From Discovery of the Titanic to the Oldest Shipwrecks Ever Foundat a Penn Museum Evening Lecture ednesday!

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'o"ert (allard, world renowned oceanographer and author best known for his discovery of the sunken Titanic in 1985, offers a public lecture, Lost )istory "eneath the Sea from the *itanic to the +ron ,ge! at the Penn Museum Wednesday evening, ebruary 5, at !"## pm$ %he program, part of the Museum&s popular '(reat )oyages" %ravels, %riumphs, and %ragedies* monthly evening lecture series, concludes with a book+signing opportunity ,The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration, Princeton -niversity Press, available for purchase through the Museum .hop$/ 0dmission to the program is 15 general admission, 12 Penn Museum members, with advance registration3 ,online registration" www$penn$museum4greatvoyages/3 or 11# at the door, based on availability$ 0dmission is free for full+time students with 56$ ounder and 6irector of the 7enter for 8cean 9:ploration at the (raduate .chool of 8ceanography at the -niversity of ;hode 5sland, and President of 8cean 9:ploration %rust, 6r$ <allard reviews his 5#= years of e:ploring the oceans>a career that has taken him all over the world in search of human history lost in the deep waters of the world?s oceans, using the latest in advanced e:ploration technology$ 5n addition to his discovery of the Titanic, 6r$ <allard made headlines with the discovery of the shipwrecked (erman battleship Bismarck, the lost fleet of (uadalcanal, and two ancient Phoenician ships off 5srael>the oldest shipwrecks ever found in deep water$ '(reat )oyages" %ravels, %riumphs, and %ragedies* is a monthly lecture series that invites guests to take an armchair @ourney across e:otic lands and seas$ %he .eptember through May series continues March 5 with *hor )eyerdahl and -on *iki% , .rand E/periment in ,rchaeology presented by 6r$ 7lark 9rickson, 0merican .ection 7urator+in+7harge at the Penn Museum$ .eries details are online" www$penn$museum4greatvoyages/$ %he Penn Museum ,the -niversity of Pennsylvania Museum of 0rchaeology and 0nthropology/ is dedicated to the study and understanding of human history and diversity$ ounded in 188A, the Museum has sent more than B## archaeological and anthropological e:peditions to all the inhabited continents of the world$ With an active e:hibition schedule and educational programming for children and adults, the Museum offers the public an opportunity to share in the ongoing discovery of humankind?s collective heritage$ %he Penn Museum is located at B2!# .outh .treet, Philadelphia, P0 191#C ,on Penn?s campus, across from ranklin ield/$ Public transportation to the Museum is available via .9P%0?s ;egional ;ail Dine at -niversity 7ity .tation3 the Market+ rankford .ubway Dine at

BCth .treet .tation3 trolley routes 11, 1B, BC, and B!3 and bus routes 21, B#, C#, and C2$ Museum hours are %uesday and %hursday through .unday, 1#"## am to 5"## pm, and Wednesday, 1#"## am to 8"## pm, with P$M$ E P9FF M-.9-M evening programs offered select Wednesdays$ 7losed Mondays and holidays$ 0dmission donation is 115 for adults3 11B for senior citiGens ,!5 and above/3 free for -$.$ Military3 11# for children and full+time students with 563 free to Members, Penn7ard holders, and children 5 and younger$ * EE* +*0 '%itanicH 8ceanographer ;obert <allard speaks about his career in underwater archaeology, eb 5, !pm at Epennmuseum" http"44bit$ly419epfIC