Object Location Map
Browse and discover collection objects from across the globe with the Object Location Map.
Geocoded Locations
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Single LocationObject cataloging contains place names which are geocoded for display on a map. Click on a location indicator pin or circle to zoom into that area. You can refine your search down to a specific place name. Click the place name link to see objects in the online collections associated with that place.
Please note this map does not capture all Museum objects. Some place name data is either too broad (Asia) or too specific (altar) to geocode. Over 92% of the collection is geocoded here, and you can use collections search to browse and filter on other cataloging information.
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All work on this Object Location Map was done by Michael W. Condiff of the Penn Museum.
Hokkaido, Japan
In 1901, Hiram M. Hiller Jr. traveled to the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido, on behalf of the Penn Museum. The expedition produced over 250 artifacts as well as three journals of notes and numerous lantern slides, providing the Penn Museum with one of the best-documented Ainu collections in the US. Hiller also collected a small sample of pottery from the ancient Jomon culture which dates as far as back 12,000 BCE, some of the oldest known in the world.
Kourion, Cyprus
The island of Cyprus is located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the south of Turkey and west of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. During the 20th century, the Penn Museum excavated at a number of locations in Cyprus. The site of Kourion resulted in some 2,000 objects coming to the Museum as a result of a division of finds with the Cyprus Department of Antiquities.