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Open today 10 am – 5 pm

A admiring the Margarita Panel, with text that reads Winter Break.

Winter Break

Make the most of your family time by exploring, creating, and learning together at the Penn Museum during Winter...

Tuesday, Dec. 26

10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

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Join us for our signature daily or weekly events and tours.

Take an hour-long journey through the Penn Museum galleries. Through interactive, high-energy tours, guides share exciting stories behind artifacts, including insights drawn from their personal research and expertise. Explore a single gallery in depth, or traverse continents and centuries while learning the history and cultural relevance of intriguing objects throughout the Museum.

Saturdays & Sundays, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tours begin at the Main Entrance.

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A admiring the Margarita Panel, with text that reads Winter Break.

Winter Break

Dec. 26 - 28

10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

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Dancers at a Kwanzaa performance.

40th Annual Kwanzaa Children’s Festival

Friday, Dec. 29

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

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A paper board game with a die and two sets of stones

At-Home Anthro LIVE

Make and Play the Royal Game of Ur

Friday, Jan. 12

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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Two kids looking at hieroglyphics in the Egypt Gallery.

Up Late with the Sphinx

Saturday, Jan. 13

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET

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Amphora depicting Theseus and Minotaur with five onlookers.

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Theseus and the Minotaur: Let’s Hear an Ancient Myth

Friday, Jan. 26

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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Lion dance.

CultureFest!

Lunar New Year

Saturday, Jan. 27

11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

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A wooden mancala board.

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Make Your Own Mancala Board

Friday, Feb. 2

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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A Chinese dragon puppet.

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The Year of the Dragon: Dragons in Chinese Culture

Friday, Feb. 9

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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A scarab with two wings.

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Scarabs in Ancient Egypt

Friday, Feb. 16

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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A boat lyre.

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The Archaeology of Music

Friday, Feb. 23

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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Illustration of the outside of a painted cup.

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Archaeological Artist Mary Louise Baker

Friday, Mar. 1

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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Two kids looking at hieroglyphics in the Egypt Gallery.

Up Late with the Sphinx

Saturday, Mar. 2

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET

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An ancient sickle.

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The History of Agriculture: Design Your Own Garden

Friday, Mar. 8

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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Women in African garb performing.

CultureFest!

Celebration of Women Artists

Saturday, Mar. 9

11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

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A mosaic of a peacock.

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Make Your Own Roman Mosaic

Friday, Mar. 15

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm ET

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