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Introduction…………..……………………2-3 Specifications……………...…………….…..4 Floorplan ……………………………………5 Exhibition Walkthrough……….…………6-12 Curator Biographies ………………………..13 Visitor Research…………………………14-15 Field Museum Mission……………………...16 Contacts………………...…………………...16

INTRODUCTION The earth is a dynamic planet, with natural cycles that have shaped our planet for billions of years. These cycles can sometimes lead to major phenomena, however—such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis—which can have grave consequences for the humans who get in their way. Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters explores the science behind these events and the human responses to living with them. This media- and interactive-rich exhibition fills 7,000-8,000 sq. ft. (650-750 sq. m.) with an array of real artifacts and specimens, large multi-media experiences, and engaging interactives that give visitors a hands-on experience with exciting science and compelling personal responses. Come face to face with the inside of a tornado, create your own volcano and earthquake, and witness the aftermath of several historical disasters. Learn about these events from a geological, cultural, ecological, and global perspective. Understand why these events happen and how we can study and sometimes better predict them. Explore possible future events, and how human behavior may affect their severity. Customize a section of the exhibition to feature natural disasters of particular relevance to your local audience. A timely presentation of natural disasters that is both scientific and fascinating, Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters appeals to visitors of all ages through dynamic, multi-level experiences. Nature Unleashed will…

• Foster a greater understanding of the earth processes that cause natural disasters • Illuminate the research that helps us better prepare for and respond to these events • Explore the tools scientists use to study and predict these events • Help visitors develop a greater appreciation for the roles that natural disasters play in

various ecosystems and cultures • Make cultural connections to people throughout history and around the world through

common responses to these events Visitors to Nature Unleashed will…

• Experience the sights and sounds of a tornado first-hand • Be amazed by storm-tossed objects from famous natural disasters • View real-time seismic activity from around the globe • Explore why people continue to live in the Ring of Fire or Tornado Alley • Examine geologic evidence of earthquakes and volcanoes

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HIGHLIGHTS This exhibition provides host venues with a valuable and memorable experience for their family and adult audiences, highlighting the cycles that trigger these events and the impact they have on global communities. Featuring the award-winning artistry of The Field Museum’s Exhibitions Department, the exhibition can flexibly adapt to a variety of spaces and incorporates a wealth of exciting experiences, including multi-media environments, incredible artifacts, and interactive experiences for all ages. Real Artifacts, Specimens, and Tools

• Marvel at the power of the elements to alter everyday items by examining artifacts from Greensburg, Kansas, which was flattened by an EF-5 tornado in 2007

• Make connections with historic disasters by seeing ash from the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens and other volcanoes

• Catch a glimpse into another’s life by viewing household items damaged by Hurricane Katrina

• See real tools used to measure and predict natural disasters, such as seismographs, dropsondes, and volcanic “spiders”

Interactives • Simulate your own earthquake by jumping on a seismic sensor • Test different buildings against earthquakes • Touch models of the four types of volcanoes to discover their similarities and differences • Build and erupt your own volcano • Investigate how hurricanes can become “un-natural disasters” when weather meets city

planning • Search the Science Buzz kiosk for the most recent disaster headlines • Move tectonic plates through the process of subduction • Listen to the rumble of an earthquake from underground • Explore the difference between primary and secondary earthquake waves • Interact with streaming USGS data of tectonic activity worldwide and manipulate a real-

time map to observe how deeply recent quakes penetrated into the earth Media

• Experience the center of a tornado in a circular theater featuring the only footage ever captured from inside a twister

• Learn how an earthquake on the ocean floor can trigger massive tsunamis • Observe how a hurricane forms as winds and warm temperatures combine • Watch satellite footage from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as the wave spread around

the globe • Marvel at large-format projections of actual footage from hurricanes, volcanoes,

earthquakes, and tornadoes

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EXHIBITION SPECIFICATIONS Size Requirements: 7,000-8,000 sq. ft. (650-750 sq. m.) gallery with 12 ft. (3.7 m.) ceiling

height Rental Fee: $250,000 USD for 3 months; please inquire about longer bookings Shipping: One-way, inbound, paid by host venue (please inquire about international

arrangements) Languages: All text is in English; language may be translated by international host

venues Support: Field Museum staff technicians lead onsite installation and de-installation

Educator’s Guide, including information for teacher, student, and public programs Exhibition Tooklit, including logo, installation photographs, rights-free images, B-roll, and sample press release and advertisements Installation and Design Manual detailing exhibition layout, installation, and maintenance

Sponsorship: Allstate is the national sponsor for the exhibition’s North American tour. Please inquire about international sponsorship opportunities.

