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PRODUCER SAYS IT, STILL LOOKS GREEK TO ME.
TODAY ON ILLINOIS ADVENTURE, WE WILL VISIT A GERMAN SETTLEMENT
WILL VISIT A GERMAN SETTLEMENT THAT HAS RETAINED ITS CHARACTER,
THAT HAS RETAINED ITS CHARACTER, FOLLOW THE HUMAN JOURNEY ACROSS
FOLLOW THE HUMAN JOURNEY ACROSS TIME AND THE CONTINENTS, TEE OFF
TIME AND THE CONTINENTS, TEE OFF AT A COURSE THAT MEANDERS
AT A COURSE THAT MEANDERS THROUGH IMPRESSIVE LANDSCAPE,
THROUGH IMPRESSIVE LANDSCAPE, PLUS R, DISCOVER SOME OF THIS
PLUS R, DISCOVER SOME OF THIS STATE'S HISTORICAL ROUTES.
STATE'S HISTORICAL ROUTES. ALL THIS ON ILLINOIS ADVENTURE.
>>> THEY ARE EVIDENCE OF MANKIND'S JOURNEY ACROSS TIME
MANKIND'S JOURNEY ACROSS TIME AND CONTINENTS.
AND CONTINENTS. THEY ARE ALSO DIFFERENT CULTURAL
THEY ARE ALSO DIFFERENT CULTURAL APPROACHES TO THE SAME
APPROACHES TO THE SAME QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF MEETING
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF MEETING BASIC NEEDS, COMMUNICATION,
BASIC NEEDS, COMMUNICATION, PRESERVING HISTORY, AND OF THE
PRESERVING HISTORY, AND OF THE AFTER-LIFE.
AFTER-LIFE. HELLO, I AM JIM WILHELM.
HELLO, I AM JIM WILHELM. SURROUNDING ME ARE THE GALLERIES
SURROUNDING ME ARE THE GALLERIES HOUSING JUST PART OF THE MASSIVE
HOUSING JUST PART OF THE MASSIVE COLLECTION OF THE SPURLOCK
COLLECTION OF THE SPURLOCK MUSEUM LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF
MUSEUM LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN URBANA, IT IS A FACILITY WHICH
URBANA, IT IS A FACILITY WHICH TRACES ITS ROOTS BACK TO THE
TRACES ITS ROOTS BACK TO THE LATE 1800'S.
LATE 1800'S. IN 1874, IN ORDER TO EXPOSE
IN 1874, IN ORDER TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO FAMOUS WORKS OF ART,
STUDENTS TO FAMOUS WORKS OF ART, THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST
THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST PRESIDENT, JOHN MILTON GERGORY,
PRESIDENT, JOHN MILTON GERGORY, COMMISSIONED PLASTER CASTS OF
COMMISSIONED PLASTER CASTS OF HUNDREDS OF EUROPEAN WORKS.
HUNDREDS OF EUROPEAN WORKS. THOSE PIECES EVENTUALLY BECAME
THOSE PIECES EVENTUALLY BECAME THE NUCLEUS OF A SMALL CAMPUS
THE NUCLEUS OF A SMALL CAMPUS ART GALLERY.
ART GALLERY. WHILE SOME OF THOSE CASTS ARE ON
WHILE SOME OF THOSE CASTS ARE ON DISPLAY HERE, THIS FACILITY IS
DISPLAY HERE, THIS FACILITY IS MUCH BROADER IN SCOPE THAN THE
MUCH BROADER IN SCOPE THAN THE OLD FINE ARTS MUSEUM.
OLD FINE ARTS MUSEUM. TODAY, VISITORS TO THE SPURLOCK
TODAY, VISITORS TO THE SPURLOCK MUSEUM ARE OFFERED GLIMPSES OF
MUSEUM ARE OFFERED GLIMPSES OF CULTURES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.
CULTURES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS GALLERY HOLDS
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS GALLERY HOLDS ARTIFACTS REPRESENTING SOCIETIES
ARTIFACTS REPRESENTING SOCIETIES FROM ASIA WHICH INCLUDES THE
FROM ASIA WHICH INCLUDES THE OCEANIA AREA.
OCEANIA AREA. ONE IMPOSING PIECE IS THIS MASK
ONE IMPOSING PIECE IS THIS MASK FROM NEW GUINEA, FAMILIES
FROM NEW GUINEA, FAMILIES MEMBERS ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE
MEMBERS ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE LIVING IS THE BELIEF.
