PROGRAMS & EVENTS WINTER 2016 The Oriental Institute Museum welcomes groups. Self-guided and Exhibitions docent-led tours and hands-on tour programs for eight or more people require scheduling by our reservations staff. Visit our website and complete and submit a Tour Reservation Form.
Persepolis: Images of an Empire Through September 11, 2016 Persepolis: Images of an Empire presents large-format photographs of the ruins of one of the greatest dynastic centers of antiquity built at the height of the Achaemenid Persian empire (550–330 BC). The photographs, taken during the Oriental Institute’s Persian Expedition (1931–1939), record the forests of columns, monumental audience halls, and stone relief carvings of the people who came from all corners of the empire to honor the Persian king.
A Revised Exhibit of the Original Show Our Work: Modern Jobs — Ancient Origins Through April 24, 2016 Our Work: Modern Jobs — Ancient Origins, an exhibition of photographic portraits, explores how cultural achievements of the ancient Middle East have created or contributed to much of modern life. To show the connections between the past and today, artifacts that document the origins or development of professions are paired with a person who is the modern “face” of that profession.
A Threatened Heritage Ongoing In many parts of the world, political instability and conflict have displaced populations and created ever-greater threats to archaeological sites, landscapes, and museums. This series of panels in the galleries documents threats to heritage in the Middle East and suggests possible ways you can help prevent further losses and build a stronger future for the past.
Learn more at oi.uchicago.edu/museum 2 Online Workshop EDUCATORS Investigating Nutrition: The Advent of Agriculture Educator Pass in Mesopotamia (8 weeks) Feb 1–Mar 28 The Educator Pass provides General $175, members $135. two membership cards and Registration required. all the benefits of a Friend of 30 Clock Hours. the Oriental Institute to two adults and their children or grandchildren under the age Use this virtual workshop to of 18. K–12 educators receive practice the basics of scientific a special membership price of inquiry (observation, inference, $25 (regularly $75). evidence, and classification) using authentic archaeological Benefit highlights: data. Trace the shift from hunting and gathering to the • Discount for professional development of agriculture in development programs the ancient world. Learn inquiry- • A print copy of Field Trip based methods for teaching Planning & Exhibition Guide social studies, English language • Special benefits at the Hyde arts, science, and health Park Art Center enhancement with Common Core State Standard alignment. For more information, visit Participants will receive a print oi.uchicago.edu/educators. copy of Project Archaeology’s new Investigating Nutrition curriculum guidebook Recommended for middle school teachers.
Register at oi.uchicago.edu/register 4 TOURS GALLERY TALKS ADULTS Stroller Tour: Nubia in Chicago: Celebrating Stars Over Mesopotamia 10 Years of the Robert F. Tue, Mar 8, 2–3pm Picken Family Nubia Gallery General $15; members, UChicago Thu, Feb 4, 12:15–1pm students/faculty $10, for up to Free. two adults. Registration not required. General $7, members $5 for additional adult registrant. Debora Heard, PhD candidate Babies in strollers are free. in Anthropology, will provide a Registration required. retrospective of the last decade of programming centered on Enjoy a light-hearted gallery the Nubia Gallery. The talk tour that is open for caregivers explores the gallery design, the and their pre-toddler-age (18 Oriental Institute’s historical role months or younger) children. in bringing Nubian artifacts to Join us for a journey through the Chicago and in preserving the Mesopotamian night sky. We’ll history of Nubia’s 4th Cataract encounter familiar constellations region, and how the gallery brings and forgotten stories, and we’ll ancient Nubian history to life in talk about the role the stars Chicago. played in Mesopotamian religion, mathematics, and daily life. Israel Outside the Bible Thu, Mar 3, 12:15–1pm Free. Registration not required.
The Bible is an incredibly rich source for learning about ancient Israel. But did you know that NEW FEATURE there are inscriptions about Israel from elsewhere in the Middle Multisensory Tour: For Visitors Who Are Blind East, and that there are important or Partially Sighted examples of these at the Oriental Fri, Feb 12, 2–3pm Institute? Join Joey Cross, PhD Free. candidate in Hebrew Bible and Registration required. Egyptology, and learn about Visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to experience ancient Israel outside the Bible. touchable moments of the ancient world in the Oriental Institute Museum. The tour engages visitors with multiple senses while they learn from an archaeologist or Egyptologist. Sighted companions are welcome. In honor of Low Vision Awareness Month, this tour is offered free of charge. Register at oi.uchicago.edu/register 6 LECTURES The Long and Winding COURSES is used to investigate a suite Crossroads: The Evolution of questions about aspects Oriental Institute lectures are The Archaeology of Iraq: of an Exhibition Concept of people’s lives in the past, a unique opportunity to learn An Armchair Tour (6 weeks) including diet, disease, aging, about the ancient Middle East Wed, Mar 2, 7–8pm Sat, Jan 23–Feb 27, 10am–12pm activity, and violence. Participants from world-renowned scholars. Free. General $350, members $295. will have the opportunity to apply Lectures are free and open to the Registration required. various investigative methods public, thanks to the generous On the Ides of March 2015, the through short lab exercises using support of Oriental Institute Milwaukee Public Museum opened Mesopotamia — the area skeletal remains and