About Peabody Essex Museum | A Unique Art Museum Museums offer us an environment in which people, ideas, life experiences and feelings can come together across time, place and cultures We seek out art and creative expression to feel grounded, to feel awe and to question and understand who we are and who we can become through our shared humanity
Exhibitions | Peabody Essex Museum Behind the scenes at PEM Read stories from curators, artists and more on our Connected blog, or find conversations on the PEMcast, the museum’s official podcast Read now
Careers At Peabody Essex Museum | PEM Employment The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is committed to fostering a collaborative, inclusive and respectful environment Our team is passionate about art, culture and creating a memorable experience for everyone who walks through our doors
Visit Historic Houses In Salem, MA | Peabody Essex Museum Salem has a uniquely rich architectural heritage Every major American architectural style is represented within its borders PEM’s physical campus of historic houses and other buildings encompasses three city blocks
Discover Art Culture | Explore PEM’s Vast Art Collections To engage the mind and spirit, the PEM collection offers outstanding works primarily from the 1600s to today: paintings, decorative arts, sculptures, photographs, drawings, textiles, architecture and objects of daily life
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 - Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA This extraordinary series of events that began in 1692 led to the deaths of 25 innocent women, men and children The crisis in Salem, Massachusetts took place partly because the community lived under an ominous cloud of suspicion
Salem Stories Exhibit at PEM | Explore The History of Salem, MA Please note the gallery will be closed to the public from June 16–27 We apologize for the inconvenience The exhibition starts at “A is for Always Indigenous” to acknowledge the Native communities who have lived for millennia on the land where the museum now sits