SUMMER 2013

MAY-AUGUST

Now that the

VOL. 84, NO. 2

we hope

EDITOR
Emily

J.

Waldren, The Jield

Museum

PHOTO CONTENT SPECIALIST

Nina Cummings, Tke Jield

Museum

The

you'll plan to visit

Field

Museunn maybe with

vacationing friends and relatives and take advantage of

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Tranck tAircu.no, mercu.rio-exhibits.com

days are longer and the weather's warmer,

all

we

have to

offer.

Our new exhibitions include

withWolves (see page

Living

3),

a fascinating look into the social structure of wolf packs.

DESIGN
Bockos Design, Inc.

Haunting photographs and the story of a husband and wife

All

The Field Museum

images

team who

lived

with these elusive animals

change your

will

unless otherwise specified.

IN
is

THE FIELD

(ISSN #1051-4546)

thinking and dispel

many myths about

wolves.

published three times a year

by The Field Museum. Annual

Another photography exhibition tackles the controversial

subscriptions are $20; $10 for

schools.

Museum membership

includes IN

THE FIELD

Opinions expressed by authors are

own and do

their

not necessarily

reflect the policy of

subject of hydraulic fracturing, better

known

as fracking, to

subscription.

The

Notification of address

Field

extract

from the northern Great

oil

'Dakota Oil

Boom

(see

page

4)

Plains. Tractured:

ThzHorth

features aerial photographs by

Museum.

change

Terry Evans.

should include address label and

should be sent to the membership

unique

new

exhibition. Science Off-Script:

Teens Take the

department.

field (see

page

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held at the

8),

resulted from digital filmmaking

Museum.

workshops

Featuring short films produced by the

to;

Museum

Field

young movie-makers,

it's

chance

to see the

Museum

1400 South Lake Shore Drive

Chicago,

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ON THE COVER
Living with

an entirely

Of course,

if

new

way.

you haven't already seen Creatures

ofLiQl^t:

Wolves goes

beyond the myth of the

big

bad wolf and explores these

Nature's Bioluminescence or Scenes Tronn. the Stone Age-.

The Cave Vaintings ofLascaux, be sure

to discover these

complex, social creatures.

JIM
LIVI'OG

special

DUTCHER
WIIH WOLVES

shows before they

There's so

much

difficult to

know which

close.

to explore at

The

Field

gallery to visit

Enjoy your

summer and thank you

your support.
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MICHELLE CLAYTON

312.922.9410

fieldmuseum.org

The

Field

Director of Membership

Museum

salutes

the people of Chicago for their

long-standing support of the

Museum
District.

through the Chicago Park

Programming

supported by the

is

Illinois

Council, a state agency.

partially

Arts

it's

often

first!

1400 South LakI

Chicago,

Museum,

for

Living
New

With Wolves

Photography Exhibition Goes Beyond the Myth of the Wolf

By Emily Waldren, Editor

"WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG, BAD WOLF?" THE THREE LITTLE PIGS SANG IN THE 1933
DISNEY CARTOON. THE TRUTH IS, MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. Wolves are notoriously bloodthirsty
creatures

in

our fairytales, but

is

that a fair depiction?

are incredibly social creatures as well.

The

We

realize that

To uncover this mysterious side of wolves, Jim and Jamie

living

with a young pack of wolves

Sawtooth Mountains

of Idaho. Setting

up

a tent

in

the

camp, the

Dutchers photographed and recorded the "Sawtooth Pack,"

as the wolves

came

to be

known,

for six years.

Studying

the pack, the couple witnessed the wolves' complex, highly

intelligent

behavior caring,

playful,

been

social side of wolves, however, has

difficult to study.

They

away from humans.

are elusive creatures that tend to shy

Dutcher began

wolves are keystone predators, but they

and devoted to family.

