For the most updated information on programs offered at the Penn Museum, and for online pre-registration (optional

or required for some programs) visit the Museums website: www.penn.museum !alendar. "aturda#, Mar!h $, $$:%% am - &:%% pm '(hibition )pening *ative +meri!an ,oi!es: -he People ./ere and *ow *ative +meri!ans from around the region and a!ross *orth +meri!a !ome to the Penn Museum "aturda#, Mar!h $, $$:%% am to &:%% pm, to share their art, !ulture, and perspe!tives and to !elebrate the opening of *ative +meri!an ,oi!es: -he People./ere and *ow, a new e(hibition at the Penn Museum. *ative *ations 0an!e -heater performs in an afternoon that features tal1s, demonstrations and stor#telling b# *ative +meri!an leaders in film and 2ournalism, s!holarship, !ommunit# development, ar!haeolog#, sports, language retention and so!ial a!tivism. Mini-wor1shops, spe!ial a!tivities for families, and *ative +meri!an foods on the Pepper Mill 3af4 menu, round out the da#. -he !elebration is free with regular Museum admission. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. :ednesda#, Mar!h 6, 9:%% pm ;<reat ,o#ages: -ravels, -riumphs, and -ragedies= >e!ture -hor /e#erdahl and ?on -i1i: + <rand '(periment in +r!haeolog# "!holars have long debated the possibilit# of long-distan!e travel between !ontinents, and its impa!t on the development of !ultures. @n this le!ture, 0r. 3lar1 'ri!1son, 3urator-in3harge, Penn Museum +meri!an "e!tion, dis!usses -hor /e#erdahls mid-5%th-!entur# proposal of a bold e(periment to show that "outh +meri!ans !ould have !oloniAed Pa!ifi! @slands using indigenous boats and navigation.an e(periment in whi!h /e#erdahl sailed 6,%%% miles a!ross the Pa!ifi! )!ean from Peru to Fren!h Pol#nesia in a self-built raft. +dmission with advan!e registration, B6C B$% at the door based on availabilit#. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. :ednesda#, Mar!h 6, 9:%% pm P.M. D Penn Museum Program First :ednesda# EuiAAo -he Penn Museum galleries sta# open until 7:%% pm, with a half-hour galler# tour at 6:%% pm. :at!h or sign up with a team and !ompete for priAes at EuiAAo with 0F EuiAA# Feff at 9:%% pm. -he Pepper Mill 3af4 offers happ# hour spe!ials and light supper until G:H% pm. -he Museum "hop remains open until G:H% pm.

"aturda#, Mar!h 7, $:%% - &:%% pm ;)ne Ioo1, )ne Philadelphia= 'vent @raqi 3ultural 0a# @n !on2un!tion with ;)ne Ioo1 )ne Philadelphia,= the Penn Museum offers an afternoon for visitors to e(perien!e the ri!h !ulture of @raq. -his !elebration show!ases musi!, literature, and art in @raq from an!ient to modern times. ,isitors !an e(plore @raqs +n!ient Past: Jedis!overing Krs Jo#al 3emeter#, featuring an!ient Mesopotamian treasures from !a. 56%% I3'. 3osponsored b# the Philadelphia Jefugee Mental /ealth 3ollaborative and -he @ntergenerational 3enter at -emple Kniversit#. Free with Museum admission. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. "aturda#, Mar!h 7, H:H% pm +nnual ?ors#n >e!ture *ot )nl# with the 0ead: Ianqueting in +n!ient 'g#pt + high proportion of what is 1nown about 'g#ptian so!iet# derives from tombs and the world of the dead. 0espite the presen!e of vast numbers of s!enes of food, drin1, and preparations for eating and drin1ing on an!ient 'g#ptian monuments, images of people parta1ing in what is shown, whether separatel# or together, are rather few. @n this le!ture, 0r. Fohn Iaines, 'meritus Professor of 'g#ptolog#, )(ford Kniversit#, dis!usses li1el# features of !onvivialit# and elite settings.in!luding stru!tures in whi!h banquets might have ta1en pla!e, as well as !onventions that limit the range of what was shown in pi!torial and te(tual sour!es, as well as elements of material !ulture. "ponsored b# the +meri!an Jesear!h 3enter in 'g#pt.Penns#lvania 3hapter. For more information, visit www.ar!e-pa.org. "unda#, Mar!h 8, $:%% - &:%% pm "e!ond "unda# Famil# :or1shop