LIVING IS THE BELIEF. FROM BALI IN INDONESIA COMES
FROM BALI IN INDONESIA COMES THIS MASK IT DEMONSTRATES HOW
THIS MASK IT DEMONSTRATES HOW THE SPIRITUAL WORLD IS THOUGHT
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD IS THOUGHT TO INFLUENCE EVERY DAY LIFE.
TO INFLUENCE EVERY DAY LIFE. IT WAS PART OF A RELIGIOUS
IT WAS PART OF A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY DE SIGN TODAY PROTECT
CEREMONY DE SIGN TODAY PROTECT THE VILLAGES BY DRIVING OUT EVIL
THE VILLAGES BY DRIVING OUT EVIL FORCES.
FORCES. AT THE EAST ASIAN AREA STANDS
AT THE EAST ASIAN AREA STANDS TWO LIFE SIZE REPLICAS OF
TWO LIFE SIZE REPLICAS OF TERRA-COTTA SOLDIERS DISCOVERED
TERRA-COTTA SOLDIERS DISCOVERED AT THE TOMB OF THE CHINA'S FIRST
AT THE TOMB OF THE CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR.
EMPEROR. THEY HAVE OVER 6,000 OF THESE
THEY HAVE OVER 6,000 OF THESE WARRIORS AND YET TO BE FULLY
WARRIORS AND YET TO BE FULLY UNCOVERED.
UNCOVERED. IN ADDITION TO EXAMINING
IN ADDITION TO EXAMINING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, THESE LOOK AT
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, THESE LOOK AT FAMILY LIFE, TECHNOLOGY,
FAMILY LIFE, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, TRADE.
EDUCATION, TRADE. SPEAKING OF WHICH, DID YOU KNOW
SPEAKING OF WHICH, DID YOU KNOW THAT PRINTED PAPER MONEY
THAT PRINTED PAPER MONEY ORIGINATED IN CHINA?
ORIGINATED IN CHINA? IN THE TRADE SECTION, SEVERAL
IN THE TRADE SECTION, SEVERAL CHINESE COINS ARE ON DISPLAY.
CHINESE COINS ARE ON DISPLAY. THERE ARE SOME WITH SQUARE HOLES
THERE ARE SOME WITH SQUARE HOLES IN THE CENTER SO THEY COULD BE
IN THE CENTER SO THEY COULD BE STRUNG TOGETHER FOR EASIER
STRUNG TOGETHER FOR EASIER HANDLING AND FOR A TIME, TEA WAS
HANDLING AND FOR A TIME, TEA WAS SO VALUABLE THAT DRIED LEAVES
SO VALUABLE THAT DRIED LEAVES WERE MOLDED INTO BRICKS AS USED
WERE MOLDED INTO BRICKS AS USED AS MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE.
AS MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE. FROM JAPAN COMES THIS WEDDING
FROM JAPAN COMES THIS WEDDING KIMONO FROM THE THAISHO PERIOD.
KIMONO FROM THE THAISHO PERIOD. IT WAS FOR A LADY BY THE
IT WAS FOR A LADY BY THE EVIDENCE OF TWO, ONE BIRD
EVIDENCE OF TWO, ONE BIRD DENOTES PRIVILEGED CLASS.
DENOTES PRIVILEGED CLASS. HAND EMBROIDERED THIS IS FOR
HAND EMBROIDERED THIS IS FOR FAMILY CRESTS.
FAMILY CRESTS. THE NUMBER OF CRESTS INDICATES
THE NUMBER OF CRESTS INDICATES HOW FORMAL THE GOWN WAS. THREE
HOW FORMAL THE GOWN WAS. THREE WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED SEMI
WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED SEMI FORMAL.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SPURLOCK MUSEUM LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF
MUSEUM LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN URBANA.
URBANA. THIS IS A GALLERY OF ANCIENT
THIS IS A GALLERY OF ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE WHERE
MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE WHERE SEVERAL OF THE CASTS WHICH WERE
SEVERAL OF THE CASTS WHICH WERE FIRST DISPLAYED IN 1874 CAN BE
FIRST DISPLAYED IN 1874 CAN BE SEEN.
THIS ONE IS OF THE TROJAN BRIEF THE LAOCOON AND HIS SONS.