At one time, wolves lived throughout

North America, but with westward expansion,

wolves

fell

prey to hunting as

to protect livestock. Their

severely diminished, but

were reintroduced

humans

tried

numbers were
the 1990s wolves

in

to central Idaho

and

Now removed

Yellowstone National Park.

from Endangered Species protections, wolves

Living withWoives (open

through July

7),

features 21 photoare

graphs that

will

bring you face-to-face with the

Pack. You'll discover

Kamots (kuh-MOTZ), the alpha

pack, and his partner

Chemukh (cha-MUK);

the

once again being subjected

to

widespread

Sawtooth
hunting.

The Dutchers hope

research

will

that their

of the

help dispel

some

of the

myths

two became
surrounding wolves and bring a greater

parents to three pups while the Dutchers were observing

respect to these wild creatures, itf
the wolves. The exhibition explains the hierarchy of the

wolf pack and introduces you to Lakota, the

omega

This exhibition

is

presented by Living with Wolves and

the Natural Resources Defense Council.

or

underdog of the group. From the alpha

each wolf contributes

of the pack,

omega,

his or her part to the social structure

and every wolf

caring for wolf pups.

to the

fills

a role,

from hunting

to

Want to

learn

more about the Dutchers'

experience? Pick up a copy of Living with

Wolves

in

the

Museum

Store!

SUMMER 2013

BLAC
THE

WHITE cARTH

VALLEY:

New Photographs
by Terry Evans
By Tranck Mercurio, Associate Editor, In The Field

LOCATED 180 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,

THE WHITE EARTH VALLEY STRETCHES SOME 40 MILES FROM THE TOWN OF POWERS
LAKE TO THE MISSOURI RIVER. The valley and its surrounding region straddle
the Bakken formation, which stretches from western North Dakota into eastern
Oil

pad near

prairie

Montana

and southern Saskatchewan and contains underground reservoirs of

oil

and natural gas.

the White Earth Valley has brought an

oil

boom

potli.oles {above, left).

Oil pipeline

near White Earth,

North Dakota (above,

right].

pad on Davis

Prairie

Oil

[opposite page).

The discovery
one

of fossil fuels

of the largest

have flooded

this

in

and most lucrative booms

in

American

history.

corner of North Dakota to work the hundreds of

that dot the landscape. (The nearby city of Williston has tripled

in

Thousands
oil

to the

area-

of people

and natural gas wells

population

in

the past

decade.) Tanker trucks rumble across roads that were originally constructed for tractors,
pick-ups, and cattle. Pipelines cut through the surrounding prairie, and
facilities

have sprouted-up on former ranches.

IMAGES: COURTESY OF TERRY EVANS

IN

THE FIELD

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like

SCOTT

oil

is

not the

Dakota an

first oil

earlier

boom

North

in

one lasted from the

two

For the past

years, photographer

Quoted above

is

to stop drilling

Terry Evans and journalist Elizabeth

DAVIS

smells

roses and

money."

This

it

-fredevans

Scott Davis, a rancher

and fracking on native

who wants
prairie;

and, Fred Evans (pictured with his wife, Joyce],

mid-1950s through the mid-1980s

conventional vertical
longer extract
deposits. But

oil

in

drilling

until

could no

from easily reached

the early 2000s, with the

development and refinement

of hydraulic

fracturing better known as fracking

the second, larger

is

boom

took

off.

Fracking

a controversial practice that extracts

fossil fuels

by injecting pressurized fluids-

mixtures of water, sand, and chemicals

into the

ground to fracture

shale,

oil

Farnsworth have documented the social

and environmental changes that the

boom

oil

who

Dakota. The result

is

an exhibition

his

pastures provides.

titled

Tractured: The North Dakota Oil Boom.

The show opens

June 7 and

will

at

The

Field

Taking center stage

Museum on

feature photographs taken

by Evans and text written by Farnsworth.

maps,

Additionally,

artifacts,

and

prairie

photographs.
of

will

Known

be Evans'

for her aerial

Midwest landscapes including

farmland, housing developments, and

industrial sites

Evans documents the

collections will be on display.

without necessarily critiquing those changes.

