In Between: A Play Written and Performed by Ibrahim Miari
2022-12-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In Between is an award-winning, semi-autobiographical one-man show that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity. On the precipice between two cultures stands Ibrahim Miari, son of a Palestinian Muslim father and Jewish Israeli mother. In this riveting and thought-provoking one-man show, written and performed by Miari, he recalls his childhood in Israel and brings us into the complexities and contradictions that define his life “In Between” two worlds. With deftness, wit, and humor, Miari transcends today’s political distractions and reminds us of the deeper inner struggles and bonds that link us all.
The play touches upon issues such as identity, culture, religion, traditions, and the tensions between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians. Miari has performed the show at theater festivals, universities, Hillels, synagogues, and churches across the United States, as well as at international theater festivals, where it received the Best Show Award at the Thesips International Monodrama Festival and the Audience Favorite Award at the Bitola International Monodrama Festival.
After the performance Miari will offer a “talk-back,” giving audience members the opportunity to ask questions, discuss issues that the play brought up for them, and engage in dialogue with one another.
Before the show, enjoy the Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean gallery, open two hours prior to start time.

WINTER BREAK
2022-12-27 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-28 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-29 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-30 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
This winter, recharge with more in-person family time at the Penn Museum!
Globetrot in a day
With over a million world wonders, it only takes a day to bring your loved ones on a tour across the globe. Get the kids to say hello to the largest Egyptian sphinx in the Americas! Unearth the first cities of the Middle East. Explore the vibrant cultures of Africa, Asia, Mexico and Central America, and so much more!
Explore a new gallery and exhibition
Plus, experience our newly opened Eastern Mediterranean Gallery: Crossroads of Cultures. Don’t miss this multi-sensory gallery highlighting an ancient crossroads that brought us the world’s first alphabet and three of today’s major religions. Also new, and on view in the Lower Level, is U-2 Spy Planes and Aerial Archaeology, an exhibition that invites you to decode the past through declassified top-secret images from the world’s most famous spy plane.
All-day art making, games, story time & more
In between world adventures, pop in to make art and play games throughout the day in our Asia Galleries. At 11 am, head to the Egypt Galleries to hear exciting tales about the principles of Kwanzaa with Paul D. Best, “Our Sun Paul.” Want a close-up of an ancient artifact with a mini talk? Check out the Deep Dig. A trip to the Museum is the perfect getaway for families home or visiting during winter break!

Second Sunday Culture Films: At the Edge of the Bazaar
2023-01-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world.
At the Edge of the Bazaar
Dir. Abdukadir Upur and Dilmurat Tohti (2015)
Two rural Uyghur craftsmen work on their traditional handcrafts before the repression of their culture by the Chinese government deepens.The film, made by two young Uyghur filmmakers while still at university, gives a window into centuries-old material culture, as well as a glimpse of the bazaar where these goods were once sold, before government repression caused the bazaars and its craftspeople to disappear.
Speakers: Darren Byler, University of British Columbia, in conversation with David Dettman, Center for East Asian Studies, with new subtitles by Dr. Byler & Qanat Wolf.

Archaeology & Ale: Making Sense of Marbles
2023-01-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
The current OI Museum exhibition, Making Sense of Marbles: Roman Sculpture at the OI (through March 12, 2023), presents to the public for the first time the OI’s full collection of Roman sculpture. Assembled in the 1950s—through acquisitions from both the OI’s excavations at Ptolemais in Libya and the international art market, this group exemplifies the importance of revisiting artifact and archival collections, with new questions, perspectives, technology, and scrutiny. Museums do not require new artifacts, new acquisitions in order to tell new stories. In this talk, Kiersten Neumann, exhibition co-curator and curator of the OI Museum, will walk through the latest considerations of the identities and significance of these individual sculptures while delving into timely discussions related to collecting practices, provenience and provenance, archaeology and the art market, and display practices that seek greater transparency and public engagement.