"outhwest 3erami!s ?ids and families !an drop in an#time between $:%% and &:%% pm to parti!ipate in this open wor1shop. -he abstra!t designs on potter# from the /opi, Luni, and Pueblo peoples of the "outhwest allude to relationships.those among people and those between people and their environment. @llustrate #our own 5-0 potter# shape inspired b# the designs of the "outhwest. '(plore the newl# installed e(hibition, *ative +meri!an ,oi!es: -he People./ere and *ow, with a s!avenger hunt. Free with Museum admission. For more information, !all 5$6.787.&%$9. "aturda#, Mar!h $6, 8:%% am - 6:%% pm +nnual Ma#a "#mposium ,oi!es of the Past: Ma#a Jesear!h -oda# "!holars, first-time visitors, and lovers of all things Ma#a are invited to ta1e part in a full da# of spe!ial Ma#arelated programming. <uests hear from e(perts in!luding 0r. Ji!hard >eventhal, 3urator of the Penn Museums +meri!an "e!tionC "imon Martin, one of the worlds leading s!holars on an!ient Ma#a gl#ph writingC and s!holars and students spe!ialiAing in a variet# of pre-3olumbian dis!iplines. -opi!s of dis!ussion range from an!ient environmental issues, to histori! e(!avation sites, to the future of Ma#a heritage. +dmission: B&%C BH%, Penn Museum members. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. "unda#, Mar!h $9, 5:%% pm Pompeii >e!ture "eries ,isiting with the +n!ients: /er!ulaneum, Pompeii, and the <rand -our -he <rand -our, a phenomenon of upper-!lass #oung men from *orthern 'urope visiting the !lassi!al ruins of the south, was well established b# the time /er!ulaneum and then Pompeii were e(!avated in the $7th !entur#. -heir re!over# transformed the pra!ti!e, however, adding a new de rigeur stop on the itinerar# where eager antiquarians were promised an opportunit# to dire!tl# en!ounter the Joman past. ,i!toria 3oates, Penn 0epartment of +rt /istor#, e(plains how these elite travelers e(perien!ed the new e(!avations. +dmission: B$%C B6 for members of the Penn Museum or -he Fran1lin @nstitute. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. -uesda#, Mar!h $7, 9:%% pm

'vening >e!ture +rt Museums and +ntiquities: Ialan!ing Pra!ti!al and 'thi!al 3on!erns +s art museums move forward with a responsibilit# to preserve !ultural heritage alread# out of the ground, the path ahead is not alwa#s !lear-!ut. @n this tal1, 0r. Ma(well +nderson, 'ugene M!0ermott 0ire!tor, 0allas Museum of +rt, dis!usses various !hallenges fa!ing museum administrators see1ing to present the eviden!e of the past while re!ogniAing the ethi!al dilemmas bound up in that mission. "ponsored b# the Penn 3ultural /eritage 3enter. Free admission. For more information, !all 5$6.G&9.&&G6. Frida#, Mar!h 5$, 9:%% - 7:%% pm +r!hives Film 'vent ,ideo in the ,illages "!reening ,ideo in the ,illages (,ideo *as +ldeMas) is an indigenous media !olle!tive in the +maAonian region of IraAil, whose films provide an interior view of the !ultural life of man# of the regions tribes. -his spe!ial s!reening presents a sele!tion of the groups short films, sele!ted b# 'liAabeth :eatherford, 3urator of Film and ,ideo at the "mithsonian *ational Museum of the +meri!an @ndian. +fter the s!reening, Ms. :eatherford leads a dis!ussion on indigenous media and re!ent developments in the native filmma1ing world, alongside 0r. Margaret Iru!ha!, +ssistant Professor of +nthropolog# at Penn. "ponsored b# 3+MJ+ at Penn and the +nnenberg "!hool of 3ommuni!ation. Free admission. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. "aturda#, Mar!h 55, $%:H% $$:$6 am Noung Famil# 'vent <aller# Jomp: *ative +meri!a Noung !hildren (ages HO9) and their favorite grownups are invited to e(plore the Penn MuseumPs galleries through stories, !rafts, and pla#. Iundle up and go on a fishing trip to the +r!ti! with ?uma1 and his famil#. /ow man# fish will #ou !at!hQ 'a!h wor1shop is limited to 56 people and advan!e registration before the program date is en!ouraged. Programs are free with Museum admission. ,isit www.penn.museum romps to register. @f #ou are a Museum Member at the /ousehold level or higher or a Penn3ard holder, please !onta!t 5$6.787.&%$9 to !omplete #our registration. -hursda#, Mar!h 5G, $5:H% pm Irown Iag >e!ture

