Volume 65 / Number 2
2023
Spotlight On: Passports to the Past
On The Cover: Created in the 1930s, this cabinet of ceramic thin sections lives on the ground floor of the Penn Museum, inside the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials; photo by Quinn Russell Brown.
Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Quinn Russell Brown
Making Memories in a Museum: From the Editor
BEFORE MY WIFE AND I RELOCATED to Philadelphia in the summer of 2021, we followed in the footsteps of many […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Christopher Woods
A Season of Insight: From the Williams Director
Dear Friends, Though the summer may be a quiet period for many within the academy, most of you know that […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: C. Brian Rose, Lucy Fowler Williams, Jason Herrmann, Katherine Moore, Michael Danti, Richard Zettler and Josef W. Wegner
Dispatches From the Field
Gordion (Ancient Phrygia / Modern Türkiye) The 2023 season at Gordion was one of the team’s most successful summers. Excavation […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Vasyl Rozhko
Documenting Damage to Ukraine’s Heritage: A Dedicated Team Leads Efforts to Record Russia’s Attacks on Culture
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, initiated a war about the history, culture, and identity of the Ukrainian […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Jane Sancinito
Clay Tablets to Text Messages: A Brief History of Receipts
A receipt records the exchange of goods or services for money or another form of payment. In their current form, […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Marie-Claude Boileau and Vaughn Ortner
Hopeful Science in Bleak Times: The Legacy of the WPA Laboratories During the Great Depression
During the 1930s, millions of Americans struggled to sustain themselves economically due to the manifold challenges of the Great Depression. […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
Beyond the Galleries: A conversation with Laura Hortz Stanton, our Director of Collections, about keeping track of a million objects and setting the Museum up “for the next 100 years.”
When you walk through the doors of the Penn Museum, you will encounter 10,000 years of human history across three […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: P. Gregory Warden
An Etruscan Stone Speaks
More than two decades of excavation at the Etruscan archaeological site of Poggio Colla culminated in the monumental discovery of […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Marie-Claude Boileau
Southeast Asian Ceramics Under The Lens
One of the exciting new projects happening in the Ceramic Laboratory of the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Anne Tiballi and Breyasia Scott
How Do You Fix a Broken Pipeline?
Museums are increasingly focused on diversity—of collections, audiences, experiences, and staff. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, the Penn […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Jennifer Brehm and Jennifer Brehm
Activating Youth Voices
A collaborative program at the Penn Museum this summer activated teen voices in sharing their food stories and creating an […]
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Vol. 65 / No. 2
Member Spotlight: Ashley Paston
Ashley Paston, a 2016 graduate of the Wharton School, is a member of the Penn Museum’s Young Alumni Council. She […]
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