Transform your perspective on the world with a visit to the internationally renowned University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Founded in 1887, the Penn Museum has sent more than 350 research expeditions worldwide and collected nearly one million objects from every inhabited continent. Galleries feature art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, North and Central America, and the Mediterranean World.
Galleries feature art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, North and Central America, and the Mediterranean World.
Special Exhibitions: "Native American Voices - Ancient Architects of North America" and "Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston" (Through 2019).
Transform your perspective on the world with a visit to the internationally renowned University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Founded in 1887, the Penn Museum has sent more than 350 research expeditions worldwide and collected nearly one million objects from every inhabited continent. Galleries feature art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, North and Central America, and the Mediterranean World.
Galleries feature art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, North and Central America, and the Mediterranean World.
Special Exhibitions: "Native American Voices - Ancient Architects of North America" and "Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston" (Through 2019).
What You Should Know...
Open:
Year-Round; Closed on: Monday
Hours:Closed Today. Opens Thu
10:00am -
5:00pm
Closed
10:00am -
5:00pm
10:00am -
5:00pm
10:00am -
5:00pm
10:00am -
5:00pm
10:00am -
5:00pm
Payment: Cash, MC, Visa, AMEX, Discover, Debit
Discounts: Children, Seniors, Students, Groups, AAA Members, Military
Access: Wheelchair, Public Transportation, Service Animals
Parking: Paid On-site, Street, Bicycle
Available: Souvenirs, Bike Storage, Audio Tour, Self-Guided Tour, Guided Tour, Private Tour, Café, Restaurant, Vending Machines, Patio Dining, Family Restroom, Changing Station, Wheelchairs, Meeting/Conference Rooms, Wi-fi, Gift Shop
Extra Fun...
Insider Info
Ask about weekend guided gallery tours and themes, 1:30 pm.
Conservators at “The Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action” open up their windows and answer questions twice a day—check the day’s schedule.
The museum is open until 8:00 PM on the first Wednesday of the month.
Fun Facts
With more than 1,000,000 objects, Penn Museum is the largest university museum in the country.
Museum archaeologists and anthropologists have run more than 350 expeditions to every continent but Antarctica, and work continues at more than two dozen sites today.
The Queen Puabi was buried 4,500 years ago - yet her crowning jewelry and jewelry cape, with gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian, survived the millennia, on display in the new Middle East Galleries.
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Transform your perspective on the world with a visit to the internationally renowned University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Founded in 1887, the Penn Museum has sent more than 350 research expeditions worldwide and collected nearly one million objects from every inhabited continent. Galleries feature art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, North and Central America, and the Mediterranean World.
Galleries feature art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, North and Central America, and the Mediterranean World.
Special Exhibitions: "Native American Voices - Ancient Architects of North America" and "Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston" (Through 2019).
Discounts: Children, Seniors, Students, Groups, AAA Members, Military
Access: Wheelchair, Public Transportation, Service Animals
Parking: Paid On-site, Street, Bicycle
Available: Souvenirs, Bike Storage, Audio Tour, Self-Guided Tour, Guided Tour, Private Tour, Café, Restaurant, Vending Machines, Patio Dining, Family Restroom, Changing Station, Wheelchairs, Meeting/Conference Rooms, Wi-fi, Gift Shop
How You Can Follow...
EXTRA FUN
Insider Info
Ask about weekend guided gallery tours and themes, 1:30 pm.
Conservators at “The Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action” open up their windows and answer questions twice a day—check the day’s schedule.
The museum is open until 8:00 PM on the first Wednesday of the month.
Fun Facts
With more than 1,000,000 objects, Penn Museum is the largest university museum in the country.
Museum archaeologists and anthropologists have run more than 350 expeditions to every continent but Antarctica, and work continues at more than two dozen sites today.
The Queen Puabi was buried 4,500 years ago - yet her crowning jewelry and jewelry cape, with gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian, survived the millennia, on display in the new Middle East Galleries.