Penn Museum

Why go

Penn Museum earns time because it offers large-scale objects and courtyard architecture that connect research history with world cultures. Its central thread is archaeology and anthropology collections inside a landmark University City complex. The Egyptian galleries include monumental stone architecture and funerary material. The Harrison Auditorium rotunda and courtyards shape movement through the museum.

What to look for

• The Egyptian galleries include monumental stone architecture and funerary material.
• The Harrison Auditorium rotunda and courtyards shape movement through the museum.

The full story

This site rewards a close look at archaeology and anthropology collections inside a landmark University City complex. Penn Museum is worth time for large-scale objects and courtyard architecture that connect research history with world cultures. The Egyptian galleries include monumental stone architecture and funerary material. The Harrison Auditorium rotunda and courtyards shape movement through the museum. The first detail establishes the subject, while the second changes how the building, landscape or collection reads as a whole. Choose two geographic collections rather than attempting every gallery. Combine the museum with Penn's campus or The Woodlands, not the whole University City district. A measured pace lets the physical setting carry part of the story instead of reducing the stop to one photograph.

Useful to know

• Choose two geographic collections rather than attempting every gallery.
• Combine the museum with Penn's campus or The Woodlands, not the whole University City district.

Your next visit

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