THE LAOCOON AND HIS SONS. THE STORY IS LAOCOON, THE GREEK
THE STORY IS LAOCOON, THE GREEK GOD POSEIDON SENT A SERPENT TO
GOD POSEIDON SENT A SERPENT TO KILL THE GOD AND HIS FAMILY.
KILL THE GOD AND HIS FAMILY. CREATING CASTS FROM WORKS OF ART
CREATING CASTS FROM WORKS OF ART WAS COMMON PRACTICE IN THE LATE
WAS COMMON PRACTICE IN THE LATE 1800'S.
1800'S. BUT AS TRAVEL BECAME MORE
BUT AS TRAVEL BECAME MORE COMMON, MANY MUSEUMS NO LONGER
COMMON, MANY MUSEUMS NO LONGER SAW THE NEED FOR ORIGINAL ART
SAW THE NEED FOR ORIGINAL ART AND THEY DESTROYED THOSE CASTS.
AND THEY DESTROYED THOSE CASTS. THAT MADE THE FEW REMAINING
THAT MADE THE FEW REMAINING CASTS VALUABLE RECORDS OF PAST
CASTS VALUABLE RECORDS OF PAST RESTORATIONS OR ALTERATIONS.
RESTORATIONS OR ALTERATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS PIECE WAS
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS PIECE WAS FOUND DURING THE RENAISSANCE
FOUND DURING THE RENAISSANCE ERA, THREE ARMS WERE MISSING,
ERA, THREE ARMS WERE MISSING, AND THEY WERE RESTORED AT THAT
AND THEY WERE RESTORED AT THAT TIME.
TIME. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS
SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THE RESTORATION OF
REVEALED THAT THE RESTORATION OF THE THREE ARMS WAS INACCURATE,
THE THREE ARMS WAS INACCURATE, AND THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE
AND THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL.
ORIGINAL. SO THIS BECOMES A 3-D RECORD OF
SO THIS BECOMES A 3-D RECORD OF HOW THIS STATUE APPEARED TO MANY
HOW THIS STATUE APPEARED TO MANY GENERATIONS.
GENERATIONS. P
BUT THE MOST POIGNANT EXAMPLES ARE THE PANELS CAST FOR MOLDS
ARE THE PANELS CAST FOR MOLDS MADE IN THE 1780'S OF THE FREESS
MADE IN THE 1780'S OF THE FREESS MOTIF, FROM THE WAS ANCIENT
MOTIF, FROM THE WAS ANCIENT PARTHENON.
PARTHENON. WHAT MAKES THESE CASTS
WHAT MAKES THESE CASTS INTERESTING TO SCHOLARS IS THERE
INTERESTING TO SCHOLARS IS THERE ARE DETAILS ON THEM WHICH NO
ARE DETAILS ON THEM WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS ON THE ORIGINAL.
LONGER EXISTS ON THE ORIGINAL. IN 1795 WAR DESTROYED SEVERAL
IN 1795 WAR DESTROYED SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE FAMED BUILDING,
SECTIONS OF THE FAMED BUILDING, AND IN THE YEAR SINCE, WEATHER
AND IN THE YEAR SINCE, WEATHER AND ACID RAIN HAVE TAKEN ITS
AND ACID RAIN HAVE TAKEN ITS TOLL.
TOLL. WHILE HISTORIANS HAVE DEBATED
WHILE HISTORIANS HAVE DEBATED THE SUBJECT MATTER FOR
THE SUBJECT MATTER FOR GENERATIONS, MOST AGREE THE
GENERATIONS, MOST AGREE THE FREES DEPICTS A CELEBRATION OF
FREES DEPICTS A CELEBRATION OF CELEBRATION OF GOD HE IS
CELEBRATION OF GOD HE IS ATHENA'S BIRTHDAY.
ATHENA'S BIRTHDAY. THE STATUE OF ATHENA IS HOUSED
THE STATUE OF ATHENA IS HOUSED IN GOLD.
IN GOLD. EXAMPLES OF POT TRI FOUND IN
EXAMPLES OF POT TRI FOUND IN BURIAL CHAMBERS TO THOSE USED IN
BURIAL CHAMBERS TO THOSE USED IN SPECIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS VASES TO
SPECIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS VASES TO BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AT
BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AT THE PANATHENAIC GAMES HELD IN
THE PANATHENAIC GAMES HELD IN HONOR OF ATHENA.
