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You have a few more weeks to see the Secrets of the Silk Road exhibition. (Photo courtesy Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum)

Penn Museum celebrates the final days of its landmark exhibition from China, Secrets of the Silk Road, with a fun-filled PECO World Culture Day, Saturday, March 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event, titled Along the Silk Road, will bring the Silk Road to life with music and dance performances, a Chinese and Indian tea tasting, craft workshops, lectures by acclaimed writers and scholars, children’s activities and a self-guided exhibition tour.

Visitors can experience aspects of modern-day cultures, as well: receive a henna tattoo, wrap a silk sari, blend spices to create a curry powder, write in Arabic or learn Chinese calligraphy characters.

Note: today, March 15, is the last day to view the exhibit’s two headlining mummies, but the wealth of other original artifacts will be on display through the exhibit’s close, March 28.

The celebration is free with museum admission.

Along the Silk Road
Where: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street
When: Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $10 general admission; $7 senior citizens (65+); $6 students and children (6 to 17); free for children under 6
More info: www.penn.museum