Penn Museum has an active loan program involving institutions all over the world. Encompassing artifacts from the Museum’s many sections—African, American, Asian, Egyptian, Mediterranean, Near East, and Oceanian—as well as the Museum Archives, these loans generally formed part of larger exhibitions curated and designed by other museums, either for showcase in their own galleries or for the purpose of traveling the show to multiple venues.

By agreeing to loan our objects and participate in these exhibitions, we not only share our amazing collections with museum visitors that may have never visited Penn Museum, we also provide other scholars the opportunity to interpret our collections in the light of their own interests, giving voice to elements of the past and to human culture that might otherwise remain silent.

The loan process and approval of all loans is coordinated by the Registrar for Loans.

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Contact:
Tara Kowalski Registrar, Loans
(215) 746-6975
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Following is a list of exhibits/museums currently displaying our objects:

	Beijing World Art Museum Beijing, China “Six Civilizations Across the World” 48 Near Eastern objects Through 05 January 2010
	Denver Museum of Nature and Science Through 1 April 2010 Permanent Exhibit 13 Egyptian objects
	National Museum of Natural History New York, New York Through 3 June 2010 11 Egyptian objects
	The Semitic Museum at Harvard University Boston, MA Through 30 April 2010 Permanent Exhibit 3 Near Eastern objects
	Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House Ukiah, California Through 14 June 2010 Permanent Exhibit 30 American objects
	Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York Through 31 July 2010 Permanent Exhibit 6 Near Eastern objects 6 Mediterranean objects
	Buffalo Museum of Science Through 30 September 2011 Permanent Exhibit 14 Egyptian objects
	Albany Institute of History and Art Albany, New York Through 30 September 2010 Permanent Exhibit 25 Egyptian objects
	Philadelphia Museum of Art Through 25 January 2011 Permanent Exhibit 9 Asian objects
	Alaska State Museum Juneau, Alaska Through 31 October 2009 "Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival" 10 American objects
	National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC Through 25 May 2010 "Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival" 10 American objects
	Children's Museum of Manhattan New York, New York Through 31 August 2010 "Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discovering Ancient Greece" 35 Mediterranean objects
	Mystic Seaport Museum Mystic, CT Through 12 October 2009 "Frozen In: Captain George Comer and the Inuit of Hudson Bay" 15 American objects
	Iris B. & Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University Stanford, CA Through January 2, 2011) "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African Atlantic World" 2 African objects
	Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia, PA (04/22/2009 - 01/03/2010) "Skin and Bones: Tattoos in the Life of the American Sailor" 5 Oceanian objects
	Maine State Museum Augusta, Maine (05/23/2009 - 11/30/2010) "Uncommon Threads: Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing, and Costume" 3 American objects