Penn Cultural Heritage Center

Tomorrow, please join us @pennmuseum for a talk with @NancyMosesBooks about her new book, "The Rescuers: The Remarkable People Who Saved World Heritage." penn.museum/calendar/450/t… #CulturalHeritage @SmithsonianCRI

Next Tuesday, please join the PennCHC @PennMuseum for a book talk by @NancyMosesBooks, author of "The Rescuers: The Remarkable People Who Saved World Heritage." Nancy’s talk will focus on the work of Cori Wegener, the former director of @SmithsonianCRI.

On March 25 at 12:00 p.m., please join the PennCHC @PennMuseum for a book talk by @NancyMosesBooks, author of "The Rescuers: The Remarkable People Who Saved World Heritage." Nancy’s talk will focus on the work of Cori Wegener, the former director of @SmithsonianCRI.

The CPEOC Program has consulted more than 200 subject matter experts (SMEs) from more than 100 museums and universities to identify thousands of cultural objects. We are grateful to our on-call SMEs, as well as to funding from @US_IMLS, for supporting this critical work.

The Program identifies objects under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team; Homeland Security Investigations's Cultural Property, Art, and Antiquities Program; and the National Targeting Center’s Antiquities Unit at Customs and Border Protection.

Today is the International Day Against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property. Through our Cultural Property Experts On Call (CPEOC) Program, we partner with @HeritageAtState's Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC) on efforts to stop cultural trafficking.

Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m., join the PennCHC and @UPennLib @pennmuseum for Zack MacDonald’s lecture on “Ground-Truthing Historical Memory: Virtually Reconstructing Destroyed Villages of the Salvadoran Civil War.” shorturl.at/mKkE9 @CLALS_UPENN @WeitzmanSchool @WesternU

Next Thursday at 12:30 p.m., join the PennCHC and @UPennLib @PennMuseum in welcoming Zack MacDonald for a guest lecture on virtually reconstructing villages destroyed during the Salvadoran Civil War. @CLALS_UPENN @WeitzmanSchool shorturl.at/mKkE9

Read The Art Newspaper’s story on the launch of the PennCHC’s Museums: Missions and Acquistions (M2A) Project, a research initiative enhancing transparency around the current landscape of museum collecting practices in the United States. theartnewspaper.com/2024/10/29/pen…

Learn more at: penn.museum/m2a. #IMLSGrant

Today we announced the launch of the Museums: Missions and Acquisitions (M2A) Project. Supported by a National Leadership Grant from @US_IMLS, the M2A Project is studying the collecting practices of 450+ U.S. museums and the relationship between their missions and collections.

On 11/14 at 12:30 p.m., please join us and @UPennLib @PennMuseum for a special lecture “Ground-Truthing Historical Memory” by @WesternU librarian Zack MacDonald. shorturl.at/mKkE9 @CLALS_UPENN @WeitzmanSchool

Dr. @alda_benjamen @univofdayton writes for @ConversationUS about IS's erasure of Yazidi, Christian, and Shiite Muslim #culturalheritage in #Iraq. Now, her project seeks to preserve the heritage, cultural pluralism, and coexistence in the region theconversation.com/islamic-states…

"Cultural targeting should concern us greatly," the PennCHC's Dr. Brian I. Daniels told the U.S. Congress's Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Erasing Ukrainian Identity and Culture @HeMo_lab_ua @SmithsonianCRI @UMDGVPT @VMNH shorturl.at/sv34h

Please join us @PennMuseum or Zoom on 9/20 for the Kolb Colloquium “Cultural Heritage and Archaeology: The Intersection of the Past and the Present” and learn from innovative archaeologists like keynote speaker Dr. Matt Reilly @GC_CUNY More information: shorturl.at/XGP82

Our exhibit with @blueshieldgeo and @artistic_AFI is traveling across Georgia, highlighting stories from the village of Kekhvi, occupied by Russia's forces since 2008. It's important for these traditions and memories to be shared 👏

🔵 On August 7th, the "Traditions of the Didi Liakhvi Valley - Village Kekhvi" exhibition opened in Gori, showcasing Kekhvi's cultural heritage before and after the 2008 war. The event highlighted research on the Tskhinvali region's intangible heritage. Supported by @usingeo.

Our exhibit “Village Kekhvi" with @blueshieldgeo and @artistic_AFI opened in August with support from @usingeo, sharing research on the Didi Liakhvi Valley's intangible heritage before and after the Russo-Georgian War and highlighting the region's incredible culture and people.

The Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum in Ukraine was damaged by shelling in 2022. Read our new report on this damage with research partners @SmithsonianCRI, @HeMo_lab_ua, CIDCM @GVPTUMD, and @VMNH: bit.ly/3WoZLRf

The @pennmuseum's new blog #PennMuseumVoices spotlights our recent programming with @HeMo_lab_ua, @AFI, and @SmithsonianCRI around preserving cultural heritage in conflict zones like #Ukraine. Get a glimpse into our work together: penn.museum/blog/safeguard…