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Organization

• The Ice Man: A 5,000 year old Cold Case is a

travelling exhibition brought to you by the following partners:

• Museumspartner, Innsbruck, Austria:

– produced the original Iceman travelling exhibit seen throughout Europe and Australia – content and securing loans – technical and logistics support

• The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology,

Bolzano, Italy:

– permanent home of the Iceman –

• ngoing research on the Iceman and his finds

– providing the original objects of the Iceman for the North American tour –

• Dr. Angelika Fleckinger, Director: Scientific

Consultant

• Lorne Perry Designs, Calgary, Alberta:

– redesign of the exhibition for North American markets – new interactives and graphic design

• Heinz Reese & Associates, Fernie, BC:

– exclusive representatives for North America

Narrative – The Discovery

• On a summer day in 1991, hikers

descending from a peak high in the Alps opted to follow a different route

• home. Crossing a remote gully, they

stumbled upon one of the most significant discoveries in the history

• f modern archaeology.
• Face‐down and protruding from the

ice was the mummified body of a man who had died a violent death 5,000 years ago.

• It was a miracle that his body had

survived at all. He had an arrow in his back, a head wound and a deep cut in his hand. Who murdered the Iceman? Where did he come from?

Narrative – Forensic Research

• The high tech detective work is one
• f the most telling but tantalizingly

incomplete murder mysteries ever revealed.

• A well‐preserved find never before

seen:

–

• ne of the oldest mummies in the

world ‐ over 5,000 years old – a “wet mummy”, i.e. body tissue is elastic and suitable for performing detailed scientific investigations – a natural mummy, unaltered by burial rites or other interventions

• Research continues on how the

Iceman died:

– murder? – sacrifice? – natural?

Narrative – Neolithic Life

• The Iceman with his complete clothing

and equipment provide a unique snapshot of Neolithic life in Europe.

• His flint, axe blade, wood used and the

pollen in his digestive tract indicate he must have lived south of the Alps.

• His copper axe indicates social status.
• Copper was mined in the central Alps

during the late Neolithic period.

• During the third and fourth millennia

BC, food was procured mainly from farming and animal rearing.

• Hunting and gathering as well as fishing

were also important activities.

Visitor Experience

• No one can resist a good murder

mystery.

• Visitors to the exhibition will be

invited to play the role of detective and forensic scientist. They will:

– find evidence, – look for clues, – compare their conclusions with experts and other visitors, – gain new insights into an unsolved mystery and, – by comparison, find relevance to their own lives and the changing environment.

Exhibit Layout

• 3 main sections:

– Discovery – Forensic Lab – Neolithic Life

• Each section contains:

– a large, attractive diorama – a full‐size Iceman replica – interactives that engage the visitor in the quest to solve the murder mystery – informative displays – artifacts

Section 1 ‐ Discovery

• Diorama:

– recreation of the scene of the Iceman discovery – half‐body replica of Iceman, face‐down in ice and rock

• Graphics and maps of the

location of the site on the Italian/Austrian border

• Video clips of:

– discovery and recovery of the Iceman

• Artifacts:

– original artifacts found with the Iceman

Discovery Site

Original Iceman Objects

Section 2 – Forensic Lab

• Diorama:

– recreation of the room where the real mummy is kept at the Iceman Museum in Bolzano, Italy – full‐size replica of Iceman, face‐up on a lab gurney

• Interpretive stations:

– visitors review clues, photographs and relevant artifacts to try to solve the mystery of the Iceman’s death. – interactive touch‐table with extremely high resolution photos of all of the body

• Video clips:

– discovery of the arrowhead in the Iceman

• Artifacts:

– bow, arrows, flint knife, copper axe

Ongoing Research

• Nov. 2011 Issue of National Geographic
• Oct. 2011 airing on PBS Nova

Recent News

ICEMAN AUTOPSY

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Section 3 – Neolithic Life

• Diorama:

– recreation of a 5,000‐year‐old village in the Alps – full‐sized replica of the Iceman with clothes and his equipment

• Interactives:

– how did the Iceman clothes help him cope in his environment? – how did the Neolithic people live off the land? – displays on tool making, copper casting, clothes

• Video:

– Clips on a typical day in a village

• Artifacts:

– clothes, tools, copper making, household items

Images from Video Clips

Exhibition Facts

• 3,000 to 5,000 sq. ft.
• Over 80 artifacts, including original objects from the Ice Man, never before seen in North
• America. Lenders are:

– South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Bolzano, Italy – Museo Tridentino Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy – Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy – Ufficio Beni Archeologici, Bolzano, Italy – Musei Civico di Remedello, Remedello, Italy – Museum für Archäologie Thurgau, Thurgau, Switzerland – Naturmuseum Südtirol, Bolzano, Italy

• 10 to 15 interactives
• Included in all inclusive exhibition fee:

– all insurance, – all shipping, – installation and dismantling crew, – accompanying couriers from lending institutions, – all exhibition décor including the dioramas, walls and reconstructions for the Lab, and Neolithic section, – display cases, – all audio / visual material in two languages – one of which is English, – all graphic panels in two languages ‐ one of which is in English

• Available ‐ 2013

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