March 15, 2011
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 [...]
Read more»March 3, 2011
Join NBC 10 anchor Tim Lake tonight, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. as he explores the story behind Secrets of the Silk Road, the Penn Museum’s new landmark exhibition from China. The show will feature in-depth interviews with officials that are key to the exhibition, plus background on some of the major artifacts on display [...]
Read more»February 22, 2011
This weekend’s New York Times tipped its hat to the Penn Museum’s Secrets of The Silk Road exhibition. The writer commends the “remarkable” and “astonishing” objects that comprise the exhibit, from the bundled infant mummy to silk pillows and robes. One of our favorite quotes: “[V]isitors can only react with something like awe at how [...]
Read more»February 18, 2011
There’s been some uncertainty in the status of The Penn Museum’s Secrets of the Silk Road exhibition, so we wanted to clarify what the deal is. From now to March 15, Secrets of the Silk Road will be presented with the original artifacts and mummies from China for a limited time only. From March 17-28, [...]
Read more»February 10, 2011
The Pepper Mill Café at the Penn Museum invites guests to take a culinary journey along the Silk Road, for the duration of the current marquee exhibition Secrets of the Silk Road. The Café is now offering a changing variety of regionally-inspired Silk Road lunch menus, daily afternoon teas, and Happy Hour drinks and bar [...]
Read more»January 25, 2011
If you visit the Penn Museum Saturday and Sunday, February 5th and 6th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., be assured, your eyes are not deceiving you: there are indeed two large double-humped camels circling the building. These beasts of burden are part of the opening celebration for the museum’s new exhibition Secrets of the [...]
Read more»January 10, 2011
Update: Secrets of the Silk Road has been modified, and will open with the artifacts and mummies from China for a limited time only, from February 18 to March 15. From March 17-28, the exhibition will continue with all the artifacts but without the two mummies. The Penn Museum is hosting Secrets of the Silk [...]
Read more»July 28, 2010
In anticipation of their upcoming Secrets of the Silk Road exhibition (opening February 5th, 2011) the Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) presents the Silk Road Summer Nights music series every Wednesday evening through the end of August. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., enjoy the warm weather in the Penn [...]
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