Along with the exhibit Archaeopteryx: The Bird That Rocked the World, The Field Museum is offering programs and activities for a wide range of ages giving participants an opportunity to view the world's oldest bird and learn about it in depth in a variety of interesting ways. The following programs will be offered:

LECTURE SERIES

SOCIETY FOR VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
Saturday, October 11, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Find out what the experts have to say about the world of paleontology during a day-long series of lectures for the general public when members of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology visit The Field Museum.
The schedule is as follows:

10 a.m.	Dan Chure of Dinosaur National Monument
11 a.m.	Dr. Stuart Sumida of California State University will talk about his work with Walt Disney Feature Animation.
1 p.m.	Scott Sampson, a Canadian dinosaur paleontologist, will address how and why dinosaurs are found all over the world.
2 p.m.	Dr. David Norman, head of Paleontology at the Nature Conservancy Council and Research Fellow at Oxford University and author of a number of books including "Dinosaur!," will speak about his research in Russia, Romania and North America.

The morning lectures are aimed for children and the afternoon lectures are more advanced. Tickets are $15 ($12 Field Museum members and students) for the two morning lectures or the two afternoon lectures. All day tickets (4 lectures) are $25 ($20 Field Museum members and students).

LECTURE

ARCHAEOPTERYX: The Bird That Rocked the World
Saturday, October 18, 2 p.m.

Peter Wellnhofer, Ph.D., an expert on the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx and pterosaurs (flying reptiles), will give a public talk on the closing weekend of the special exhibit Archaeopteryx: The Bird That Rocked the World (Oct. 4-19). The exhibit represents the first time that one of only seven fossil Archaeopteryx skeletons in the world has been displayed outside Europe. Wellnhofer, Chief Curator for the Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology and Historical Geology in Munich, Germany, is accompanying the priceless fossil on its journey to Chicago. In his lecture, Wellnhofer will talk about the seven different fossil Archaeopteryx skeletons and what they tell us about the geology and environment of the time. He will also discuss how Archaeopteryx relates to the origin and early evolution of birds. The lecture is $12 ($10 members).

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