Website: www.fieldmuseum.org/natureunleashed

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EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH INTRODUCTION: THE DYNAMIC EARTH As visitors enter the exhibition, they encounter five lightboxes with large photographs depicting the five types of natural disasters that the exhibition addresses: earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes, and tornadoes. Next, a large, backlit image of Earth with moving LEDs illustrates the scientific foundation for natural disasters: the process of convection. Visitors learn that convection in the atmosphere produces hurricanes and tornadoes, and convection deep within the earth causes volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Against a soundscape of subterranean echoes, visitors learn that our planet is constantly changing, and that it is this change that has created natural disasters—which only become “disasters” when they interact with living organisms—since Earth’s formation.

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SECTION 1: EARTHQUAKES

Earthquakes are the far-reaching effects of movement between huge tectonic plates that comprise the earth’s crust. When two plates collide, the shock waves reverberate through the crust, making the surface of the earth roll and shake. Examine rock samples from below the earth’s crust and artifacts and equipment from above it to investigate why earthquakes occur and how cultures respond. Through a series of mechanical and touch-screen interactives, explore how some of history’s major earthquakes have inspired new building, detection, and response technologies. Learn about different types of faults, see how earthquakes cause tsunamis, and observe where seismic activity is occurring around the world right now.

Content Objects & Displays Interactives & Media • Earth’s geologic structure • Fault types • How faults cause quakes

and tsunamis • San Francisco (1906) • New Madrid (1811-1812) • Indian Ocean (2004) • Living with earthquakes • Tools geologists use to

detect and measure earthquakes

• Geological specimens (some touchable) showing evidence of faulting

• Historic and modern seismographs

• Artifacts from communities hit by tsunamis

• Photo panels of featured disasters

• Interactive: quake-safe buildings • Interactive: real-time seismic

activity around the globe • Interactive: “jump” quake

simulation • Interactive: elastic rebound

principle • Interactive: primary and

secondary waves • Media: earthquake and tsunami

footage • Media: how a tsunami forms • Media: satellite footage of 2004

Indian Ocean tsunami

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SECTION 2: VOLCANOES Volcanic eruptions can bury whole cities in lava and ash, but they also play a fundamental role in shaping our planet, forming islands, enriching soil, and releasing gases that are necessary for life. Learn about different types of volcanoes and why they erupt. Investigate historic volcanic eruptions that took civilizations by surprise, as well as the methods scientists use today to monitor volcanic activity and predict eruptions. Find out why people continue to live near active volcanoes, and explore calderas, volcanic hotspots that move over time.

Content Objects & Displays Interactives & Media • Different volcano forms

and how they erupt • The principle of

subduction • Krakatoa (1883) • Mt. Vesuvius (A.D. 79) • Mt. St. Helens (1980) • Hot spots: Yellowstone

National Park • Benefits of living with

volcanoes

• Lava and household objects from Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii

• Volcanic “spider” damaged at Mt. St. Helens

• Products from volcanic soil

• Obsidian, hardened lava, and ash

• Interactive: create and erupt your own volcano

• Interactive: turn the crank to illustrate how subduction works

• Touchable replicated volcanoes • Touchable lava specimens • Media: footage of erupting

volcanoes • Media: hotspots in Yellowstone • Science Buzz kiosk with updated

natural disaster headlines (may be placed in any section)

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SECTION 3: HURRICANES Hurricanes—large, rotating wind systems that form over tropical waters—threaten coastal communities every year. Discover why hurricanes form and why they can be so destructive, then see what kinds of tools and technologies scientists have developed to study, track, and predict these storms. Examine evocative objects that survived Hurricane Katrina, and listen to survivors’ stories in their own words. Explore the ways in which regional infrastructure can affect a hurricane’s aftermath, and meet scientists who are studying tree rings to investigate the relationship between hurricanes and climate change.

Content Objects & Displays Interactives & Media • How hurricanes form • How hurricanes do their

damage: wind, rain, and floods

• Galveston (1900) • Katrina (2005) • Bhola cyclone (1970) • Ecological benefits of

hurricanes

• Objects damaged by Hurricane Katrina

• Katrina’s Kids Project artwork

• Tree section showing hurricane cycles over time

• Equipment used to monitor and respond to hurricanes

• Interactive: famous storms and their effects

• Media: hurricane footage

• Media: Katrina survivor audio stories

• Animation: the making of a hurricane

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SECTION 4: TORNADOES AND CONCLUSION Tornado Alley, an area covering nine states in the central United States, is the most active tornado region in the world. Step into the tornado theater and experience the turbulent winds in surround-film and -sound as caught on tape by storm chaser Tim Samaras. Witness the aftermath of one of the worst tornadoes in history: the EF5 tornado that struck Greensburg, Kansas, in 2007. Learn how the citizens of Greensburg are turning their tragedy into possibility by rebuilding their community on an entirely sustainable model. Finally, exit the exhibition past vivid images that offer present-day glimpses into the disaster-hit communities featured in the Introduction. These images offer the hope of regrowth and the promise that we can thrive, even when confronted with nature’s most powerful forces.

