Penn Museum Library

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 winner of our annual Penn in the Field photography contest, Arielle Hardy 😊 We had our highest number of submissions this year and we couldn't be happier with all the gorgeous photos that we saw. The plan is to have all of our new photos up by mid to late October, so keep a lookout for our announcement later in the Fall.

📸: Tholos Nymphaeion, taken by Arielle Hardy

Hot off the press! Learn how to research museum objects from our own pro, Librarian Deb Stewart 😎

Great for papers and projects but also in order to satisfy your own insatiable curiosity. Read more on the Penn Libraries blog: https://www.library.upenn.edu/news/researching-objects

One of our favorite summer photos displayed in the Museum Library, "Gull-iver's Travels" was taken by Anthropology grad student Anna Luurtsema as part of our Penn in the Field photo contest. We can't wait to see all the new photos coming in September! Stop by to see the current photos before then 😍

📸: "Gull-iver's Travels taken by (Lake Michigan)

Just putting together our beach bag with some of our favorite new books 👀

Any new titles you're excited about? Stop by or let us know in the comments what books are on your TBR this summer 🌞

Books shown are:
-American Archaeology: Living History, Stolen Pasts, and Defending the Future [CC175 .B87 2026]
-Echoes of Ash : Life in Herculaneum [DG70.H5 M87 2026]
-Those who walked before : how Ice Age footprints in New Mexico retell the stories of the first Americans [E78.N65 B466 2026]

The people of Valencia celebrate the Festival of Corpus Christi through La Danza de la Moma. The main figure in the dance represents Virtue (La Moma) and the rest of the dancers represent the sins of humanity. Throughout the dance, La Moma strikes down each sin, achieving victory over them all.

Thank you to Marisa Kelath for this beautiful photo, submitted to our annual Penn in the Field photography contest. All Penn students are asked to submit photographs from their fieldwork, which are then displayed in the Penn Museum Library throughout the academic year. Stop by and see the rest of our current photos now through mid-September.

For AI Month at Penn, stop by the Museum Library on Thursday April 9th for our workshop "From Crowned Snake to Chnoubis: Learning AI Image Enhancement" from 12-2pm. In partnership with , we will be teaching how to utilize AI to reveal details in museum objects (such as the chnoubis ring shown in the image) and showing how AI tools such as this can support research and conservation. This workshop is open to all Penn students, faculty and staff. Sign up at https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/16108515.

When the spring weather finally shows up 🌞

📸: The Stare of a Thousand Sheep, taken in Romania by

Our Penn in the Field Student fieldwork photographs are on display until September 2026--stop by and see which one is your favorite!

Come join us today from 3-4pm for Music in the Stacks as we host the Penn Glee Club, the Penn Pipers and the Penn Sirens for a wonderful performance! This event is open to everyone. Hope to see you there!

For National Jewelry Day we’re highlighting some of the beautiful jewelry found in our newest exhibit, Re/Make History: Crafting the Past with 21st-Century Technologies. From 3D printed pieces to wax-casting to hydraulic presses, these pieces cover a wide range of jewelry making processes. Want to learn more? Stop by and check out our exhibit, running now through June, or check out one of our many books about jewelry and jewelry making (some titles below!).

Jewelry: 7,000 Years, NK7386 .J494 1986
Personal Ornaments in Prehistory, NK7307 .B39 2019
Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry, E98 .J48 D39 2019
Greek Gold from Hellenistic Egypt, NK7307.3 .P48 2001
Bracelets d’Afrique, NK7422.3 .T68 2011
Early Medieval Elite Jewellry from Great Moravia and Bohemia, NK7342 .O88 2022

In honor of the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony today, we bring you some of our favorite Italian Penn in the Field photos taken by Brigitte Keslinke, Graduate student in AAMW.

Photo 1: Doric Temple, Segesta Archaeological Park, Italy

Photo 2: Fragments, Forma Urbis Museum, Italy

Photo 3: "The Bronze Runners", Naples Archaeological Museum, Italy

Come and see the rest of our Penn in the Field photos, on display now until September 2026.