. While the new wave of these scientists obtained important governmental and nongovernmental jobs, thus having a profound impact on the conservation programs of their unique island, on the research side, many remained in the shadows of their mentors. In order for these conservation biologists to forge their own visions and create their own pro- fessional identities, something had to be done quickly. With a three-year grant given by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and administered by The Field Museum, this problem has been partially addressed with a project known conduct rapid assessments of poorly known forested areas on the island and helps foster other consprva- ?>: tion biologists from that nation. The RAP-Gasy team finished the first year of the project this past Southern HemispTiere sum- mer. They surveyed eight different sites in a variajv of regions of the island. Each year they intend to spend about five months in the field, two or three months working at universities conducting research and giving conservation biology courses, and"4:he balance of the year pursuing research projects in their fields of interest, particularly those with foreign collaborators, and acting as mentors for the next generation of Malagasy biologists. For example, mammalogist Voahangy Soarimalala is conducting a systematic revision of a Malagasy rodent genus. Sh?* spent the past two summers at The Field Museum working with specimens and in the molecular laboratory of Sharon Jansa, PhD, at the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Raselimanana just finished a three-year postdoctoral position studying the molecular phylogeny of a group of Malagasy lizards at the Yale University laboratory of Anne Yoder, PhDv As you read this, the RAP-Gasy team is in the ' field for their second season together. This is the best time of year to conduct research in Madagascar because plants are flowering and fruiting and ani- mals are notably active. Who knows what wopde'ri ''.tforegrdund) are two the scientists will find? But that is a subject ^ ^Vj^mcinbers of the future article. ITF c < lyg ' ^^ P-Gasy team. \.. many [Malagasy conservation biologists] remained in the shadows of their mentors. In order for [them] to forge their own visions... something had to be done quickly.' chille RaseHmanatm, 'hD, (haik^rouud, eated at tnakeshift field lab) and Marie Jeanne Raherilalao (seated in WINTER 2005-2006 Dncmin-r-Vehmary INTHEFIELDFEATURE Field Museum Spearheads Regional Collaboration of Environmental Educators SAM educator Joliaiina Tliompsoti shares the basics of soil science with a student. Submitted by The I'ichI Museum Education Department Each year, The Field Museum's Soil Adventure Mobile (SAM) educators introduce about 25,000 Chicago area children and adults to the "world beneath their feet" through innovative hands-on activities about soil and biodiversity. SAM audiences learn about biology and conservation by participating in activities such as touching live mil- lipedes and worms, creating a variety of soil mixtures, and identifying typical backyard soil critters. Recently, the SAM program expanded its outreach to include the states of Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri. educational resources, including the SAM program; the redesigned Underground Adventure website (www.fieldmuseum.org/undergroud- adventure); the teacher resource. Unearthing Soil Secrets: An Educator Guide to Underground Adventure; and the Underground Adventure classroom poster available through the Field Museum's Harris Loan Center (312.665.7500 or www.fieldmuseum.org/ harrisloan). The Field Museum formally launched the alli- ance with a two-day workshop in November that focused on environmental education resources for teachers. Thirty representatives fi-om partner organizations and Field Museum staff convened to share resources and training tips for environ- mental science teachers. During the workshop, participants assessed each institution s environmen- tal education programs, shared common challenges and developed regional and local strategies for program improvement. As the first of two planned workshops, the conference set the stage for what 'Sharing best practices with other science education institutions allows us to magnify the impact of our respective education pro- grams and resources/ pro!nises to be a productive collaboration. To learn more about the EEIUA partner insti- tutions and the initiative, please check out the resources section of the Underground Adventure web- site or call 312.665.7536. In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for the Soil Adventure Mobile at our partner locations! ITF We thank the members of the EEIUA advisory committee. Lead sponsor; Monsanto. Additional support provided by the Albert Pick Jr Fund. The traveling SAM program is only one part of a new Field Museum regional alliance focused on the permanent exhibition, Underground Adventure. Called the Environmental Education Initiative for Undergroufid Adventure (EEIUA), this collaboration brings together science institutions in the Midwest to share educational techniques and programs on soil science, biodiversity and conservation. As Victor Olapojoye, the Field s administrator of outreach programs and coordinator of EEIUA, explains, "Sharing best practices with other science educa- tion institutions allows us to magnify the impact of our respective education programs and resources." EEIUA partners include The Field Museum; Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines; Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis; Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum; and Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton, Minnesota. Partners have access to the full range of Uttderground Adventure m IN THE FIELD YOURGUIDETOTHEFIELD Calendar of Events for Winter 2005-2006 December-February Inside: Exhibitions Festivals Family Programs Adult Programs Pmgrams at a Glance Details inside! Family Programs Family Overnight 12/17 Peaceable Kingdom 12/27 Two of Us Workshops 1/3-1/24 & 2/7-2/28 Martin Luther King Performances 1/13-1/16 Frederick Douglass Performances 2/11-13 African American Literature Lecture 2/12 Adult Programs Ghosts of Vesuvius Lecture 12/7 Handmade Pasta Workshop 1/25 Betty DeRamus Lecture 2/1 1 African Ancestry Lecture 2/15 Cultural Connections Programs 2/18 Gr 3/18 Migration Lecture 2/28 Restoring Stabiae Lecture 3/4 Evolving Planet Preview Dino Discovery Days 3/11-13 Create a Play in One Day! 3/11 Evolving Science Lecture 3/11 National Geographic Live! Series Africa By Air 2/21 Exploring Bhutan 3/14 Chasing the Tornado 3/28 Three Among the Wolves 4/25 In Search of King Tut 5/23 New Exhibition Tlirough March 26, 2006 POMPEI I STORIES FROM AN ERUPTION Two thousand years ago a vibrant society disappeared beneath the ashes of Vesuvius. Now you can uncover its buried treasures — and its human drama — at The Field IVluseum. The c-xiiibilion was organized by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attivtta Culturah, Sopnntendenza archeologica di Pompei, Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeotogtci delle province di Napoli e Caserta, Regione Campania. Presented by Harris N.A. Featured Lecture Ghosts of Vesuvius Dr. Charles Pellegriiw, Author mM V i^Sm mH: Uncover the strange connections between major disasters such as the eruption of Vesuvius and the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11. As one of the world's only experts on downblast and surge physics, Pellegrino will explore the remnants of an extraordinarily advanced civilization, then dissect the effects of Vesuvius' eruption, in hopes of saving lives around volcanic hot zones. ]\ediiesdaY, Dec. 7, 6pm s 16, students /educators $14, members $12 _I fer Field useum General Museum Information: 312.922.9410 Family and Adult Program Tickets and Information: 312.665.7400 Please note: Refunds will be issued by Field Museum staff, minus a $10 processing fee, for group and family overnights only. No refunds or exchanges are permitted for any other programs. Fees for programs cancelled by The Field Museum will be refunded in full. WINTER 2005-2006 December- February Your Guide to the Field: Calendar of Events for Winter 2005-2006 December- February Discover the rich history of the African American migration experience FchniaTy 2006 Be inspired by speakers and performers that use their work to explore the extraordinary stories and legacies of the Underground Railroad. Lectures, first-person interpretations, and more will uncover the rich heritage of Africans in America, from slavery to today. Gallery Programs A Portrait of Frederick Douglass Virtually travel back in time to the Columbian Exposition of 1893, where Frederick Douglass delivered his inspiring speeches about freedom and equality in the US and abroad. Celebrated Chicago actor and singer Kevin Mcllvaine will portray Douglass' famous orations, backed by moving performances by the Apostolic Church Choir of Chicago. Sanirday, Feb. 1 1— Monday, Feb. 13, 2pm Free with Museum admission SponsorwJ by Ariel Mutual Funds. Adult Lectures Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad Bclty DcRiUmis, author Venture back into a dangerous world where freedom was scarce and romance was off-limits. DeRamus recounts astonishing tales of slaves who found love in the most unusual places, documenting stories that have remained hidden for more than a century. Saturday, Feb. 1 1, 2pm Free with Museum adtiiissioii uvnvN c MOim>«wsNnn>.iMC FORBIDDEN FRUIT *• LOVE STORIES FROM T UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BETTY DE RAMUS 8 I IN THE FIELD CALENDAR General Museum Information: 312.922.9410; Family and Adult Program Tickets and Information: 312.665.7400 Frederick Douglass and African-American Literature Williatii Cooh, Dartmouth College Gain insight into tlie life and works of Frederick Douglass through an intimate look at his contribution to African-American literature. Dr. Cook will trace the construction of African- American oratory and preaching and show how they have shaped literature and discourse. Sunday, Feb. 12, l2:J0piii Free with Ahiseuin admission African Ancestry, Inc. Dr. Rick Kittles, Scientific Director, African Ancestry, Inc. Learn more about Dr. Kittles' well known work studying the genetics of hereditary prostate cancer among African- Americans. Dr. Kittles traces African-American ancestry through unique genealogy research, studies of population history, and disease associations. