eum's excavations and collections foster a strong research base for graduate students in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. Features of the Beaux-Arts building include a rotunda and gardens that include Egyptian papyrus. The Institute of Contemporary Art, which is based on Penn's campus, showcases various art exhibitions throughout the year. Residences[edi

University Museum and Warden Garden
Main article: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Since the University museum was founded in 1887, it has taken part in 400 research projects worldwide.[33] The museum's first project was an excavation of Nippur, a location in current day Iraq.[34] The museum has three gallery floors with artifacts from Egypt, the Middle East, Mesoamerica, Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa, and indigenous artifacts of the Americas.[33] Its most famous object is the goat rearing into the branches of a rosette-leafed plant, from the royal tombs of Ur. The Museum's excavations and collections foster a strong research base for graduate students in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. Features of the Beaux-Arts building include a rotunda and gardens that include Egyptian papyrus. The Institute of Contemporary Art, which is based on Penn's campus, showcases various art exhibitions throughout the year.
Residences[edit]
Main article: University of Pennsylvania College Houses
Every College House at the University of Pennsylvania has at least four members of faculty in the roles of House Dean, Faculty Master, and College House Fellows.[35] Within the College Houses, Penn has nearly 40 themed residential programs for students with shared interests such as world cinema or science and technology. Many of the nearby homes and apartments in the area surrounding the campus are often rented by undergraduate students moving off campus after their first year, as well as by graduate and professional students.
The College Houses include W.E.B. Du Bois, Fisher Hassenfeld, Gregory, Harnwell, Harrison, Hill, Kings Court English, Riepe, Rodin, Stouffer, and Ware.[36] Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware, and Riepe together make up one building called "The Quad."
Academics[edit]

University of Pennsylvania graduate and professional schools[37]
School    Year founded
Annenberg School for Communication    1958
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences    1881[38]
Graduate School of Education    1915
Law School    1850[note 3]
Perelman School of Medicine    1765[40]
School of Dental Medicine    1878[41]
School of Design    1868