Events Calendar

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Mind & Mood Recharge

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Wednesday, Dec. 6

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Join us for our signature daily or weekly events and tours.

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, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tours begin at the Main Entrance.

One artifact. Fifteen minutes. Endless insights.

The Daily Dig is a 15-minute exploration of an 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.

K-12 Archaeology Talk with Dr. Steve

Is Archaeology Really Like Indiana Jones?

Tuesdays, Dec. 5 - May. 28

11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

Lectures K12 Teachers Teens

Photo of a destroyed home in Ukraine.

Penn Cultural Heritage Center Lecture

Cultural Rights, Heritage Destruction, and the Future of Ukraine

Thursday, Dec. 7

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET

Lectures Livestreaming Available

The site of Pachacamac.

The Deep Dig

Pachacamac, The Oracle of the Ancient Andes

Thursdays, Dec. 7 - Jan. 4

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours Virtual

An engraved coin with a square hole in the middle.

At-Home Anthro LIVE

Coins from Around the World

Friday, Dec. 8

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

At-Home Anthro LIVE Free Kids & Families Virtual

Banner for K-12 Virtual Open House

K-12 Virtual Open House

introduction to our educational programs

Friday, Dec. 8

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops Free K12 Teachers Virtual

Egypt Gallery at the Penn Museum.

Science on Tap

Stacking Stones: Installing an Egyptian Palace at the Penn Museum

Monday, Dec. 11

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET

Lectures 21+ After-Hours Free Offsite

A clay oil lamp

At-Home Anthro LIVE

Celebrate Winter with Light!

Friday, Dec. 15

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

At-Home Anthro LIVE Free Kids & Families Virtual

Sphinx replica in the snow.

K-12 Archaeology Talk with Dr. Steve

The Sphinx That Moved to Philadelphia

Tuesdays, Dec. 19 - May. 21

11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

Lectures K12 Teachers Teens

A admiring the Margarita Panel, with text that reads Winter Break.

Winter Break

Dec. 26 - 28

10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

Festivities Included With Admission Kids & Families

7 candles: 3 red, 1 black, and 3 green, set in a candle holder.

40th Annual Kwanzaa Children’s Festival

Friday, Dec. 29

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

Festivities All Ages Free Kids & Families

Event Graphic with a photo of a woman doing yoga.

Mind & Mood Recharge

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Wednesday, Jan. 3

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Festivities After-Hours Included With Admission

South India landscape.

Archaeology in Action

Human Impact on the Landscape of Ancient South India

Wednesday, Jan. 10

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

A paper board game with a die and two sets of stones

At-Home Anthro LIVE

Make and Play the Royal Game of Ur

Friday, Jan. 12

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

At-Home Anthro LIVE Free Kids & Families Virtual

Two kids looking at hieroglyphics in the Egypt Gallery.

Up Late with the Sphinx

Saturday, Jan. 13

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET

Up Late with the Sphinx Kids & Families

Inuit children standing outside

Second Sunday Culture Film

Arctic Defenders

Sunday, Jan. 14

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Film & Performance

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