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These files contain metadata about the objects in the Penn Museum collection. See About Collections Search for details on data types and meanings. Some records have more information than others. Images are not included.

Last updated October 28, 2018

All (379,489 objects)

csv (zipped 17.5 MB, unzipped 109 MB)
xml (zipped 22.7 MB, unzipped 383.9 MB)
json (zipped 20.3 MB, unzipped 215.8 MB)

African (19,001 objects)

csv (zipped 1 MB, unzipped 5.4 MB)
xml (zipped 1.3 MB, unzipped 17.2 MB)
json (zipped 1.2 MB, unzipped 9.9 MB)

American (152,757 objects)

csv (zipped 6.4 MB, unzipped 42.8 MB)
xml (zipped 8.4 MB, unzipped 160.2 MB)
json (zipped 7.4 MB, unzipped 87.7 MB)

Asian (22,435 objects)

csv (zipped 1.5 MB, unzipped 7.5 MB)
xml (zipped 1.9 MB, unzipped 24.2 MB)
json (zipped 1.7 MB, unzipped 14 MB)

Egyptian (47, 847 objects)

csv (zipped 1.6 MB, unzipped 13 MB)
xml (zipped 2.2 MB, unzipped 46.7 MB)
json (zipped 1.9 MB, unzipped 26.4 MB)

European (9,123 objects)

csv (zipped 356.3 KB, unzipped 2.6 MB)
xml (zipped 466.5 KB, unzipped 9.1 MB)
json (zipped 411.8 KB, unzipped 5 MB)

Historic (2,513 objects)

csv (zipped 146.4 KB, unzipped 765.5 KB)
xml zipped 183.9 KB, unzipped 2.4 MB)
json zipped 166.8 KB, unzipped 1.4 MB)

Mediterranean (28,081 objects)

csv (zipped 1.8 MB, unzipped 9.4 MB)
xml (zipped 2.4 MB, unzipped 32.4 MB)
json (zipped 2.1 MB, unzipped 18.6 MB)

Near East (73,992 objects)

csv (zipped 3.4 MB, unzipped 20.8 MB)
xml (zipped 4.3 MB, unzipped 68.6 MB)
json (zipped 3.9 MB, unzipped 39.4 MB)

Oceanian (22,065 objects)

csv (zipped 1.2 MB, unzipped 6.5 MB)
xml (zipped 1.6 MB, unzipped 21.8 MB)
json (zipped 1.4 MB, unzipped 12.7 MB)

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