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Penn Museum - University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
through its research, collections, exhibitions, and
educational programming, advances understanding of
the world's cultural heritage
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Peabody Museum - oldest museums
in the world devoted to anthropology and houses one
of the most comprehensive records of human cultural
history in the Western Hemisphere.
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Semitic Museum - founded in
1889, and moved into its present location in 1903.
It originally was the home of the Department of Near
Eastern Languages and Civilizations, a departmental
library, a repository for research collections, a
public educational institute, and a center for
archaeological exploration. Among the Museum's early
achievements were the first scientific excavations
in the Holy Land (at Samaria in 1907-1912) and
excavations at Nuzi and Tell el-Khaleifeh in the
Sinai, where the earliest alphabet was found
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ISM Dickson Mounds Museum -
offers a unique opportunity to explore the world of
the American Indian in an awe inspiring journey
through 12,000 years of human experience in the
Illinois River Valley
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