Events Calendar

Open today 10 am – 5 pm

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Ancient Alcohol: A Taste of Bygone Booze

Tour & Tasting

Saturday, Apr. 26

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Join us for signature daily or weekly events and tours, included with Museum admission.

The Daily Dig is a 15-minute pop-up talk about one extraordinary artifact from our collection. Hear the unique perspectives of archaeologists, anthropologists, scientists, conservators, archivists, and other Museum specialists.

1:00 pm everyday. See our Welcome Desk for location.

Take an hour-long journey through the Penn Museum galleries. Through interactive, high-energy tours, guides share exciting stories behind artifacts, including insights drawn from their personal research and expertise. Explore a single gallery in depth, or traverse continents and centuries while learning the history and cultural relevance of intriguing objects throughout the Museum.

Saturdays & Sundays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tours begin at the Main Entrance.

Drawning of people and camels in the desert.

ARCE-PA Lecture

A Demonstration of Quantitative 3D Analysis: Lower Nubia in the Recent and Distant Past

Saturday, Apr. 12

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ET

Lectures

Java shadow puppets from the Museums collection.

Penn Student Making Workshop

Shadow Forms: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

Wednesday, Apr. 16

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops Free Penn Students

Close up of a depication of a boat from ancient history.

Teacher Talks

Mythology in Context

Wednesday, Apr. 23

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours Free K12 Teachers

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Ancient Alcohol: A Taste of Bygone Booze

Tour & Tasting

Select Dates This Spring

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Tours 21+

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The Deep Dig

Spells, Spirits, and Sacred Magic

Thursdays, May. 1 - 22

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops After-Hours K12 Teachers Virtual

Archaeology in Action

Connecting Warriors Across Time through Archaeology

Wednesday, May. 7

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

A Minecraft brick version of the sphinx.

Adventure Mode Activated

A Minecraft-Inspired Program

May 10 & 24

10:30 am - 4:00 pm ET

Tours Kids & Families

Two alumni in Penn gear in the Rome gallery.

Penn Alumni Weekend Events

May 16 & 17

11:00 am - 11:00 pm ET

Festivities Penn Alumni

Joyce White and team talking to people at Ban Chiang.

Archaeology in Action

Pioneering Research in Thailand and Laos

Thursday, Jun. 5

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

Lectures After-Hours Virtual

Teachers examining artifacts in the Collections Study Room.

Summer Teacher Institute

Integrating Cultural Heritage into the Classroom

July 16 & 17, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm ET

9:00 am - 3:00 pm ET

Classes & Workshops K12 Teachers