MEXICAN DAY OF THE DEAD FAMILY FESTIVAL

Revel in one of Mexico?s oldest traditions by honoring the spirits of our lost loved ones as they come back to earth on this special day. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a celebration of life through music, dance, food, and art.



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Bowers Cultural Festivals and Family Programs give families the opportunity to explore and experience the cultures of the world. Bowers Cultural Festivals are generously sponsored by the Nicholas Endowment. In addition, Target Free First Sundays provide free admission to the Bowers Museum on the first Sunday of every month.

I attended a dinner at the Bowers Museum a few months ago. Peter Keller was the dinner speaker and I really enjoyed learning about his travels, negotiations, lessons learned, etc... We are very fortunate to have a local museum of this caliber. I can't wait for the exhibition "Secrets of the Silk Road: Mystery Mummies of China." It opens Spring 2010.

[quote author="Sunshine" date=1257160294]I attended a dinner at the Bowers Museum a few months ago. Peter Keller was the dinner speaker and I really enjoyed learning about his travels, negotiations, lessons learned, etc... We are very fortunate to have a local museum of this caliber. I can't wait for the exhibition "Secrets of the Silk Road: Mystery Mummies of China." It opens Spring 2010.</blockquote>


<strong>Secrets of the Silk Road: The Mystery Mummies of China March 27 - July 25, 2010</strong>



Strikingly well-preserved mummies tall in stature and fair in complexion have lain in the parched Tarim Basin of western China for 3,800 years. Wearing Western-influenced textiles and possessing surprising technologies and customs, just who these extraordinary people were is a mystery! This historic exhibition of 100 objects drawn from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum and the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology in Urumqi, China reveals surprising details about the people who lived along the ancient Silk Road. For the first time ever, three of the more than 100 Caucasian mummies found and preserved in the western China?s inhospitable desert sands are being presented in the United States. An impressive array of objects are included in the exhibition to represent the full extent of the Silk Road, where lavish goods, technologies and ideas between East and West were adopted and exchanged.





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