Molecular to Monumental: Rediscovering Lost Cultures from the Inside Out

October 14, 2009

Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

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With the aid of modern CT scan technology, conservators are seeing ancient civilizations in a whole new light. From Egyptian High Priests and Peruvian artisans – whose remnants of day-to-day life are all but lost to time – we can now expose these cultures and link their very distant past to our present.

Join the Chicago Council on Science and Technology and a distinguished panel of experts from the Art Institute, Field Museum and Oriental Institute as they share their discoveries from the molecular to monumental.

Speakers:
Dr. James Cuno – President, Art Institute
Dr. Francesca Casadio – Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Scientist, Art Institute
Mary Greuel -Assistant Curator of Ancient Art , Art Institute
Mr. JP Brown – Regenstein Conservator for Pacific Anthropology, Field Museum
Dr. Michael Vannier, Professor of Radiology at University of Chicago Medical Center                                                                                                                                      Laura D’Alessandro – Head of the Conservation Lab, Oriental Insitute, University of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Ave – Fullerton Hall

Please use Michigan and Adams entrance only
5:30p.m. Registration.

6:00p.m. Presentation.

Free program.

Mary Greuel, Assistant Curator of Ancient Art