Press Releases

• Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth a 3,600-Year-Old Tomb from the Lost Abydos Dynasty
  3/27/2025
• Penn Museum’s Student Exhibition Examines Ancient Pops of Color with Into the Blue, Opens March 29
  2/18/2025
• Penn Museum Celebrates the Arrival of Spring with CultureFest! Holi, the Festival of Colors
  2/3/2025
• Penn Museum to Host Private Events in a Monumental Space, Ahead of its Egypt and Nubia Galleries Transformation
  1/28/2025
• Penn Museum's New Exhibition Preserving Assyria Highlights Restoring Iraq’s Cultural Heritage Through Community-Led Archaeology
  1/8/2025
• Year of the Snake: 44th Annual CultureFest! Lunar New Year at the Penn Museum Celebrates Asian Cultural Traditions
  1/3/2025

2024

• Restoring At-Risk Assyrian Cultural Heritage: Archaeologists Recover Remarkably Preserved Shrines from a Temple in Iraq
  12/20/2024
• Penn Museum’s Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials Celebrates 10 Years of Interdisciplinary Innovation
  12/13/2024
• Kwanzaa Celebration at Penn Museum Highlights African-American Culture and Community
  11/25/2024
• Kids Get Free Admission at the Penn Museum, Dec. 26-28
  11/7/2024
• Penn Cultural Heritage Center Launches First-of-Its- Kind National Study on Collecting Practices, Paving Pathways for the Future of U.S. Museums
  10/29/2024
• Holiday Round-Up
  10/24/2024
• "Shop with Purpose" for Thoughtful, Impactful Gifts Museum Store Sunday at the Penn Museum, Dec. 1
  10/17/2024
• Penn Museum Expands Access to Archaeology and Anthropology with New Mobile Apps
  10/8/2024
• Powered by Penn Medicine, Mind & Mood Recharge Returns to the Penn Museum This Fall, with Focus on Well-Being
  10/1/2024
• Institutional Advancement Leader and Penn Alumna Katie Murtha Appointed as Penn Museum’s Senior Director of Development
  9/16/2024
• Penn Museum Celebrates the Day of the Dead with the 13th Annual CultureFest! Día de los Muertos
  8/27/2024
• Unpacking the Past Celebrates 10 Years at the Penn Museum
  8/6/2024
• Penn Museum Earns American Alliance of Museums’ Reaccreditation Status, Signifying Excellence in its Practices
  7/26/2024
• Garden Jams: Outdoor Concerts Return on Wednesday Evenings at the Penn Museum, Starting July 10
  6/25/2024