Virtual
Join us to hear Ross Nedervelt, the 2023 Frances E. Malamy Fellow at PEM’s Phillips Library, present the findings of his research project: “Loyalism, Privateering, and American Sovereignty in the Atlantic Border-sea, 1783-1815.” Between 1783 and 1819, the newly independent United States fought a series of skirmishes with Britain over control of the islands of...
Peabody Essex Museum
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...
Peabody Essex Museum
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...
Peabody Essex Museum
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...
Peabody Essex Museum
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...
Peabody Essex Museum
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 the finished Jingle sculptures by PEM Prize Awardee Marie Watt (Seneca Nation), created especially for PEM and built with the community. These sparkling large-scale works...
Peabody Essex Museum
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 the finished Jingle sculptures by PEM Prize Awardee Marie Watt (Seneca Nation), created especially for PEM and built with the community. These sparkling large-scale works...
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us as we celebrate our cherished LGBTQIA+ community and local “Werks of Art” this Pride Month, in partnership with Salem’s own Miz Diamond Wigfall! Our afternoon film screening will be followed by an evening dance party and drag show featuring special guests Cain and Landon Cider (season 3 winner of the Boulet Brothers’ Dragula)....
Peabody Essex Museum
Join us as we celebrate our cherished LGBTQIA+ community and local “Werks of Art” this Pride Month, in partnership with Salem’s own Miz Diamond Wigfall! This spectacular lineup features the...
Peabody Essex Museum
Know before you go In-person event Location: Main Atrium Included with admission Suitable for all ages. Join us to help co-create a community retelling of Moby Dick! Choose a page from the novel and illustrate it in your own style. Later, PEM’s Learning and Community Engagement staff will scan all the participants’ drawings to create...
Virtual
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...
Peabody Essex Museum
Know before you go In-person event Location: Main Atrium and Bats! exhibition gallery Included with admission Come join us for the grand finale of Bats! For the exhibition’s closing weekend,...
