Peabody Essex Museum

On Tuesday, August 6 from 6-7 pm, join a virtual conversation between PEM’s Curator of Fashion and Textiles Petra [pay-tra] Slinkard [sling-kard] and award-winning journalist Julie Satow as they discuss Satow’s New York Times bestseller “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue.” The book is a glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores in all its glitz and decadence, and of three visionary women who were business leaders and tastemakers in this beautifully curated world. This virtual event is free! Register by clicking the link below ⬇

We’re excited to launch our new Fireside Chat series, featuring conversations between Lynda Hartigan, PEM’s Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO, and a rotating group of guests. These conversations offer a peek into both our historic houses and the inner workings of the museum. Hartigan recently sat down in PEM’s Ropes Mansion with Jennifer Borggaard, PEM’s new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Listen in as they discuss women and leadership, the nature of curiosity and how PEM can best serve its community through its new strategic plan.

PEM is honored to receive a Travelers' Choice award from Tripadvisor which recognizes the museum for consistently delivering great service and visitor satisfaction. Come experience PEM for yourself this summer!

☁️ Did you have a chance to contribute to our community-made jingle sculpture? Tomorrow, we will be celebrating the final reveal at our PEM Prize Opening Day! 🎟️ Enjoy a free day of museum admission and hear about the project from the artist Marie Watt (Seneca Nation). You can also watch a Jingle Dance performance by world champion dancer Acosia Red Elk (Member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla, and Nez Perce and Colville). Don’t forget, the 16th annual #SalemArtsFestival will be taking place around the city and right outside the museum! The arts fest offers art making, dance performances, live music and more. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dV5nkrsV

This week, the Native American Fellowship Program at PEM had the privilege of welcoming four amazing Fellows for the summer! We were impressed with their past work, aspirations and visions of the future for their communities and for the museum field. This will be the program’s 15th year in operation and marks a milestone for its longevity. We could not run our fellowship program without the support and care of the PEM staff past and present, program alumni and our local partners. Truly, it is a collective endeavor and we are grateful! 📷 Kathy Tarantola/PEM

PEM is honored to have its campus accredited as a Level 1 Arboretum by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and the Morton Register of Arboreta. The museum’s gardens and green spaces reflect horticultural efforts from the 17th century to today and cover 4.1 acres in the downtown area and McIntire Historic District of Salem, MA. An additional 5.3-acre campus in Rowley, MA is home to PEM’s Hawkes Collection Center and its associated grounds. Notable plantings in the PEM arboretum include a 100-year-old copper beech tree at the Ropes Mansion Garden and an array of species along the museum’s Axelrod Walkway, including dawn redwoods (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), Carolina silverbells (Halesia carolina), cryptomeria and ginkgos. Learn more about this news and plan your next visit at: https://lnkd.in/e5SZFWaX

We were honored to host South Korean musical duo #Cellogayageum for a special performance last weekend in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Boston. We look forward to exhibiting our historically significant Korean collection with the reinstallation of our Gallery of Korean Art and Culture, opening in May 2025. Stay tuned to our social channels for more information! Read more about the upcoming gallery in our recent blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gnTEGtEi 📸 Sasha Fino Photography

Starting tomorrow through Monday, June 3, we're excited to showcase the talents of Salem students in grades K-12 at our multiday pop-up exhibition! Join us for an annual celebration of student creativity featuring drawings, paintings, photography, poetry, dance, video art, and more. The works will be on display Thursday–Monday during regular museum hours. Don't miss the private reception for students and their families on Saturday. Check out the full schedule by clicking the link below ⬇️

Have you seen the new art installations along Essex Street? Since February, art students from Montserrat College of Art and Salem State University have been designing and creating window displays at 179 and 181 Essex Street. The project required close study and careful observation to fill a nontraditional space and was offered to local college art programs for students to enliven the pedestrian mall and demonstrate their creativity. Learn more about the students who created these displays and read about their inspiration in our most recent blog post! https://lnkd.in/eScQaaYz

🎶 This weekend on Sunday, May 26, South Korean musical duo CelloGayageum will perform at 2 pm in our East India Marine Hall! PEM is proud to host this concert in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Boston. In anticipation of Sunday’s special concert, PEM’s Curator of Korean Art Jiyeon Kim wrote a blog post about our historically significant Korean collection and the reinstallation of our Gallery of Korean Art and Culture, opening in May 2025. Learn more about CelloGayageum and what you can expect to see in our upcoming gallery, plus some behind-the-scenes conservation details about objects in our Korean collection. Get the full scoop here: https://lnkd.in/gnTEGtEi