Learning at the Field

Andy and I were back at the Field Museum last night for one of its Field Encounters educational events. The evening started with a half-hour reception. The line to get some crackers and cheese was ridiculous! There wasn't enough seating so we went and stood by a ledge overlooking Stanley Hall. Andy started playing with one of the electronic boards we were near and he noticed our name ...

There we are!

After the reception, the group was divided into three sections for lectures. Our group learned about the bronze statues created in the 1930s by Malvina Hoffman.

Hoffman was commissioned by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois to create anthropologically accurate sculptures of peoples of diverse nationalities and races. She traveled around the world — including distant places like Africa, India, and Bali — in 1931 to 1932, creating busts and figures of people[9] and taking more than 2,000 photographs ... She completed more than 105 sculptures, predominantly in bronze, but also in marble and stone. They included busts and full-length figures of individuals, which were installed at the museum's Hall of Man in 1933.

We were able to walk into the exhibit after the talk but the lights were out. Andy looked around a little using the light from his cell phone.

The talk lasted about an hour and then it was time for dinner - salad, ravioli, lemon chicken and green beans. We sat next to an elderly man who retired from the banking industry so he had a nice discussion with Andy.

Pretty picture of Buckingham Fountain as we drove home.