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2pm Free with Museum admission .,awt Evening Lecture/ Performance In IVIotion: The African-American IVIigration Experience Opening Performance: Tlie John Work Chorale Keynote Presentation: SyhianeA. Diouf, author Learn more about this author's new interpretation of African- American migration history, which includes the self-motivated activities of peoples of African descent trying to remake them- selves and their worlds. See how these industrious peoples used survival skills, efficient networks, and their dynamic culture to thrive and spread in the new settlements of the Americas. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7pm (includes book signing) $18, members $15, students /educators $12 A Spiritual Journey Percussion Ensemble At the Harold Washington Cultural Center-Bronzeville Expand your musical horizons with this creative ensemble that uses traditional African instruments to tell stories and inspire people. Family audiences will hear songs, see basic choreography, and learn about the power of music. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2pm Free to the public For more information, visit wunv.haroldwashittgtotKulturalcenter.com tCiMBEBLY MAZANEIVGN90534 2 i D More dino fun Dinosaur Dynasty: Discoveries from China Through April 23, 2006 Meet dinosaurs you've never seen before — all the way from China! This exhibition features authentic fossils and life-size casts of 21 dinosaur skeletons from one of the world's hottest spots for dinosaur research. This exhibition was produced by DinoDon, Inc., in cooperation with Beringia Ltd. and the Inner IVIongolian Museum. i o a < DO i u ^^^^B^^Ii^^-^H^ ^ff ^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^Hu^jl^yXr''4^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H \ WINTER 2005-2006 December- Felmmry 9 Family Overnight Dozin' With The Dinos Sue the T. rex is having a sleepover! Join us for a night of family worl.-'i4Wt*'i:;'i./'^'~v:^*iite^SrtiiiWf Adult Class Family Performances Peaceable Kingdom Celebrate the holidays with cultural traditions from around the globe. The three-day festivities include performances by choral groups, bands, and jazz ensembles that reflect the ethnic diversity of Chicago. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Monday, Dec. 26, 2pm Tribus Futuras: Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2pm Edgar Gabriel's String Groove: Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2pm Free with Museum admission Free Lecture Italy's Hand-made Traditions Slow Food Chicago Enjoy an evening of pasta tasting and demonstrations by Chef Theo Gilbert, whose Pasta Adagio Restaurant and Market creates handcrafted pasta and sauces from organic flour, farm-raised eggs, and other local ingredients. You'll learn more about the worldwide Slow Food movement, founded in Italy to promote the pleasures of the table and food produced using sustainable farming. The tasting includes wine. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 6:30— 9pm $60, members $50 Please note: Space is limited, and class location is TBD. ^.A c Luxury and Power in the Seaside Villas of Stabiae Dr. Thomas Xoblc Howe, Coordinator General of the Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation Experience the wealth and osten- tation of the spectacular seaside resorts near Pompeii. You'll see how these luxurious homes served as centers for power in the hot sum- mers, as senators and businessmen entertained guests with exclusive parties. You'll also learn about the innovative project of the Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation, which is preserving, excavating and returning the villas to their former grandeur. Saturday, March 4, 2pm Free with Museum admission For more information on Stabiae and the Restoring Ancient Stabiae project, visit their website at www.stabiae.org. Below is a calendar of current and upcoming temporary exhibitions. Some dates may change. Visit our website at wvvw.fieldmuseum.org or call 312.922.9410 as the date of your visit nears. Auschwitz Album: The Story of a Transport January 27-June 4, 2006 .•iw'iaw i Design Innovations in Manufactured Housing Through January 16, 2006 King Performer Keeps Dream Alive Celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. with a moving portrayal of his speeches on nonviolence, faith, love, and equality. Chicago actor and singer Kevin Mcllvaine, who travels the country portraying the slain civil rights leader, is known for his ability to enthrall audiences as if King himself were speaking. This is the first program in a series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chicago Freedom Movement. Friday, Jan. 13— Monday, Jan. 16, 2pm Free with Museum admission For more information, visit www.cfm40.org. Sponsored by Ariel Mutual Funds. Family Workshops Two of Us: African Culture and Mammals Join us in this four-week excursion through the wonders of The Field Museum! You and your little one will travel the Museum's exhibition halls, sing songs, hear stories, touch objects, make art projects, and enjoy snacks while exploring natural history themes. Choose either a focus on African culture, from Ancient Egypt to modern day Bamun, or an exploration of mammals of the world. African Culture: Tuesdays, Jan. 3-24, 10-1 1am Mammals: Tuesdays, Feb. 7—28, 10— 11 am For families with children ages 3-5. $32, members $27 Note: For every child with paid attendance, one parent or cliaperone attends for free. JOHN WEINSTEIN/GN90771 .030D Cultural Connections The Language of Looks Experience cultural diversity in your hometown! This year, through the Cultural Connections program, local ethnic museums and cultural centers are presenting joint events that explore the messages of identity that we send and receive through appearance. Join Field Museum staff and Cultural Connections partners for their early spring collaborations: Arab American Action Network and Swahili Institute of Chicago Saturday, Feb. 18 Indo-American Center and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society Saturday, March 18 For more information, including the Teacher Course for Lane/CPDU credit, see www.fieldmuseum.org/ccuc/cultural.htm Cultural Connections has received generous support from The Joyce Foundation, Kraft Foods, Polk Bros. Foundation, Chicago Public Schools' Office of Language and Cultural Education, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation. Jungles Through March 5, 2006 Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption Through March 26, 2006 Planet with Dinosaur Discovery Da On March 10, 2006, our new exhibition about the history of life on Earth — including an expanded hall of dinosaurs — will finally be open! Help us celebrate and take part in a performance, see rarely viewed specimens from the Museum's collections, handle real fossils, and more. volving Gallery Programs Interpretive Stations Discover the geological hot spots of the Americas by piec- ing together our Mega Maps that locate and identify the best places to find and excavate fossil evidence of prehistoric life. Later, play our Extinction Game and learn w/hy and how certain species have survived Earth's mass extinctions — v\/hile others have been lost forever. Saturday and Sunday, March 11 and 12, lOani-noon and l-3pm Free with Museum admission Special Artists at the Field Examine the enthralling work of Evolving Planet illustrator Karen Carr, and learn what it takes to depict scenes of life on Earth millions of years ago. Come early, visit with the artist, and sign up for a special guided tour of the exhibition with Ms. Carr (limited to 45 participants). Saturday, March 11, 10am— noon, Tour: 1pm Free with Museum admission Children's Workshop Create a Play in One Day! Foundation Tlieatre Group Put your little one in the director's chair! Children ages 5-11 will write a short dinosaur play under the tutelage of professional actors, cast it with their new friends from the workshop, and perform at the Museum that same day. Saturday, March 11, Reiiearsal: 10am— 2pm; Performance: 2:30pm $16, members $12 Special Women's History Month lecture Can 200 Million-Year-Old Leaves Predict the Future for Plant Biodiversity? Dr. Jenny McEhuain, FM Dept. of Geology Take a virtual expedition to chilly Greenland to see how fossil plants are helping scientists untangle the mysteries of ancient global warming trends — and helping shape predictions about the effects of future global warming on Earth's biodiver- sity and ecology. Saturday, Marcli 11, 1:30pm i ^^^H The Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is the generous sponsor of the Genius Hall of Dinosaurs. Evolving Pianet is made possible, in part, with support from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Education. Dinosaur Dynasty: Discoveries from China Through April 23, 2006 Transforming Tradition: Pottery from Mata Ortiz Through May 31, 2006 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Travel across lush Africa, the frigid Canadian north, even the Midwest's tornado alley, in our fifth year of National Geographic Live! presentations. Get your tickets early to see the best photographers, explorers, and conservationists bring their dramatic adventures to The Field Museum. Wings Over Africa: Tracing the Human Footprint J. Michael Fay, Explorer and Conservationist Witness the effects of human • development on Africa's great II biodiversity through magnificent aerial photography. You'll see the '^ great lengths — including a 60,000- mile "megaflyover" of the continent — to w/hich Fay has gone to heighten awareness about Africa's growing conservation needs. Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7:30pm Exploring Bhutan Michael Hawley, Computer Scientist and Explorer Jump into the mind of one of the world's most visionary think- ers, who is changing the way we think about sharing and utilizing information. A real renais sance man, Hawley will take you on a visual odyssey across Bhutan with vibrant photographs from his recently published book on the Himalayan kingdom. ^ S"-^' Tuesday, March 14, 7:30pm Chasing the Tornado Tim Samaras, Severe-Storm Researcher Follow the winding path of some of Earth's most destruc- tive natural phenomena. You'll hear some of Samaras' most harrowing stories of storm chasing in tornado coun- try, and how he is carefully engineering probes that will teach us more about the dynamics of twisters. Tuesday, March 28, 7:30pm Ticket Information Call 312.665.7400 or visit ww/w.nationalgeographic.com/nglive to purchase tickets. A limited number will be available onsite the day of the event starting at 5:30pm, but we recommend reserving tickets in advance since this series sells out. Also, a series subscription makes a great gift! We'll send the tickets along with a personalized gift card at your request. Series Subscriptions — On Sale Now Explorers Circle Help ensure the continuation of the NG Live! series in Chicago! Benefits include reserved seating; a private reception with Zahi Hawass prior to the May 23 event; signed copy of the book Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs; and acknowledgement of your support of the series in each printed event program: $390; TFIVI, IMG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $375 Three Among the Wolves Helen Tliayer, Explorer Walk in the way of the wolf with Helen Thayer and Charlie, her half-dog, half-wolf companion. Thayer will recount the extraor- dinary education she and her husband received living among packs of wolves in the Canadian Yukon and Arctic, using Charlie as an interpreter between wolf and man. Tuesday, April 25, 7:30pm In Search of King Tut Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist Get a first-hand look at the CT scans and other investigations being per- formed on Tutankhamun and other ancient mummies of Egypt. Dr. Hawass is leading an international team of scientists in this provocative look at one of antiquity's most endur- ing mysteries. Tuesday, May 23, 7:30pm Patron (reserved seating): $140; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $125. General admission: $105; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $90; students $60. Individual Events— On Sale January 17 Patron $30; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $28. General admission: $24; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $22; students $15. Educators- Student programs, teacher workshops, and online lesson plans are provided in conjunction with the series. For more informa tion, go to nationalgeographic.com/nglive or call 312.665.7500. National Geographic Live', edu Plum Creek Timber Company. nade possible by the generous support of Examine old legacies and new creations The Auschwitz Album: The Story of a Transport Jan. 27-Juue 4, 2006 Striking blacl<-and-white photographs tal(5rro^d," never to be returne Carl W. Dick, PhD, Brouti Postdoctoral Fellotn Department 0f2k>ologY I am a postdoctoral associate of Bruce Patterson, PhD, MacArthur cura- tor of mammals at The Field Museum. I study the ecology and evolution of parasites and their relationships with their hosts. My stiidy organisms are rather bizarre; blood-feeding fly parasites that exist nowhere except on the bodies of bats. Because bat fly species usually are specific to their host species, I must capture the bats in order to study the flies. A piece of equipment essential to this task is a mist net. Developed by the Japanese to capture birds, mist nets are made of lightweight nylon or polyester threads, supported by five or six heavier shelf cdrds. Between each shelf cord, the mesh net bunches up into folds. Nets — usually 20 to 60 feet long and about nine feet high_;— aire' stretched along and across places where bats fly at niq as trails or roads, over water sources, near fruit trees, or some--, t'mes over the exits of the bats' roosts. If the net is pla correctly, bats fly into the soft net and become entangled wdthin the folds between the shelf mr^^ onnp^p hat ic captured jently untangled from the nel.~^=^:tlVi Akiko Shinya Chief Preparator, Fossil Vertebrates, Department of Geoh^y Among many essential items in the field, my solar-powered triple sensor watch will always bel with me throughout the trip. When prospecting, we normally establish a time to meet, usually in two to three hours after we set out. It's impossible to tell time without a watch in the middle of nowhere. I once had an incident where I didn't have a watch, making my team wait for me for two hours. I also had a clock with batteries, but it stopped working. This solar-pow- ered watch charges fully while I'm out in the sun. It also has a compass, an altimeter, and a barome- ter, which is handy for predicting weather change. Manager of International Commtmity Outreach, Environmental and Conservation Programs One thing I can't live without when I'm traveling in the field is my iPod. I bought one right away when they became available back at the end of 2002. I can't imagine being without one now. It is especially fun to share music with people. The Cofan, the indigenous group we work with in Ecuador, seem to prefer the hard stuff — Metallica, Black Sabbath and Queens of the Stone Age, that sort of thing. The louder, the better. I also never travel without a pair of noise-canceling headphones. Not only can you use them on long flights, but you can also wear them in noisy hotels so that you can get to sleep at night. Greg Mueller, PhD, Curator, Department of Botany People frequently ask me what I'm carry- ing when I get off the plane with my big duffel bag bursting at the seams. I carry a lot of gear, but several items are critical: my camera, my "true color" lamp, vials of chemicals that act as a DNA fixative, and my mushroom dryer. Because the mushrooms loose their color and shrivel up upon drying, I need to document their appearance in fresh condition. I take detailed notes on the size, shape, texture, odor, color and taste — but I don't taste the deadly poisonous species! Regular light bulbs do not give off the same color as sunlight, however with my "true color" lamp I get accurate color information. Since a photo is worth a thousand words, I take a picture of each specimen before drying it. Then I place small bits of selected mushrooms into the vials of DNA fixative. Finally, I preserve the specimens with a food dehydrator that's similar to what people use to make banana chips and dried apples. Two other items — one low-tech and one high-tech — are essential in the field: a large basket for carrying specimens and global positioning system (GPS), so that I know my location. OFSPECIALINTEREST Field Museum Archaeologists Help Chinese lleaaues Slav One Step Ahead of the Bulldoz( Field Museum anthropologist Anne Underhill, PhD, had recently finished her doctorate In 1993 when the opportunity of lifetime came along. It was China. After about 50 years of keeping foreign archaeologists out, the world's most populous country ^^ was inviting them in. Dr. Underhill, who had to write a dissertation on China without the benefit of her own fieldwork, jumped at the opportunity. providing a smaller scale of observation, and in diat part of China there would never be suiEcient time or resources to provide a complete regional picture or census of ancient sites on the landscape. "No one had done systematic regional surface sur\'ey in China," Dr. Underhill said. She believed the method could effectively identify' the regional settlement pattern around Liangchengzhen, thus providing new information about relations between communities. At the same time, it could identify sites that might soon be destroyed by China s rapid economic and population growth. That's where Field Museum Anthropology Chair Gary Feinman, PhD, then a professor at the University ofWisconsin, came in. Years