Volume 62 / Number 1
2020
Spotlight On: The World in Ten Objects
On The Cover: At the back of the new Sphinx Gallery is a case of ten objects that represent the depth and breadth of the Penn Museum collection. Read more about these objects in our first article, which starts on page 16.
Vol. 62 / No. 1
Museum News
From a Director’s Loan to a Family Gift GEORGE C. VAILLANT, PH.D., was an anthropologist specializing in pre-Columbian Mexico and […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Jill Meyer
Meet Our Members: Member News
Jill Meyer is a docent for the Asia Galleries and a member of the Museum. I BECAME A DOCENT in […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
Global Classroom
New Galleries Inspire Engaging Programs THE SPECTACULAR NEW Africa Galleries and Mexico and Central America Gallery prompted the creation of […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Asiyah Ball and Hoang Vu
High School Students Intern at CAAM: In The Labs
Asiyah’s Experience This summer I was given the amazing opportunity to work under Dr. Marie-Claude Boileau in the Center for […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
Scale Armor from Gordion: Discoveries from the Field
THE PENN MUSEUM’S longest-running excavation began in 1950 at Gordion in central Turkey. The project is now under the leadership […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Sheridan Small
Collecting for Philadelphia Museums: The Story of Robert H. Lamborn
Collecting for Philadelphia Museums The Story of Robert H. Lamborn [authors] Many names in history go unrecorded, but not always […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Allan Meyers and Megan Adams
Contours of Inequality: Landscapes of Colonial Slavery on a Bahama Island
Contours of Inequality Landscapes of Colonial Slavery on a Bahama Island [authors] TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF—the rise and fall of the land—may […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Jane Hickman
Artifacts from Around the World: Welcome to the New Sphinx Gallery
Artifacts from Around the World Welcome to the New Sphinx Gallery By: Jane Hickman and Penn Museum Curators and Keepers […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
At The Museum
Open to All The New Penn Museum’s Opening Weekend, November 16-17 ON NOVEMBER 16 AND 17, the Museum celebrated the […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Julian Siggers
More Reasons to Visit the Museum: From the Director
Dear Friends, 2019 was a year of celebrations. In June, we moved a Sphinx. In November, we completed the first […]
View Article
Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Jane Hickman
Teamwork: From the Editor
The last few years have been a whirlwind of activity at the Museum, with ongoing renovations leading to the opening […]
View Article