HONOR OF ATHENA. TYPICALLY, THESE PIECES FEATURED
TYPICALLY, THESE PIECES FEATURED A LIKENESS OF ATHENA, AND ALSO A
A LIKENESS OF ATHENA, AND ALSO A DEPICTION OF AN EVENT.
DEPICTION OF AN EVENT. IN THIS CASE, A FOOT RACE.
IN THIS CASE, A FOOT RACE. THESE VASES WERE DESIGNED TO
THESE VASES WERE DESIGNED TO HOLD THE PRIZE FOR THE WINNERS,
HOLD THE PRIZE FOR THE WINNERS, OLIVE OIL, A VALUABLE COMMODITY
OLIVE OIL, A VALUABLE COMMODITY BACK THEN.
THIS IS THE GAL RY OF MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE WHICH INCLUDES A
EASTERN CULTURE WHICH INCLUDES A MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIETY WHOSE
MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIETY WHOSE BUREAUCRATIC CLAY RECORDS ARE A
BUREAUCRATIC CLAY RECORDS ARE A SCHOLAR'S DELIGHT!
SCHOLAR'S DELIGHT! HISTORIANS HAVE UNEARTHED OVER
HISTORIANS HAVE UNEARTHED OVER HALF A MILLION CLAY TABLETS WITH
HALF A MILLION CLAY TABLETS WITH A FORM OF WRITING ON THEM KNOWN
A FORM OF WRITING ON THEM KNOWN AS CUNEA, THESE TABLETS RECORDED
AS CUNEA, THESE TABLETS RECORDED EVERYTHING FROM BUSINESS, TO
EVERYTHING FROM BUSINESS, TO RELIGIOUS.
RELIGIOUS. THESE LIST THE NUMBER OF WOMEN
THESE LIST THE NUMBER OF WOMEN THAT WORK AT A WITH WOMEN, WAGES
THAT WORK AT A WITH WOMEN, WAGES PAID IN BARLEY ARC P NAMES
PAID IN BARLEY ARC P NAMES SUPERVISORS.
SUPERVISORS. THIS TABLET IS AN ACCOUNTING OF
THIS TABLET IS AN ACCOUNTING OF THE DAILY OFFERINGS GIVEN BY THE
THE DAILY OFFERINGS GIVEN BY THE KING TO ONE TEMPLE.
KING TO ONE TEMPLE. BUT CUNEFORM IS ONLY ONE TYPE OF
BUT CUNEFORM IS ONLY ONE TYPE OF WRITING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST ON
WRITING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST ON DISPLAY.
DISPLAY. ONE OF THE GREATEST
ONE OF THE GREATEST ARCHEOLOGICAL DISPLACE WHERE
ARCHEOLOGICAL DISPLACE WHERE THOUSANDS OF PAPYRI WAS THROWN
THOUSANDS OF PAPYRI WAS THROWN AWAY.
AWAY. AMONG THE TEXTS, POEMS AND
AMONG THE TEXTS, POEMS AND PLAYS, THEY DISCOVERED THIS
PLAYS, THEY DISCOVERED THIS SMALL FRAGMENT.
SMALL FRAGMENT. IT IS THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF
IT IS THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF SCRIPT FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT
SCRIPT FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT AND COMES FROM THE BOOK OF
AND COMES FROM THE BOOK OF JAMES.
JAMES. ALSO IN THIS GALLERY IS THE
ALSO IN THIS GALLERY IS THE EGYPTIAN SECTION WHICH EXAMINES
EGYPTIAN SECTION WHICH EXAMINES THAT SOCIETY'S BELIEFS IN THE
THAT SOCIETY'S BELIEFS IN THE AFTER LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE
AFTER LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BURIAL CHAMBERS N ADDITION, THE
BURIAL CHAMBERS N ADDITION, THE MUSEUM HAS ON INT, THE MUM RY OF
MUSEUM HAS ON INT, THE MUM RY OF A PREADOLESCENT.
A PREADOLESCENT. SOME MUMMIFIED PERSONS LIKE THIS
SOME MUMMIFIED PERSONS LIKE THIS ONE HAD THEIR HEADS COVERED BY A
ONE HAD THEIR HEADS COVERED BY A BURIAL MASK MADE OF CARTONAGE,
BURIAL MASK MADE OF CARTONAGE, IT WAS A MATERIAL SIMILAR TO
IT WAS A MATERIAL SIMILAR TO PAPER MACHE AND MOLDED AND
PAPER MACHE AND MOLDED AND PAINTED TO RESEMBLE THE DECEASED
PAINTED TO RESEMBLE THE DECEASED PERSON.