By presenting the evidence as she sees

Evans allows each viewer to reach

boom, but

raise questions:

What

has unleashed an economic

environmental trade-offs of

North Dakota. But

prosperity?

own

conclusions. The result

has also

How

is

body

work

that challenges us to confront our

new

this

collective responsibilities
it

his or

are the social and

of

in

it,

rather

her

bonanza

to the land,

the exhibition, Evans and Farnsworth

don't moralize about the

indus-

prairies,

changes that humans bring

can be brought to the surface.

new development and

views

specimens from the Museum's own

In

trialization

grateful for the financial bounty the black

has brought to western North

releasing the prized resources so they

All of this

is

gold under

should

we view

an

in

the steward-

oil

ship of the land.

altered the lives of the people

who

live

boom

during a time of global warming

there and scarred their land. While

brought on largely by the burning of

bringing prosperity to many, the drilling

fossil fuels?

and fracking

hundreds of miles away from North Dakota

is

livelihoods of

and

destroying the traditional

many ranchers and farmers

causing environmental damage,

despite attempts to extract

oil

connected

How are those

to

what

is

of us

unfolding

who

in

Tractured: The North Dakota Oil

live

developed by The

Field

Boom was

Museum and

open June 7 and close January 2014.

will

itf

the

Northern Plains?

and gas

using "greener" methods.

SUMMER 2013

Restoring Prairies
By Tranck Mercurio, Associate Editor, In The Field

TO THE UNTRAINED EYE, THE PRAIRIE APPEARS TO BE A HOMOGENOUS AND ENDLESSSEA OF GRASS. But looks can be deceiving; just a few acres of prairie can contain hundreds of species of plants, not to mention
birds, insects,

mammals, and other

wildlife.

At one time, this type of biodiverse ecosystem covered

most

of northern

and central

Illinois an area of

million acres. But today, less than

of

"The

Prairie State"

vast majority of

is still

lllinois's

one tenth

Prairie restoration includes five

some 40

one percent

of

covered by tallgrass

prairie.

The

grasslands have been plowed into

farmland or built-over by urban and suburban development.

types of

activities.

The

first

addresses fragmented landscapes by connecting isolated

patches of
land.

prairie, usually

through the acquisition of adjacent

The second involves removing invasive

including garlic mustard and

The

native plants.

plant

species-

buckthorn to make room

for

third restores the land's original hydrology,

allowing for natural drainage to better support indigenous

Yet despite these statistics, the prairie

is

making

comeplants and wildlife.

back. Scientists from The Field

Museum with

The fourth introduces controlled

the landscape to keep invading

volunteer "citizen scientists" are playing

lllinois's

weeds from

human developments like

According to Laurel Ross, the Museum's Urban Conservation Director, the practice of restoring prairies

And

is

fairly

that

work

in

harmony with

of

new

housing, roads, and businesses

nature, rather than against

it.

new.
Prairie restoration requires coordination

how

returning.

encourages "smart growth" or the planning

fifth

native habitats.

"People have learned

to

vital roles in

the
restoring

fire

the help of

and cooperation

to restore prairies only over the

across organizations and

lots of

human

labor.

To

this end,

past 40 years or so," says Ross.

Museum

the
of

has partnered with the Forest Preserve District

Cook County and other government and community

groups to clean-up and manage the "wet

at
Damsel/lies thrive
in

Beaubien

Woods

on Chicago's

far

prairie" (or

marsh)

south side. For the past

seven years, volunteer stewards, many recruited from the

the wet prairie of

Beaubien Woods

surrounding neighborhoods, have worked alongside

where conservationists

and

citizen scientists

work together
restore

it

Museum

(left]

scientists to restore the

The

result: a

wet

prairie at

once neglected park

Beaubien Woods.

increasingly being cared

is

to

[below].

for

and enjoyed by the people

who

"Prairies hold beauty, biodiversity

"There

is

live

next to

it.

and wonder," says Ross.

nothing as important or satisfying as restoring

a small piece of our natural heritage for the benefit of

future generations." itf

Want to

help restore prairie ecosystems?