Stolen Legacy: A Conversation with the Artist and Curator
2023-01-21 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Adult Events
In partnership with internationally-renowned artist, composer, and educator Hannibal Lokumbe, the Penn Museum presents Stolen Legacy, a libretto and musical commentary on the removal of art from the African continent. This provocative piece responds to how, in Lokumbe’s own words, “the exchange of money for art created expressly for the spiritual maintenance of a tribe and/or nation can create a lasting physiological wound to the culture from which it was removed.” He adds that “nowhere is this more evident than in the case of African art.” This program is part of the Museum’s own reflective process about our institutional history, which is tied to colonialist and racist narratives, and our work to reconcile our past with restorative practices.
Be a part of this ongoing conversation about the history of museums and about ethical stewardship of the legacy of the past.
As part of a multi-tiered experience that includes classroom visits and a free public performance, join Hannibal Lokumbe, composer/author of Stolen Legacy, for a conversation about the the intersections of art, the cultural legacy of colonialism, and monetary exchange, open to both University of Pennsylvania students and the general public at the Penn Museum on January 13 at 3 pm. Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, Curator of our Africa Galleries and Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations in Penn’s Sociology Department, will facilitate the discussion between the artist and the audience.
About Hannibal Lokumbe
Classic composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe (né Marvin Peterson) has been celebrating and commemorating the African-American experience through music and words for over four decades. Lokumbe’s work has been commissioned and performed by symphonies and orchestras across the country, including the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra , and the Philadelphia Orchestra. His oratorio “African Portraits” has been performed over two hundred times by orchestras across America since its Carnegie Hall debut in 1990, and was recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, including from the NEA, and is a Lifetime Inductee to the Harlem Jazz Hall of Fame.

Second Sunday Culture Films: Wall Stories & The Calligrapher of Old Delhi
2023-02-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world.
Wall Stories
dir Shashwati Talukdar (2014)
A shrine to a saint in India is a vibrant spiritual home for people of many faiths, and the murals on its walls reveal the syncretic confluence of peoples and beliefs. This charming film features animation and other experimental storytelling modes that turn the subjects of these historic paintings into dynamic, living figures.
The calligrapher of Old Delhi
dir Ambarien Al Qadr (2023)
A calligrapher writing in Urdu, Persian and Arabic continues his craft in the marketplace, despite the pressures of the Hindu majority and threats to diversity and cultural heritage.
Speakers: Presented by Harjant Gill, Towson University, in conversation with the filmmakers.

Up Late With The Sphinx
2023-02-25 17:00 - 22:00, 2023-03-31 17:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
Calling all kids and families! Have you ever wanted to explore the museum galleries after dark? Join us during Up Late with the Sphinx for an evening filled with games and gallery activities. Drop into a hands-on workshop and make something special to take home, then finish your evening with a flashlight tour through the museum. Each ticket includes a special Penn Museum patch.

Culture Fest! Celebrate Woman Artists and Creatives
2023-03-11 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
This full-day festival celebrates women and femme artists from around the world, featuring art and performances from some of the region’s best female artists and creatives. Honor the power and diversity of feminine creativity with a day of activities the whole family can enjoy, like live performances, hands-on workshops, storytelling, and an artist marketplace.

Second Sunday Culture Films: Fugetsu-Do & Morkovcha
2023-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world.
Please stay for a catered reception to celebrate the season finale.
Fugetsu-Do
Dir. Kaia Rose (2021)
A small sweetshop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles carries on the culinary tradition of mochi and other pastel confections, anchoring a Japanese-American community over three generations.
Morkovcha
Dir. Lydiya Khan (2021)
A special carrot salad created by a hybrid of three cultures, Korean, Russian and Uzbeki, provides a premise to delve into this particular microculture created by an accident of history.
Speakers: Presented by Rob Buscher, Penn Asian American Studies, in conversation with the filmmakers

Let’s Draw: HMSC Sketching Weekend
2023-03-18 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture provide inspiration for all levels of artists and curious visitors. Elevate your own creative process by trying your hand at sketching this weekend. Meet HMSC Volunteer Sketching Facilitators in the galleries and learn what motivates them to draw in the museums. Then take time to explore, slow down, and sketch an object in the galleries of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum, and Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (Sunday only) with your own sketchbook or drawing materials from the museum. Share your favorite museum-inspired drawing for everyone to admire.
Free with regular museum admission. Free event parking starting at noon at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presented by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Gallery Talk: Digging up Ancient Samaria-Sebaste
2023-03-28 15:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Explore a display about early 20th-century excavations of the ancient city of Samaria-Sebaste, with curatorial fellow Caitlin Clerkin. You’ll learn how photographs and payroll records help us rewrite the history of archaeology—one that acknowledges the people behind the excavation of the objects on display.
Our galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.
Led by:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art