earlier, he had helped pioneer systematic survey at sites in r Mexico. In 1995, at Dr. Underhill s request. Dr. Feinman traveled to China with his wife, anthro- pologist Linda Nicholas, an exj>ert in reading maps. They worked with Dr. Underhill and helped train Chinese archaeologists in the survey method. At first, it \\:as a tough sell. "We were walking up forested hills, through apple orchards. They wondered, 'why bother?"" Dr. Underbill recalled. But the project pnxluced impressive results showing that Liangchengzhen was the center of a hierarchical network of smaller sites that, in turn, oversaw' many smaller farming hamlets. Shandong University and the Rizhao City Cultural Bureau are planning to host a conference to discuss with other Chinese archaeologists the wider signifi- cance of the projects findings from the survey and the excavation at Liangchengzhen (1998-2001). Dr. Feinman sees it as an audition for the survey methodology. Although they did not invent regional survey. Dr. Feinman and Linda Nicholas are now in pan responsible for its growing popularity in two o{ the most archaeologicaUy rich countries in the world — Mexico and China. "I'm hoping that we can continue to influence Chinese scholars to do more regional survey," he said. Thanks to The Field Museum's scientists, China's archaeologists may finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief in the fece of all those bulldozers. ITF iJut China's open door wasn't just for archaeologists. Foreign investment in the country also swelled. Rapid develop- Aunc L'ndeHtill, PliD. ment funded by several sources continues to push the nation's cities up and out. Tlte China Tratisportatioti Yearbook states that between 1 988 and 2002, more than 15,500 miles of expressways were dug, flattened, and paved. How can archaeologists save and study several thousand years of Chinese history and prehis- tory >vhen an army of bulldozers threatens to destroy important sites? Back in the mid-1990s. Dr. Underhill and her colleagues saw a solution. Her project, focused on the prehistoric town of Liangchengzhen in northern China's Shandong Pro\'ince, would be the first in that country to employ systematic regional surface survey. Using this field procedure, surveyors on a team walk about '[Dr. Feinman and Linda Nicholas] worked with Dr. Underhill and helped train Chinese archaeologists in the survey method. At first, it was a tough sell.... But the project produced impressive results...' 50 yards apart and at the same pace, over the land looking for artifacts. In time, and through system- atic apphcation of this methodolc^, large areas are covered. The presence of artifacts on the surface indicates a site lies beneath. The more traditional method of digging at sites is far more expensive. Left: Dr. Underltill dimbing an upland area in China. It IN THE FIELD OFSPECIALINTEREST Resiliency After a Natural Disaster Depends on Strength o f Community and Conservation Groups Alaka Wall, PhD, John Ntiucen Curator hi Anthropology and Director, Center for Ciilttirai Understanding and Change, The Field Museum When a natural disaster strikes, the degree of impact, the differences in vulnerabihry among the affected population and the quickness with which people will recover are all dependent on the social conditions prior to and after the disaster. We know from anthropological research that people can be extremely resihent after a disaster, finding ways to use existing social relarionships to rebuild the mate- rial infrastructure necessary to survival. The most effective way to safeguard people and work toward quick recovery in a disaster's aftermath is to understand and utilize e.xisting social assets in implementing interventions. For example, commu- nities often develop their own information sharing networks that may be independent of standard media broadcasts. Knowing how community networks function is critical for pre-disaster communications. The Field Museum's Center for Cultural Understanding and Change (CCUC) recendy com- pleted a study of the cultural assets of new immigrants from Mexico. We found a variety of ways in which immigrants keep in touch with each other, including reliance on associations of immigrants from their own hometowns. These organizations are trusted sources of information. In general, even the most vulnerable populations have developed their own strategies for accessing resources or organizing themselves. In the communities where CCUC has been building partner- ships to either promote the value of cultural diversity or work to improve the quality of life, we have found a wealth of such social assets and cre- ative capacities that are indicators of a community's ability to withstand adverse circumstances or recover quickly after disaster passes. We have found block associations, social clubs, arts groups, kinship networks, faith institutions and much more. Destroying or neglecting such social assets by breaking up networks of support, or not allowing people to participate in rebuilding activities, will slow recovery or make the impact of the disaster worse. Our work demonstrates that including communitv' assets in a "first response" system has the potential to make it truly comprehen sive, mitigating disasters' impacts and saving lives. DIANE ALEXANDER WHJJI 'Knowing how community networl EXHIBITIONS FESTIVALS FAMILY PROGRAMS ADULT PROGRAMS Egypt Discovery Days 5/26-29 Create a Play in One Day 5/27 Wrapped Up in Reading 6/12-8/5 Special Artists at the Field 6/17 Silk Road Story Time starts 6/17 Summer Camp starts 7/10 Two of Us 8/7-8/28 & 9/4-9/25 Mazon Creek Field Trip 8/26 Upcoming Overniglit 9/8 ADULT PROGRAMS Cahokia Mounds Field Trip 6/3 Egypt's Past and Present: Sunday Symposia 6/18, 7/16, 8/20 Dinosaurs witin Feathers Lecture 6/22 Egyptomania, Chicago Style 7/15 Jl fe Field New Exhibition! AND The Golden Age of The Pharaohs MAY 26, 2006 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2007 During the 1977 blockbuster exhibition tour, Tutankhamun, the celebrated "boy-king," became a cultural phenomenon around the world. Thirty years later. King Tut returns. We are proud to present a spectacular new exhibition enhanced by new technology. See nearly 130 dazzling Egyptian treasures, including many, like Tutankhamun's royal diadem, that were not shown in the 1977 tour Explore the magnificent 18th Dynasty, and gain a present-day appreciation of Tut's brief but magical reign. An exhibition from National Geographic. Organized by Arts and Exhibitions International and AEG Exhibitions in association with The Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt and The Field Museum. Tour Sponsor: Northern Trust Chicago Sponsor: Exelon, Proud Parent of ComEd Featured Lecture Tutankhamun: Exhibiting a Legend David Silverman, Exhibition Curator Follow the legend of Tutankhamun back nearly 100 years, from the discovery of his extraordinary tomb to the treasures of the current exhibition. The curator of both exhibitions (1977 and today) will talk about the excavation of the tomb and the subsequent exhibitions that sparked Egyptomania in the US. Regain a sense of nostalgia about the craze around the original exhibition and discover the new technologies that have made this new gathering of artifacts all the more important. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2pm $16, students /educators $14, members $12 CPDUs available !?■•-»«■•« useum GENERAL MUSEUM INFORMATION: 312.922.9410 FAMILY AND ADULT PROGRAM TICKETS AND INFO 'Pleasenote: "Refunds will be issued by Field Museum' staff; Silnus a"$l0 processing fee, for group and family overnights only No refunds or exchanges are permitted for any other proorams- Fees for programs cancelled by The Field Museum will be refunded in full. arth the wonders of ancient E Experience to learn all about Egypt ANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS 1 join these dynamic programs -from the 18th Dynasty to today. Egypt Discovery Days Get some hands-on experience with ancient Egypt! Participate in special Interpretive Station activities- families can play the giant Senet Game, see their name in hieroglyphs, or help construct a giant pyramid. Watch as Artists at the Field create Egyptian-themed projects, then borrow/ fun Harris Educational Loan materials to extend the learning into your home! FRIDAY-MONDAY, MAY 26-29, 10am-2pm Free with Museum admission Children's Workshop Create a Play in One Day! Foundation Theatre Group Put your little one in the director's chair! Children ages 5-11 w/ill w/rite a short Egypt-themed play under the tutelage of professional actors, cast it w/ith their new friends from the workshop, create their own costumes, and perform for the general public at the Museum that same day. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 10AM-2PM REHEARSAL, 2:30pm performance $16, members $12 Gallery Programs story Time Take a seat in one of our exhibition halls, hear a story, and make an art project to take home, all in 20 minutes! This summer we'll be featuring Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by Henry Barker, I Met a Dinosaur by Jan Wahl, and Tutankhamen's Gift by Robert Sabuda. EVERYDAY IN JULY & AUGUST, weekends YEAR ROUND, 1:30pm Fnr with .Museum admission Summer Reading Program Wrapped Up in Reading The Chicago Public Library, together with The Field Museum, is celebrating ancient Egypt with the children's Summer Reading Program. Children of all ages are encouraged to participate by reading a book and reporting on it at any of the 79 Chicago Public Library locations. The program will lead them on a journey of exploration and discovery of the times of King Tut, the pharaohs, and more. The more books they read, the more stickers they gather and prizes they win! For more information please visit chicagopubliclibrary.org or call 312.747.4780. JUNE 12-AUGUST 5 Free Interpretive Stations Stop by a hands-on interpretive station to learn more about ancient Egypt. See what your name looks like in hieroglyphs, learn to play senet on our gigantic game board, help with the preparation of a mummy with our 70 Days of Mummification activity, or try our new How to Build a Pyramid station! Museum docents will be on hand to answer questions and facilitate these interactive displays. SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS IN JUNE, DAILY IN JULY & AUGUST, IOam-NOON AND 1-3pm Free with Museum admission Adult Symposia Egypt's Past and Present: Sunday Symposia Take a closer look at some of the most fascinating stories surrounding Egypt in this three-session series. CPDUs available. The 18th Dynasty: Tutankhamun and the Nile in Context Dr. Peter Dorman, The Oriental Institute, Dr. James Phillips, FM Dept. of Anthropology, Dr. Mohammed el Bahay Issawi, Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority, Dr. Mohammed Abdel Mahsoud, Sinai for Egyptian Antiquities Authority Get a fascinating view of ancient Egyptian history, including the 18th Dynasty, the importance of the Nile in Egyptian culture, and the landmark events that led up to the time of Tutankhamun's reign. 5 SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1:30pm Special Artists at the Field Learn about the ancient practice of papyrus-making w/ith featured artist Karen O'Neal. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 11am-2pivi Free with Museum admission Religion and Art in the Time of Tutankhamun Dr. Gay Robins, Emory University, Dr. James K. Hqffmeier, Trinity International University Explore the important role that art and religion played in ancient Egypt, especially with regards to the burial practices of royalty, such as Tutankhamun. SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1:30pm Contemporary Excavations and Research in Egypt Dr. Stephen P. Harvey, Tlie Oriental Institute, Prof. Miroslav Barta, Charles University, Prague, Dr W. Raymond Johnson, The Oriental Institute Get the latest news on recent digs in Egypt's historically rich sites. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1:30pm Each symposia: $16, students /educators $14, members $12 Egypt's Past and Present: Sunday Symposia is presented in collaboration with The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. Egyptomania, Chicago Style Michael Berger, Egyptologist Get on board for a bus tour of Chicago as you've never seen it before! Discover how Egyptian art and design have influenced the look of architectural and historic sites throughout the city. Start with an orientation at the Oriental Institute, followed by a city-wide bus tour that includes lunch at a Middle Eastern restaurant. Tour involves some walking, so wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather. Coach bus transportation, lunch, and handouts included. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 9:30am-4pm S79, TFM and OI members $10 CPDUs available Summer Camp Summer World's Tour 2006 Limited Space Available Don't miss the dynamic experience of summer camp on the IVluseum Campus! Organized collectively with Adier Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium, Summer World's Tour at the Field will help children investigate artifacts from the distant past, and see why their preservation is such an important part of helping us understand our present and future! Kids will try their hand at various ancient Egyptian practices such as papyrus making, jewelry making, and mummification, then investigate whether or not Tutankhamun's tomb really carries a curse! FOR CHILDREN AGES 5-10 ONLY. CHOOSE ONE SESSION: JULY 10-14, JULY 17-21, JULY 24-28, OR JULY 31-AUGUST 4 $220, members $200 To refiister, please call the Adler at 312.322.0329. Bring the treasures of The Field Museum right into your home! Are you looking for fun, hands-on educational activities to do with your children or ways to reinforce what your child learns in school? Borrow Museum materials from the Harris Educational Loan Center! We offer ready-to-use hands-on educational kits and dioramas based on Field Museum exhibitions. Search our catalog, reserve materials, and register online at www.fieldmuseum.org/harrisloan. Annual registration for families and home schoolers is $60 per year; borrowing is free. For more information, call 312.665.7555 or email harrisloan@fieldmuseum.org. HARRIS IS OPEN TUESDAY-FRIDAY, 10am-5pm, AND SATURDAY 9am-4pm Adult Lecture Cahokia Mounds Dr. Maxine McBrimi, FM Dept. of Anthropology Travel to Cahokia Mounds State Park, center of the Mississippian world and the largest center of population in prehistoric native America north of Mexico City. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 6am-8pm $85, members $75 >\ / \ Dinosaurs with Feathers Dr. Mark Norrell, American Museum of Natural History Step into the shoes of this important paleontologist who's busy tracing the connections between small carnivorous dinosaurs and modern birds. You'll travel across the globe with him as he names new dinosaurs and attempts to develop new ways of looking at fossils using '' CT scans and imaging computers. * ' Norrell will discuss his discovery of the bizarre primitive bird Mononykus, as well as the unearthing of other important bird-like characteristics in all kinds of dinosaurs. JUNE 22, 7pm $16, students /educators $14, members $12 CPDUs available Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs MAY 26, 2006-JANUARY I, 2007 Cheyenne Visions OPENS JUNE 16, 2006 Family Workshops Two of Us ^' t A Special Story Time Along the Silk Road Come walk along the ancient Silk Road trade route. To make our long journey more enjoyable we'll share stories about the exotic places we pass through with fellow travelers. How did the beautiful crescent-shaped lake that lies nearby Dunhuang first appear? Make your very own shadow puppet to help tell the story of the White Cloud Fairy and find out! WEEKENDS, JUNE 17-18, JULY 15-16, AND AUGUST 19-20, 1:30pm Free with Museum admission Join us in one of these four-week excursions through the wonders of The Field Museum! You and your little one will travel the Museum's exhibition halls, sing songs, hear stories, touch objects, make art projects, and enjoy snacks. Choose from one or more of the following sessions: Dance and Culture: Explore the role of dance and movement in different cultures around the world. TUESDAYS, AUGUST 7-28, 10-11am Egypt: Travel to ancient Egypt and discover the fascinating reign of King Tut. TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 4-25, 10-11am Each four-week session: $32, members $27 For each 3—5 year old child with paid attendance, one adult chaperone attends free. Expeditions@fieldmuseum™ Dig into the past of Peru's ancient Andean empires with Field Museum Curator and archaeologist Dr. Patrick Ryan Williams and his distinguished team of fellow scientists. Follow them to excavations at Cerro Baul, a remote mountaintop citadel that was the sole point of contact between the Tiwanaku and I the Wari— two great kingdoms whose dynamic 3 relationship ultimately contributed to Z the rise of the Incan Empire. Sign up to receive Dr. Williams' emails from the field (beginning early June) at www.fieldmuseum.org/expeditions. While you're there, stop by the Cerro Baul website to watch videos of the 2004 season, read crew bios and track the research with interactive maps! Give your summer science programs a soil adventure! Environmental educators will bring the Soil Adventure Mobile to your community group or summer camp, and show you and your children just what's going on underground. They'll touch live wiggling worms, use microscopes to see soil organisms close up, and learn about the complex ecosystems that exist beneath our feet. Find out more information at wwA/v.fieldmuseum.org/education/outreach_sam.htm or by calling 312.665.7519. Eskimo and Inuit Carvings: Collecting Art from the Arctic JULY 1, 2006-JUNE 17, 2007 Impressions of Tsavo JULY 7, 2006-JULY 7, 2007 Family Field Trip Fossil Hunt at Mazon Creek Dave Dolak, Columbia College Get our your hiking boots and join us for a fossil hunt at the world-famous Mazon Creel< site. You'll find your own fossils and discover what Illinois was like more than 300 million years ago. Plan on a one-quarter mile walk to fossil locations. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 8am-3pm $40, members $30 Upcoming Adult Course Advanced Chicago Geology Join this combination class and field trip just for adult amateur geologists! You'll get a chance to learn and practice field techniques through classroom lectures and demonstrations as well as site visits to premier local geological areas. The field trip will include a visit to the Chicago Portage, Palos Hills to explore glacial remnants, a rare stop at Camp Sagawau Forest Preserve (Cook County's only canyon), and Mazon Creek for fossil collecting. WEDNESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 13 & 20, 6-9pm, FIELD TRIP: SEPTEMBER 30, 8am-4pm $95, members $85 Family Overnight Dozin' With the Dinos Sue the T. rex is having a sleepover! Join us for a night of family workshops, tours and performances. Explore ancient Egypt by flashlight, prowl an African savannah with man-eating lions and take a stroll through the Royal Palace in Bamun, Africa. Then spread your sleeping bag amidst some of our most popular exhibitions. The event includes an evening snack and breakfast. FRIDAYS, SEPTEMBER 8 & 15, 5:45pm until 9am THE FOLLOWING DAY $47, members $40 Upcoming Lecture 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Charles Mann, Author Journey back in time to an American land you've never known. Mann will discuss his best-selling book, which traces the "pre-history" of the Americas and debunks myths about the first inhabitants of this land. You'll learn about the sophisticated cities of the Aztecs, the agricultural advances of pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico, then hear how the Field's °JI^.L~'.'.lll!-! J I own anthropological research is contributing 14^91 NEW REVELATIONS OF THE } < AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS | to this story. THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 7pm $8, students /educators $7, members $6 ^ The Auschwitz Album: The Story of a Transport THROUGH JUNE 4, 2006 New exhibition coming this fall September kicl<-off event Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics SEPTEMBER 15, 2006-APRIL 1, 2007 Meet the brilliant, 19th-century friar who became the father of modern genetics. Recreate Mendel's famous pea experiments to discover the laws of heredity for yourself, understand the basics of genetics, and meet modern Mendels— scientists on the cutting edge of this field today. M MllHUll ►T This exhibition and its North American tour were developed by The Field Museum, Chicago, in partnership with The Vereinigung zur Forderung der Genomforschung, Vienna, Austria, and The Mendel Museum, Brno, Czech Republic. i!ii;iinr Planting fhp SppHs nf Gpnptirs L NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC i(y^f r \'i Cultural Connections The Field Museum and over 20 community-based cultural centers and museums have joined together to bring you a new year of Cultural Connections, a series of public presentations by community members about Chicago's cultural diversity and an opportunity for you to share your own perspectives through dialogue. To meet this year's partners, learn about the annual theme of teaching, and enjoy an evening of food, musi- cal performances, and storytelling, join us Wednesday September 20 from 5:30-7:30pm for our annual Kick-Off Event at The Field Museum. For more information, go to www.fieldmuseum.org/ccuc after August 1. Cultural Connections has received generous support from The Institute of Museum and Library Services, Kraft Foods, CHASE, Polk Bros. Foundation, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago Public Schools' Office of Language and Cultural Education, Illinois Humanities Council, and Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation. fi Get your tickets early for our exciting fall National Geographic Live! presentations. Join us for another series of entertaining evenings with dynamic men and women whose stories of exploration will enlighten and inspire you. Visit our website to find out more about the series schedule. SERIES TICKETS GO ON SALE JULY 15. Study art where humans and nature intersect t.V*^ " t^ ^^^^S**-*' Y'^. - \ k- \] iSkisd^^S^^ B# ' S A.: -«■»,■».><«•' GETTING HERE Field Museum visitors can parl< in Soldier Field's parking garage. Visit www.fieldmu- seum.org for information on parlere (from left): Nancy Searle, representing^ the Searle family; Christine Niezgoda, botany collections manager; Marshall Field, chairman of the Mnseion's board of trustees; and Terry Mazany, chief executive officer of the Chicago CommiDiity Trust. An Herbarium for the 21st Century Michael O. Dillon, Chair and Curator of Flowering Plants, Field Museum Department of Botany Christine Niezgoda, Collections Manager, Field Museum Department of Botany -^^ Un IVl3y ^/ ±7^1/ when The Field Museum first opened its doors at this location, the Botany Department had been in existence for about 25 years and the botanical collections numbered nearly 500,000 items. This building offered a state-of-the-art storage facility: double-walled, steel cabinets with heavy brass door handles that replaced the wooden cabinets previously used for specimen storage. It was a facility designed to withstand earthquakes or the ravages of war! In 1972, the Museum's Board of Trustees designated it the John G. Searle Herbarium in recognition of Mr. Searle's great interest in The Field Museum and his support of the Museum's scientific programs. As the Field's botany collections grew in size, the herbarium's fixed cabinets became increasingly crowded until the flowering plant collection storage reached its limit in the early 1980s. The department's first response was to purchase additional free-standing cases and place them in the hallways of the herbarium. In 1993, the first of the department's expansion projects moved some of the collections into a former hghtwell area of the building and introduced manually operated storage cases on rails. This "compactorized" system allows cases to roll on rails so that they can be pushed together, eliminating aisles when not needed and thus saving space. Today, some 75 years after moving into this building, the Botany Department has finished moving all of its remaining collections into a completely new space with insect-and-moisture-proof cabinets that run electrically on rails. The physical modifications of the room also include new lighting of the entire space, computer connections, additional countertop workspace, and installation of rubber flooring. The project was completed thanks to the generosity of The Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust. The John G. Searle Herbarium now numbers 2.7 million specimens and is one of the great research collections in the world. It is among the five largest herbaria in North America and is especially rich in neotropical plants and fungi, especially from Central America and Andean South America. The herbarium performs a dynamic and vital pubhc service of providing collections (as loans) to researchers throughout the world's universities and botanical research institutes. Over the last 30 years, The Field Museum's Botany Department has provided over 6,200 loans to some 1,100 institutions in 104 countries worldwide. These loans represent nearly 750,000 individual sheets of pressed specimens sent and received. Over that same time period, the depart- ment has sent out another 250,000 collections as gifts and exchange. Through continued collecting efforts, often from environmentally threatened regions, the collection is still growing by approximately 15,000 specimens per year from joint programs with overseas colleagues, expeditions, gifts, and exchanges with other institutions, itf 'The John G. Searle Herbarium now numbers 2.7 million specimens and is one of the great research collections in the world.' TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIELD MUSEUM'S HERBARIUM, PLEASE VlSlTwww.fieldmuseum.org/ researchcollections/botany/collectionsherbarium.htm 18 IN THE FIELD OF SPECIAL INTEREST The Cudahy-Massee Collection A Rare Look at African Wildlife The early 20th century was a goWen age of collecting for natural history museums. Driven by civic pride and a desire for adventure, wealthy industriahsts, politicians and prominent families routinely sponsored and took part in daring, far-flung expeditions, with the mission of bolstering their city's claim to the biggest, best or rarest exhibitions and collections. In early 1928, civic philanthropists B. A. Massee and John S. Cudahy approached the directors of the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) with the idea of mounting the largest East African expedition to date to collect "families" of animals that would be used to create a grand exhibition hall depicting Africa's plains. The idea was met with great enthusiasm, and on July 21, 1928 the Cudahy-Massee Expedition departed Nairobi on a 10-month, 12,000-mile journey through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Congo and Sudan. i ^ ^ 1 B/ ^^^ng ^kl ^ *^ ■ChV jE^r^ im Tjld ^^VviK bI (k d^^jL'f I^hedE .W P"sr]fl ..