relevant members. Crossroads of Civilization, its of modern-day Iraq — has materials from the Oriental latest foray into the ancient fascinated archaeologists Institute. worlds of the Near East and since the earliest days of the The Battle of Kadesh: Mediterranean. Carter Lupton, discipline. This course, taught A Debate between the the curator for Crossroads, who by Sam Harris, PhD candidate Archaeological Egyptian and Hittite also worked on the previous in Mesopotamian archaeology, Reconstruction Drawing Perspectives Milwaukee incarnation, Temples, takes students on a virtual tour Workshop Wed, Jan 6, 7–8pm Tells and Tombs, will offer of Iraq’s archaeological heritage, Sat, Mar 12, 1–3:30pm Free. insights into the challenges of including many sites that have General $25, members $20. making an old topic new when been irrevocably damaged or Registration required. Join us for a lively debate faced with increased budgets, destroyed. We’ll examine the presented from the two sides decreased space, and unfamiliar significance and history of key Spend a Saturday afternoon of the ancient conflict, provided technologies. sites and regions and take a creating a unique technical by noted Oriental Institute look at some of the preservation drawing of an ancient Egyptian scholars Robert Ritner, for the issues facing Iraq’s archaeological pottery sherd from the Old Egyptian side, and Theo van den heritage today. Kingdom under the guidance of Hout, for the Hittites. Natasha Ayers, PhD candidate in Watch an Oriental Egyptian archaeology. Students Institute Lecture Tales of the Dead: From Luwian Hieroglyphs: will also learn how archaeologists Bioarchaeology to Forensic An Indigenous Anatolian If you cannot attend in use pottery and pottery drawings Anthropology (6 weeks) Syllabic Script from person, you can still watch in their research. No previous 3,500 Years Ago full-length recorded lectures Sat, Mar 5–Apr 9, 10am–12pm experience is necessary. Supplies at your convenience on the General $350, members $295. can be purchased at registration. Wed, Feb 3, 7–8pm Oriental Institute’s YouTube Registration required. Free. channel: youtube.com/ jameshenrybreasted. This course, taught by Maureen E. This lecture, presented by Marshall, PhD, will examine the Petra Goedegebuure, Associate basic principles of analyzing Professor of Hittitology at the human skeletal remains in both Oriental Institute, will explore archaeological and modern where Luwian Hieroglyphs came forensic contexts. While forensic from, how widely the script was work focuses on identification and used, and who could read it. cause of death, bioarchaeology
7 Register at oimembersevents.eventbrite.com Register at oi.uchicago.edu/register 8 Evening Social special exhibit, Persepolis: Images of an Empire, through expert-led FAMILY Epic Wednesday gallery tours. Relax and immerse Wed, Mar 9, 5–8pm yourself in the glory of an General $20, members $15. ancient empire through the film Registration required. Persepolis Recreated.
Break your mid-week routine. Celebrate the delight of the Sponsored by the Federation coming Persian new year — of Zoroastrian Associations of Nowruz — with artisan food, North America, the Zoroastrian craft beer, wine, and music. Gain Association of Chicago, and Iran unique perspectives on our House of Greater Chicago. WORKSHOPS For Ages 5–12 DROP-IN Junior Archaeologists For Ages 10–18 For Ages 5–12 Boy Scout Archaeology Sat, Feb 13, 1–3pm Secret of the Mummies Badge Workshop General $10, members $5. Registration required. Adults must Sat, Feb 27, 1–3pm Sat, Jan 23, 9am–12pm register and attend with child. Free. General $20, members $15. Registration recommended. Registration required. Let loose your inner Indiana Help us prepare our simulated Jones! Children and parents dig Earn your archaeology mummy for the afterlife, then go into our simulated excavation merit badge at the Oriental on a mummy scavenger hunt and while learning about the real Institute. Some items must tour. Fun patches available onsite. science of archaeology at be completed prior to badge the Oriental Institute’s Kipper workshop for badge certification. Family Archaeology Discovery For Ages 5 and Up See oi.uchicago.edu/events Center. This program includes Ancient Game Day and for prerequisites. Badge an interactive guided tour of the Nowruz Celebration certification available. galleries. Fun patches available Sat, Mar 12, 1–4pm onsite. Free. For Ages 9–12 Registration recommended. Introduction to Hieroglyphs Sat, Jan 23, 1–3pm HOMESCHOOL Play the favorite games of ancient General $10, members $5. For Ages 5–12 Egypt, Nubia, Mesopotamia, and Registration required. Adults must The Look Persia in the museum galleries. register and attend with child. Be the first to play the Oriental Thu, Feb 25, 1–3pm Institute’s exclusive replicas of General $10, members $5. Learn some basics of the the game Hounds and Jackals. Registration required. Adults must Egyptian hieroglyphic writing register and attend with child. Learn the principles of making system. By the end of this board games and create your workshop you will understand own. Enjoy the stories and games Explore the origins of the some of the principles of reading associated with the Persian new ancient “look” and how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and year festival Nowruz. make-up, clothing, and other recognize some key hieroglyphs elements might have helped (and and phrases that show up on sometimes hindered) a person’s Sponsored by the Federation Egyptian artifacts in many survival. Find out how the of Zoroastrian Associations of museums. Use our post-visit changes in ancient “style” help North America, the Zoroastrian activities to create an ancient archaeologists understand the Association of Chicago, and Iran Egyptian-inspired code. past. House of Greater Chicago.
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