Penn Museum Online Activities

While nearly everyone is at home, the Penn Museum is offering its many activities online—from traditional recipes and culturally inspired arts and crafts on its Pinterest boards to informal lectures and anthropology projects on the new Penn Museum At Home website at www.penn.museum/athome/
Upcoming virtual events include:
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World Wonders which offers live interactive opportunities for school-aged children and their families Wednesday mornings at 11 a.m. Celebrate the diversity of the world’s cultures through these weekly workshops that will run all summer. The first installment on June 10 is “Can You Match that X-Ray,” which welcomes young adventurers to learn more about preserving archaeological discoveries through technology. For more information, visit www.penn.museum/events/kids-family/world-wonders
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Starting June 8, adult learners can read Between the Lines with the Penn Museum’s virtual book club, which features carefully curated books with cultural connections each month. June’s featured book is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the online discussion will be moderated by Dwaune Latimer, the Friendly Keeper of Collections in the African Section. $5. For more information, visit www.penn.museum/calendar/438/between-the-lines
- Discover Ancient Rome, Pompeii, and Herculaneum with C. Brian Rose, the Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section in a four-part evening class designed to introduce adults to ancient Italy’s art and archaeology, beginning Thursday, June 4 (see image). This is the first in a new series, “The Deep Dig.” $175 General/$125 Member. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/discoverrome
In addition, on Thursday, July 2, the Museum’s participation in the Wawa Welcome America Festival will go virtual this year, with a 10 a.m. interactive tour of the Egypt Galleries; “At Home: Anthro LIVE,” an engaging session for elementary- and middle-school children to dig into archaeology and cultures from around the world at 11 a.m.; and at 1 p.m., the “Digital Daily Dig,” a three-minute “pop-up” talk to showcase one extraordinary artifact. At 5:30 p.m., raise a glass to democracy during a special Living Room Lecture with C. Brian Rose. An archaeologist for more than 40 years, he has much to say about the field—from life in Ancient Rome to current-day excavations in Turkey. To participate, visit facebook.com/pennmuseum/
Follow @PennMuseum on social media to stay up-to-date with news and information, including the “Community Spotlight,” which welcomes the public to share their perspectives and shape the direction of an upcoming exhibit through online voting.