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 Beyond Real Pirates
After you’ve toured Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship, be sure to visit other exhibitions at The Field Museum that deal with related topics and provide a deeper look into the cultural issues that influenced this period in history.
Africa
Walking into The Field Museum’s permanent Africa exhibit, you’ll enter a world of breathtakingly deep and broad diversity. You’ll be immersed in images of great civilizations, species-rich ecosystems, intricate political organization, monumental conflict, and elaborate art and craft. And you’ll experience the region-wide evolution of nature and culture through videos, interactive elements, and engaging displays of artifacts, animals, and plants. You’ll leave behind preconceived notions about Africa as you trace the thread of tradition through the midst of rapid change.
In Africa, visitors can
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Accept an invitation to a Tabaski feast in Senegal;
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Watch a masked dance performed by the Bamum people of Cameroon's Grassfields;
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Test hypotheses about the behavior of savanna animals, and observe mountain gorillas through binoculars;
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Survey the wares—from camel saddles to amulets—at a market in the Sahara;
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Emerge from the hold of a slave ship to see the rich legacy of Africans in American life; and explore many other manifestations of the complex weaving of Africa's ecology and culture.
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Be sure to take a moment at the conclusion of your visit to Real Pirates to discover first-hand the vitality, diversity, and richness of the African continent and its peoples.
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