Volume 57 / Number 1

2015

Spotlight On: The Wonder of World’s Fairs

On The Cover: The right arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty were on view at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. For 50 cents, visitors could climb to the top. Designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi as a gift to the United States from the people of France, the complete statue was dedicated on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in 1886. Photo courtesy of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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By: Julian Siggers

Preserving Cultural Heritage: From the Director

In recent years, the preservation of cultural heritage has moved to the forefront of archaeological and anthropological concerns. The need […]

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By: Jane Hickman

The Wonder of World’s Fairs: From the Editor

“…this is a World’s Fair and all the world is here, to exhibit and see.” From The Worlds Fair, 1891 […]

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By: Louise Krasniewicz

All the World in One Place: Educating Visitors About the Changing World

In 1876, the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and the reigning Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, […]

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By: Xiuqin Zhou

After the Fairs: World’s Fairs and the Development of Museums

World’s fairs—also called exhibitions, expositions, or more recently expos— have had a great impact on the development of museums as […]

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By: Alessandro Pezzati

Gold Medals & Grand Prizes: World's Fairs and The Penn Museum

The 1876 Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia—the first world’s fair held in the United States—was an international success and demonstrated […]

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By: Dwaune Latimer

The People & Products of Colonization: Africa at the Chicago and Paris Expositions

Arican exhibits at world’s fairs— including both native peoples and the objects of their daily life— provided American and European […]

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By: Adria H. Katz

Curiosities & Commodities: Oceanian Objects From Two World’s Fairs

In the fall of 2003, the Oceanian Section of the Penn Museum acquired materials from New Caledonia and the Philippines […]

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By: William Wierzbowski

Yupi Dazi: Fish-Skin Tartars of the Amur River Delta

The Amur, or “great river,” is one of the longest in the world with its source deep in the interior […]

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By: David P. Silverman

From Saqqara to St. Louis to Philadelphia: The Chapel of Kaipure

Having worked at the 1964 New York World’s Fair when I was a teenager, I thought that I knew a […]

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By: Ann Blair Brownlee and Lynn Makowsky

“…Very Best Inspirations of the Past”: The Wanamaker Bronzes

For more than 50 years, visitors to the Penn Museum have been welcomed by a large bronze classical statue, a […]

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By: Lynne Farrington

Souvenirs of the Past: Ephemera From World’s Fairs and Expositions

The University of Pennsylvania houses a collection of world’s fairs and expositions materials, given to the Kislak Center for Special […]

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Meet Our Members: Mark P. Curchack, Ph.D., Pand Peggy L. Curchack

Peggy and Mark Curchack have been Penn Museum members for over thirty years and Mark has served as a Museum […]

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Students to Analyze 5,000 Year Old Skeleton: In the Labs

Last May, the Penn Museum identified an early burial from the Ubaid period at Ur, dated to ca. 4500 BCE. […]

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By: Alessandro Pezzati

Jessie Tarbox Beals: From the Archives

In January 1905, photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals stopped at the Penn Museum on a tour of East Coast cities. She […]

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Museum News

Curator Receives AIA Gold Medal On January 9, 2015, Dr. C. Brian Rose, the Penn Museum’s Ferry Curator-in-Charge of the […]