Video Subject: Museum exhibits

"Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan" (2001)

The edited videotape for the Mongolia exhibit "Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan" - Curated b...

"River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte"

Edited videotape for the exhibit "Rivers of Gold" Sitio Conte is a cemetery in Central Panama Exca...

Afghan Weavers (1973)

Partially edited Detailed weaving of Afghani rugs, etc.

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Secrets of the Silk Road

Contributing Curator and Penn Professor, Victor Mair introduces the new landmark exhibition Secrets ...

Fang! The Killing Tooth

Fang! The Killing Tooth explores the biology of the "killing" canine and the history of the vampire ...

What in the World - Part Five by Pablo Helguera

This video is the fifth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

What in the World - Part Four by Pablo Helguera

This video is the fourth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo ...

What in the World - Part Three by Pablo Helguera

This video is the third installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

What in the World - Part Two by Pablo Helguera

This video is the second installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo ...

What in the World - Part One by Pablo Helguera

This video is the first installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

Dressing Queen Puabi

Much of what we know of the people and cultures of early Mesopotamia comes from the material uncover...

Paul Cobb Talks About the New Map in the Islamic Gallery

Paul Cobb, Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History in Near Eastern Languages & Civ...

Iraq's Ancient Past

President Amy Guttmann speaks at the opening of Iraq's Ancient Past, a new exhibition at the Univers...

Conserving the Spider Monkey Pot

Conservators Nina Owczarek and Julia Lawson reveal all their conservation secrets and discuss the ch...

The Maya Jaguar Drum

Ethnomusicologist John Burkhalter demonstrates how the Maya mimicked the sound of a growling jaguar ...

Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya

Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya, a new exhibition at the Penn Museum run...

The Chama Conservation Project

Conservators at the Penn Museum apply the latest technology to conserve fragmented Maya pots. Analys...

Surviving: The Body of Evidence

This introductory video is a work in progress. This video highlights the new traveling exhibition at...

Himalaya: Land of the Snow Lion

This video is a work in progress. This is an introduction to the current traveling exhibition at the...

Surviving: The Body of Evidence

This new exhibition at Penn Museum explores the process of evolution and its impact on you. [Promoti...

IYARE! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre

Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre, a new exhibition at the Penn Museum, runs fro...

Royal Tombs of Ur

The late 1920s excavation of royal tombs at Ur, in southern Iraq, provided one of the most renowned ...

River of Gold

River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte features artifacts from Penn Museum's 1940 ex...

Making the Middle East Galleries: Journey to the City

Penn Museum Williams Director, Julian Siggers and Executive Director of Galleries, Dan Rahimi, tell ...

Making the Middle East Gallery: Conserving the Objects

Head Conservator, Lynn Grant, explains how Museum conservators work with objects before they go into...

Making the Middle East Galleries: From Bronze to Iron

Objects leave behind clues for future generations to decipher. Dr. Lauren Ristvet discovered one of ...

Installation of the Middle East Galleries

Watch as the Penn Museum staff installs objects in the new Middle East Galleries. With time, patienc...

What in the World - The Disputed Pottery Collection of Waldemar Julsrud

This video is the sixth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

"Abby at the Museum" (Cats)

At the exhibit Man and Animals, Abby the cat checks out the animals on display after closing....