Events North of Boston

Event: PEM Opening Day Celebration | Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums

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; Dodge 2 Galleries Included with admission The exhibition gallery will be open from 10 am–5 pm for self-guided exploration. Join us as we celebrate the opening of Conjuring the Spirit World, an exhibition that explores the timeless draw of séances and magic shows. Panel Discussion |...

Included with museum admission

Event: The Whalemobile

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 Included with admission Same-day tickets are required for this event; tickets available at the Information desk. Timed entry every 30 minutes. The last session starts at 2:30 pm. Suitable for ages 5 years and older. Meet Nile, the life-size inflatable whale! Journey into the...

Event: The Whalemobile

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 Included with admission Same-day tickets are required for this event; tickets available at the Information desk. Timed entry every 30 minutes. The last session starts at 2:30 pm. Suitable for ages 5 years and older. Meet Nile, the life-size inflatable whale! Journey into the...

Event: Opening Celebration: Agustina Woodgate

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, Create Space Studios Included with admission The exhibition gallery will be open all day from 10 am–5 pm. Evento presencial Ubicación: Auditorio Morse, Estudios del Espacio Creativo Se incluye en la entrada La galería de la exposición permanecerá abierta todo el día, de 10 am a...

Event: Hang Out on the Closing Weekend of Bats!

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 and Bats! exhibition gallery Included with admission Come join us for the grand finale of Bats! For the exhibition’s closing weekend,...

Event: Drop-In Art Making: Illustrating 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

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...

Event: PEM Pride Party: Werk of Art

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 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...

Event: PEM Pride 2024 | Celebrating Local Legends: Film Screening, Panel and Presentation

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 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)....

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 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...

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 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...

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 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...