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Yde Girl - Close-up
© Courtesy of Drents Museum |
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Pot, (3400-2850 B.C.)
© Courtesy of Drents Museum |
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Dr. Wijnand van der Sanden and a girl's body from Yde
(Netherlands)
© Courtesy of Drents Museum |
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String of beads
This string of beads was found near Exloo in the Netherlands in 1881
© Courtesy of Drents Museum |
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The Mysterious Bog People
The Mysterious Bog People is a joint international exhibition project of the Drents Museum in Assen, The Netherlands, the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hannover, Germany, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Discover the fascinating history of the peoples of northwestern Europe who, for 10,000 years, sacrificed their most precious objects, including human bodies, in the bogs.
Content:
330 artefacts from the collections of the Drents Museum, and the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, including:
- jewellery, household items like wooden bowls, spoons;
- stone axes, daggers, musical instruments;
- pieces of gold – gold vessel, coins;
- clothing, antlers, pottery, remains of a temple, and pagan idols (statuettes); also features unique objects such as:
- 6 bog bodies
- the Sulingen dug-out canoe (an almost 1000 year-old artefact of 8 m / 25 ft. long), oldest wheel and plough ever found
- 8 DVD presentations, including a multimedia environmental introduction.
- Exciting Forensic Laboratory component: Bog Science Investigation + Teachers’ Guide for school groups
- A complementary landscape exhibition of 50 framed photographs by Wolfgang Bartels and 3 large Bartels photo murals.
Size:
900 to 1,000 m2 (8,000 to 9,000 sq. ft.)
Fee:
US$150,000 plus shipping, insurance and travel expenses for CMC preparators for installation and dismantling and for European couriers
+ 50 framed Bartels photos: US$1,000
+ Bog Forensic Lab: US$3,500
+ Bartels photos murals (3): US$2,250
Availability:
22 October 2006 – 21 January 2007
(13 week bookings or more)
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