Events Calendar

PECO World Culture Day
Turkish Delight!
Visitors are invited to an afternoon of pure Turkish delight as the Museum celebrates the opening of Archaeologists & Travelers in Ottoman Lands with a wider look of at the homeland of Osman Hamdi Bey. The afternoon features Turkish music, cooking demonstrations, talks by the exhibition curators as well
as crafts and more. Sponsored by the Turkish American Friendship Society of the United States. Turkish Delight! is the first in the Penn Museum's series of 2010-2011 World Culture Days sponsored by PECO.

Free with Museum admission donation.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

1:00 pm - Ribbon Cutting of Archaeologists and Travelers in Ottoman Lands exhibition with Ms. Nihan Bekar, Cultural Attaché for the Turkish Consulate General in New York, Williams Director Richard Hodges, and exhibition curators Robert Ousterhout and Renata Holod.

1:15 pm - Baris Kaya and his band, Barakka, fuse Middle Eastern, Turkish folk and Western rock music together to create a large rock sound with traditional instruments and accents.

2:00 pm - Curators' Lectures:
Renata Holod, Near East section curator and History of Art professor, presents "Introducing the Oldest of the ‘Young Turks': Osman Hamdi Bey" followed by Robert Ousterhout, Byzantine Art and Architecture professor and Center for Ancient Studies director, discussing "Introducing the Forgotten Father of American Archaeological Photography: John Henry Haynes."  In between the lectures,  Ayca Yesim will be  singing Turkish classical songs

2:45 pm - Turkish Cuisine Demonstration by Lale Iskarpatyoti. Visitors learn to make Kisir (parsley and bulgur salad) and Piyaz (white bean salad).

Throughout the day:
Activities for all ages include an Ebru workshop teaching the Turkish art of "cloud painting" on paper, Turkish tile painting, and make-your-own Evil Eye bracelets-protective amulets popular throughout Turkey today.

Penn Museum's International Classroom program speaker Ferit Tuzar, from Istanbul, Turkey, shares information about the arts, culture, and politics of modern Turkey, at a show-and-tell table throughout the afternoon.

Enjoy Turkish cuisine prepared by Penn Museum's new The Pepper Mill Café. Explore the Museum's two shops, gardens, and three gallery floors featuring materials from around the world.