A Native American adolescent’s skull at the Penn Museum moves closer home
The Museum has established the deceased's tribal heritage and is proceeding with the steps toward repatriating the remains.
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Penn Museum makes strides in Buddhist mural conservation project
Penn Museum has made strides in conserving and renewing the artistic and cultural legacies of two Buddhist murals, both of ...
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Penn Museum undergoes largest renovation in its history to update Egypt, Nubia galleries
The museum's renovations in the Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries are the second part of the Museum’s Building Transformation ...
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Penn Museum to return 19th century skull of Indigenous child to tribe leaders in Maine
The remains are part of the controversial Morton Collection, which was placed in storage in 2020 to reexamine unethical ...
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The PMA’s Christina Ramberg exhibition shows off an artist ahead of her time
Ramberg explored female body image through faceless, fetishized closeups in the ‘60s and ‘70s that could fit in at any contemporary gallery.
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Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq
Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.
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Model boats, Beards on Ice and an art museum party: Your weekend guide to things to do
A theater troupe is also mounting productions of two Shakespeare plays, with a cast of 12 actors taking roles in both.