A popular but controversial diorama the Carnegie Museum of Natural History displayed for museum-goers for more than 120 years will be permanently removed from public view, due to a newly enacted human-remains policy, museum officials said Thursday. The Oakland museum’s move, in the works for several years, comes amid debate
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On top of Philly news Remains of children killed in MOVE bombing sat in a box at Penn Museum for decades
Where are they now, and who is responsible for them? No one seems to know.
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No one seems to be sure what happened to a set of remains thought to be two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing.
For decades, the bones were kept at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. A Penn Museum spokesperson said the remains have since been transferred to the care of researchers at Princeton but an administrator at the New Jersey university was uncertain of their whereabouts. After this story published, a spokesperson said Princeton does not have them.
By Morgan Gstalter - 01/28/21 01:34 PM EST
A professor at the University of Pennsylvania resigned this week after stirring a controversy by using a Nazi salute and expression during a virtual conference.
Robert Schuyler, an associate professor of anthropology and associate curator-in-charge of the historical archaeology section at the Penn Museum, retired on Monday, according to a statement from the university. The move came after the school canceled his scheduled courses for the spring semester amid a review.
Steven Fluharty, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, condemned the “abhorrent conduct.”
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“Such behavior has no place in our academic discourse, which aims to celebrate the open exchange of ideas in an environment that promotes civility, respect, and inclusion,” Fluharty said. “Nazi symbols are antithetical to our values as an institution. The fact that this behavior comes during a period of deep social division in our nation, when too
The displays showcase many different objects from Penn s laboratories, including both a Neanderthal tooth from 40,000 BCE and a ceramic cooking pot from 1967.