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At the Penn Museum, we are passionate about transforming understanding of the human experience.
Home to over a million extraordinary artifacts and archaeological finds from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Mediterranean, 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.
From groundbreaking discoveries to ongoing innovations in our galleries, classrooms, labs, and grounds—the Penn Museum is a world wonder! We are educators, curators, students, and conservators, as well as experts in fundraising, design, communications, business, IT, and hospitality working together to make the Museum accessible to all communities near and far. Find your place and future with us.
Working at the Penn Museum makes you a part of an unparalleled Penn community committed to a culture of inclusion, innovation, entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary collaboration creating social impact. As the largest private employer in Philadelphia, Penn is an award-winning workplace striving to attract the world’s best, offering competitive benefits, and cultivating core values grounded in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA). Learn more about our institutional policies, programs, and resources supporting DEIA.
In 2020, the Museum was the first center at Penn to both adopt the University’s Diversity Hiring Initiative and include a member of the Penn Museum Diversity Committee (PMDC) in all searches. All position searches are by hiring committee of no less than three, including a member of the PMDC, to ensure fair and equal treatment. Committees select first round interviewees from applications which have been redacted by an HR officer to remove identifying information, dates of employment, degree type, graduation dates, and universities/colleges attended, in order to reduce the influence of implicit biases.
With the generous support of the Bank of America Art Conservation Project, the Penn Museum Conservation Department is offering an 8-week paid fellowship opportunity for one person to work closely with Penn Museum conservators on the treatment of four Lenape cultural objects in the Museum collection. These objects include a woman’s blouse, a beaded dance staff, an otter skin feather pendant, and a beaded textile collar. These objects were chosen for inclusion in a new exhibition at the Penn Museum by Jeremy Johnson, Cultural Education Director of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. In addition to working closely with Penn Museum conservators, the Fellow will have the opportunity to meet with Mr. Johnson to discuss preservation and conservation approaches, as well as the cultural significance of these objects. While at the Penn Museum for 8 weeks, the Fellow will be trained in written and photographic documentation procedures and conservation methodology, including cleaning and stabilization techniques, and will actively participate in conservation department meetings and discussions. No previous conservation experience is required.
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