Putting the Past to :or1: +r!haeolog#, 3ommunit#, and '!onomi! 0evelopment +r!haeologists are in!reasingl# engaging in pro2e!ts designed to se!ure e!onomi! benefits for !ommunities ad2a!ent to ar!haeologi!al and heritage sites. -hese pro2e!ts ta1e man# forms, but all raise one important question: 0o ar!haeologists have the right models and tools to promote pro2e!ts that have sustainable e!onomi! benefits and meet the needs of lo!al !ommunitiesQ @n this le!ture, Peter <ould, Kniversit# 3ollege >ondon, reports on a resear!h pro2e!t designed to e(plore that question. Free admission. For more information, !all 5$6.G&9.&&G6. "aturda#, Mar!h 58, 8:H% am "#mposium :omen in +r!haeolog# +s the# have in!reased in numbers, women in a!ademia have fa!ed a number of issues over the #ears.in!luding more limited !areer opportunities, salar# inequalit#, harassment, and diffi!ult# finding the ideal balan!e between wor1 and life. -his s#mposium fo!uses on some of the !hallenges that women have en!ountered in the field of ar!haeolog#, e(ploring the issue from firsthand a!!ounts of women ar!haeologists over the past several de!ades. +fter the s#mposium, sta# for a 1e#note le!ture b# 0r. Fennifer :egner, +sso!iate 3urator, Penn Museum 'g#ptian "e!tion 3o-sponsored b# the 0epartments of +nthropolog#, *ear 'astern >anguages and 3iviliAations, and 'ast +sian >anguages and 3iviliAations. +dmission: B5%. For more information, !all 5$6.787.597%. -he Penn Museum (the Kniversit# of Penns#lvania Museum of +r!haeolog# and +nthropolog#) is dedi!ated to the stud# and understanding of human histor# and diversit#. Founded in $77G, the Museum has sent more than H%% ar!haeologi!al and anthropologi!al e(peditions to all the inhabited !ontinents of the world. :ith an a!tive e(hibition s!hedule and edu!ational programming for !hildren and adults, the Museum offers the publi! an opportunit# to share in the ongoing dis!over# of human1indPs !olle!tive heritage. -he Penn Museum is lo!ated at H59% "outh "treet, Philadelphia, P+ $8$%& (on PennPs !ampus, a!ross from Fran1lin Field). Publi! transportation to the Museum is available via "'P-+Ps Jegional Jail >ine at Kniversit# 3it# "tationC the Mar1et-Fran1ford "ubwa# >ine at H&th "treet "tationC trolle# routes $$, $H, H&, and H9C and bus routes 5$, H%, &%, and &5. Museum hours are -uesda# through "unda#, $%:%% am to 6:%% pm, and first :ednesda#s of ea!h month until 7:%% pm, with P.M. D P'** MK"'KM evening programs offered. 3losed Monda#s and holida#s. +dmission donation is B$6 for adultsC B$H for senior !itiAens (96 and above)C free for K.". Militar#C B$% for !hildren and fulltime students with @0C free to Members, Penn3ard holders, and !hildren 6 and #ounger. /ot and !old meals and light refreshments are offered to visitors with or without Museum admission in -he Pepper Mill 3af4C the Museum "hop and P#ramid "hop for 3hildren offer a wide sele!tion of gifts, boo1s, games, !lothing and 2ewelr#. Penn Museum !an be found on the web at www.penn.museum. For general information !all 5$6.787.&%%%. For group tour information !all 5$6.G&9.7$7H.