Philanthropists' Eight-Figure Donation Will Enhance Peabody Essex Museum's Collection Center

Philanthropists James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes have made a significant donation to enhance the Peabody Essex Museum's 120,000-square-foot Collection Center in Rowley. Their eight-figure gift will support the museum’s efforts to house, care for, and improve access to its collection of over 800,000 works of art and culture, representing more than 12,000 years of global artistic and cultural creativity. "As longtime champions of [the Peabody Essex Museum], we are delighted to support the Collection Center, a facility that is critically important to the museum’s mission," the Hawkes say. "Our gift ensures that [the museums's] superlative co

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