Bog People exhibition starts American tour this week
Gatineau, Québec, July 6, 2005 — The Mysterious Bog People exhibition continues to captivate audiences around the world. On July 9, 2005, it will open at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), its only scheduled stop in the eastern United States.
During a period spanning 10,000 years, riches and even human bodies, were deposited in the bogs of northwestern Europe. The Mysterious Bog People is the first international touring exhibition to showcase and examine why these riches and bodies ended in those perilous wetland environments.
“Research in archaeology, history and conservation combine to provide an awe-inspiring and eye-opening experience in this exhibition,” said Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, CEO, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation. “Mummies from boggy wetlands in northwestern Europe and artifacts from millennia past speak to today’s museum visitors through the mists of time, about ritual and sacrifice, life and death.”
To date, The Mysterious Bog People exhibition has attracted over half a million visitors, worldwide. It was developed by four major museums across two continents, and began its international tour at the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover (Germany). After its successful launch in Hanover, it travelled to Canada, first stopping at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau (Quebec) and then at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary (Alberta). Bog People then returned to Europe, stopping at the Drents Museum in Assen (Netherlands) before its stop in at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (United Kingdom).
The Mysterious Bog People tour continues. After its showing at the Carnegie Museum where it will be on display until January 23, 2006, its next stop will be the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California from March 16 to September 10, 2006.
The Mysterious Bog People is a joint international project of four major European and Canadian museums: the Drents Museum in Assen (Netherlands), the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover (Germany), the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau (Quebec, Canada) and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary (Alberta, Canada).
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