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Get to know Dr. Elin Danien: 2015 Volunteer of the Year
Dr. Elin Danien is the Penn Museum’s 2015 Volunteer of the Year! At this year’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon I was lucky enough to present the award for Volunteer of the Year to Dr. Elin Danien....
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Eskimo Soccer
In conjunction with the 2015 Copa America, and especially the 2015 Women’s World Cup, the Penn Museum offers this photograph to the soccer world. Last year, I found this photo of soccer amongst the...
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One Woman’s Efforts to Celebrate Women’s History
Robyn Young stands beside a Maya stela in the Museum’s Mexico and Central America Gallery. Robyn Young, who visited Senior Archivist Alex Pezzati and me at the Museum in mid-June, is on a singular...
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The Dying Art of the Letterhead
The Penn Museum Archives has prepared a new public exhibition, of special interest to enthusiasts of graphic art and design. “To Whom It May Concern: Letterhead from the Penn Museum Archives” presents...
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Fanny’s Reincarnation
The work in the Penn Museum Archives never ends. The backlog resists attempts at taming it. The Archives is happy to have a number of interns and volunteers who are willing to help organize, catalog,...
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#ArchivesMonth
The Penn Museum Archives Since the 1990s, the archives profession has used October as a rallying point for advocacy for the important work that archivists do. What was once a week honoring archives has...
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Penn Museum Coloring Pages
With the increasing popularity of adult coloring books, I thought it would be fun to create some original Penn Museum coloring pages with objects from our collection. Through the magic of Photoshop, I...
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Goat to Sweater
co-written by: Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann In thinking of ways to preserve the historic landscape around Gordion , Turkey, Ayşe and I thought the best approach was one that would give economic value to the...
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Sharing a Passion for Ancient Egypt, or Who Is as Smart as a Nine-Year-Old?
The Penn Museum’s Ancient Egypt Open House featured talks (Coursera professor David Silverman discusses Penn Museum excavation work in Egypt), interactive “cartifacts,” and an Egyptian hieroglyph...
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Fly, Eagles, Fly!
So, I hear there is some kind of sportsball spectacular coming up soon, and that Philadelphia is going to be part of it. Something about a super bowl? Well, we here at the Penn Museum have a LOT of...
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