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Author Archives: Maureen Callahan
SnowMG!
Philadelphia is expecting many of inches of snow, and the weather should start any minute now. It’s safe to say that the city has descended into a full-throated freak-out. So, let’s put it in perspective with some snow photos from the archives! So remember, if you’re going to go out, bring your parka made from [...]
Posted in Fun Friday Image of the Week Tagged ainu, alaska, Damghan Expedition, FFIOW, images, Native Americans, snow, sphinx Leave a comment
Tomorrow’s history… today’s elephants
In the archives, we tend to have about a thirty-year lag between something happening at the museum and a researcher wanting to look at those records. However, it’s worth reminding our public that the Penn Museum is actively involved in dozens of research projects, and that the scientists and others involved in this process are [...]
When you’re feeling down…
It’s been a week chock-full of crazy here in the archives (my woo-woo friends tell me that Mercury is retrograde, plus it’s been a full moon. If that means anything). Sometimes, when I’m having a hard day, I go through our database and just try to find cute photos. So here we are.
Posted in Fun Friday Image of the Week Tagged anthropology, children, cute, doll, images, material culture, Penn Museum collections Leave a comment
Did you say something?
Surely these two guys and a gal have something to say. Create dialogue for them in the comments section — the most clever (by our standards) will win a prize from the archives. Be sure to leave an email address so that we can let you claim your winnings.
Posted in Fun Friday Image of the Week Tagged archaeology, FFIOW, Italy, Minturnae, Sculpture 3 Comments
Stela! Steeeeeeeela! (Can’t you hear me yella?)
You’re puttin’ me through Hella! Well, okay, Maya stelae are possibly less immediately dramatic than either Tennessee Williams or the Simpsons. And sure, it’s a different word with a different pronunciation. But the stone monuments in our Meso-American gallery might be my favorite part of walking into the archives in the morning. There’s something about [...]
Ta-DA!
Guess what! The Penn Museum website has re-launched! Be sure to visit the new archives pages for information about visiting, our collections and our work.
Turtle Heist
We’ve all been told that anthropologists have no right to intervene in the lives of their subjects — does it make a difference if their subjects are small, green, and promise not to tattle? Frank Goldsmith Speck, near the end of his career at Penn, befriended John Witthoft, a young colleague of his. The two [...]
Posted in Fun Friday Image of the Week Tagged anthropology, ethnology, Frank Speck, jailbreak, John Witthoft, liberation, turtles 3 Comments
Good questions!