Content Objects & Displays Interactives & Media • How tornadoes form • Storm chaser science • Greensburg (2007) • Tri-state Tornado (1925) • Living in Tornado Alley • Watches and Warnings • Community recovery

• Tim Samaras’ tornado probe • Objects damaged by

Greensburg tornado: stump with embedded metal, stop sign, street lamp punctured by wood, and others

• Tornado surround theater

• Animation: the making of a tornado

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FINAL OBJECT LIST Zone Section Object

Type Description

Earthquakes San Francisco Artifact Faulted yellow and blue sandstone Artifact Faulted sandstone showing coloration Artifact Faulted marble Artifact Reverse fault in Lyons sandstone Artifact Faults in sandstone "Calico Rock" Artifact Faulted Amphibolite Layers in Marble -

TOUCHABLE Artifact Seismograph (old drum) Artifact Modern Seismograph 2004 Indian Ocean Artifact Paddle from Sepik Coast Artifact Fish-trap from Sepik Coast Artifact Paddle from Sepik Coast Artifact Sago paddle from Sepik Coast Artifact Sago tool from Sepik Coast Prop Tsunami warning sign Volcanoes Krakatoa Artifact Volcanic Ash from the May 18, 1980

eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

Artifact Jar of ash from Mt. St Helens that fell in

Idaho

Mt. St. Helens Artifact "Spider" monitoring equipment damaged

by current Mt. St. Helens eruption

Props Products made from pumice and volcanic

soil Mt. Vesuvius Artifact Coins, rings and beadwork fused together Artifact Fragments covered in pumice Artifact Contorted lava from Mt. Vesuvius Volcanoes Central Artifact Pele's Hair from Kilauea Artifact Volcanic Bomb Specimens Lapilli Specimens Tuff (Zebra) Specimen Lava, Pahoehoe Specimen Black obsidian, unpolished Specimen Green obsidian Specimen Marekanite Prop Touchable lava (4-5 pieces) Hurricanes Galveston Artifact Dropwindsonde Artifact Anemometer Artifact Fujita Satellite Wheel Artifact Radio console Artifact Tree ring showing hurricane patterns Prop NOAA weather radio Prop Disaster Prep Kit

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FINAL OBJECT LIST (CONT.) Katrina Prop Small boat (to hang from ceiling) Artifact Meal ready to eat (MRE) Artifact "Sick Call" cross with candle and holy

water used during Katrina Artifact Newspaper from home damaged by

Katrina Artifact Framed poster with water line from home

damaged by Katrina Artifact Clarinet from home damaged by Katrina Artifact Malcolm X poster damaged by Katrina Artifact Notes attached to a tree after Katrina, and

a photo of the original in-situ Artifact Katrina's Kids Project artwork Tornadoes Greensburg Artifact Stump with embedded metal Artifact Street lamp punctured by scrap of wood Artifact Damaged stop sign Artifact Damaged fan Artifact Damaged door from hotel Artifact Damaged chair Artifact Branch with bark stripped off Artifact Damaged basketball backboard from

elementary school Tim Samaras Artifact Tim Samaras tornado probe that captured

footage in surround theater Tri-state tornado Artifact Newspaper from 1925 tri-state tornado

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CURATOR AND CONTENT ADVISOR BIOGRAPHIES John Edward Terrell, Ph.D. Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology, The Field Museum Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. John Edward Terrell graduated with highest honors from Harvard College (A.B., 1964) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Auckland, and Harvard University (where he received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology). Dr. Terrell has explored the Sepik Coast of New Guinea since 1990 and was involved in the Sepik Coast’s response to the 1998 tsunami that killed two thousand people on its shores. He is currently involved with field investigations examining the complex interactions of human and natural systems in this remote area of the world. Dr. Terrell’s books include Prehistory in the Pacific Islands (Cambridge, 1986); and Darwin & Archaeology: A Handbook of Key Concepts (with John P. Hart, Bergin & Garvey, 2002). For their paper “Lapita and the temporal geography of prehistory,” Terrell and his colleague Robert L. Welsch were awarded the Antiquity Prize for 1997. Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Ph.D. Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Dr. Jonathan Kahl has undertaken extensive research on meteorological aspects of air pollution and global climate change. His work has taken him to Siberia to work with Russian scientists in a cooperative effort to assess the influence of environmental change on climate. In addition, Dr. Kahl has served as Research Associate at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and as National Research Council Research Associate at the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory at NOAA. Dr. Kahl’s strong interest in children’s education has led him to develop an online meteorology curriculum that allows middle- and high-school students to make weather forecasts using internet data (http://www.uwm.edu/~kahl/Forecast/). Dr. Kahl is the author of The National Audubon Society First Field Guide to Weather, winner of the Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Book Award from the American Library Association, as well as the award-winning How’s the Weather? series of weather books for readers in grades four through nine. Seth Stein, Ph.D. William Deering Professor of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University As a researcher whose work emphasizes the relationship between plate tectonics and earthquakes, Dr. Seth Stein was one of the developers of a global model showing how fast plates move, data crucial to understanding where and when large earthquakes occur. Dr. Stein has tested such models using the Global Positioning System satellites, which can see in just a few years motions that happen over millions of years. He has served as Scientific Director of UNAVCO, the consortium of universities using GPS for earth science, and has helped organize EarthScope, a new national initiative to investigate the structure and evolution of the North American landmass. Dr. Stein has founded Northwestern University’s Environmental Science program and serves on the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology’s Education and Outreach Committee (IRISEOC), which works to increase public understanding of earthquakes.

