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The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799. [1] It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem (which acquired the Society's collection) and the Essex Institute .
In 1933 descendants of David Pingree gave the house to the Essex Institute, which merged with the Peabody Museum of Salem to form the Peabody Essex Museum. [ 2 ] The house was the site of the notorious 1830 murder of Capt. Joseph White, [ 4 ] whose death prompted a famous trial prosecuted by Daniel Webster .
The John Ward House is a National Historic Landmark at 9 Brown Street in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.With an early construction history between 1684 and 1723, it is an excellent example of First Period architecture, and as the subject of an early 20th-century restoration by antiquarian George Francis Dow, it is an important example of the restoration techniques.
Owned by the Peabody Essex Museum, restored 1794 period Colonial house Crosby Mansion: Brewster: Barnstable: Cape Cod: Historic house: website, late 19th-century mansion open for tours on specific dates Cushing House Museum and Garden: Newburyport: Essex: Merrimack Valley: Historic house: 19th-century Federal mansion with collection of ...
The Peabody Museum can refer to: George Peabody House Museum, a historic house museum in Peabody, Massachusetts; Peabody Essex Museum, an art museum in Salem, Massachusetts; Peabody Historical Library Museum in Peabody, Kansas; Peabody Leather Museum in Peabody, Massachusetts; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University ...
The Peabody Essex Museum completed a massive $100 million renovation and expansion resulting in the opening a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m 2); this allowed the display of many items from its extensive holdings, which had previously been unknown to the public due to lack ...
English: The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) Collection Center, 306 Newburyport Turnpike, Rowley, Massachusetts. The Phillips Library is located on the right first floor of the building. The Phillips Library is located on the right first floor of the building.
The Essex Institute (1848–1992) in Salem, Massachusetts, was "a literary, historical and scientific society." [1] It maintained a museum, library, [2] historic houses; arranged educational programs; and issued numerous scholarly publications. In 1992 the institute merged with the Peabody Museum of Salem to form the Peabody Essex Museum. [3]