Use the promo code WE.LUV.GSC for an exclusive discount. Participants will meet their guide (Mark) within the Main Entrance by the Sphinx.
Join GAPSA and the Grad Center for a tour at the Penn Museum! Includes discount at gift shop.
Ancient Alcohol: A Taste of Bygone Booze and Beer Tasting
Let Penn Museum, GAPSA, and the Grad Center be your designated drivers as you explore how our ancestors partied like it was 5000 BCE! View early drinking vessels that reveal secrets of ancient Greek drinking games and the beverage served at a feast hosted by King Midas. Get up close to one of the world’s oldest wine jars, a queen’s golden beer straw, and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that depict alcohol rations for the afterlife. Plunge into studies by a Penn Museum biomolecular archaeologist who collected samples of fermented beverages from ancient vessels and brought some of these potent “time capsules” back to life using chemical analysis. And at the tour’s end, sit down in the Museum Café with your own taste-test of Flying Fish Exit 3 Blueberry Braggot—a beer that tastes very similar to an ancient recipe discovered by a Penn biomolecular archaeologist!
Galleries May Include (subject to availability): Middle East Galleries, Asia Galleries, Egypt Galleries, Rome Gallery, Greece Gallery.
Participants will receive a $10 off coupon for any item $10 or more at the Penn Museum store for use that day.
We will meet at the Penn Museum 3260 South Street in the East Entrance, which is around the east side of the building facing the parking garage. If you walk East on South Street toward the bridge you pass the two courtyards on your right and then turn right, pass some parking and it’ll be on the right.
Cosponsored by GAPSA, Penn Museum, and the Grad Center.
All must comply with University COVID-19 guidelines, as well as, including, but not limited to presentation of: PennCard, OpenPass Green Pass, Eventbrite registration. Wearing face mask is recommended.
TICKET RULES:
Tickets are subject to availability and confirmation of GAPSA affiliation. Must enter promo code for GAPSA discounts. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Limited to ONE (1) STUDENT ticket per GAPSA student. Policy violations are subject to ticket cancelation.
Questions? Email gapsa.vp.fin.ops@gapsa.upenn.edu.