Send an email

to learn more:

Somine

Mature Preserve

Vrairie

Contact Laurel Ross at lrossg)fieldmuseum.org

Beaubien Woods
Contact Laura Milkert at lmilkert@fieldmuseum.org

;N

THE FIELD

^P^Sf-TROPICAL
.CYCLONE

CONNECTING

EXTREME .CLIMATE
WEATHER CHANGE
By Abigail Derby Lewis, Climate Change Lcologist

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER,

hottest year

in

recorded history

weather records were broken

We watched

in

the contiguous United States. Additionally, over 3,500 monthly

for heat, rain,

and snow

in

immense devastation and

their path.

in

the United States.

Superstorm Sandy,

as these extrenne events,

including drought, cold and massive storms,

left

2012wasthe

disruption

we

of event

often

in

for

example,

the type

are likely to experience

the coming decades.

temperatures, more moisture

Not since the Dust Bowl

is

more

Warmer ocean
in

the atmo-

of 1939 has the United States experienced

sphere, and overall increased energy

such

climate system fuel these large storms.

in

the

Vost-tropKal Cyclone. In October

2012, Sand;^

surges to

brought record storm

New Jersey and New York

and caused

a high level of

moderate

to exceptional

drought conditions across the lower 48

The best

131 fatalities.

states;

in

available science unequivocally

July 2012, the drought peaked,

demonstrates that the current pattern

Tornadoes.

An

early tornado season

covering 61

.8

global climate

resulted in 42 fatalities across the

Midwest the

deadliest outbreaii

Many

of

percent of the country.

of us learned

new words such

driven by

as

change

human

is

activity

primarily being

such as the burning

of 2012.

derecho to describe extreme wind events

of fossil fuels

Drought. The 2012 drought peaked

and watched with incredulity as water

that have historically acted as carbon sinks.

injuly with over

60%

of the nation

rose to nearly 14 feet

in

the Battery

in

levels

New

We

have

and the destruction

a small

window

of forests

of time to signifi-

experiencing drought conditions.

York
Wildfires. Over 3.2 million acres

burned nationwide during

City.

As event

after event unfolded this

past year,

many people asked

change

to blame.

if

climate

in

is

most severe impacts

of climate

change on

2012.
is

our society; simultaneously,

To learn about some of the ways

The Jieid Museum

cantly reduce carbon emissions to avoid the

involved

climate action, please

to climate change, but long-term

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/

department/ecco/climate

to focus

on ways to help both people and nature

Certainly not every extreme event

is

linked
to adapt to the

visit:

we need

plays a role

in

making some events

particularly heat

changes that are already

warming
occurring.

The time

to act

is

now. itf

waves, droughts, and

MAP INFORMATION AND SEVERE WEATHER

STATISTICS

COURTESY OF NOAA'S NATIONAL

CLIMATIC DATA CENTER

storms more frequent and severe.

SUMMER 2013

CREATING LIGHT
m
um

ii

HiT

DEEP OCEAN BIOLUMINESCENCE

By Bailey Anstead, Writer

Creatures ofLigl^t: Nature's Bioluminescence (through January

5,

2014) brings the vast, dark world of

the deep sea to land and introduces you to the extraordinary light-producing organisms of our planet.

From vampire squid

that startle their prey with a flurry of light to the angler fish that attracts prey using

bioluminescent bacteria,
far

you'll

be

in

awe

of the

glowing variety of animals

living

beneath the ocean's waves.

Take a look below to catch a glimpse of

some

of the animals that await

you inside

Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence.

VAMPIRE SQUID
(VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS)
This almost science-fiction-like creature

STOPLIGHT LOOSEJAW
(MALACOSTEUS NIGER)

was discovered

1903 and combines features from both octopuses and

in

The stoplight loosejaw (above, center)

squid.

The vampire squid (above,

left)

was named

most
its

reddish-brown skin and cape-like body shape.

is

perhaps one of the

for
It

bizarre fishes ever discovered

in

the depths of the ocean.

lives
It

can produce both red and blue-green

light,

as well as

up to 3,500 feet below the ocean's surface and grows

dislocate
to be about the size of a football.

fishes
is

its

jaw

to lunge at prey.

