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NEW AND CHANGING SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

Year of Sound: Hollywood in the Amazon August 18, 2013 through July 27, 2014

In 1931, an expedition from the PennMuseum introduced a revolutionary new

research method in the remote Amazonian jungles of Brazil. Transporting state-of-the-art equipment by sea, air, and river, theteam arrived in territory occupied by theBororo people and recorded anexpeditionary film, Matto Grosso, the Great Brazilian Wilderness, incorporating livesound. It was the first time non-Westernpeople were seen and heard on sound-synced film. A collaboration between

 Academy Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby (father of musician David Crosby), wealthy industrialist E. R. FenimoreJohnson (whose father founded Victor Talking Machine Company), big game hunter Sasha

Siemel, and Penn Museum anthropologist Vincenzo Petrullo, the groundbreaking film ispresented in its entirety. Several artifacts from the Bororo people, collected during theexpedition, as well as new translations of the Bororo speakers heard in the film, are part of this special exhibition, developed in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania’s 2013–2014 Year of Sound. Special Exhibitions Gallery, 3rd floor .

 In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian MummiesEvolving Exhibition Project through Summer 2014

The Penn Museum invites you behind thescenes with this evolving project! Part

exhibition, part working laboratory, a glass-enclosed conservation lab brings you rightinto a museum conservator’s world. Seethe tools of the trade and watch asconservators work on a wide array of Egyptian funerary artifacts, including ancientcoffins, portraits, and, of course, mummies!Enjoy this unique opportunity to followconservators (working Tuesday throughSunday, with question and answer periodsposted on site) as they protect, restore, and

preserve pieces of ancient Egyptian history. In the Artifact Lab, which opened in the fall of 2012, is made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rockwell. 3rd Floor,

behind Iraq’s Ancient Past .

 

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ONGOING SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster Opened June 2, 2013. Through March 2, 2014Propaganda is used to mobilize people in times of war. Black Bodies in Propaganda presents 33 posters,

most targeting Africans and African-American civilians intimes of war. These carefully designed works of art wereaimed at mobilizing people of color in war efforts, even asthey faced oppression and injustice in their homelands.Witness changing messages on race and politics throughpropaganda from the American Civil War to the AfricanIndependence movement in this innovative, world-premiere exhibition.Dr. Tukufu Zuberi—host of the long-running PBStelevision seriesHistory Detectives—curates theexhibition. The Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations,and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, he provides his perspective

on more than 200 years of African and African American military history, told through hisprivate collection of propaganda posters. In addition to the posters, the exhibition featuresthree objects from the Penn Museum’s African Collection, as well as a touchscreeninteractive to explore some of the posters’ distinctive iconography, archival militaryrecruitment films, and a related segment from PBS’ History Detectives. Merle-Smith East Gallery, 1st Floor.

The Penn Museum (the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) is dedicated to the study and understanding of human history and diversity.Founded in 1887, the Museum has sent more than 300 archaeological and anthropologicalexpeditions to all the inhabited continents of the world. With an active exhibition scheduleand educational programming for children and adults, the Museum offers the public an

opportunity to share in the ongoing discovery of humankind's collective heritage.The Penn Museum is located at 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (on Penn'scampus, across from Franklin Field). Public transportation to the Museum is available viaSEPTA's Regional Rail Line at University City Station; the Market-Frankford Subway Line at34th Street Station; trolley routes 11, 13, 34, and 36; and bus routes 21, 30, 40, and 42.Museum hours are Tuesday and Thursday through Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, andWednesday, 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, with P.M. @ PENN MUSEUM evening programs offeredselect Wednesdays. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission donation is $15 for adults;$13 for senior citizens (65 and above); free for U.S. Military (and free for military familiesover the summer, through participation with the Blue Star program); $10 for children and full-time students with ID; free to Members, PennCard holders, and children 5 and younger.Hot and cold meals and light refreshments are offered to visitors with or without Museumadmission in The Pepper Mill Café; the Museum Shop and Pyramid Shop for Children offer a

wide selection of gifts, books, games, clothing and jewelry. Penn Museum can be found onthe web at www.penn.museum. For general information call 215.898.4000. For group tour information call 215.746.8183.