• Salem Arts Festival at PEM

    Salem Arts Festival at PEM
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: In front of the Main Entrance on Essex Street | Garden Atrium Saturday and Sunday: 11 am to 3 pm Free Celebrate the...

    Free

    Multi-date event: PEM Reads: Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon

    Virtual MA, United States
    Virtual MA, United States

    Virtual  

    Virtual MA

    Know before you go Virtual event hosted on Zoom Free This event series is a part of PEM Reads. Content warning: This book depicts violence, gore, animal killing, cannibalism, racism, xenophobia and death. Join us on select Wednesday evenings over Zoom for an amazing, year-long PEM Reads journey through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick! Set sail with...

    PEM Pride: Celebrating Queer Narratives in Film

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Morse Auditorium Included with admission Recommended for ages 13+ Join us for an afternoon discussion of queer narratives in film and media with special guests and local experts who are actively uplifting and representing the LGBTQIA+ community in their work. First, the Panorama Queer and Trans Film Festival...

    76 Days Adrift Film Screening and Q&A

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Morse Auditorium Included with admission Recommended for ages 13 and up. This film is in English with English subtitles. Join Daniel Finamore, Associate Director–Exhibitions and the Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History, for a screening of 76 Days Adrift, the gripping film based on Steve...

    PEM Pride: Rainbow Rager

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Main Atrium $35; $20 Salem residents Guests must be ages 18 and up, with valid ID, in order to attend. This program includes...

    $20 – $30

    Nature Immersion & Dreamscapes in Ropes Mansion Garden

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Ropes Mansion Garden, 318 Essex St, Salem $5 members; $10 nonmembers Slow down, unplug and awaken your senses on a guided nature immersion...

    $5 – $10
  • Yoga and Meditation in the Galleries at PEM

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: East India Marine Hall Members $5; nonmembers $10 Advance tickets are required; space is limited. Please note that this session will begin with...

    $5 – $10

    Plein Air Watercolor Landscape Sketching

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Meet inside the museum's Main Atrium The group will walk together to Derby Wharf (0.5 miles). Members $39; nonmembers $49; plus $30 for...

    PEM Reads: Nothing More of this Land

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Morse Auditorium Included with admission Join Joseph Lee (Aquinnah Wampanoag), author of Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for...

    Opening Celebration: Knowing Nature at PEM

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Main Atrium, Create Space Studios Included with admission The exhibition gallery will be open for self-guided exploration from 10 am–5 pm. ABOVE IMAGE: Wolf © Tom Walker. All Rights Reserved. Join us in celebrating the opening of Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest, on view in The...

    Art is Love: A Talk and Concert at PEM

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Morse Auditorium Included with admission; preregistration encouraged. This program includes moderately loud live music (amplified sound and percussion). Join us for an afternoon...

  • Drop-in Art Making: Boreal-Inspired Patches at PEM

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Know before you go In-person event Location: Create Space, Studio 1 Included with admission As you’ll discover in the new Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest exhibition, 31% of the world’s forest is found in the boreal zone. Home to many species and a host of migratory birds, the boreal forest is also essential...