-. ^^ lop, left: Members oj the Cudahy-Massee expedition (left to right) John Cudahy, Carveth Wells, James L. Clark, S.A. Barrett, and Leslie Carlisle. Top, right: Tlie camp's mascot Sim on the side of a motor car in which he usually rode. Above: Camera car used in photographing in East Africa. In background: Outline measurement chart of zebra. Because the expedition's primary purpose was to collect animals for dioramas, trained taxi- dermists from the MPM accompanied the party and animals were extensively photographed in their natural environments before being collected. The taxidermists also took unusually extensive notes on each specimen's measurements and appearance, which were recorded on an elaborate system of field cards. Finally, they preserved the skin and entire skeleton of each animal with the intention of subsequently mounting the specimen, rather than the normal (and easier) practice of collecting just the skin and skull. Ultimately, the Cudahy-Massee Expedition amassed 266 large mammals, 1 ,300 birds, 3,000 photographic plates, 40,000 feet of motion picture film, over 100 plaster casts, thousands of scientific illustrations, and one live lion cub (that lived in the MPM's taxidermy studio before becoming a star of the Milwaukee Zoo)! However, this success created a fundamental problem: where to store and display the massive collection? When the Depression hit, plans for a grand Africa Hall fell by the wayside and the collection was stored for nearly six decades in a Milwaukee warehouse. Recognizing the importance of the Cudahy-Massee collection to researchers world- wide, the MPM donated it to The Field Museum in 1984. With support from the National Science Foundation, Museum stafl^and volunteers prepared three truckloads of specimens over a six-year period, ranging from juvenile hyenas to an entire hippopotamus. Today, biodiversity researchers regard the Cudahy-Massee collection as one of the world's finest assemblages of East African large mammals. In addition to its unparalleled variety, the collection contains a number of rare and endangered species from places where the animals no longer exist. The preservation of the animals' skeletons, especially of females and young animals, was also a rarity for the time — providing researchers with a unique set of data unavailable anywhere else. As a result, the collection offers an in-depth portrait of East African wildlife before large-scale habitat alter- ation forever changed the region. This year, the preserved skins of the Cudahy-Massee collection will be moved into The Field Museum's new Collections Resource Center, providing even greater long-term protection of, and access to, the collection for researchers. This move will benefit studies of African wildlife for generations to come, itf FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE FIELD MUSEUM'S ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS, PLEASE VISIT http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research _collections/zoology/collections_mammals.htm SUMMER 2006 • JUNE-AUGUST 19 SPECIAL MUSEUM NEWS . " "f sF^vci^ r**/ ' '.'■ King Tut Membership Upgrades Offer Value Ti •riTiTT/*jiTr rJiTiT: CONSIDER RENEWING OR UPGRADING TO OUR EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED-EDITION KING TUT MEMBERSHIPS! (Upgrades based on eligibility. ) Royal Tut ($125) includes: • Four tickets to Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (a $40 value!) • Exclusive ticketing hotline • Concierge services including an express line to obtain any available tickets for that day or future dates during the run of the exhibition • Two limited-edition, collector membership cards • Members-only priority admission line • Plus all the benefits of our Family Membership Tut at Twilight ($250) includes: • Two tickets to one of 20 exclusive connoisseur viewing nights for Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (a $100 value!) • Two audio tours to enhance your connoisseur viewing night (a $14 value!) • Four tickets to the exhibition (a $40 value!) • No ticket reservation service fees • Plus all the benefits of the Royal Tut Membership Have a question about your membership? Gotowvvw.fieldmuseum.org/membershiporcall312.665.7700 The Museum is finalizing preparations (weekdays 8:30am-4:30pm). Or, the next time you visit the Museum, stop /br King Tut. Above: LaTasha Jimenez by our Membership Services desk at the south and east entrances. of the Membership Department. Special Field Associates Event CALLING ALL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS! BEGIN YOUR SUMMER WITH A SPECIAL FIELD ASSOCIATES "TOAST TO TUT" EVENT ON FRIDAY, JUNE 9. VIEW THE TUT EXHIBITION AND ENJOY LIGHT FARE, COCKTAILS, AND ENTERTAINMENT. TO PURCHASE TICKETS, VISIT WWW.FIELDMUSEUM.ORG FIELDASSOCIATES OR CALL 1.866. FIELD. 03. or write Nancy O'S' Store Expands Collection of Egyptian Products Be siire to visit both the main Museum Store at the south end of Stanley Ffeld Hat! and the Egypt Store on the ground level to see the newly expanded collection of Egyptidn products. The main store also carries a stunning array of jewelry featuring gemstones, silver and gold in Egyptian designs. And world renowned perfumer, Marilyn Miglin, has created an elegant box set of Seven Sacred Oils, which will be offered exclusively at The Field Museum Stores at the Museum, at the O'Hare Store, and online at www.fieldmuseum.org King Tut on his throne makes a good gift for any Egypt bufPs collection ttneasiires 12 inches talli. Th. Field Museum 1100 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 606252496 For questions about the magazine, call 312.665.7115, email noshea@fmnh.org membership inquiries, including address changes, call 866.312.2781. INTHEFIELD THE FIELD MUSEUM'S MEMBER PUBLICATION ~ w ■a* /^ \ «^^^B J 1 *rgMBL^aSSF| ^IS-'"^^ ^^^ ■Ml ^p* mm B 1 1 ^^H IJH iLl v<^Hi ^H .Goa't^ Bis" m \ FROM GREGOR MENDEL TO OUR PRITZKER LAB using soy-based inks. Ali images © The Field Museum IS Dubiisned quarterly oy Tlie Field , Museum. Annual subscriptions are $20; $10 for schools. Museum membership includes !N THE FIELD subscription. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the policy of The Field Museum. Notification of address change should include address label and should be sent to the membership department. POSTMASTER Send address changes to: Membership, The Field Museum 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60625-2496 Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, Illinois, and additional mailing offices. COVER, TOP: Using the latest technology, scientists conduct research in the Museum's Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular- Systematics and Evolution. Shown are (from left) Lydia Smith and Sushma Reddy, PhD. JOHK WEINSTEIN/GNWSn 6CD COVER, BOTTOM: A portrait of Gregor Mendel (left), after he became an abbot in 1868. Dated 1862, this photo (right) shows the Augustinian friars at the Abbey of St. Thomas. Mendel is second from rinhi in the back row. S e STEPAH BARTOS Field fe useum . -.^r.e Shore Drive _ 60605-2496 -.12. '^22. ^410 ■rtww. fietdmuseum.org ■.- of Ciiicago •: 4 Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics. Learn about his research involving experiments with pea plants and meet some of The Field Museum's own "modern Mendels" in a new exhibition, Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics (Sept. 15 -April 1,2007). 6 Bill Stanley, The Field Museum's Negaunee Collection Manager of Mammals, tells about the discovery of a monkey (pictured left) that represents a new genus. The find involved an international team of scientists. 10 Many Field Museum staff members are also authors, sharing their expertise with audiences that include students, conservationists, and children. In a special four-page article, nine Field Museum authors discuss their books. 14 The Field Museum is restoring its archive of films that date from the 1920s. Many of the films were originally used for educational programs about Museum research and expeditions; today they provide an invaluable glimpse into the past. m Campus Neighbor Egyptian skies come alive at the Aidler Planetarium w/ith Stars of the Pharaohs, and Egyptian Nights: Secrets of the Sky Gods. These two planetarium shows transport visitors to ancient Egypt to experience the night sky as the pharaohs saw it more than 2,000 years ago. Planetarium visitors can also take a journey alongside astronaut Jim Lovell in Shoot for the Moon, a new permanent exhibition highlighting stories of space exploration. Shoot for the Moon features the fully- restored Gemini 12 spacecraft. The exhibition opens on Nov. 11, the 40th anniversary of the Gemini 12 mission. Visit vv\«w.adlerplanetarium.org or call 312.922.STAR for additional information. Experience Lizards anO the Komodo King at the Shedd Aquarium, where it's absolutely reigning reptiles! Meet a six-foot crocodile monitor, six-inch green day geckos, a rainbow-hued panther chameleon, and that master of arboreal camouflage, the Fiji banded iguana — just a few of the more than 25 stunning species on display. Of course, you can't miss Faust, the majestic eight-foot Komodo dragon. One look at this lordly lizard and you will believe in dragons! Lizards and the Komodo King runs through Feb. 28, 2007 at the Shedd Aquarium. For more information, visltwww.sheddaquarium.org or call 312.939.2438. Museum Names Two New Trustees John A. Canning Jr., chairman of The Field iVIuseum's governance committee, and Miles D. White, chairman of the Museum's board of trustees, recently announced the appointment of two new trustees: JOHN R. ANDERSON (below, top), senior partner of Anderson Enterprises, a holding company, and Spring Creek Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Roclas it like working with them? Stanley: We depended on the combined expertise and independent research of a diverse group of individuals to gather and analyze the data we needed to come to our conclusions. We brought in the morphological expertise of Eric Sargis [PhD], a primatologist in the Anthropology Department at Yale University, and Field Museum Research Associate Link Olson [PhD], now at the University of Alaska Museum, to do the DNA analysis. The two Tanzanian biologists involved in the study are the world's experts on the ecology of the Kipunji of Mt. Rungwe. So our collabora- tion spanned much of the globe: from the tropical forests of Rungwe in Tanzania, to the freezing snows of Alaska, we all worked together to make this discovery. ITF: What did the genetic analyses show? Stanley: The tissue samples we had were analyzed and then compared to the genetic data of other monkeys to determine the relationship among various primate species. We thought the analyses would show that the monkey was related to other primates in the genus Lophocehus. But we found that this new monkey was more closely related to baboons, in the genus Papio. Meanwhile, Eric flew to Chicago, and he and I compared the Kipunji skull with other primate skulls in The Field Museum's collections. We found that the skull did not have three characteristics that are typical in baboons — an extended snout, depressions in the lower jaw, and a particular kind of depression under the eye sockets. Suddenly, we realized we couldn't place it in any existing genus! Our specimen was not a baboon and it wasn't like other monkeys, so we had to put it in its own genus, which we named Rungwecebus, after Mt. Rungwe, the mountain where the monkey was found. Our results were published by Science this year in the May 1 1 online Science Express. 