Event
Global Discovery Series: A Monumental Endeavor
The Global Discovery Lecture Series lets you explore the world virtually, both far and near, with Penn faculty members and your fellow alumni community. Each live, interactive lecture features Penn professors sharing new and innovative research on a variety of topics. Participants will have the opportunity to ask in-depth questions and are sure to learn something new in each one hour session.
Thousands of artifacts, spanning ancient Egypt’s entire history, will be showcased in the Penn Museum’s new Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries. Preparing these objects for display requires years of work by Penn Museum conservators, including archival research, documentation, scientific analysis, conservation treatment, and collaborative design and engineering of object mounts and lifting equipment. Join Head Conservator Molly Gleeson to hear more about the intricate work and new discoveries being made as part of conservation treatment, followed by a discussion of the work taking place off-site on the most monumental architectural pieces, via live stream.
Featured Speaker
Sarah Gronningsater, is the Head of Conservation at the Penn Museum. Molly’s career in conservation began at the University of Delaware as an Art Conservation undergraduate student (BA, 2002). She continued her studies as a graduate student in the UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (MA, 2008). As a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation with over 20 years of experience in the field, Molly has worked in museums and archaeological sites in the United States, Chile, Easter Island, and Egypt. Molly is currently pursuing a PhD in the Preservation Studies Program at the University of Delaware.
This event is co-sponsored by the Penn Museum.