Two Apologies, and a Reckoning Over Human Remains
Apologies issued over treatment of human remains.
Woods Tapped to Run Penn Museum
Christopher Woods named Penn Museum director.
Modern Look for Ancient Artifacts
The latest on the Penn Museum’s “transformation.”
A Century Later, The Sphinx Moves Again
New digs for the sphinx.
Mounds of History
Penn Museum program links local residents to Gordion site.
Splendid Digs
Middle East Galleries trace humanity’s “journey to the city.”
Earthworkers
North American moundbuilders at the Penn Museum.
The Prehuman History of Cocktail Hour
Don't match drinks with the Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew.
Penn Museum Makeover
Director Julian Siggers on “Building Transformation” and more.
What Is the Future of the Past?
A new exhibition at the Penn Museum considers what is at stake when cultural heritage is destroyed in a war-torn region.
Notes and Whispers
An “extraordinary evening” at the Penn Museum.
New Portal to the Past
Digital Penn Museum expands online access to collections and more.
Beyond the Golden Touch
There’s a lot more to King Midas than history’s most celebrated case of “be careful what you wish for.” Drawing on decades of excavations at Gordion in modern Turkey, a blockbuster exhibition at the Penn Museum illuminates the world of ancient Phrygia’s greatest ruler.
The Small, Good Stories
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center was launched to provide a forum for an “intellectual discussion” of the meaning of heritage and the role of communities in preservation efforts. Then came the Syrian civil war and the rise of ISIS.
The Lost Art of Letterhead
The golden age of letterhead at the Penn Museum.
Century of the Sphinx
A big book on the Penn Museum’s “Colossal Sphinx.”