Events Calendar

Open today 10 am – 5 pm

A lion dance on the Harrison Auditorium stage.

CultureFest!

Lunar New Year

Saturday, Jan. 25

10:00 am - 4:00 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.

Rendering of the new North American Gallery.

Sphinx Circle Conversation

Collaborative Curation for Our New Native North American Gallery with Lucy Fowler Williams

Tuesday, Jan. 21

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Lectures Free Sphinx Circle Virtual

A lion dance on the Harrison Auditorium stage.

CultureFest!

Lunar New Year

Saturday, Jan. 25

10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

Festivities Included With Admission Kids & Families

Close up of a cuneiform tablet.

Teacher Talks

Ancient Economics & the Rise of the City

Wednesday, Jan. 29

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours Free K12 Teachers

Woman holding a gong.

Mind and Mood Recharge Powered by Penn Medicine

Wednesday, Feb. 5

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Festivities After-Hours Included With Admission

Excavation team member holding a large wheeled tool.

Archaeology in Action

Modern Techniques for an Ancient Mesopotamian City

Wednesday, Feb. 5

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

Teachers at a Penn workshop.

Global Learning Lab Teacher Workshop

Building an Active Learning Classroom Community

Saturday, Feb. 8

10:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops Free K12 Teachers

Teens working in a lab.

Hands-on History

Investigating Ancient Ceramic and Metalworking Techniques

Saturday, Feb. 8

10:00 am - 2:30 pm ET

Classes & Workshops Free Teens

Drawing of an ancient Assyrian building interior.

Preserving Assyria

Curators’ Lecture

Saturday, Feb. 8

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Lectures Included With Admission Sphinx Circle

Two kids looking at hieroglyphics in the Egypt Gallery.

Up Late with the Sphinx

Saturday, Feb. 8

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET

Festivities After-Hours Kids & Families

Kate Moore leading a zooarchaeology lab class.

Science on Tap

Animals in Historic Philadelphia: Food, Labor, and Industry

Monday, Feb. 10

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET

Lectures 21+ After-Hours Free Offsite

Sphinx graphic.

Penn Student Event

Escape the Museum: The Lost Artifacts Adventure

Thursday, Feb. 13

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Festivities After-Hours Free Penn Students

Title card for the film.

Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan

Film Screening & Conversation with Filmmaker Naomi Mizoguchi

Tuesday, Feb. 18

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET

Film & Performance After-Hours Free

Close up of a brightly colored woven textile.

Teacher Talks

The Math of Art & Design

Wednesday, Feb. 19

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours Free K12 Teachers

Sherds and tools arranged on a desk.

Archaeology in Action

Southeast Asian Ceramics Under The Lens

Wednesday, Mar. 5

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

Event title graphic.

The Deep Dig

Rise and Fall of Assyria

Thursdays, Mar. 6 - 27

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours K12 Teachers Virtual

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