Organization The Ice Man: A 5,000 year old Cold Case is a • travelling exhibition brought to you by the following partners: Museumspartner, Innsbruck, Austria: • produced the original Iceman travelling exhibit – seen throughout Europe and Australia content and securing loans – technical and logistics support – The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, • Bolzano, Italy: permanent home of the Iceman – ongoing research on the Iceman and his finds – providing the original objects of the Iceman for – the North American tour Dr. Angelika Fleckinger, Director: Scientific – Consultant Lorne Perry Designs, Calgary, Alberta: • redesign of the exhibition for North American – markets new interactives and graphic design – Heinz Reese & Associates, Fernie, BC: • exclusive representatives for North America –
Narrative – The Discovery On a summer day in 1991, hikers • descending from a peak high in the Alps opted to follow a different route home. Crossing a remote gully, they stumbled upon one of the most significant discoveries in the history of modern archaeology. Face ‐ down and protruding from the • ice was the mummified body of a man who had died a violent death 5,000 years ago. It was a miracle that his body had • survived at all. He had an arrow in his back, a head wound and a deep cut in his hand. Who murdered the Iceman? Where did he come from?
Narrative – Forensic Research The high tech detective work is one • of the most telling but tantalizingly incomplete murder mysteries ever revealed. A well ‐ preserved find never before • seen: one of the oldest mummies in the – world ‐ over 5,000 years old a “wet mummy”, i.e. body tissue is – elastic and suitable for performing detailed scientific investigations a natural mummy, unaltered by burial – rites or other interventions Research continues on how the • Iceman died: murder? – sacrifice? – natural? –
Narrative – Neolithic Life The Iceman with his complete clothing • and equipment provide a unique snapshot of Neolithic life in Europe. His flint, axe blade, wood used and the • pollen in his digestive tract indicate he must have lived south of the Alps. His copper axe indicates social status. • Copper was mined in the central Alps • during the late Neolithic period. During the third and fourth millennia • BC, food was procured mainly from farming and animal rearing. Hunting and gathering as well as fishing • were also important activities.
Visitor Experience No one can resist a good murder • mystery. Visitors to the exhibition will be • invited to play the role of detective and forensic scientist. They will: – find evidence, – look for clues, – compare their conclusions with experts and other visitors, – gain new insights into an unsolved mystery and, – by comparison, find relevance to their own lives and the changing environment.
Exhibit Layout • 3 main sections: – Discovery – Forensic Lab – Neolithic Life • Each section contains: – a large, attractive diorama – a full ‐ size Iceman replica – interactives that engage the visitor in the quest to solve the murder mystery – informative displays – artifacts
Section 1 ‐ Discovery • Diorama: – recreation of the scene of the Iceman discovery – half ‐ body replica of Iceman, face ‐ down in ice and rock Graphics and maps of the • location of the site on the Italian/Austrian border Video clips of: • – discovery and recovery of the Iceman Artifacts: • – original artifacts found with the Iceman
Discovery Site
Original Iceman Objects
Section 2 – Forensic Lab Diorama: • recreation of the room where the – real mummy is kept at the Iceman Museum in Bolzano, Italy full ‐ size replica of Iceman, face ‐ up on – a lab gurney Interpretive stations: • visitors review clues, photographs – and relevant artifacts to try to solve the mystery of the Iceman’s death. interactive touch ‐ table with – extremely high resolution photos of all of the body Video clips: • discovery of the arrowhead in the – Iceman Artifacts: • bow, arrows, flint knife, copper axe –
Ongoing Research
Recent News NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ICEMAN AUTOPSY Nov. 2011 Issue of National Geographic • Oct. 2011 airing on PBS Nova •
Section 3 – Neolithic Life Diorama: • recreation of a 5,000 ‐ year ‐ old village – in the Alps full ‐ sized replica of the Iceman with – clothes and his equipment Interactives: • how did the Iceman clothes help him – cope in his environment? how did the Neolithic people live off – the land? displays on tool making, copper – casting, clothes Video: • Clips on a typical day in a village – Artifacts: • clothes, tools, copper making, – household items
Images from Video Clips
Exhibition Facts 3,000 to 5,000 sq. ft. • Over 80 artifacts, including original objects from the Ice Man, never before seen in North • America. Lenders are: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Bolzano, Italy – Museo Tridentino Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy – Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy – Ufficio Beni Archeologici, Bolzano, Italy – Musei Civico di Remedello, Remedello, Italy – Museum für Archäologie Thurgau, Thurgau, Switzerland – Naturmuseum Südtirol, Bolzano, Italy – 10 to 15 interactives • Included in all inclusive exhibition fee: • all insurance, – all shipping, – installation and dismantling crew, – accompanying couriers from lending institutions, – all exhibition décor including the dioramas, walls and reconstructions for the Lab, and Neolithic section, – display cases, – all audio / visual material in two languages – one of which is English, – all graphic panels in two languages ‐ one of which is in English – Available ‐ 2013 •
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