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Sphinx Circle and Visionaries

Our generous donors sustain the Museum’s transformative work and enjoy events that deepen their connection to our mission.

Three visitors looking at objects on display.
I love the Penn Museum for three reasons: it encourages curiosity, promotes learning, and celebrates diversity. Learning from history gives us a deeper understanding of who we are and who the people around us are. It gives us a much stronger culture, a much stronger society, a much more forgiving society. It makes us better people.
Robert M. Levy, WG'74, Trustee Emeritus

Sphinx Circle and Visionaries donors invest in the creation of engaging new gallery spaces, educational opportunities for K-12 students and Penn students, and cutting-edge archaeological research through unrestricted gifts to the Museum. Unrestricted gifts provide critical funds directly to the areas that need it most, supporting all aspects of our work.

In appreciation of their philanthropic impact, Sphinx Circle and Visionaries donors receive invitations to in-person and virtual programs that deepen their connection to our collections, research, and learning opportunities.

All Sphinx Circle+ donors enjoy:

  • Invitations to Sphinx donor events
  • Subscription to Expedition magazine (3 issues a year)
  • Discounts on adult and family programming
  • 15% discount at the Museum Shop and 10% discount at the Museum Café

Sphinx Circle Levels

Overhead shot of the 2023 Leadership Dinner presentation.
  • Invitations to Sphinx Circle Conversations, a live virtual lecture series featuring Museum curators, researchers, and educators
  • Access to exclusive virtual content
  • Discounts on virtual public programming including The Deep Dig and Archaeology in Action

Join the Sphinx Circle.

  • Free Museum admission, plus up to 5 guests per visit
  • Invitation to one in-person event featuring Museum experts annually
  • All the benefits of the General Membership program including discounts at the Museum Shop and Café, discounts on public and family programming, a subscription to Expedition magazine, and NARM and ROAM reciprocal admission.

Join the Sphinx Circle.

  • Free Museum admission, plus up to 5 guests per visit
  • Invitation to two in-person events featuring Museum experts annually
  • All the benefits of the General Membership program including discounts at the Museum Shop and Café, discounts on public and family programming, a subscription to Expedition magazine, and NARM and ROAM reciprocal admission.

Join the Sphinx Circle.

  • Free Museum admission, plus up to 5 guests per visit
  • Invitation to three in-person events featuring Museum experts annually
  • All the benefits of the General Membership program including discounts at the Museum Shop and Café, discounts on public and family programming, a subscription to Expedition magazine, and NARM and ROAM reciprocal admission.

Join the Sphinx Circle.

  • Free Museum admission, plus up to 5 guests per visit
  • Invitation to three in-person events featuring Museum experts annually
  • Invitation to the Annual Leadership Dinner
  • All the benefits of the General Membership program including discounts at the Museum Shop and Café, discounts on public and family programming, a subscription to Expedition magazine, and NARM and ROAM reciprocal admission.

Join the Sphinx Circle.

Envisioning our Future: Penn Museum Visionaries

Penn Museum Visionaries demonstrate a remarkable commitment the care of the Museum’s collection and communities we serve. Through unrestricted gifts of $2,500 or more annually, Visionaries empower us on our path to become an accessible, cutting-edge, and socially conscious museum.

To learn more, contact Jonathan Heisler, Associate Director, Major Gifts and Planned Giving, at heislerj@upenn.edu or 215.898.9017; or Catherine Perez, Associate Director, Annual Giving, at ceperez@upenn.edu or 215.898.3099.

