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Welcome to the Penn Museum blog. First launched in January 2009, the Museum blog now has over 800 posts covering a range of topics in the categories of Museum, Collection, Exhibitions, Research, and By Location. Here you’ll hear directly from our staff and Penn students about their work, research, experiences, and discoveries. To explore the Museum's other digital content, visit The Digital Penn Museum.

Left Behind

By: Therese Marmion

Some parents might find it difficult to let go of their children’s possessions–toys, trophies, mix tapes–when the kids move out and begin lives on their own. However, Carl Weiss, a member of the Museum’s Director’s Council, and his wife Andy decided to have some fun with an object left behind by their daughter, Alissa, C06. […]

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Giving Thanks

By: Therese Marmion

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, I thought I’d highlight the fact that our 2009 – 2010 Annual Report was just published.  It is a piece that the Penn Museum produces every year whose primary purpose is to say thank you–to our many supporters, donors, members, leaders, and volunteers.  It is a beautiful publication, […]

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Outreach

By: Therese Marmion

I just spent this beautiful day in the sunshine at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard.  Do Development professionals have glamorous lives or what?  There was a wonderful and well-attended event at the Naval Surface Warfare Center for their employees.  They called this multicultural event “Diversity Through the Arts.”  The Penn Museum was one of only a few […]

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This Doesn’t Happen Every Day

By: Therese Marmion

A few months ago, I received my favorite kind of phone call.  It was from a nice man named Warren Kamensky.  He simply and matter-of-factly said, “I was a volunteer at the Museum for many years, and I want to make a gift to the Museum.”  In the world of Development, this kind of thing […]

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