Papua New Guinea Collections Celebration

Name: Papua New Guinea Collections Celebration
Start: 2025-09-17T11:15:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-17T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive , Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605

Schedule

Wed Sep 17 2025 at 11:15 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive , Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605 | Chicago, IL

Come meet Field Museum Collections staff Chris Philipp and Julia Kennedy as they discuss rarely-displayed masks, contemporary items, and media from the Field's Papua New Guinea collection. 🎭
At nearly 35,000 items, this is the largest collection of material from the country of Papua New Guinea currently in the United States. 🇵🇬
This session is the first in a series that celebrates Wan Bel: a PNG Collective Global Exhibition, commemorating Papua New Guinea's 50th Anniversary of Independence. 👏
🎟 Included with Basic Admission
📍 Grainger Science Hub