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The Peabody Essex Museum was founded in 1801 as the East India Marine Society by a group of Salem, Mass. based captains and supercargoes as a collection of curiosities and library of information about the wider world, particualrly the trading nations of the Pacific Rim. It presently contains major collections of:
- American Decorative Art
- Maritime Art, Artifacts, and Photography
- Asian Export Art
- Asian Decorative Art
- Essex County, MA historical documents, objects, and period houses
And smaller though substantial collections of:
- Native American Art
- Contemporary South Asian Art
- Natural History
- Historic Photography
In 2003, the Peabody Essex Museum opened a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet. At this time, the museum also opened to the public the Yin Yu Tang house, an early 19th century Chinese house from Anhui Province that had been removed from its original village and reconstructed in Salem.
The Peabody Essex Museum is led by Dan Monroe, formerly of the Portland Art Museum.
External Links
Peabody Essex Museum Website: www.pem.org [1] (http://www.pem.org/)
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