Peabody Essex Museum
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Peabody Museum of Salem
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Main entrance to the museum on Essex Street, Salem, 2008
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| Location: | Salem, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates: | 42°31′18″N 70°53′36″W / 42.52167°N 70.89333°WCoordinates: 42°31′18″N 70°53′36″W / 42.52167°N 70.89333°W |
| Built: | 1825 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style: | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000783[1] |
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| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL: | December 21, 1965 |
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Essex Insitiute Historic District
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| Location: | Salem, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates: | 42°31′20″N 70°53′33″W / 42.52222°N 70.8925°WCoordinates: 42°31′20″N 70°53′33″W / 42.52222°N 70.8925°W |
| Built: | 1727 |
| Architect: | McIntire,Samuel |
| Architectural style: | Renaissance, Italian Villa, Federal |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 72000147[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 22, 1972 |
The Peabody Essex Museum (est. 1992)[2] in Salem, Massachusetts, may be considered one of the oldest continuously operating museums in the United States. It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute.[3][4] The museum holds one of the major collections of Asian art in the US. Its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces, as well as twenty-four historic buildings.[5]
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[edit] History
In 1992, the Peabody Museum of Salem merged with the Essex Institute to form the Peabody Essex Museum.[5] Included in the merger was the legacy of the East India Marine Society, established in 1799 by a group of Salem-based captains and supercargoes. Members of the Society were required by the society's charter to collect "natural and artificial curiosities" from beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn. Due to the institution's age, the items they donated to the collections are significant for their rare combination of age and provenance.
In 2003, the Peabody Essex Museum opened a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m²); this allowed the display of many items from its extensive holdings, which had previously been unknown to the public due to lack of capability to show them. At this time, the museum also opened to the public the Yin Yu Tang House, an early 19th century Chinese house from Anhui Province that had been removed from its original village and reconstructed in Salem.[5]
In 2011, the Peabody Essex Museum announced it had raised $550 million with plans to raise an addition $100 million by 2016.[6] The Boston Globe reported this was the largest capital campaign in the museum's history vaulting the Peabody Essex into the top tier of major art museums.[7] The Peabody Essex Museum trustees co-chairs Sam Byrne and Sean Healey with board president Robert Shapiro led the campaign.[8]
[edit] Collections
The museum presently owns collections of maritime art, including works by marine artist James Bard.[9] The museum also has collections of: American decorative art; Asian art; Japanese art; Korean art; Chinese art; Native American art; Oceanic art;[10] African art; Indian art (contemporary); rare books, manuscripts & ephemera (in the Phillips Library); photography (a collection comprising more than a half million rare and vintage images); architecture (24 historic American structures and gardens; 5 buildings are National Historic Landmarks; 8 others are listed on the National Register of Historic Places).
[edit] Architecture in the Peabody Essex Museum
The museum owns 24 historic structures and gardens. Some are shown in the gallery below. The full set of buildings are: Daniel Bray House, Gilbert Chadwick House, Cotting-Smith Assembly House, Crowninshield-Bentley House, John Tucker Daland House, Derby-Beebe Summer House, East India Marine Hall, Gardner-Pingree House and Gardner-Pingree Carriage House, Lye-Tapley Shoe Shop, Dodge Wing of the Peabody Essex Museum, Asian Export Art Wing of the Peabody Essex Museum, Peirce-Nichols House, Samuel Pickman House, Plummer Hall, Quaker Meeting House, L. H. Rogers Building, Ropes Mansion, Andrew Safford House, Summer School Building, Vilate Young (Kinsman) House, and John Ward House.[5]
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Plummer Hall, formerly Salem Athenaeum
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Derby-Beebe Summer House
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[edit] American art
Among the American artists represented in the museum's collection:
- Clifford Warren Ashley[11]
- James Bard[11]
- Frank Weston Benson[12]
- James E. Buttersworth[11]
- John Singleton Copley[12]
- Michele Felice Corné[11]
- George Washington Felt (1776-1847)[12]
- Alvan Fisher[12]
- Fitz Hugh Lane[11]
- Charles Osgood[12]
- Frederic Remington[12]
- George Ropes Jr. (1788-1819)[12]
- Robert Salmon[11]
- John Singer Sargent[12]
- Charles Wilkes[11]
[edit] See also
- Predecessors to the Peabody-Essex Museum
- East India Marine Society (est.1799)
- Essex Institute (est.1848)
- Peabody Academy of Science (est.1868)
- Peabody Museum of Salem (est. ca.1915)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ PEM website. "Museum history." Retrieved 2011-02-16
- ^ The manual of museum exhibitions by Gail Dexter Lord (Rowman Altamira, 2002) http://books.google.com/books?id=dTKb1kk88McC&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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- ^ a b c d Peabody Essex Museum collections (Peabody Essex Museum, 1999)
- ^ Peabody Essex announces $650 million campaign, WickedLocal.com, November 14, 2011
- ^ Peabody Essex vaults into top tier by raising $550 million, Boston Globe, November 6, 2011.
- ^ PEM announces $650 million advancement, Peabody Essex Museum press release, November 7, 2011.
- ^ Mariner's Museum and Peluso, Anthony J., Jr., The Bard Brothers -- Painting America under Steam and Sail, Abrams, New York 1997 ISBN 0-8109-1240-6
- ^ [2]
- ^ a b c d e f g Peabody Essex Museum. Maritime Art and History. Retrieved 2011-12-07
- ^ a b c d e f g h Peabody Essex Museum. American Art. Retrieved 2011-12-07
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peabody Essex Museum |
- Peabody Essex Museum Website
- Yin Yu Tang, a late Qing dynasty merchant's house relocated to the museum
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- Historic districts in Massachusetts
- Peabody Essex Museum
- 1799 establishments in the United States
- 1992 establishments in the United States
- Decorative arts museums in the United States
- National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
- Historic house museums in Massachusetts
- Art museums in Massachusetts
- Museums in Salem, Massachusetts
- Marine art museums in the United States
- Houses in Salem, Massachusetts
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
