Peabody Essex Museum Salem Ma

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Historic houses & gardens explore rich architectural sites and green spaces around salem Learn more about salem witch trials, including a comprehensive history, today’s impact, and how you can explore the crisis at peabody essex museum. Pem is located about 16 miles north of boston, at 161 essex st

In historic salem, ma (corner of essex and new liberty streets) In 2003, yin yu tang opened to visitors, telling the complex story of its past and recent history and transforming it from a multigenerational family residence to a historic house in a museum setting at pem. Step into our dynamic galleries featuring key objects from the museum’s collection.

Read stories from curators, artists and more on our connected blog, or find conversations on the pemcast, the museum’s official podcast.

Museum history the roots of our museum date to the 1799 founding of the east india marine society, an organization of salem ship captains and supercargoes. Peabody essex museum, 161 essex street, salem, ma 01970 Explore pem walks, an audio series that takes you into remarkable historic structures in salem with pem’s content producer dinah cardin and manager of historic structures steven mallory.