ArtsThursdays: Light Up the Museums!
2023-03-30 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join us for a free night at two of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Enjoy handcrafted mocktails by CraftHouse Bartending and desserts in the galleries. Take some snaps in our photo booth, or lounge around in our light-up chairs while participating in museum-themed crafts. Food and drinks are complimentary, but supplies are limited so come early and stay late!
ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA). This program is part of HMSC’s 10-Year Anniversary celebration.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Visit the new exhibits Swimming with Sharks and In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, as well as the world-famous Glass Flowers. Find your birthstone in the newly renovated mineral gallery, see large tigers, and view dinosaur fossils in the paleontology gallery.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Explore towering Maya sculptures in the Latin American galleries and discover the early days of American anthropology as shown at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. See nineteenth-century Plains Indian warrior art in an exhibit co-curated by Hunkpapa Lakota artist and tribal educator Butch Thunder Hawk.
Photo © Tony Rinaldo

Gallery Talk—A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
2023-04-25 12:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join Caitlin Clerkin for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well as insights into the exhibition process. On view through May 7, 2023, A World Within Reach examines issues of power, desire, and wonder in antiquity and today by delving into small-scale ancient Greek and Roman art.
Led by:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art
Gallery talks are limited to 18 people, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival.
Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

ArtsThursdays at HMSC
2023-05-25 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Explore the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture at night! Enjoy free admission at two HMSC museums as part of ArtsThursdays. All ages are welcome.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Visit the new exhibits Swimming with Sharks and In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, as well as the world-famous Glass Flowers. Find your birthstone in the newly renovated mineral gallery, see large tigers, and view dinosaur fossils in the paleontology gallery.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Explore towering Maya sculptures in the Latin American galleries and see the new exhibit, Shehuo: Community Fire, featuring contemporary photographs of Shehuo, the rural Chinese festival transformed by economic forces. See nineteenth-century Plains Indian warrior art in an exhibit co-curated by Hunkpapa Lakota artist and tribal educator Butch Thunder Hawk.
ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA). This program is part of HMSC’s 10-Year Anniversary celebration.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

Art Talk Live: Color in an Ancient Greek Ceramic
2023-06-06 12:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join conservator Susan Costello as she focuses on numerous facets of color surrounding an ancient Greek ceramic vessel. She’ll explain how the original color was manufactured, what issue came up when conservators tried restoring the color, and how the Forbes Pigment Collection helped conservators figure out what went wrong.
Led by:
Susan Costello, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
This talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all, but registration is required. To register, please complete this online form.
Please read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions about Art Talks, email am_register@harvard.edu.

The Fundamentals of Fellowships
2023-09-18 12:00 (America/New_York)
Are you new to applying for graduate student fellowships?
Are you looking for a funding source for your dissertation research or travel?
Join the AIA Programs Department for a webinar to learn about the AIA’s fellowships for graduate students and the basics of what makes a good fellowship application.

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-10-01 11:00 - 11:45, 2023-10-08 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups.
*Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students
2023-10-01 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-06 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-07 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-08 14:00 - 14:45, 2023-10-13 14:00 - 14:45 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply.
*Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times, student schedules permitting.
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

8th Annual Archaeologists for Autism
2023-10-14 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park and Museum, 2180 Freedom Avenue, Mims, FL, USA, Mims, FL, 32754, United States
The Archaeologists for Autism mission is to unlock the potential of children and young adults with autism and autism related disorders. We aim to provide a chance to experience archaeology in a fun, low stress environment and on their terms.
We are a non-profit 501(c) (3) association consisting of all volunteers and no one receives a salary or other compensation. We depend entirely on donations from the public and all funds go directly to running AFA.
We have partnered with various autism agencies and organizations as well as the archaeology and paleontology communities to run these events each year.
Has the person in your family on the spectrum ever wanted to excavate actual artifacts (some 8,000 years old)? Excavate fossils? Touch and hold actual artifacts? Learn how prehistoric peoples lived? Do they like prehistoric animals? What about playing with clay to make pots? We have all these activities and more!
