Research at Penn Museum

Since 1887, the University of Pennsylvania Museum has been one of the leading archaeology and anthropology museums in the world and has sponsored research in every corner of the globe. The Museum’s research has resulted in more than a million material pieces that reveal the incredibly diverse accomplishments of people the world over.

World of Research Interactive Map

Learn about Penn Museum's expeditions at 40 different sites around the world. Click here to launch Penn Museum's World of Research Interactive Map>>

Researcher at Gordion in Turkey. Photo courtesy of The Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

How Do Archeologists and Anthropologists See the World?

What does it mean to look at the world through an anthropologist's perspective? Researchers from five different projects recently documented their experiences in the field to help us understand how they interact with their environment and study cultural heritage and history in the making.

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