Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, PA 19104

Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology552

in Philadelphia, PA 19104

about Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:

The Egyptian Galleries of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, on the second and third floors, offer an impressive collection of monumental sculpture, royal architecture, and mysterious mummies. Here you'll encounter the third largest Sphinx in the world, meet mummies face to face, and stand inside a Royal Palace, the world's best preserved and the only one in the US.

Artifacts that originated closer to home include the Native American and Alaskan collections.

The museum also offers a summer day camp, Anthropologists in the Making, for children ages seven to 13, which runs from late June through mid-August. Each week highlights a different theme, offering campers the opportunity to enjoy one week or all eight. For more information, email summercamp@museum.upenn.edu, or call 215.898.4066.

Household membership includes free museum admission for 2 adults and all minor children in a household, two complimentary passes to the museum, and discounts on children's programs.

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology also features a gift shop and the Pepper Mill Cafe, which is open to the public with or without museum admission.

message from Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:

Imagine Africa Free Community Day

Drums African music, dance, and diverse cultures take center stage on Saturday, February 18, from 10 am to 5 pm (with special programming from 1 to 4 pm), when the Penn Museum offers a free community day, part of the ongoing Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum gallery project and public programming initiative that runs through January 2013.
Philadelphia radio station 100.3 WRNB is sponsor of the free day, and on air personality Lady B broadcasts live from the Penn Museum between 11 am and 2 pm. Guests will also enjoy performances by the Women's Sekere Ensemble and the Neo-African Drums 'n Dance ensemble from La Salle University. Special guest presenters from seven African countries join the afternoon with show and tell tables, sharing information about their countries' cultures and traditions and providing related activities geared to families. Members of AFRICOM, the Coalition of African Communities in Philadelphia, share information about Liberia (Mr. WayÃ©tu Moore) and Ghana (Dr. Samuel Quartey). Dr. Mary Osirim, a Sociology professor at Bryn Mawr College and co-editor of Global Philadelphia, Immigrant Communities Old and New, talks about her book, which includes a chapter she authored on the city's African community.

Museum admission is free all day. Bring the whole family for this celebration of African culture!