The Aztec World & Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry--February 21, 2009
Reservation Deadline: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Departure Time: 8:30am from the south end of Rockford College Parking Lot A
Return Time: Approximately 5:00pm
Cost: $ 44.00 (AIA Members)
$49.00 (non-AIA Members)
Fee includes round trip transportation, entrance fee to the Field Museum, and entrance fee for the Aztec display.
Contact Bart Stenberg: 815-397-7470
Learn about the remarkable rise and fall of the Aztec Empire and explore the everyday lives of men and women at all levels of society in this great civilization. The Field Museum has assembled nearly 300 artifacts from museums across Mexico and the U.S. for an exclusive exhibition that will not travel to any other destination. These treasures give a rare perspective of Aztec art, science, trade, cosmology and religious ritual.
The Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry exhibition has been organized by the National Jewelry Institute. Previously on view at the Forbes Galleries in New York, the installation displays pieces on loan from Paris, Berlin, Jerusalem, The Metropolitan Museum, and Princeton. It includes works dating from the fourth millennium B.C. to ca. 1500 A.D. and documents the rise of ancient cultures and customs. Several pieces, some of which have never been displayed before, were discovered at Kish in central Iraq and belong to the Field Museum.
