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Itinerary and Availability
2008 July 1 – August 3, 2008 – Booked August 29 – December 1, 2008 – Booked 2009 January 17 – April 12, 2009 – BookedMidwest Museum of Natural History Sycamore, IL 60178 April 25 – June 21, 2009 – Booked July 1 – September 27, 2009 – Booked October 15, 2009 – March 28, 2010 – Booked 2010 April 10 – July 5, 2010 – Booked July 17, 2010 – January 9, 2011 – On Hold 2011 January 20 – April 16, 2011 – Booked May 2011 and beyond Itinerary last updated: November 2009 For exhibition availability, please contact: |
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Kennewick Man was about 5 feet 9 inches tall, and had a robust, muscular build. At the time of his death, he was between 30 and 50 years of age and had survived a projectile point wound in his right hip that probably made walking difficult. The area of Eastern Washington where he was found was cooler and wetter 9,000 years ago than today, with grasslands and scattered pine forests covering the land. Ancient large bison, elk, deer, fish, freshwater shellfish, and plants were important sources of food. Illustration by Joyce Bergen, 1999. 
An Accidental Discovery. On July 28, 1996, two men watching the annual hydro boat races at Columbia Park in Kennewick, WA, found part of a human skull on the bottom of the Columbia River about 10 feet from shore. Later deliberate searches turned up a nearly complete male skeleton with a projectile point—similar to the above image—lodged in the right hip. This figure is now known as Kennewick Man. Scientists used radiocarbon dating on the remains and analyzed the projectile point to determine the age of Kennewick Man. Image courtesy of the Burke Museum |
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