The Peabody Essex Museum recently announced its lineup of new exhibits and programs for 2026, including exhibits celebrating ...

With the low, softly-lit lights, ornate wallpaper and distant, beckoning voices, you will feel as if you have in fact stepped into the receiving room of a seer. Someone who, as the name suggests, has ...

William Sidney Mount, "Saul and the Witch of Endor," 1828. (Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.) Shannon Taggart spent almost two decades researching Lily Dale, New York, a ...

The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, will be opening an exhibition dedicated to the sculptor Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) on 14th February 2026. The show will then head to the Georgia Museum ...

For a long time, scientists couldn’t debunk séances with experiments. See how magicians rose to the task – and set a new standard for truth – at the Peabody Essex Museum. ByJonathon Keats, Contributor ...

With more than 100 works on display, the European show is a chance to see masterpieces by golden age artists, including Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens SALEM — Salem might not be the place you’d first ...

Installation view of XYZT: A Journey in 4 Dimensions exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum (all photographs of this exhibition courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B. ©RomainEtienne) SALEM, Mass. — The ...

NEWBURYPORT — Jane Winchell, curator of natural history and director of the Art and Nature Center at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, will visit the “Morning Show” on Jan. 2, to discuss “Narwhal: ...

The Peabody Essex Museum is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the museum’s first permanent gathering and exhibition space, East India Marine Hall. Built in 1825, the hall is the heart of the museum ...

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum , Salem, MA, (February 14-May 9, 2004) and presented at the Asian Art ...