Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibition at Houston Museum of Natural Science in May (includes video)
April 18, 2009 by Grace Sydney
Filed under News and Festivals
Entombed with China’s first emperor in 200 BC, today the Terra Cotta Warriors have been awarded a new lease on life as representatives of their ancient world. Numbering more than 8,000 figures in all, a selection of the silent sentinels will be on display from May 22 – October 18, 2009 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Since their discovery in 1974, the military men’s chiseled faces having gazed upon over two million viewers each year in the Chinese city of Xi’an, and now their fame has led to travels around the globe. Greeting guests at the British Museum in London in 2007 – 2008, the guardians have also stood at attention at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California before making their way to Houston.
Among the many items shown in the exhibit will be nine members of the terra cotta warriors as well as a terra cotta chariot horse, a court official, a kneeling stable boy, bronze birds an an array of artifacts ranging from lances and swords to coins.
Tickets for the exhibition, which can be obtained online, are $25 for adults and $18 for children and seniors. Audio guides are available for $8 to members and $9 for non-members.
Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor
When: May 22 – October 18, 2009
Where: The Houston Museum of Natural Science
For more information:
• visit http://tcwarriors.hmns.org
