A visitor views the displayed cultural relics during the media preview of the "Travelling the Silk Road" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York Nov. 10, 2009. The exhibition will open to the public on Nov. 14, bringing to life one of the greatest trading routes in human history by showing goods, cultures and technologies during the ancient silk road period.

Visitors view the pods and fake silk worms during the media preview of the "Travelling the Silk Road" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York Nov. 10, 2009.

Visitors view a silk spinning machine during the media preview of the "Travelling the Silk Road" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York Nov. 10, 2009.

Visitors view the displayed musical instrument during the media preview of the "Travelling the Silk Road" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York Nov. 10, 2009.

A woman views a silkworm cocoon reeling machine during the media preview of the "Travelling the Silk Road" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York Nov. 10, 2009.

Editor: Feng Hui