Volume 62 / Number 3
2020
Spotlight On: Investigating Philadelphia's Garden History
On The Cover: Detail of Christian Inger and D. Hensel, Philadelphia: Chromatic View (Philadelphia: D. Hense, 1876).
Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Jane Hickman
From the Editor
We are fortunate to have many public gardens in the Philadelphia region that are wonderful places to visit in all […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Steve Tinney, Melissa Smith and Amanda Mitchell-Boyask
From the Co-Interim Directors
Dear Friends, Our gardens are part of the Penn Museum experience. All year, the Warden Garden and Stoner Courtyard invite […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
Eight Years with Julian Siggers: At the Museum
Over the past eight years, Williams Director Julian Siggers led the way in transforming our Penn Museum. Re-imagining how visitors […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Chantel White
An Introduction to the Garden History of Philadelphia
ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS offered by gardens is the enduring way they connect the living world to the past. […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Robert McCracken Peck
A Lucky Find: Seed Packets Shed Light on Philadelphia's Horticultural History
BECAUSE OF the ephemeral nature of gardens and the plants they contain, the history of horticulture is generally studied through […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Jason Herrmann, Kacie Alaga and Katie Breyer
Reconstructing a Historic Landscape: Geophysical Prospection at the Woodlands
THE COUNTRY ESTATE of native Philadelphian William Hamilton (1745–1813), known as The Woodlands, included much of the land now occupied […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Marie-Claude Boileau, Justin Lynch and Yuyang Wang
Late 18th- to Early 19th- Century Flowerpots at The Woodlands
FLOWERPOTS—earthenware pots that are built to contain plants, not to be confused with ornamental urns—have a long history that dates […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Alexandria Mitchem
Unearthing the Roots of the Past: Archaeology at Historic Bartram's Garden
ESTABLISHED around 1728, Bartram’s Garden is the oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699–1777) was a […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Chantel White, Elizabeth Coulter, Bevan Pearson and Juliet Stein
A Botanical Discovery at Bartram’s Garden: Evidence for Preserved Plant Material
TODAY, visitors to Bartram’s Garden, located along the Schuylkill River in southwest Philadelphia, are greeted by a green terraced landscape […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Miranda E. Mote
The Art of Gardening in a Pennsylvania Woods: The Garden of Francis D. Pastorius
SEVERAL CITY BLOCKS separate what is today 6019 Germantown Avenue and the green space of the Awbury Arboretum. At one […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Anthony S. Aiello, Timothy A. Block and C. Skema
Public Gardens and Climate Change: A View From The Morris Arboretum
People must be convinced that if we want to continue to exist as a species, it is imperative that we […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Kathryn Butler Reber
Changes in a Penn Campus Oasis: A View From Kaskey Park
James G. Kaskey Memorial Park is a small garden on the southwest end of Penn’s campus that was set aside […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Karen M’Closkey
Seeds of Change: A View From Philly's Rivers
Plants are on the move. Of course, they always have been—whether dispersed as seeds in the droppings of birds or […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Yupeng Wu
A Miao Baby Carrier from China: Favorite Object
THIS EMBROIDERED MIAO BABY CARRIER is typical of those made in Zhijin (织金), a county in Guizhou province in southwest […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Khayla Saunders
Summer Internships—Virtually: Working Remotely
“HI, MY NAME IS ____, I am from ____, I attend Delaware/Georgia/Tuskegee/Syracuse/Penn, and I want to be an anthropologist/foreign policy […]
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Meet Our Members: Leah Smith
Leah Smith, pictured at Glencairn Museum, grew up visiting museums and developed a love for Egyptian art. MY MOTHER was […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Brian I. Daniels
The Pennsylvania Declaration at 50
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LOOTING is an ancient problem, but one that intensified after World War II as museums and collectors sought […]
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Virtual Museum
School and Family Programs Thrive Online SCHOOL IS BACK in session, and for many students from pre-K to college, this […]
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Museum News
Remembering Jo Klein THE PENN MUSEUM COMMUNITY was saddened to learn of the passing of longtime volunteer and friend Josephine […]
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Sara Yorke Stevenson: Suffragist, Egyptologist, and Pioneer: Looking Back
2020 marks the centenary of women’s suffrage. As we celebrate this milestone, we can also commemorate the achievements of Sara […]
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