Penn Museum to Celebrate the Republic of Turkey

PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will spotlight Turkey in Turkish Delight! from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, May 3.

Pam Kosty, Jordan Reese

Penn Museum's 26th Annual Maya Weekend to Focus on "The Future of the Maya World"

PHILADELPHIA -– The preservation of ancient Maya sites, efforts to sustain modern Maya cultural traditions and the need to conserve vanishing tropical forests and coastal environments are all are on the agenda April 11-13 when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology colla

Pam Kosty, Jordan Reese

Surviving: The Body of Evidence

SURVIVING: THE BODY OF EVIDENCE OPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM IN APRIL 2008: New National Science Foundation Funded Traveling Exhibition Focuses on the Process of Human Evolution and Its Outcomes *****

Pam Kosty

Penn Museum's C. Brian Rose Elected President of the Archaeological Institute of America

PHILADELPHIA - C. Brian Rose, curator-in-charge of the Mediterranean Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and professor of archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, has been elected president of the Archaeological Institute of America.  

Pam Kosty

Penn Museum Offers Free Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In

PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers its annual Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In on Feb. 11 from 1 to 5 p.m.  The free event is being held in honor of the 198th birthday of Charles Darwin, originator of the modern theory of evolution.

Pam Kosty

Attorney in Intelligent Design Case to Speak at Penn Museum

PHILADELPHIA, PA 2006Eric Rothschild, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, will offer an insider perspective on this highly publicized intelligent-design case in a special talk, "Intelligent Design Meets the First Amendment," Monday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m.

Pam Kosty