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FRONT-END RESEARCH: TOPIC POPULARITY Objective The Field Museum surveyed Museum members and general museum-goers to determine the most popular exhibition topics in a group of 30 possibilities. Details of Museum Member Research

• 362 member groups (many respondents were couples and family groups) surveyed during Members’ Night

• Surveys took place in June 2005 Details of External Group Research

• 501 respondents of various ethnic and economic backgrounds surveyed by Harris Poll organization via online survey

• Respondents were museum-goers who have visited a museum in Chicago in the past 2 years but don’t often visit The Field Museum

• Half of respondents were from Chicago area; other half were from surrounding states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana

• Surveys took place in July 2005 Combined findings from Museum Members and External Groups

• Among exhibition topics drawn from various Field Museum subject areas (Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology), Nature Unleashed ranked #1.

• In addition to ranking very highly with Field Museum members and general museum-goers, research showed that the Nature Unleashed exhibition also:

o Appeals strongly to infrequent or new visitors o Appeals strongly to families o Appeals strongly to non-Caucasians

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FIELD MUSEUM OPENING WEEKEND VISITOR RESPONSE SURVEYS Details

• 519 people surveyed onsite, May 24 – 26, 2008 • 41% of respondents were first-time visitors; 24% had visited The Field Museum more

than 5 times • 89% of respondents were non-members • 53% of respondents were from out of town; 47% were from Chicago

How did you feel about the exhibition? Amazed in every way (125) 24.0% Better than I expected (264) 51.0% Exactly what I expected (102) 20.0% A bit disappointing (28) 5.0% Would you recommend this exhibition to friends and family? Yes (491) 96.0% No (22) 4.0% Time in Exhibition: 0-15 minutes (16) 3.0% 16-30 minutes (122) 21.0% 31-45 minutes (149) 26.0% 46-60 minutes(140) 24.0% 61 or greater (147) 26.0% Selected Visitor Comments

Gave me a better understanding of these disasters. Very intrigued by exhibit. Very entertaining, made me feel more educated about natural disasters. It was incredible. I feel very fortunate to have seen this exhibit. I loved it. It really made me feel that I shouldn’t sweat the small stuff in life. It was amazing. I like the personal stories. Very informative and interesting. Katrina stories personalized the disaster's impact on me. Very educating and exciting.

The Field Museum Chicago, Illinois, USA Since its inception in 1893, The Field Museum has dedicated itself to exploring the Earth and its peoples, building on the strength of its world-renowned collections and scientific research to engage visitors of all ages. Through innovative exhibitions and education programs, cutting-edge environmental conservation projects, and pioneering fieldwork undertaken on every continent, over 500 full-time Field Museum staff members share their knowledge about important scientific, cultural, and environmental issues with an average of 1.5 million guests each year. The Field Museum is an international leader in evolutionary biology, paleontology, archaeology, and ethnography. The Museum's approximately 300 curatorial and scientific staff in the four departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology conduct research in more than 90 countries around the world. These scientists also study and preserve the 24 million artifacts and specimens within The Field Museum’s collections and collaborate with the departments of Education and Exhibitions to create exciting and informative public programs. Field Museum traveling exhibitions combine cutting-edge research with award-winning design. From the world’s most famous dinosaur to the natural and cultural history of chocolate, from natural disasters to landmark scientific discoveries, The Field Museum’s exhibitions explore intriguing topics that encompass natural history, contemporary science, ethnology, community participation, and popular culture. Clients as varied as natural history museums, science centers, art museums, children’s museums, and local history centers have enjoyed The Field Museum’s engaging exhibitions and exceptional service and support.

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