About The nucleus of the natural history collection was formed with the bequest of Founder Levi W. Mengel’s world-class study collection of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). Science is still a fundamental part of The Museum’s mission, as the permanent Animal...
About This gallery focuses on Asian, African, and Oceanic decorative arts and cultural material ranging from ancient to early twentieth century. Highlights from the Asian collection, which spans more than 2,500 years, include Japanese temple guardian figures from the...
About Permanent displays represent finely crafted items by the Delaware, Montagnais, and Inuit peoples. These include carved ivory, painted wooden masks, musical instruments, fishing and hunting implements, and clothing and bags from caribou and seal skin. On rotating...
About Explore the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America in this gallery which includes an exceptional selection of anthropomorphic and decorated pottery from the 3rd century BC through the 15th century AD made by the Chimú, Aztec, Moche,...
About This gallery features a rotating selection of 18th- and 19th-century fraktur (birth and baptismal certificates, house blessings, and marriage certificates) from a collection of over 200 rich and colorful examples; a John Rasmussen painting on zinc of the Berks...
About The centerpiece of this gallery is Nefrina, RPM’s Ptolemaic period mummy, with original ornamented sarcophagus and cartonnage mummy trappings. Other highlights include over a dozen remarkable pictorial Greek vessels including geometric and red and black figure...
