Tours for Members 



For reservations, call or write Dorothy Roder (322-8862), Tours Manager, Field Museum, 

 Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, II 60605 



New Zealand Cultural Expedition 



April 14 — May 4 



Price: $4,675 

 (double occupancy) 



The Maori people of New Zealand welcome you to their country and 

 their hearts with this unique opportunity to live and share with them in a 

 rich cultural adventure. This is the first year American tour groups have 

 been allowed to stay with the Maori in their traditional meeting houses, 

 where we will be ceremonially initiated into Maori society. This once-in- 

 a-lifetime chance is offered to Field Museum members in conjunction 

 with our forthcoming exhibit, "Te Maori: Maori Art From New Zealand 

 Collections," and is led by Dr. John Terrell, curator of oceanic archaeology 

 and ethnology at Field Museum. 



Xian is our next stop. Once the largest city in the world, dressed in imperial 

 splendor, it served as capital of eleven dynasties. It was a major trade route 

 link in the 7th and 8th centuries, but is now primarily known for the 

 discovery there of the vast life-size terra cotta army buried with an ancient 

 emperor. 



Shanghai is currently China's largest, most populous and urbanized 

 city. It has a western flavor even today. The contrast of the "Old Town" 

 which is typically Chinese, and the 1930s high-rise district is startling. 

 Guilin is perhaps the most beautiful city in China, situated on a lush green 

 plain laced with rivers and lakes. A cruise on the Li River shows off this 

 region's spectacular scenery and its "stone forest" of amazing rock forma- 

 tions. Our next visit is to Guangzhou (Canton), an interesting city that is 

 increasingly integrating with Hong Kong. It is the most important trade 

 and industrial center in southern China and has a subtropical flavor with 

 its verdant parks, world-famous cuisine and boisterous atmosphere. On to 

 Hong Kong for a day before returning to Chicago via Tokyo. 



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The Great Silk Route of China 



May 21 — June 15 

 $4,500 



The silk route linked China, Central Asia, Persia, the Middle East, and 

 Europe nearly 2,000 years ago, giving birth to the exotic and spectacular 

 oasis cities of Xinjiang Province. Merchants carried more than silks, silver, 

 and spices along this route, however; they also carried ideas, traditions, 

 and Buddhism. Field Museum will trace the Chinese portion of this great 

 caravan highway, bringing to you not only a sense of Chinese history, but 

 the movements of history itself. We fly from Chicago to Tokyo and from 

 there to Beijing, where touring will include the Forbidden City, the Temple 

 of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the National Museum, and to the north, 

 the tombs of the Ming Emperiors and the Great Wall. 



In Urumqui we get our first taste of the silk route as this exotic, green- 

 blanketed oasis thrives amidst bleak desert, highlands, and the snow- 

 capped peaks of the Tianshan Mountains. It is the capital of the Xinjiang 

 Uygur Autonomous Region, populated mostly by the Uygur Muslims and 

 showing their influence in all aspects of its life. Huge mosques dominate 

 the city; the people strictly observe their religious festivals and dress in 

 distinctive costumes, the older women wearing veils, as they keep their 

 traditions. Turpan is likewise an oasis in the desert, a small but richly exo- 

 tic caravan city still bustling with colorful bazaars. From here you can visit 

 the ruins of two ancient silk route cities, destroyed by Genghis Khan, but 

 yet beautiful in the golden sand. 



Dunhuang, our next stop, proves the importance of the silk route in 

 dispersing new ideas and new religions. Here we find one of the world's 

 priceless troves of Buddhist art. The Magao Caves, the oldest Buddhist 

 shrines in China, were begun in A.D. 366 by a monk who saw a vision of a 

 thousand golden Buddhas. Hundreds of caves have been carved out of the 

 sandstone cliffs in a layered honeycomb pattern, connected with wooden 

 walkways and ladders. Carved over a period of a thousand years, these 

 grottoes bear witness to the changing artistic style and daily lives of the 

 Chinese people. Some of the statues show an Indian influence. The walls 

 of these caves are carved with niches containing brilliantly painted sta- 

 tues, and the ceilings are painted with murals depicting the life of Buddha, 

 Chinese mythology, religious stories, and the daily activities of the local 

 people. 



Lanzhou is another important caravan city and garrison town since 

 ancient times. If the water level is high enough, we will take a river trip to 

 Binglingsi, a Buddhist monastery with rarely seen monumental carvings. 



The Classical Mediterranean 



May 24 — June 8 



What better way to sail the blue Mediterranean than aboard the legen- 

 dary Sea Cloud? The largest private sailing ship ever built, she retains the 

 elegance of the past while offering contemporary comfort. In addition to 

 many other pons, we visit Rome, Pompeii, Tunis, Malta, Naxos, Cephalo- 

 nia, and Athens. The program will be enhanced by a series of educational 

 lectures and discussions presented by accompanying faculty, offering in- 

 sight into the art, architecture, archaeology, and culture of the civilizations 

 that once thrived on these shores. Richard De Puma, a Field Museum 

 research associate in the Department of Anthropology and associate pro- 

 fessor at the University of Iowa's School of Art and Art History will be tour 

 escort. He earned his Ph.D. in classical archaeology and knows intimately 

 the ancient sites to be visited on this tour. Dr. De Puma has worked exten- 

 sively in archaeological research and excavations of ancient Mediterra- 

 nean cultures, has written numerous articles and books, been involved in 

 several museum exhibitions of classical antiquities and has recently 

 attended two international congresses on Etruscan archaeology and cul- 

 ture. He is an exceptional lecturer and leader. 



North Cape and Spitzbergen 



June 27- July 12 



Sail to the Land of the Midnight Sun, to the North Cape, where the sun 

 shines 24 hours a day, aboard the "ultra deluxe" Vistafjord. This Five-Star 

 ship represents the very epitome of ocean-going elegance: impeccable ser- 

 vice, first-class cuisine, dazzling entertainment, luxurious living, and un- 

 rivaled attention to detail. 



June 28. Embarkation from Hamburg, Germany. Here on the River 

 Elbe is one of Europe's brightest and most exciting cities. Explore the 

 entertainments of the St. Paul district, go sightseeing to City Hall and 

 shopping along the busy Mockebergstrasse, or drive out to the peace and 

 quiet of the picturesque Alster Lakes. 



June 30. Molde, Norway. An unusually warm climate graces this 

 delightful Norwegian town, which lies in the path of the Gulf Stream. Of 



