Penn Museum

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The Warden Garden and Main Entrance to the Penn Museum
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Established1887 (1887)
Location3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Coordinates39°56′56″N 75°11′28″W / 39.9490°N 75.1911°W / 39.9490; -75.1911
TypeAnthropology and archaeology
DirectorDr. Christopher Woods
Public transit access Penn Medicine: SEPTA Regional Rail
Bus transport SEPTA bus: 30, 40, 42, 49, LUCY
Websitepenn.museum
5th-4th century BC Etruscan gold necklace, display at the Penn Museum, 2005.

Penn Museum, formally known as The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, is an archaeology and anthropology museum at the University of Pennsylvania. It is located on Penn's campus in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, at the intersection of 33rd and South Streets.[1] Housing over 1.3 million artifacts, the museum features one of the most comprehensive collections of Middle and Near-Eastern art in the world.

  1. ^ Cheyney, Edward Potts (1940). History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.