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For more information
Contact:

Erin Jensen
Summer Camp Director
p.(215)898-4066
summercamp
@museum.upenn.edu

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will again offer its popular summer camp, Anthropologists in the Making, during summer 2008. 

Children ages 7 through 13 can participate in a day camp that takes them through time, across continents—at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Penn's campus in Philadelphia. Anthropologists in the Making, organized by the Museum’s Education Department, runs from June 23 through August 15, 2008. Each week highlights a different theme, offering campers the opportunity to enjoy one week or all eight.

Penn Museum’s world-renowned collection of fine artifacts from Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, Africa, Polynesia and the Americas allows children a unique chance to investigate human history and diversity up close and personal. On a typical summer day, campers delight in the mythology, regalia, dance, music, cooking, art and customs from both long ago civilizations and modern cultures. Through gallery tours, arts and crafts, games and theatrics, treasure hunts, and special guest performances, children will uncover the secrets of the past.
        

Daily Events
Each day begins at 9am with an interactive gallery tour, followed by hands-on projects and activities to illustrate the theme of the week. Activities may include archaeological investigations, deciphering hieroglyphs, and mask making, just to name a few.

The museum provides a snack and juice at midmorning. Lunch is at noon. Most children bring a brown-bag from home or lunch may be purchased from the Museum Café. The afternoon is largely recreational with at least an hour of outdoors free-play at a Penn campus field (weather permitting). Camp ends at 3pm.

Pre-camp supervision (8am–9am) and after-camp service (3pm–5pm) is also available for an additional fee.

Click here for details on the 2008 Camp Program>>

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