Peabody Essex Museum
This is your museum! Welcome.
There are many reasons to come to PEM. Sometimes, looking at a work of art with someone special by your side is all the motivation you need. Sitting in the light-filled Atrium, watching the expression on a child's face as she makes a collage — each experience is worth the trip. PEM is the place to come for enjoyment, enrichment, sharing with family and friends, and creative stimulation.
We gain exciting insights about ourselves and other cultures through special exhibitions, weekend festivals and family art-making programs. You are vital to the equation. Your experiences shape the art you look at and the performances you watch, making them more meaningful and transformative.
PEM continues to touch lives and to make a difference.
Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World
Birding Iceland: Land of Midnight Sun--Grimsey & Flatey Islands
Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest
Protecting North America's Bird Nursery - ECOC September 2025
PEM Reads: Joseph Lee, Nothing More of this Land
Rurutu Island Culture History: Insights from the Philips Library Collection
Yu Kil-Chun Gallery of Korean Art and Culture
Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon Session 5
Making History: 200 Years of American Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Fireside Chats with Lynda Hartigan - Episode 4
Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams
Return to the Sky - ECOC March 2025
PEM Reads: The Spice Ports with Nicholas Nugent
When Animals Take Control - ECOC Febraury 2025
Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools
Fireside Chats with Lynda Hartigan - Episode 3
Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon Session 3
Narwhal Biology and a Tusk with a Twist
Ten Wild Photos, Ten Wild Stories - ECOC December 2024
Meet The Author - Dava Sobel
Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums
Birds and Bird Flu in a Changing Climate - ECOC November 2024
Fireside Chats with Lynda Hartigan - Episode 2
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon Session 2
Session 1 | Planning for Change: Coastal Resilience & Adaptation
Session 3 | Site and Building Strategies for Addressing Water Inundation