'If we had relied on DNA analysis alone, we would have come to a completely different conclusion../ ITF: Wiat did you learn from this experience? Stanley: To discover a new genus of monkey IS exciting, because it shows that the Age of Discovery is not over. Also, this is a striking example of the importance of collections. If we had relied on DNA analysis alone, we would have come to a completely different conclusion than we did by analyzing both the DNA and the observations of the skull. We could not have analyzed the skull without the extraordinary set of primate specimens housed in the Barbara E. and Roger O. Brown Priinate Collection here at The Field Museum. ITF FALL 2006 SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER IN THE FIELD FEATURE Till' Field Museum has installed rooftop solar panels to help its energy efficiency. City Asks Museums to Step Up to the Environmental Plate By Tiffany Plate, Writer On May 31, the leaders of Chicago's lO Museums in the Park-includingThe Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, Art Institute, Chicago History Museum, Du Sable Museum, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum. Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Science and Industry, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and Shedd Aquarium — gathered to honor each other's work in the Chicago Green Museum Program. Mayor Richard M. Daley hosted the event, along with the Department of the Environment, to celebrate the first year of the program. The message of the Chicago Green Museums program is clear: as educational institutions, museums have a unique opportunity to become leaders in the environmental charge, and to communicate to the public the importance of thinking green. "Millions of people from all over the country walk through these institutions every year. Thousands of school chil- dren are educated and inspired by exhibitions and outreach," commented Mayor Daley. "We must prepare our youth for the fiiture. And a very important part of that future involves keeping our environment clean and sustainable for generations to come. Let's give our children the education and resources that will allow them to respect the environment," he continued. Mayor Daley has made being green a priority for the city, and this newest museum-based project is a logical next step in educating Chicagoans and visitors about environmentalism.The first major goals of the project are to increase energy efficiency in the institutions' capital improvement projects, make "green procurement" a standard by making it cost-effective to buy non-to.xic products that conserve resources, and educate visitors through spe- cialized events or environmentallv themed exhibits. FIELD MUSEUM-MCA COLLABORATIONS Don't miss other collaborations between the Field Museum and the MCA. The museums are co-producing a public dance exchange movement class (see Your Guide to the Field for details) and a professional development workshop for teachers that will create connections between the exhibitions Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics and Massive Change: The Future of Global Design. The Massive Change exhibition and tour is a project by Bruce Mau Design and the Institute without Boundaries, commissioned and organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery. The Chicago presentation is generously sponsored by Target. The Field Museum's mission of protecting biodiversity and conserving Earth's resources makes it an ideal vehicle for spreading this message. Our recent environmentally themed exhibitions, outreach programs, and capital improvements projects have also greatly increased our eco-friendliness. Rooftop solar panels, fluorescent lighting, energy-efficient boilers and chillers, as well as Museum-wide recycUng of paper, cardboard, glass, and plastic have all made the Field a model for the cause. This fall the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is also taking up the charge, with the opening of Massive Change: Tiie Future of Global Design (Sept. 16- Dec. 31). The exhibition celebrates the human capacity to change the world and is a call to recognize both the power and responsibility of design. Massive Change aims to change the way we think about design and the very nature of life itself. The MCA has made the ideas expressed in Massive Change a reality by initiating its own sustainable projects, including improved sorting of recyclables, a proposed installation of wind turbines on the museum's roof, and a weekly farmers' market in the summer that supports local, organic growers. As the MCA's and The Field Museum's green teams work to create more environmentally friendly museums, the city's network is putting the staffi of the Museums in the Park in touch with each other to share best practices. The city is facilitating new grant-fianded projects that will serve all the museums, and helping to bring the environmental discussion to the forefront, nr TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHICAGO'S INITIATIVES, CHECK OUT THE MAYOR'S ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AGENDA AT WWW.CITY0FCHICAG0.ORG/ENVIR0NMENT 8 IN THE FIELD CALENDAR OF EVENTS FALL 2006 SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER YOURGUIDE TOTHE FIELD INSIDE > EXHIBITIONS FESTIVALS FAMILY PROGRAMS ADULT PROGRAMS Two of Us 9/5-9/26, 10/10-10/31 Overnights 9/8 & 9/15, 11/24 lola Textile Demonstration 9/9 Cuatro Performance 9/9 lazon Creek Fieldtrip 9/16 DNA Discovery Days 9/16 & 9/17 Behind-tlie-Scenes Evening 9/22 IVlundillo Lace Demonstration 9/30 IVleet King Tut Worl On Sale Now! Explorers Circle: Ensure the continuation of National Geographic Live! These limited-run tickets include free parking in the west lot or vouchers for free North Garage parking; prime reserved seating; a private reception with Dereck and Beverly Joubert prior to the October 4 event and signed copy of their book; acknowledgement of your support of the series in each program; and $150 of ticket price is tax-deductible. $360; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $350. Patron (reserved seating); $110; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $100. General admission: $84; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $70; educators/students $48. A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel Annie Griffiths Belt, Photographer Go behind the lens with this master photographer as she shares her experiences in Africa, among the women of the Arab world, and other places where her camera has been her passport. With her two children in tow. Belt has been able to find common ground with her subjects through her experiences as a mother, helping her to immerse herself in other cultures. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 7:30pm Exploring Mars: Rovers of the Red Planet Kobie Boykins, Space Engineer Journey to the surface of Mars with this young engineer who helped design the Expedition Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Still drawing energy through solar panels designed by Boykins, the rovers are working to examine rocks and soils that might contain evidence of the past existence of water on the Martian surface. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 7:30pm Individual Events > On Sale mid-September Patron (reserved seating): $30; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $28. General admission: $24; TFM, NG and Geographic Society of Chicago members $22; educators/students $15. Educators-Student programs, teacher workshops, and online lesson plans are provided in conjunction with the series. For more information, go to nationalgeographic.com/nglive or call 312.665.7500. National Geographic Live! Educational programs are made possible by the generous support of Plum Creek. [njoy this year's intercultural dialogue among Chicago's ethnic communities on the theme of teaching. For more information call 312.665.7474, or visit www.fieldmuseum.org/ccuc. Ponder the reaches of nature and humanity Impressions of Tsavo THROUGH JULY 7, 2007 Dazzling color photographs reveal the remarkable wildlife, landscape, and people of the Tsavo region in East Africa. This exhibition was organized by The Field IWuseum. Eskimo and Inuit Carvings: Collecting Art from the Arctic THROUGH JUNE 17, 2007 Discover historic and contemporary carvings in stone and animal bone created by Esl