When was the peabody essex museum founded




















We gain exciting insights about ourselves and other cultures through special exhibitions, weekend festivals and family art-making programs. You are vital to the equation. Your experiences shape the art you look at and the performances you watch, making them more meaningful and transformative.

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We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. On Saturday, the museum is unveiling a 40, square foot expansion that will make it, by some measures, the ninth largest art museum in North America. Unlike many Western institutions, PEM has taken the new wing as an opportunity to honestly reflect on some of its complicated history and unsavory acquisitions.

After the mass hysteria of the Puritan era for which Salem is most famous today, the city became a maritime power and a center for privateering. Members of the society were required to bring back "natural and artificial curiosities" from their travels.

The structure still stands today, and is the centerpiece from which the elegant expansion emerges. The completion date is summer of For more information about Phillips Library, see entry: Phillips Library. Daniel Bray was a mariner and ship rigger The house was built in but the museum is restoring it to how it was in The historic anchor which was on display in front of the older portion of the museum prior to the recent expansion, was returned on Monday Sept.

It had been in storage at the Rowley facility. Lynda Roscoe Hartigan will be the new director beginning Aug.



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