Our 2023-2024 Supporters

The generous support of Museum donors has enabled us to unveil thousands of previously unseen artifacts, expand classroom and fieldwork opportunities for students, transform our signature spaces, and make the visitor experience accessible and welcoming to all. The Penn Museum salutes leadership donors for inspiring impact through their transformational support from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

+ deceased during 2023–2024

  • The Giorgi Family Foundation
  • The Giorgi Family Foundation
  • David T. Clancy, W70, and McCarroll Sibley Clancy
  • Anand Desai, C96, W96, and Erica Desai, C96
  • Lily Ferry and Peter C. Ferry, C79, PAR
  • Donald C. and Ingrid A. Graham, Graham Foundation
  • Linda K. Jacobs, The Violet Jabara Charitable Trust
  • A. Bruce Mainwaring, C47, and Margaret R. Mainwaring, ED47, HON85, PAR
  • Frederick J. Manning, W69, and Gail P. Manning, PAR
  • Rudolph Masciantonio, Ph.D.+, G66
  • Martin J. Oppenheimer, C53, and Suzi R. Oppenheimer
  • Alice Louise Sachs, CW69, and Herbert L. Sachs, W69, PAR
  • Alexandra Schoenberg and Eric J. Schoenberg, Ph.D., GEN93, WG93, PAR
  • Patricia L. Squire and Elizabeth Jean Walker, SW74
  • Elizabeth Jean Walker, SW74
  • Brian Wong, W05, and Annie Lee, WG19
  • Janet M. Andereck†
  • Meredith Dwyer Burke and Arthur J. Burke, C89, W89
  • Asma Furniturewala and Irfan M. Furniturewala, WG01, PAR
  • Clare and Robert Gordon, PAR, and Ross C. Gordon+, C18
  • Bryan R. Harris, C83
  • Losenge M. Imasogie and Osagie O. Imasogie, Esquire, GL85, PAR
  • Barbara D. Kowalski and Michael J. Kowalski, W74, PAR
  • Shari Leinwand
  • Andrew R. Moelis, C10, and Rosa Levitan Moelis
  • Keith A. Morgan, C83, and Alixandra Morgan
  • Gretchen P. Riley, CW70, and J. Barton Riley, W70, PAR
  • Donna Conforti Rissman and Paul Rissman, Ph.D., C78, GR85
  • Susan Mainwaring Roberts, CW72, G76
  • Matthew J. Storm, C94, WG00, and Natalia Storm
  • Nina Robinson Vitow, CW70, WG76
  • Helen P. Winston and Richard E. Winston, G48, PAR
  • Leslie Berger and Paul C. Williams, W67, PAR
  • Albert A. Ciardi III, W88
  • Ginger W. Dietrich and H. Richard Dietrich III
  • Julia E. DeGarmo, C95, and Douglas T. Dietrich, WG00
  • Henry Richard Dietrich and Ginger W. Huang, C87
  • Janice T. Gordon, Ph.D. and George Fisher+
  • Allen R. Freedman, Ph.D., and Judy Brick Freedman, Ph.D.
  • Pamela Freyd, Ph.D., GED68, GR81, and Peter Freyd, Ph.D., PAR
  • Janice T. Gordon, Ph.D.
  • Gary Hatfield, Ph.D., and Holly Pittman, Ph.D.
  • Peter G. Gould, Ph.D., LPS10, and Robin M. Potter, WG80
  • Kristin Davidson, CGS84, GED88
  • Gerald G. Forney, C71, and Barbara Forney
  • Gretchen R. Hall, Ph.D., CGS97
  • Jacqueline Maurice Jenkins, WG96
  • Louise Krasniewicz, Ph.D. and Richard M. Leventhal, Ph.D.
  • Elizabeth Ray McLean, C78
  • Arnab Mishra, W96
  • Rakesh Motwani, WG00
  • Ralph A. Rosenbaum, C65
  • Robert D. Rosenbaum, Esquire, W65
  • Georg U. and Janet A. Simon, LPS08
  • Edward J. Solomon, W76, and Cathy Weiss
  • Douglas Q. L. Yee, W65, WG67, and Caroline K. Yee
  • Marie A. Conn, Ph.D.
  • Mark P. Curchack, Ph.D., and Peggy L. Curchack
  • Ghislain Gouraige, Jr., C80, and Marjorie P. Gouraige, PAR
  • Lee Evan Tabas, C72, ME72, and Nancy Freeman Tabas, PAR