Penn Museum - Penn Students

05/15/2023

Congratulations Class of 2023! 🎉 We are so proud of your accomplishments and resiliency! Please stay connected to the Penn Museum with our FREE Alumni Membership. Sign up below and receive access to 80+ museums around the country. ❤️💙
https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/alumni-membership

03/10/2023

Applications for Field Funds due March 20, 2023 at 9:00 am!

Field funds through the Penn Museum provide support for current Penn undergraduate and graduate students to pursue field research related to Archaeology and Anthropology. Read about past projects funded by Museum grants under Students in the Field on the Penn Museum Blog.

Learn more and apply here:
https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/field-funds

02/07/2023

02/07/2023

Join us on Thursday, February 9th at 6pm, where we will learn about and make our very own cheese. Learn more about the deep history of this Middle Eastern classic and the science that lies behind cheese-making with a short presentation by Heather J. Sharkey, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern and North African History Studies. You will prepare your own cup of cheesy goodness that only needs the magic of time to reach its full potential. ✨

And did we mention FREE FOOD? 🧀🧀🧀

NO RSVP REQUIRED. Must bring Penncard.
https://canvas.upenn.edu/enroll/8GE7TD

01/31/2023

The Majors and More program is a collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College Houses. Grab-and-go dinner will be catered by Harrison College House, and Penn Museum representatives will be present to answer your questions about the program!😁 🏛
Register here: https://www.college.upenn.edu/node/1303

01/12/2023

🚨 Opportunity Alert! 🚨

The application for the Penn Museum Summer Internship Program is LIVE!

The Penn Museum offers nine-week, paid summer internship opportunities in departments across the institution. This year, some departments are collaborating to offer unique cross-sectional museum projects.

Interested in becoming an intern this year? Learn more at our Summer Internship Program page: https://bit.ly/2Nsy3QS

Questions can be directed to Summer Internship Coordinator, Bre Scott at [email protected]

01/10/2023

01/04/2023

📣 INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN: https://bit.ly/3YzFmJD

Apply for a paid summer at the Penn Museum—undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students from any college or university welcome!

Check out Cameron's internship experience below!🔍

"My internship at the Penn Museum has allowed me to grow both personally and professionally, and has solidified my interest in continuing to work in the museum field."—Cameron Findlay

A student at Smith College, Cameron spent her summer with the Digital Records, Archives, and Publications (DRAP) Department, learning about and participating in a variety of collections stewardship activities, such as object handling, condition reporting, processing collections, rehousing collections, and database entry.

Check out Cameron's blog post "The Process of Processing: How Collections Become (and Stay) Organized": https://bit.ly/3FYnm4d

📣 INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN: https://bit.ly/3YzFmJD

Apply for a paid summer at the Penn Museum—undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students from any college or university welcome!

12/12/2022

It's the end of the semester students! Ready for Reading Days? ✨📚 If not, start finals off right by grabbing a FREE cup of coffee or tea at the Museum café starting TOMORROW!📍(must show Penncard)

12/06/2022

Kids under 17 will receive free admission during “Winter Break” at the Penn Museum, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 27-30. Back by popular demand and extended to four full days, Winter …

11/14/2022

Come celebrate this exhibition preview before the public opening, with FREE food, a professional photobooth, DJ, student tours and activities, and a cash bar for all participants 21 and over. Students are encouraged to dress up (or down!)

FREE to ALL Penn Students! Must bring PennCard.

Come EARLY - all offerings are first come, first serve:

✨ Student-led tours 6:30-8:30pm
✨ Remarks from the gallery curator 7:10pm
✨ Bracelet making from 7:00-8:00pm
✨ Light fare will be served in the Asia Gallery
✨ First 100 grad students receive a FREE drink ticket (21+)
✨ Professional photo-booth stationed outside the gallery from 7:00-9:00pm

Registration NOT required to attend. Must show ID to drink.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1413/student-gala

10/12/2022

Check out photos from our "A Star Is Born: Ancient Constellations" Making Workshop last month, where students got to travel around the world (by giant inflatable planetarium of course!) and learn about constellations and how ancient societies used the stars for guidance.✨

If you would like to make sure you can experience and learn about something new while having some fun, be sure to join us at our next Making Workshop in February! 👨‍🍳

P.S. Stars on the Move services were fantastic! ⭐️

09/23/2022

Here's a unique opportunity to revive the Anthropology department's Undergraduate Advisory Board TODAY! And of course, free food!🧀 🏛

09/21/2022

Whether you're an Aries (pictured), Ta**us, Scorpio, or somewhere in between...✨ Don't miss out on painting your constellation art at our A Star is Born: Ancient Constellations Workshop next Thursday at 6PM!

*This event is currently at capacity*

09/02/2022

You survived the first week of Penn classes! 🎉Don't forget, the Penn Museum is 100% FREE with your PennCard and perfect thing to do during the long weekend.

Fun fact: The Museum houses the fourth largest crystal sphere in the world- right here in our Asia Galleries! 🔮https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/335728

09/02/2022

Clio Society brings together undergraduates who share a common interest in and appreciation for museums, culture, and art. Members will gain a greater understanding of world cultures, arts and culture professions, and the museum field.​ 🏛

Students, learn more and apply below! https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/clio-society

08/30/2022

Welcome back students! 📚

We are celebrating the at University of Pennsylvania with a tradition — the "First Day of School Tablet".

In ancient Mesopotamia, children who were to become scribes would practice writing by impressing repeated cuneiform characters on clay. This unbaked clay tablet depicts the single vertical wedge repeated over and over across its surface. ⁣
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A big welcome to all the incoming students!
On your next visit, look for this 4,000-year-old tablet on display in our Middle East Galleries.⁣

📚 Penn students + all Penncard holders always visit free.

Tablet. Iraq, Nippur. Clay. Penn Museum item B6043. On display in the Middle East Galleries.