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Cultural Understanding
January 17th, 2011
ECCo collaborates with Shipibo in quality-of-life programs
January 17th, 2011
ECCo has worked with the Cofan indigenous people in Ecuador for more than 10 years. Our joint efforts have included four rapid inventories that led Ecuadorean authorities to recognize and protect Cofan ancestral lands.
January 17th, 2011
Indigenous support renews our plan for a rapid inventory in Peru in 2011.
January 14th, 2011
Exhibition ran from April 25 - August 12 2003. In Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art From The British Museum, you’ll see 144 stunning artworks drawn from the world’s most important collection of Egyptian art outside Cairo.
January 14th, 2011
Exhibition ran Nov 13 2004 - May 8 2005. Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years–Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum celebrated the enduring legacy of one of America’s favorite first ladies.
January 14th, 2011
Since its founding, The Field Museum has devoted considerable attention to the Native peoples of North America. The result is a series of collections of striking depth, strong in recent history and contemporary culture. Staff collaborate actively with Native American groups, who come regularly to visit and study the collections of their nations.
January 13th, 2011
Exhibition ran from Feb 25 2009 - Oct 25 2009. Sail with legendary pirate Sam Bellamy and his crew and learn the true story of the Whydah, from her historic transformation from slave ship to pirate ship to her final resting place on the ocean floor.
January 12th, 2011
The real objects and other kinds of information relating to life, customs, and traditions around the globe that are acquired and safeguarded by museums are much more than just "scientific evidence" suitable for academic research.Anthropology collections acquired at different times and in different places can also serve as genuine material witness to the reality of human diversity, past and present.Equally important, anthropology collections of "things" combined with carefully documented information on their manufacture, use, and human meanings can also serve as authentic historical benchmarks
January 11th, 2011
One gratifying outcome of the lengthy partnership between The Field Museum and the people of Tokomaru Bay in New Zealand is that Ruatepupuke II, the Maori whare or meeting house, now serves as a national “flag ship” for many throughout New Zealand, Maori and pakeha (non-Maori) alike, both as a striking heritage symbol of their cultural pride and values in a distant and foreign land, and also as an innovative urban marae (gathering place) for communicating those values and sensibilities overseas in an unconventional and vibrant multicultural setting.
January 11th, 2011
For centuries, Mexican artists have created nacimientos, or nativity scenes, with materials and symbols that reflect their own cultures and times.