Powered by Penn Medicine, Mind & Mood Recharge Returns to the Penn Museum This Fall, with Focus on Well-Being
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PHILADELPHIA, October 1, 2024—As part of an extended three-year partnership with Penn Medicine, the Penn Museum’s popular Mind & Mood Recharge returns every first Wednesday evening from 5:00-8:00 pm, beginning November 6, 2024 through April 2, 2025.
Now in its second year, Mind & Mood Recharge transforms the Penn Museum into a sanctuary of self-care for visitors to reset midway through the work week with restorative mind and body practices. In centering well-being at the heart of this after-hours experience, the Penn Museum connects ancient and diverse traditions of healing represented in its collections to health and wellness today.
On opening night, Wednesday, November 6, the first 200 guests will receive a limited-edition reusable tote bag.
In listening to guest feedback, the Museum has increased the number of all-levels yoga sessions in the soaring galleries to four each evening, now with opportunities to register for classes in advance (on top of event registration).
Mind & Mood Recharge will also offer:
- New this year: 30-minute Slow-Looking Experiences led by Penn Museum educators. Slowly and carefully examining objects on display in the Museum’s galleries can be a transformative stress-reducing process that fosters the discovery of new details and enhances mindfulness.
- Immersive sound baths
- Meditation sessions
- Art-making therapy with Project Joy
- Museum Rx Self-Guided Tour, a chance to learn about objects connected to the history of medicine and healing across 10,000 years
- Botanical Bar serving herb-infused “mocktails,” non-alcoholic refreshments, as well as spirits.
In addition, a Wellness Marketplace featuring gifts, crafts, and services offered by local health- centric professionals and alternative practitioners will be on-site.
Admission is free for PennCard holders and Penn Museum members, as well as Penn Medicine patients and staff, who will be able to enter a code at online checkout or show identification at the Welcome Desk. For the general public, access to Mind & Mood Recharge is included with $18 general admission for after-hours access to all Museum galleries and exhibitions.
A complete line-up of dates and activities can be found here.
The popular wellness series will continue through April 2, 2025.
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About the Penn Museum
The Penn Museum’s mission is to be a center for inquiry and the ongoing exploration of humanity for our University of Pennsylvania, regional, national, and global communities, following ethical standards and practices.
Through conducting research, stewarding collections, creating learning opportunities, sharing stories, and creating experiences that expand access to archaeology and anthropology, the Museum builds empathy and connections across diverse cultures
The Penn Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 am-5:00 pm. It is open until 8:00 pm on first Wednesdays of the month. The Café is open Tuesday-Thursday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm and Friday and Saturday, 10:00 am-3:00 pm. On Sundays, the Café is open 10:30 am-2:30 pm. For information, visit www.penn.museum, call 215.898.4000, or follow @PennMuseum on social media.
About Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn's Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of "firsts" in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania health System's patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.