Only two other groups of

The vampire squid's body

and one type of beetle are known

to be capable of

covered with light-producing organs called photophores

producing red

that can be altered

in

light.

Very few other organisms

in

this environ-

intensity in order to attract prey

ment can see

this red light,

thus giving the strange

fish

an

or confuse predators.

advantage while communicating and hunting.

anglerfish
(linophryne algibarbata)
The female anglerfish (above,
with bacterial

seaweed

trail

light.

right)

She dangles the

from her

chin.

If

collaboration with the Canadian

Major Sponsor: Discover

IMAGES; !yAMNH\D, FINNIN

IN

THE FIELD

lure

fin

spine topped with a lure that pulses

above her gaping jaws while luminous

tendrils that look like

another fish swims up to investigate, she gets her dinner, itf

Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence

in

has a modified dorsal

Museum

is

organized by the American tAustam of Natural History,

of Nature, Ottawa,

New York

Canada and The field Museum, Chicago,

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DISTINCT LINEAGES
IN PANTHERA LEO

/_

persica

melanochaita

What's

in

Name?

(Re)naming
the Lions of Africa
By Bruce Patterson, MacArtkur Curator of Mammals

TAXONOMY

IS

THE SCIENCE OF NAMING ORGANISMS.

world's estimated five to

fifty million

species might look

like a

And

to the casual observer, giving Latin

purely academic exercise. But

names

to tine

taxonomy serves society as

in reality,

well

as scientists it has far-reaching, real-world consequences.

Case

in

forms of African

two
I

and recognizing two different

point; distinguishing

lions allows us to better

sets of populations. Recently,

my

manage these

colleagues and

analyzed the genetics of more than 500 lions across the

entire range of the species.

We confirmed

African lions are currently treated as "vulnerable" by

the lUCN. Because of population declines, the

is

considering uplisting

but this status

may

is

home

to

two

African lions to"endangered,"

not suit both branches.

and extended

The vast majority

evidence that Africa

all

of African lions (an estimated 32,500)

distinct lineages of

are Panthera leo melanochaita living

lions:

USFWS

in

the remaining

those from Eastern and Southern Africa and those

savannas of Eastern and Southern Africa. (The Museum's

from West and Central

Africa.

Tsavo
Currently, the U.S. Fish

&

Wildlife

Service (USFWS) and the World

lions

belong to

500 Panthera

remain

leo leo

different countries

this group).

in

in

By contrast, only about

Africa, scattered over eight

West and

Central Africa.

Conservation Union (lUCN) both

Recognizing two African subspecies

manage two

recognize and

fits

not only the

kinds

evolutionary history of these iconic animals, but also offers

of lions worldwide; African lions

them
{Panthera lea

lea)

and Asian

more secure

future each lion can

now

be

listed

lions

and managed according

to

its

current status and

{Panthera ito persica).

challenges, itf

Based on our research, both

same

lineage of

and Southern
used

for the

branch

in

lion;

of these

names apply

yet neither applies to lions

Africa. Panthera leo melanochaita

more numerous,

variable,

Eastern and Southern Africa.

in

to the

Eastern

can be

and widespread

location of genetic samples

Panthera

leo leo

Panthera

leo

and Panthera

leo persica lineage

melanochaita lineage

SUMMER 2013
I

New Acquisitions
Advance Study of Space
By Nancy O'Shea, Public Relations Director

Sutter's Mill Meteorite

A meteor made

when

headlines last April

blazed a path through the night sky before

it

exploding, scattering fragments across northern California.

called meteorites were collected
Pl^ilipp

Heck

(left)

and Jerry Boudreaux

Some

of these

fragments-

and studied by an international research team, including

[right].

Philipp R. Heck, PhD, Robert A. Pritzker Assistant Curator of Meteoritics

at

The

Field

Now, the

and Polar Studies

Museum.

Sutter's Mill meteorite

the location where

it

fell

is

Sutter's

part of

The

Mill the

Museum's

Field

same

collection.

