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New Penn Museum exhibit adds context to Jewish history
Jewish Exponent

New Penn Museum exhibit adds context to Jewish history

The new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery at the Penn Museum expands the context of Jewish history, with quotes from Director Christopher Woods and Lauren Ristvet of the School of Arts & Sciences.

Penn Museum unveils a new look at the ancient Mediterranean world
WHYY (Philadelphia)

Penn Museum unveils a new look at the ancient Mediterranean world

Virginia Herrmann, Joanna Smith, and Director Christopher Woods of the Penn Museum discuss the history behind the artifacts of the new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery.

A new gallery at Penn Museum relooks at Eastern Mediterranean history
Philadelphia Inquirer

A new gallery at Penn Museum relooks at Eastern Mediterranean history

The Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, “Crossroads of Culture,” seeks to highlight the social, commercial, and political innovations of countries like Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.

New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum
half dozen people in a museum gallery

Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening a new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in its building transformation.

New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum

Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening its new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in a multi-year building transformation.
Decolonize the future: Defending Indigenous rights and lands
Maya activist Cristina Coc speaks into a microphone on the Perry World House stage

Cristina Coc, a Q’eqchi’ Maya community leader who founded and is program director of the Julian Cho Society, was one of three activists from Belize at the Perry World House event. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House).

Decolonize the future: Defending Indigenous rights and lands

Three Maya activists from Belize spoke with Richard M. Leventhal about the challenges and progress they’ve made on land rights in recent years.

Kristen de Groot

World Heritage—too much of a good thing?
ABC Australia

World Heritage—too much of a good thing?

PIK Professor Lynn Meskell, also of the Penn Museum, joins a radio conversation to discuss how the World Heritage Convention has become a victim of its own success.