The Egyptian Mummy
This popular Museum exhibition features human and animal mummies, tomb artifacts, and objects and materials used in the mummification process. It offers an in-depth look at the ancient Egyptian beliefs...
View ArticleRome Gallery
The Penn Museum's Mediterranean galleries highlight more than one thousand artifacts including marble and bronze sculptures, jewelry, metalwork, mosaics, glass vessels, gold and silver coins, and...
View ArticleNorth America Gallery
The culture and cultural perspectives of four Native American peoples of the Southwest are the focus of this exhibition, which opened 20 May 1995. Specifically, it examines the sacred and cultural...
View ArticleMexico and Central America Gallery
The objects in this gallery are from "Mesoamerica," the area encompassing most of southern Mexico, all of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. In parts of...
View ArticleJapan Gallery
The Japan Gallery traces the development of Buddhism from China into Japan, touching on major schools of Buddhist thought, including Tendai, Pure Land, and Zen. These branches were based in Mahayana...
View ArticleIslamic Near East Gallery
Islamic Civilization counts its beginnings from 620 CE with the first year of the hijra or the migration of the prophet Muhammad and his small band of followers from Mecca to Medina. From there, the...
View ArticleIraq's Ancient Past
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery tells the story of the discovery and excavation of the Royal Cemetery at Ur in modern-day Iraq. The collection includes the famous gold and lapis...
View ArticleHuman Evolution: The First 200 Million Years
Discover the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans in this highly interactive exhibition. In Human Evolution, visitors have an opportunity to engage with a variety of multi-media...
View ArticleGreece Gallery
The Penn Museum's Mediterranean galleries highlight more than one thousand artifacts including marble and bronze sculptures, jewelry, metalwork, mosaics, glass vessels, gold and silver coins, and...
View ArticleEtruscan Italy Gallery
The Penn Museum's Mediterranean galleries highlight more than one thousand artifacts including marble and bronze sculptures, jewelry, metalwork, mosaics, glass vessels, gold and silver coins, and...
View ArticleEgypt (Sphinx) Gallery
The Lower Egyptian Gallery houses one of the finest collections of Egyptian architecture on display in the United States. A monumental granite sphinx dominates the gallery. Surrounding it are the...
View ArticleEgypt (Mummies) Gallery
Our finest examples of Egyptian sculpture are exhibited in our Upper Egyptian Gallery. The material on display, including carved relief, stone coffins, and exquisite three-dimensional sculpture,...
View ArticleChina Gallery
The Chinese Rotunda is the majestic setting of the Museum's Chinese collection. Ninety feet in diameter and soaring ninety feet high, the rotunda houses one of the finest collections of monumental...
View ArticleCanaan and Israel Gallery
Our Museum holds nearly 25,000 artifacts from excavations in the Levant, a geographical area that encompasses modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon, as well as adjacent parts of...
View ArticleAmarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun is a long-term exhibit in our Egyptian galleries, featuring more than 100 ancient artifacts. Some of these artifacts have never before been on display—including...
View ArticleAfrica Gallery
The size and diversity of the African continent are striking. More than three times the size of the United States, Africa is made up of over 50 countries and about 1,000 languages. There are deserts...
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