PERSON. AT THAT TIME MUMMIFICATION WAS
AT THAT TIME MUMMIFICATION WAS THOUGHT TO BE NECESSARY SO THERE
THOUGHT TO BE NECESSARY SO THERE COULD BE A BODY FOR THE LIFE
COULD BE A BODY FOR THE LIFE AFTER DEATH.
AFTER DEATH. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THEM WERE
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THEM WERE UNEARTHED THIS LATER PERIODS,
UNEARTHED THIS LATER PERIODS, NOT ONLY FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDIES,
NOT ONLY FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, BUT TO BE GROUND INTO POWDER FOR
BUT TO BE GROUND INTO POWDER FOR MEDICINES.
WE ARE NOW IN THE GALLERY THAT EXPLORES THE INDIAN CULTURES OF
EXPLORES THE INDIAN CULTURES OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF
FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS, AS WITH OTHER
THE AMERICAS, AS WITH OTHER CULTURES, UNDERSTANDING THE
CULTURES, UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE MEANT
PRESENT AND THE FUTURE MEANT REMEMBERING THE PAST.
REMEMBERING THE PAST. TRADITIONALLY THAT INFORMATION
TRADITIONALLY THAT INFORMATION WAS HANDED DOWN ORALLY OR
WAS HANDED DOWN ORALLY OR DEPICTED GRAPHICALLY ON THE
DEPICTED GRAPHICALLY ON THE DECORATIONS OF EVERY DAY ITEMS.
DECORATIONS OF EVERY DAY ITEMS. ON THIS HIDE IS A DIAGRAM OF THE
ON THIS HIDE IS A DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN DRAWN
BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN DRAWN BY CHIEF ONE BULL WHO
BY CHIEF ONE BULL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHT.
PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHT. HERE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HERE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN CROWD TOGETHER AS CHIEF ONE
CROWD TOGETHER AS CHIEF ONE BULL, WHITE BULL, AND GOOD BEAR
BULL, WHITE BULL, AND GOOD BEAR RIDE WITH WAR CLUBS RAISED TO
RIDE WITH WAR CLUBS RAISED TO MEET MAJOR RENO.
MEET MAJOR RENO. ANOTHER HIGHLY PRIZED ITEM THAT
ANOTHER HIGHLY PRIZED ITEM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN
WOULD HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS IS THIS BEAR
THROUGH GENERATIONS IS THIS BEAR CLAW NECKLACE.
CLAW NECKLACE. THERE WERE ONLY TWO WAYS TO OWN
THERE WERE ONLY TWO WAYS TO OWN ONE OF OF THESE, EITHER KILL THE
ONE OF OF THESE, EITHER KILL THE BEAR AND MAKE ONE OR KILL THE
BEAR AND MAKE ONE OR KILL THE WARRIOR HAD WHO WAS WEARING ONE.
WARRIOR HAD WHO WAS WEARING ONE. SO WHAT BEGAN AS A STUDY IN
SO WHAT BEGAN AS A STUDY IN CLASSICAL ART HAS GROWN INTO A
CLASSICAL ART HAS GROWN INTO A MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE WITH
MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE WITH PRESENTATIONS IN FIVE FEATURED
PRESENTATIONS IN FIVE FEATURED GAL RIS.
GAL RIS. AS UNFAMILIAR AS SOME OF THESE
AS UNFAMILIAR AS SOME OF THESE ARTIFACTS MAY APPEAR, THEY
ARTIFACTS MAY APPEAR, THEY DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH WE ALL HAVE
DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.
IN COMMON. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE MUSEUM
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE MUSEUM OFFERS SPECIAL LECTURES,
OFFERS SPECIAL LECTURES, PERFORMANCES AND CLASSES AS WELL
PERFORMANCES AND CLASSES AS WELL AS CHANGING EXHIBITS.
AS CHANGING EXHIBITS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SPURLOCK
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SPURLOCK MUSEUM AND ITS PROGRAMS, LOG ON
MUSEUM AND ITS PROGRAMS, LOG ON TO THEIR WEB SITE AT
TO THEIR WEB SITE AT WWW.SPURLOCK DOT UIUC.EDU OR
WWW.SPURLOCK DOT UIUC.EDU OR CALL THEM AT (217)333-2306.