Art and Science Spotlight

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018 @ 11-11:30 AM and 1:30-2:00 PM

Join us at The Field Museum this Saturday Feb 17th from 11am-2pm for a family-friendly musical performance by Lamajamal, performing music inspired by the exhibit Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in Contact. Free admission in February for Illinois residents!

The Crown Family PlayLab invites you to join us for Art and Science Spotlight, a special program that brings storytellers, musicians, painters, and other performers to the Museum to meet you and your little one!

Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in Contact

What happens when cultures collide and people are able to trade, interact, and influence each other like never before? Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in Contact will feature an impressive array of Roman, Egyptian, Greek, and Etruscan objects and dives into a time when borders opened and civilizations began to interact. This unprecedented movement led to trade, travel, and the exchange of ideas across seas and continents, fueling innovation and adoption in the arts, religion, language, and writing.

Showcasing more than 100 objects from The Field Museum collections, Ancient Mediterranean includes Etruscan gold jewelry, a mummy from Egypt, and a bronze bathtub from Pompeii.

Each individual piece in the exhibition has a much larger story to tell: a Roman Period mummy from Egypt, an Etruscan vase made in the Greek style, and the crowning of Greek and Roman leaders as pharaohs challenge what we’ve come to believe about these ancient nations and the world we live in today.

Field Museum's Art&Science Spotlight Event!
Field Museum's Play Lab -1400 S Lake Shore Dr - Chicago, IL

LINK: Art & Science Spotlight , Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in Contact