It

is

was discovered

place gold

named
in

after

1848,

sparking the California gold rush.

Dr.

Heck and

his

chondrite and

is

colleagues discovered that the meteorite

much more

The unique rock came from

belt,

near Jupiter's

diverse

in its

is

a so-called

carbonaceous

composition than other meteorites of

a dark, carbon-rich asteroid

this type.

on the outer reaches of the asteroid

orbit.

from Mars

Tissint Meteorite

The Museum has also acquired pieces

of an extremely important

Martian meteorite that was hurled into space about 700,000

years ago

when Mars

collided with an asteroid.

named

Tissint, after the

Tissint

was only

fall

to earth.

the

Moroccan

fifth

Because

village

The meteorite

where

it

fell in

is

2011.

Martian meteorite that people have seen

its fall

was witnessed, many pieces

of the

meteorite were recovered quickly and not exposed to weathering

or

damage from

Tissint

of soil

is

the Earth's environment.

composed

of volcanic rock that contains tiny particles

from Mars. "Melt pockets" of glass are

visible in the

meteorite and are important because they contain bubbles

with Martian

air.

to researchers

Two

of

The yield Museum's newly acquired

The

Field

who hope

Museum

to learn

will

make

filled

Tissint available

more about the geological

meteorites.

evolution of Mars.

OUR THANKS TO A MUSEUM PHILANTHROPIST

Pieces of the Sutter's Mill and the Tissint meteorites were acquired by the

Museum's

Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies from meteorite collector and
philanthropist Terry Boudreaux. itf

10

IN

THE FIELD

Now playing

at a

museum

near you...

By Johanna Thompson, Digital Learning Specialist, Education Department

Exhibition Trailer:

Scene One

[SETTING]

The

Camera pans across

Field

Museum's

eerie hiding places.

north steps, nighttime.

It's

possible that

evil is

lurking

the shadows.

in

[NARRATOR]
It's

been happening behind-the-scenes.

graffiti-covered

It's

backpack moves

been happening

in

stealthily in the

shadows.

places you weren't looking.

Converse sneakers scoot from behind one column to the next.

It's

been happening

in

summer programs..

Purple legwarmers dart over to the staff elevator.

Fingers with bright yellow, blue, and pink nails slightly chipped swipe a Field

. .

Museum

ID badge.

.Teenagers are taking over the Museuml

WELL, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT TAKING OVER THE MUSEUM, BUT DEFINITELY

TAKING THE MUSEUM BY STORM.

Intrigued?

If

thej^ield, a

new

participated

on

digital

so,

in

then

visit

Science 0//-Script: Teens Take

exhibition curated by students

the

Museum's

filmmaking. The

five-day

show

who

summer workshops

features unique short films

that (extremely cool, yet genuinely normal) Chicago-area

teens produced under the guidance of The Field Museum's

research staff and Education Department. Visitors to the

This

rigorous,

and

totally creative

environment that our students

experienced to make movies about science. The exhibition

showcases

original objects

such

chance

to see

The

Field

Museum's
never

like

before: through the eyes of teens. You'll be

amazed

at

the power of film to change your

perspective, itf

This exhibition was organized

The programs featured

fay

The field Museum.

in this exhibition

partnership with The field

have been developed

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as storyboards and props

designed by teens as well as some of the

artifacts that students

collections and scientific research

in

exhibition can glimpse the hilariously frenetic, scientifically

is

real

Museum

accessed during the making of

their films.

SUMMER 2013

11

In

the Spotlight

Karaja Feathered Cap

By Tranck Mercurio, Associate Editor, In The Field

FASHION AND THE FIELD MUSEUM COLLECTION: MARIA PINTO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED
AS "A JOURNEY OF INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY." Museum curator Alaka Wali teamed-up
with Chicago fashion designer Maria Pinto to develop this unique exhibition featuring garments from The Field

Museum's

anthropology collections and contemporary designs by Pinto.

