Peabody Essex Museum

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East India Square, 161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970 United States Get Directions
Website https://northofboston.org/venue/peabody-essex-museum/

Events at this venue

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  • Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders & Literary Legends

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of happenings and characters from Witch City, including the infamous trials of 1692. Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders and Literary Legends starts by painting the picture...

    $15.00

  • Birds at Rest

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Birds need sleep as much as we do, and they have evolved some unique habits to match their intensely energetic lifestyles. Ornithologist and author Roger Pasquier discusses the evolution and benefits of avian sleep, including recent discoveries that some long-distance flyers can even sleep while in flight! Other birds sleep in short bouts of several...

    Free

  • Tales of a Not-So-Tiny-House

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Join us for a captivating book talk and discussion with authors Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder as they share insights from their book Tales of a Not-So-Tiny House, in conversation with Ruthie Dibble, PEM’s Robert N. Shapiro Curator of American Decorative Art. Their tiny house will also be on display in the Brown Street parking...

    $25.00

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebrations

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Join us for a free day at PEM as we celebrate and reflect on the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the upcoming exhibition Edmonia Lewis: Said In Stone. Artist Edmonia Lewis moved continually throughout her life, living in upstate New York, Ohio, Boston, London and Rome, searching for a place where...

    Free