Explore the Region's Marine Life and Maritime Legacy at the Peabody Essex Museum

At the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), the sea is inescapable. Salem Harbor sits mere steps from the front door. The museum’s collection, first showcased in 1799, contains “natural and artificial curiosities” brought from around the world in the hulls of ships. But saltiness is having a real moment. Right now, the museum is focused on marine animals as they’re found in nature and literature as well as on PEM’s tradition of sharing maritime art and history. In recent months, you could listen to sea chanteys, sculpt a whale with an art-making group, or embark on a yearlong journey, making your way with other readers through the epic no

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Explore the Region’s Marine Life and Maritime Legacy at the Peabody Essex Museum

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