• BIG EVENT: Celebrate PEM Prize Opening Day and the Salem Arts Fest (Free admission!)

    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

    Celebrate culture, creativity and community at PEM Prize Opening Day and the 16th annual Salem Arts Festival on Saturday, June 8! At PEM, this event will celebrate the reveal of...

    BIG EVENT: Celebrate PEM Prize Opening Day and the Salem Arts Fest (Free admission!)

    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

    Celebrate culture, creativity and community at PEM Prize Opening Day and the 16th annual Salem Arts Festival on Saturday, June 8! At PEM, this event will celebrate the reveal of...

    Event: Opening Day: Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick

    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

    Join us in celebrating the opening of Draw Me, Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick — the first exhibition focused on the bookbinding, typography and illustrations of the hundreds of editions published since 1851. Drawn almost entirely from the Phillips Library collection, this small but mighty exhibition explores decades of creative approaches to interpreting...

    Opening Day: Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick

    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

    Join us in celebrating the opening of Draw Me, Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick — the first exhibition focused on the bookbinding, typography and illustrations of the hundreds...

  • CelloGayageum

    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

    Join us for a concert in East India Marine Hall on Sunday, May 26 from 2–3 pm, featuring South Korean musical phenomenon CelloGayageum. CelloGayageum is an exceptional intercultural duo composed of cellist Sol Daniel Kim and gayageum player Dayoung Yoon. Drawing inspiration from the Pavilion of Unification in Berlin, a city with a tragic history...

    Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Yin Yu Tang 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

    Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 10 am—4 pm In-person event Location: Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home, Morse Auditorium and Create Space Studios Included with admission Advanced ticket purchase is recommended for “Concert and Conversation: Wu Man.” Same-day tickets may be available. Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home,“Tales from Yin Yu Tang Ancestors” and “Traditional...

  • February School Vacation week at PEM: Caring for Creatures and Climate

    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

    February 19th, 22nd, and 23rd* *Please note that this event is not occurring on February 20th or 21st. Join us for a constellation of programs that invite participants of all...

    A SUPREME Evening with Marcellas Reynolds

    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

    Join entertainment reporter Marcellas Reynolds, the author of SUPREME MODELS, SUPREME ACTRESSES and the newly released SUPREME SIRENS, as he explores his groundbreaking series of publications celebrating the lives and legacies of iconic Black women across the beauty and entertainment industries. His books’ stunning photographs and revealing essays detail how Black women have influenced culture...

    $20 – $35

    Lunar New Year Festival at PEM: Year of the Dragon

    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

    We invite you to welcome the Year of the Dragon with a vibrant festival heralding new beginnings and the coming of spring. Join us as we continue our celebrations for the 20th anniversary of Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home at PEM. Enjoy performances, storytelling and art making and explore Yin Yu Tang. Yin Yu...

    Opening Weekend: Our Time on Earth

    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

    Celebrate the opening of the multisensory exhibition Our Time on Earth. Learn about the creation of this ambitious show from visiting curators from London’s Barbican Centre and contribute to a community artwork with Cuban-American climate artist Xavier Cortada. Check out Rare’s interactive pop-up exhibition “Changing the Climate Culture” plus a vibrant student art installation, “The...

    NEW Exhibition: Our Time on Earth

    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

    Humans are just one species among millions, coexisting in an expansive living network. Immerse yourself in installations envisioned by artists, designers, scientists, technologists and changemakers from across 12 countries. Their cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations open portals to a shared future, in which planet and people flourish together. Part of PEM’s Climate + Environment Initiative, this...