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Penn Museum, Culture Fest! Holi-Color Throw
The Penn Museum sparks curiosity, wonder, and endless exploration. We invite everyone to join our incredible journey of discovery and to dig deeper.
Home to over a million extraordinary artifacts and archaeological finds, the Penn Museum has been uncovering our shared humanity across continents and millennia since 1887. In bridging archaeology (the study of objects made by humans), with anthropology, (the science of humanity), we chart a course for finding one’s own place in the arc of human history.
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Over 180,000 visitors experience the galleries, exhibitions, and extensive range of public programs each year, engaging with Penn onsite, online, in local communities, and around the world.
For Penn undergraduate and graduate students, the Academic Engagement Department offers myriad academic and professional learning opportunities, including intensive classes, and summer fieldwork support.
Penn Museum Culture Fest
Since 1981, CultureFest! has been one of the Museum’s most popular events, celebrating diverse customs and expanding awareness of cultural traditions around the globe. These all-day festivals illuminate our shared humanity through family-friendly activities, live music and dance performances, storytelling, art-making, and vendor marketplaces.
Presence of a Fundamental Absence
In 2019, the Museum commissioned Muhsana Ali, a Philadelphia-born visual artist who lives and works in Senegal, and Amadou Kane Sy, a Senegalese multimedia artist, to create a piece for our new Africa Galleries. Benjamin Neiditz, Head of Preparations, worked with the artists on the planning and installation of their 12 by 18-foot sculpture, titled Presence of a Fundamental Absence.
