Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines

The Conservation Department of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) celebrated its 50th anniversary in the Fall of 2016. To commemorate the establishment of the department, the Penn Museum is hosted a symposium on issues relating to archaeology, anthropology, and conservation. Made possible with generous support from the Kowalski Family Foundation, the symposium will explore how conservation of these materials has evolved over the past half century, the ways in which conservators may inform and support the work of archaeologists and anthropologists, and the development of cross-disciplinary engagement.