Closed Mondays

Events Calendar

Closed Mondays

A grid of excavation sections at a site.

Virtual Scout Archaeology Day

Saturday, Jun. 1

10:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

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Join us for our signature daily or weekly events and tours.

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.

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A mosaic of a bulldozer tearing down a neighborhood.

Science on Tap

Community Archaeology in the West Philadelphia Neighborhood of Black Bottom

Monday, May. 13

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET

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Ruins.

K-12 Archaeology Talk with Dr. Steve

Is Archaeology Really Like Indiana Jones?

Tuesday, May. 14

11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

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Excavations at a site.

Archaeology in Action

Daily Fare and Sacred Offerings in Classical Greece

Wednesday, May. 15

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

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Sphinx replica in the snow.

K-12 Archaeology Talk with Dr. Steve

The Sphinx That Moved to Philadelphia

Tuesday, May. 21

11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

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Excavations at a site.

Archaeology in Action

The Hidden History of Egyptian Labor in Abydos

Wednesday, Jun. 5

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ET

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