The Peabody Essex Museum, originally the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute, in Salem, Massachusetts is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States, and 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.
It was founded in 1799 as the East India Marine Society by a group of Salem-based captains and supercargoes. Me...
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- 0.00405 km² (0.00156256 mi² )
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Also known as:
- Peabody Museum of Salem,
- East India Marine Society,
- East India Marine Hall,
- Peabody Academy of Science
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