The Peabody Essex Museum was founded in 1801 as the East India Marine Society by a group of Salem, Mass. based captains and supercargoes as a collection of curiosities and library of information about the wider world, particualrly the trading nations of the Pacific Rim. It presently contains major collections of:
American Decorative Art
Maritime Art, Artifacts, and Photography
Asian Export Art
Asian Decorative Art
Essex County, MA historical documents, objects, and period houses
And smaller though substantial collections of:
Native American Art
Contemporary South Asian Art
Natural History
Historic Photography
In 2003, the Peabody Essex Museum opened a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet. At this time, the museum also opened to the public the Yin Yu Tang house, an early 19th century Chinese house from Anhui Province that had been removed from its original village and reconstructed in Salem.
The Peabody Essex Museum is led by Dan Monroe, formerly of the Portland Art Museum.
External Links
Peabody Essex Museum Website: www.pem.org [1] (http://www.pem.org/)
Located in the coastal city of Salem, Massachusetts, PEM offers unrivaled collections, special exhibitions, a hands-on education center, an award-winning shop, and a café and restaurant.
The museum campus also features numerous parks, period gardens, and daily tours of historic houses, including Yin Yu Tang, an 18th-century Chinese merchant’s house transported from China and reassembled at the PeabodyEssexMuseum.
The museum is a five-minute walk from the Salem station.
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