Philadelphia
The handsome, thoughtful redesign of the Middle East Galleries of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (aka the Penn Museum) promises us a major reinterpretation of its subject. Ten curators have selected more than 1,200 artifacts gathered over 130 years of archaeological digs from what is one of the nation’s finest collections, and presented them in 6,000 square feet of bright gallery space using the latest in museological displays and technology. This is also the first stage...