The ethnographic clothing on display inspired

Pinto's

modern-day

creations. Standout

objects include sealskin short shorts from Greenland, a traditional opera headdress

from China, and

Among

from Cameroon.

a crocodile skin vest

these extraordinary items, a mass of colored feathers

The

attention.

label text describes the object as a

commands

"man's feathered cap,"

but the simplicity of this description belies the complexity of

The cap

its

design.

constructed of intricate netting woven from palm frond cords.

is

Where

the cords intersect, groups of feathers have been expertly

attached.

chin strap kept the cap

in

place on the wearer's head.

The cap's feathers identified by Museum ornithologist Dave

Willard once belonged to a

macaw. Macaws

are

members

of the

parrot family and indigenous to Mexico, Central and South America.

The cap was made by an unknown

(also spelled Caraja)

the Rio Araguaia

in

who

currently live along a stretch of

central Brazil, about

northwest of the capital

3,200 Karaja

artisan of the Karaja people

make

city, Brasilia.

their livings

fishing along the river

300 miles

Today, roughly

by hunting and

and creating ceramic

figurines for the tourist trade.

It's

probable that the feathered cap had a ceremonial

function, although

mined.

It

was

zoologist

Looking

exact purpose has not been deter-

collected

in

1960 by a Polish-American

named Borys Malkin and subsequently acquired

by The Field

Hurry!

its

Museum

in

1961.

at the exhibition's large-scale

of fashion

photographs

models, the influence of the cap

is

apparent

fashion and J'\z[d Niuseum Collection: Maria Pinto

in

Pinto's designs,

where feathered hats complete

closes on June 16. Don't miss this

the looks of several outfits, itf

groundbreaking exhibition.
This exhibition

is

organized by The Jield

Museum and Maria Pinto.

Major Sponsor: Sara LeeToundation

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Program Tickets

IJlUUlCIIJI
and Authors*
11am-2pm > Wolves

Artists

are travelers

running long distances over large

built for

an animal's

territories. Scientists look at

prints
in its

calendar

may
5.18,

and tracks

to learn

about

environment. Join us

its

register^ui^l^ei.
programs!

paw

behavior

the CrownTamily

in

Playlab to hear a story about wolves,

compare

Dino

and contrast different animal tracks, and

stamp your own animal paw

Camp

Dino Camp:

prints

activities,

future paleon-

all

Dino

the story The Tieid Mouse and a Dinosaur Named

Sue by Jan

Wahl during story

a dinosaur

bone and examine

a dinosaur

then go to the

mask

to take

time. Dig for

fossils in the

3:

art studio to create

home

2:

4:

with you.

5:

6:

july

Camp takes

and Authors*
11am-2pm > Did you

number

animals

glow

in

of insects,

some

place from 9-1 1:30am

and hands-on
T. rex,

art

dig for fossils,

Museum

search

in

in

the CrownYamilyVlaylab.

& 10
Sold out
& 11
Thursdays, June 6 & 13
Mondays, June 17 & 24
Wednesdays, June 19 & 26
Thursdays, June 20 & 27
Mondoyo, Juno

$75 per

Artists

SUE the

Tuesdays, June 4

child;

included

7.20,

about

Please choose from the following two-day sessions:

and dinosaur enthusiasts! Listen to

lab,

interactive play,

will learn

of dinosaurs!

Artists

science

Through songs,

campers

and go on scavenger hunts throughout the

and Authors*
11am-2pm > Calling

camp

an early childhood

is

designed expressly for young paleontologists ages 3-4 with their

June
6.15,

> ages 3-4

Spy a Dinosaur'. Do You?

caregivers.

tologists

665 7400

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in

$65

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Tickets are on sale now. Register online at

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and

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or by phone at 312.665.7400 to reserve your spot.

MOST

the deepest part of the ocean

living in

the dark? Scientists are studying the

diverse reasons

have the

why these

ability to

living

glow. Join us

Tamily Vla^/Lab to learn

creatures

in

the Crown

more about these

fascinating creatures and create your

own

glow-in-the-dark original design.

august

Overnights at the

and Authors*
11am-2pm > Meet the Teens@TheField!

