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Peabody Essex Museum Launches Unique Neuroscience Project

Massachusetts’ latest neuroscience grant recipient isn’t Massachusetts General Hospital or Harvard Medical School. The Barr Foundation, a Boston-based organization that supports the arts, education, and […]

Style

Art and Fashion Collide at the Peabody Essex Museum

We all have that one piece of clothing in our closet that is far from practical (I’m looking at you, sheer, vintage cape), but we […]

Style

A New PEM Exhibit Beckons All Shoe Lovers

The transformative power of a killer stiletto or flawless oxford is undeniable: the perfect shoe can shape our mood, identity, and even our status. It is exactly this sentiment […]

Arts & Entertainment

PEM Welcomes New Exhibit Featuring Childe Hassam’s Paintings of Appledore

A new Peabody Essex Museum exhibit transports viewers to Appledore, a tranquil island off the coast of Maine in the Isles of Shoals. Soundscapes of […]

Arts & Entertainment

Watch a Toddler Imitate a Dancer at the Peabody Essex Museum

For 101 days, dancers from BoSoma Dance Company are performing as “moving sculptures” in the Peabody Essex Museum’s Rodin: Transforming Sculpture exhibit. But last week, one emotionally […]

Arts & Entertainment

Three Local Museums Are Joining Snapchat

If you’ve ever felt that the only thing missing from your art appreciation experience was emojis, tomorrow is your lucky day. Wednesday, May 18 marks the official […]

Arts & Entertainment

Rodin: Transforming Sculpture Is Coming to PEM

A thought. A kiss. An arm outstretched. The work of sculptor Auguste Rodin is instantly recognizable—often imitated, but good luck duplicating it. And soon some of […]

Intersections
Wellness

PEM Might Have the Coolest Yoga Classes You Ever Take

If you’ve been putting off that trip to the Peabody Essex Museum, we have a new piece of motivation for you. Starting this Sunday, the […]

Arts & Entertainment

‘A Space for Everyone,’ Created from Shadows and Light

An upcoming installation at the Peabody Essex Museum by Anila Quayyum Agha is a response to the exclusion the artist experienced in her childhood—something that […]

Arts & Entertainment

Peabody Essex Museum Celebrates Native American Design in ‘Native Fashion Now’

Name one Native American designer. Chances are, you’re drawing a blank. But in fact, the work of contemporary Native designers is quite prevalent in popular […]

Arts & Entertainment

Peabody Essex Museum Announces New Plans for Expansion

The Peabody Essex Museum has announced new plans for expansion, featuring the addition of a new three-story wing for galleries to its existing complex in […]

Arts & Entertainment

Peabody Essex Museum Announces PEM/PM Schedule for 2015

New year, new lineups. From First Fridays to Third Thursdays, there are plenty of studios and museums in the area that celebrate the arts each […]

Arts & Entertainment

‘Audacious’ Exhibition Coming to PEM

This past summer, BSA Space hosted “Urban Timber,” an exhibit that celebrated wood as a sustainable, versatile material for construction. In the fall, the ICA debuted “Fiber Sculpture: […]

Arts & Entertainment

PEM Acquires Marilyn Riseman Collection

The Peabody Essex just made an envious new acquisition. Just ahead of Boston Fashion Week, the museum announced that it has acquired the fashion collection of the […]

Arts & Entertainment

‘The Big Draw’ Festival Returns to PEM for Second Year

Last year, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem joined in on a campaign called ‘The Big Draw,’ an international effort by the Campaign for Drawing to […]