Events Calendar

Closed Mondays

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Mind and Mood Recharge Powered by Penn Medicine

Wednesday, Apr. 2

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Join us for signature daily or weekly events and tours, included with Museum admission.

The Daily Dig is a 15-minute pop-up talk about one extraordinary artifact from our collection. Hear the unique perspectives of archaeologists, anthropologists, scientists, conservators, archivists, and other Museum specialists.

1:00 pm everyday. See our Welcome Desk for location.

Take an hour-long journey through the Penn Museum galleries. Through interactive, high-energy tours, guides share exciting stories behind artifacts, including insights drawn from their personal research and expertise. Explore a single gallery in depth, or traverse continents and centuries while learning the history and cultural relevance of intriguing objects throughout the Museum.

Saturdays & Sundays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tours begin at the Main Entrance.

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Ancient Alcohol: A Taste of Bygone Booze

Tour & Tasting

Select Dates This Spring

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Tours 21+

The Rescuers: The Remarkable People Who Saved World Heritage

Author Talk with Nancy Moses

Tuesday, Mar. 25

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET

Lectures

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AIA Philadelphia Lecture

Painting the Human Face in Classical Greece

Tuesday, Mar. 25

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Free

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ARCE-PA Lecture

Amelia Edwards’ U.S. Lecture Tour and the Beginnings of American Egyptology

Saturday, Mar. 29

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ET

Lectures

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Mind and Mood Recharge Powered by Penn Medicine

Wednesday, Apr. 2

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Festivities After-Hours Included With Admission

An excavation at Abydos.

Archaeology in Action

Uncovering the Social and Political History of Ancient Egypt

Wednesday, Apr. 2

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

The Deep Dig

Arctic Fashion: Fins, Feathers, & Furs

Thursdays, Apr. 3 - 24

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours K12 Teachers Virtual

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Hands-on History

Caring for Culture Through Conservation

Saturday, Apr. 5

10:00 am - 2:30 pm ET

Classes & Workshops Free Teens

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Engoma Enteera: Classical Music from Uganda

Sunday, Apr. 6

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Film & Performance

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Annual Leadership Dinner

Thursday, Apr. 10

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Festivities Sphinx Circle

Drawning of people and camels in the desert.

ARCE-PA Lecture

A Demonstration of Quantitative 3D Analysis: Lower Nubia in the Recent and Distant Past

Saturday, Apr. 12

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ET

Lectures

Java shadow puppets from the Museums collection.

Penn Student Making Workshop

Shadow Forms: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

Wednesday, Apr. 16

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops Free Penn Students

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Teacher Talks

Mythology in Context

Wednesday, Apr. 23

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours Free K12 Teachers

Archaeology in Action

Connecting Warriors Across Time through Archaeology

Wednesday, May. 7

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

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Penn Alumni Weekend Events

May 16 & 17

11:00 am - 11:00 pm ET

Festivities Penn Alumni

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