Artists
8.17,

Practice scientific

and hands-on

skills

summer

Museum

Now!

2013 Dozin' with the Dinos has already sold out! Tickets for

through observation

activities while learning

science with our

Plan Your 2014 Overnight

the 2014 season will go on sale July

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or call 312.665.7400 for

teen volunteers.

1.

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2014 DATES

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January 10

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February

7,

21,

& 28 March

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& 28

Don't miss these

exhibitions before

4"

Digital Planet*

> ages 14-18

Digital Planet: Creatures

7.8-7.12 and 7.15-7.19,

from the Watery Abyss!

9am-3pm

> This summer, teens can embark on a 5-day

filmmaking adventure with the IVIuseum's deep-sea biologists. Participants

deep-water footage, learn the secrets of bioluminescent

rare

view behind

summer's

this

Museum

devices.

exhibition. Creatures of Light.

fishes,

will

and get an

insider's

Equipped with video capturing

objects, and editing software, participants will learn the essentials

and video production. Youth

of visual storytelling

will

also explore the

Museum's

behind-the-scenes collections and work with real-world filmmakers to produce their

own
web

short video that

site.

will

premiere

Youth ages 14-18 are

at the

Museum and

they close!

see

be archived on the Museum's

Images of the

Afterlife:

Facing the Ancient Egyptians

Throu2h]une3

Come face

to face with

mummies.

Artist Elisabeth

scans of Egyptian

eligible to apply.

portraits of people

two

of the

Museum's

Daynes used CT

mummies to produce realistic

who lived and died thousands

of years ago.

l|^Mobile Planet*

> ages 12-14

This exhibition was organized by Thepield

Mobile Planet: Discover The Field Museum through Games

7.22-7.26, 9am-3pm > Watch out for zombie-worms and giant man-eating
centipedes running loose in the Museum! Sounds scary? Relax. It's just a game
that

YOU

summer,

create. This

join

feet!

around The

Museum. Youth

Field

Campus

Field

lives,

will first learn

Scenes from the Stone Age:

The Cave Paintings of Lascaux

Museum on an exploration of the world

worms its way through the soil

crawls, and

participants will interact behind the scenes with

and gaming experts

scientists, educators,

game. Participants

The

Discover what

underneath your

about

focused augmented

to design a soil

soil

ecosystems and then, using the

reality

Museum

as our play space, participants will design, test, and play soil-based games.

Youth ages 12-14 are

Museum

Through September 8
Explore the Lascaux cave of southern France

and experience the world's most famous cave

paintings, replicated
artifacts, videos,

in

precise detail. See rare

and interactive displays that

reflect the creativity of our ancestors.

eligible to apply.
This exhibition was created by the Council General ofDordogne with

support provided by the Regional Council oj Aquitaine, the Trench

Sound Planet*
Sound

Ministry of Culture and Communication, and the European Union.

Remix The Field

9am-3pm > Join The Field Museum

Planet:

8.5-8.9,
world!

> ages 14-18

Sound Planet

sound engineers

on an auditory expedition around the

meet and work with

participants will

scientists

and professional

to create audio experiences that feature the collections

Museum. Youth

and exhibi-

Museum and

tions at

The

how to

record, edit, and remix audio through sampling techniques, sequencing, and

Field

will

go behind the scenes

performance. From those essentials they

will

of the

learn

design audio experiences such as sound

walks, ambient soundscapes, audio tours, or original soundtracks with the help of
Field

Museum

staff

and professional audio engineers/producers. Youth ages 14-18

Collections: What do you Collect?

Ongoing > People all over the world have
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and more.
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Some

In this
in

the Crowi^Tamily PlayLab, discover

just like yours!

*These 5-day programs are FREE.

Snacks and lunch provided. Space
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The

Museum

Field

specimens and

are eligible to apply.

Field

Public transportation assistance

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is

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limited to 20 participants. Applications are

Museum's website and

are

due May

collect coins, rocks, dolls,

family friendly temporary

please email playlab@fieldmuseum.org for

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