Penn Museum - Changing Exhibitions

Changing Exhibitions

Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster

June 2, 2013 – March 2, 2014
Merle-Smith Galleries, 1st Floor

Propaganda is used to mobilize people in times of war. Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster presents 33 posters, most targeting Africans and African-American civilians in times of war. These carefully designed works of art were aimed at mobilizing people of color in war efforts, even as they faced oppression and injustice in their homelands. Witness changing messages on race and politics through propaganda from the American Civil War to the African Independence movement in this innovative, world-premiere exhibition.

Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum

How do you imagine Africa? Do you see it as the home of powerful nations? Do you think of intricately carved masks or fine art? Maybe you’re interested in the peoples living in Africa today.

In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian Mummies

Upper Baugh Pavillion, 3rd Floor

Live Mummy Conservation!

Part exhibition, and part working laboratory, a glass-enclosed conservation lab brings you right into a museum conservator’s world. See the tools of the trade and watch as conservators work on a wide array of Egyptian objects including rare paintings, ancient funerary objects, and, of course, mummies! Enjoy this unique opportunity to follow conservators as they protect, restore, and preserve pieces of ancient Egyptian history in this 2,000 square foot exhibition.

Year of Proof: Making and Unmaking Race

Trescher Entrance Lobby, 1st Floor

Is there such a thing in humans called race?

Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium

(Closing Date Extended)
Exhibition of Large-scale Photographs by Turkish Photographer Ahmet Ertug

What in the World

Third Floor Video Theatre
What in the World is an interactive installation created by multi-disciplinary artist Pablo Helguera as part of the Philagrafika contemporary art festival.