Peabody Essex Museum
The Panorama Queer and Trans International Film Festival returns to the Peabody Essex Museum this January! This festival celebrates young trans and queer filmmakers, both in front of and behind...
Peabody Essex Museum
The Panorama Queer and Trans International Film Festival returns to the Peabody Essex Museum this January! This festival celebrates young trans and queer filmmakers, both in front of and behind the camera. Panorama welcomes members of the trans and queer communities, allies and fans of new cinema from all around the world! Kick off the...
Peabody Essex Museum
The Panorama Queer and Trans International Film Festival returns to the Peabody Essex Museum this January! This festival celebrates young trans and queer filmmakers, both in front of and behind the camera. Panorama welcomes members of the trans and queer communities, allies and fans of new cinema from all around the world! Kick off the...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us for a special screening of the short documentary We Are Made from the Land: Protecting the Seal River Watershed, shown in conjunction with Knowing Nature: Stories of the...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us for a free day at PEM as we celebrate and reflect on the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the upcoming exhibition Edmonia Lewis: Said In Stone. Artist Edmonia Lewis moved continually throughout her life, living in upstate New York, Ohio, Boston, London and Rome, searching for a place where...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join the PEM Reads community for a live book launch! Hear Salem’s first-ever poet laureate J.D. Scrimgeour read from his new work Poet in High Street Park: Prose & Poetry for Modern Salem. David Snider, PEM’s Director of Learning & Community Engagement, will host an author talk with Scrimgeour followed by a light reception and...
Peabody Essex Museum
What wishes do you have for the new year? Using torn paper, magazine clippings and mixed media materials, create a landscape that can hold your dreams. Studio Saturdays is an adult art making series designed to inspire creativity and connection through multimedia arts exploration. Each class includes invitations to awaken curiosity, with an equal emphasis...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us for a captivating book talk and discussion with authors Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder as they share insights from their book Tales of a Not-So-Tiny House, in conversation with Ruthie Dibble, PEM’s Robert N. Shapiro Curator of American Decorative Art. Their tiny house will also be on display in the Brown Street parking...
Peabody Essex Museum
Birds need sleep as much as we do, and they have evolved some unique habits to match their intensely energetic lifestyles. Ornithologist and author Roger Pasquier discusses the evolution and benefits of avian sleep, including recent discoveries that some long-distance flyers can even sleep while in flight! Other birds sleep in short bouts of several...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of happenings and characters from Witch City, including the infamous trials of 1692. Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders and Literary Legends starts by painting the picture...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of happenings and characters from Witch City, including the infamous trials of 1692. Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders and Literary Legends starts by painting the picture...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us for a pirates-themed queer history trivia night at PEM, featuring local LGBTQIA+ historian Sebastian Crane! Show off your knowledge of pop-culture pirates and find out how accurate those modern-day mateys are. Grab a bite to eat, don your gayest apparel, and come prepared for a battle of wits. We’ll name our pirate queen,...
