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Annual Report
2011 - 2012 Annual Report
2011–2012 was framed by transition at the Penn Museum, opening with the announcement that Williams Director Richard Hodges would depart the Museum at the end of the academic year to take up an appointment as president of the American University in Rome. In his final year, Richard led the Museum in achieving a remarkable string of milestones outlined in his 2008 strategic plan, including major capital improvements, new digital initiatives, and exceptional programmatic accomplishments.
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Thank you to all of our supporters during 2011 – 2012. Please enjoy reading about the Penn Museum's accomplishments over the past few years by visiting the links below.
2010 - 2011 Annual Report
In 2010–2011, we welcomed 198,000 visitors to the Museum—over 40 percent more than the previous year's 140,000 visitors. And as Mike Kowalski mentioned, we were able for the first time to understand who they were through a survey of more than 570 visitors to Secrets of the Silk Road. This survey told us who came to this extraordinary exhibition and how they reacted to their Penn Museum experience...
2009 - 2010 Annual Report
In June 2009, the Penn Museum was presented with a compelling opportunity—to become the sole east coast venue for an extraordinary traveling exhibition from china never before seen in the West...
2008 - 2009 Annual Report
2008–2009 was an extraordinarily challenging year for the Penn Museum and all institutions, but we were pleased, with loyal support from many stakeholders, to be able to move forward with many of the goals outlined in the five-year strategic plan approved by the Board of overseers in december 2008, while continuing to develop a full implementation and business plan...
2007 - 2008 Annual Report
I write to you to introduce this annual report on the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology exactly one year after coming to Philadelphia as its Williams Director. It has been a remarkable year—far more so than I could have imagined coming to truly understand an extraordinary institution and to know the great University and vibrant city to which it belongs...
