(exhibition) A historic exhibition of 150 objects drawn from the rich collections of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum and the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology in Urumqi, China reveals surprising details about the people who lived along the ancient Silk Road.
Secrets of the Silk RoadMarch 27 - July 25, 2010
Strikingly well-preserved mummies tall in stature and fair in complexion have lain in the parched Tarim Basin of western China for 3,800 years. Wearing Western-influenced textiles and possessing surprising technologies and customs, just who these extraordinary people were is a mystery! This historic exhibition of 150 objects drawn from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum and the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology in Urumqi, China reveals surprising details about the people who lived along the ancient Silk Road. For the first time ever, three of the more than 100 Caucasian mummies found and preserved in the western China’s inhospitable desert sands are being presented in the United States. An impressive array of objects are included in the exhibition to represent the full extent of the Silk Road, where lavish goods, technologies and ideas between East and West were adopted and exchanged.
The Secret is Out! See what USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times have to say about this amazing exhibit!
NBC Nightly News takes a special look at the "Beauty of Xiahoe," one of the featured attractions in Secrets of the Silk Road.
Bowers Museum Membership This year, all Bowers members will receive two FREE tickets to Secrets of the Silk Road (March 27, 2010 – July 25, 2010) and Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (December 18, 2010 – March 13, 2011) in addition to an entire year of unlimited FREE admission to Bowers Permanent Collections, non-specially ticketed exhibitions, and Kidseum. Join Today!
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