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The Urge to Embellish

Museum Mixed Media Gallery Design Museum Science History Design

'The Urge to Embellish' examines a basic human impulse-the urge to embellish. Visitors will have the opportunity to view an eclectic array of new acquisitions and rarely-seen works from the Illinois State Museum Collection made predominantly by non-professional artists. The objects reveal how embellishment has been guided by experimentation, learned behavior, social expectations, and tradition. Included are commemorative, ceremonial, decorative, functional, and whimsical objects spanning nearly two centuries with a heavy concentration from the mid-to late-nineteenth century when the idiom of effusive ornamentation reached its zenith and pervaded visual culture. The exhibition is comprised of 2- and 3- dimensional pieces constructed with beads, ceramic, feathers, fibers, human hair, metal, papier-mâché, porcelain, and wood.

Venue Name: Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery (Illinois Art Gallery)
Venue Address: 100 W. Randolph
Venue City: Chicago
Venue State: IL
Venue Phone Number: 31...

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Honest Abe of the West

Art: Gallery; Education: History, Science

8:15AM with 67 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 02.15.10 at Newberry Library

'Honest Abe of the West,' an exhibition organized by the Newberry Library, will commemorate the 200th birthday of Ame...

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African Exhibit

Education: History, Museum, Science

9:00AM with 39 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 12.31.09 at Field Museum of Natural History

Gain insight into the cultures and environments of the vast African continent.

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Animal Biology Exhibit

Education: History, Museum, Science

9:00AM with 39 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 12.31.09 at Field Museum of Natural History

How does a species become endangered? What is variation? Consider these and other issues in biology.

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Animal Encounters

Art: Museum; Education: Animal, Museum

9:00AM with 159 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 04.30.10 at John G. Shedd Aquarium

Visitors can meet an animal closeup. Explore connections to animals such as cockroaches, frogs, turtles, snakes and m...

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Bird Habitats

Education: History, Museum, Nature, Science

9:00AM with 39 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 12.31.09 at Field Museum of Natural History

A birdwatcher's paradise of peacocks, penguins, quetzals, weavers .... you can study them to your heart's content.

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Books and Other Published Materials

Education: History, Museum, Science

9:00AM with 75 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 02.07.10 at Chicago History Museum

The museum's extensive collection of published materials includes more than 66,000 books and pamphlets, 14,000 volume...

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Burnham Exhibit

Education: Design, History, Science

9:00AM with 22 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 12.18.09 at Oak Brook-IL Venue

In collaboration with the DePaul University and The Landmark Conservancy this exhibit will feature architectural draw...

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Bushman Exhibit

Art: Museum; Education: Animal, Museum

9:00AM with 39 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 12.31.09 at Field Museum of Natural History

Meet the piercing gaze of one of the most popular primates ever, a lowland gorilla who once lived at Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Called to the Challenge: The Legacy of Harold Washington

Art: Gallery; Education: History, Science

9:00AM with 94 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 02.28.10 at Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center

Harold Washington, 42nd Mayor of Chicago, was the city's first African American Mayor. He was a reformer who changed...

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Eskimos and Northwest Coast Indians Exhibit

Education: History, Museum, Science

9:00AM with 39 other showtimes 11.21.09 through 12.31.09 at Field Museum of Natural History

Compare life in the Arctic with that along a temperate coast and see how these environments led to two unique cultures.

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