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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"39079","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","alt":"Jade Horse"}}]]By Tris Perkins, World Cultures Curator
This jade horse and its larger mate took quite the journey to get to The Children's Museum all the way from China—even traveling through extreme weather by train! Typically we would arrange for a climate-controlled environment for shipping an artifact, but the fact that they're made of stone insured that they would weather the trip okay.
Because of the blizzards recently impacting the country, when they arrived at the museum they were frozen! Our conservator kept a close eye on them, though. We opened the crate and allowed it to acclimate to the indoor temperatures for a few days before moving it. This insured that no cracking or other damage would occur. Soon they'll be ready to be installed in our upcoming exhibit Take Me There: China, so they won't have to worry about braving the weather for a long time.
