Join a Penn Museum educator every second Sunday of the month from October-April to learn new perspectives about ancient and contemporary cultures through hands-on activities. Each Workshop includes a craft, touchable artifacts, and gallery activities. All activities are free with admission donation. Attendees may drop in anytime between 1:00pm-4:00pm to participate in the Workshop.
Attend a Family Second Sunday Workshop and automatically become a member of Penn Museum’s Art Excavators Club. Club members who attend three Family Second Sunday workshops receive a free surprise! Penn Museum members at the Household level receive one free pass towards the surprise.
The Family Second Sunday Workshop Schedule
Imagine Creating
Sunday, October 9, 2011
1:00pm-4:00pm
Be inspired by the traditional cloth-making techniques and patterns from the Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum gallery installation. Pattern a piece of fabric with your favorite Adinkra symbols.
Beastly Bulls
Sunday, November 13, 2011
1:00pm-4:00pm
Be inspired by the lyre in Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery as you make a bull-headed headband to wear. Learn more about bull symbolism of the world's ancient cultures.
Crazy Creatures
Sunday, December 11, 2011
1:00pm-4:00pm
It's evolution gone wild! See the variety of creatures you can create when you make a flip book featuring your favorite animals. Learn about some real animal adaptations, explore your family's heredity, and discover other aspects of evolution.
Grecian Vessels
Sunday, January 8, 2012
1:00pm-4:00pm
Go on a scavenger hunt through the Greek gallery and discover the variety of vase shapes and functions. Illustrate your own 2-D Greek pottery shape to take home.
Egyptian Afterlife
Sunday, February 12, 2012
1:00pm-4:00pm
Touch some artifacts associated with ancient Egyptian mummification. Sculpt your own shabti, a figurine placed in tombs to serve the deceased in the afterlife.
Islamic Stained Glass
Sunday, March 11, 2012
1:00pm-4:00pm
Wander through the Islamic gallery with an activity guide. Be inspired by the artifacts you discover and create your own simulated stained glass window.
Maya Temples
Sunday, April 1, 2012
1:00pm-4:00pm
Due to the Easter holiday, Family Second Sundays is celebrated one week earlier. View objects in the Mesoamerican gallery associated with architecture and ritual. Practice your engineering skills as you construct your own model of a Maya temple.
Contact
Jennifer Reifsteck
(215) 898-4016
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