By 1908, he was referring to the collection as "The Heye Museum", and he was soon lending materials for exhibit at what later became the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia.
Ab 1908 bezog er sich auf seine Sammlung mit der Bezeichnung „The Heye Museum“, und er verlieh bald Einzelobjekte an das spätere University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia.