In many areas of India and Nepal and for the South Asian diaspora community around the world, March 4 marks Holi, the Hindu festival of colors celebrating the start of spring. Join us on Sundays in March to enjoy a variety of festive music on the harmonium and sitar.
Explore the global practice of canoe making by making your own mini paper vessel. Find examples of full-sized and model canoes in Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest, in the Maritime Art Gallery and in East India Marine Hall, reopening March 14! Regular Drop-in Art Making is held in person Friday–Sunday and holiday Mondays in our Create Space studios. Friday ...
Members are invited to a private preview and cocktail reception to celebrate the reopening of East India Marine Hall. Enjoy the opportunity to be among the first to view the newly reinstalled, historic hall and hear remarks from the organizing curators, while enjoying a cocktail and some light bites. If you would like to join as a member and receive ...
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is the most persistently pictured of all American novels. The novel and its timeless themes continue to inspire artists, designers and creatives of all types. Its first sentence: “Call me Ishmael.” is one of the most iconic and best-known opening lines in all of literature. Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick is the first exhibition focused on ...
Experience a dazzling retrospective of the fashion, art and design mastery of Singaporean designer Andrew Gn. Andrew Gn, named a “pioneer among foreign-born, Paris-based designers” by Vogue, is one of Singapore’s most prolific creative forces. Over the course of 25 years, he has produced more than 80 collections and 10,000 elegant ensembles. Making its North American debut, Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World illuminates ...
Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols. Come and experience the liveliness of a drinking party, the opulence of a royal wedding and poetic evocation of spring on a delicate dish. Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for "Double Happiness." With more than 30 highlights from the museum's wide-ranging Chinese collection spanning 3,000 years, ...
Explore the first retrospective of acclaimed 19th-century Black and Indigenous sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Born in Greenbush, New York in 1844, Lewis became the first sculptor of Black and Indigenous (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Beginning her career in Boston in 1863, she traveled to Rome in 1866 to join the leading American sculptors of her generation, breaking international, racial ...
Did you know the boreal forest covers 33% of the Earth’s forested area? TOP IMAGES Scenic moonrise. Photo © Gary and Joanie McGuffin/themcguffins.ca. Courtesy of Stephen Loring, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution. Snowshoes by John Ferris (Constance Lake First Nation). Photo by James Kegley. © Tom Walker. All Rights Reserved. Canoe by John Ferris (Constance Lake First Nation). Photo by ...
Join us for a special Member Morning in East India Marine Hall and preview the new installation before it opens to the public! This will be a self-guided viewing experience. Meet us for light refreshments and explore the gallery at your own pace. Please bring your membership card for entry to the museum.
Create an original scratchboard illustration inspired by 19th-century scrimshaw using sustainable tagua nut slices! See historic scrimshaw works on view in PEM’s Maritime Art Gallery and in East India Marine Hall, reopening March 14. Regular Drop-in Art Making is held in person Friday–Sunday and holiday Mondays in our Create Space studios. Friday art making is recommended for ages 10 and ...
Explore the global practice of canoe making by making your own mini paper vessel. Find examples of full-sized and model canoes in Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest, in the Maritime Art Gallery and in East India Marine Hall, reopening March 14! Regular Drop-in Art Making is held in person Friday–Sunday and holiday Mondays in our Create Space studios. Friday ...
In many areas of India and Nepal and for the South Asian diaspora community around the world, March 4 marks Holi, the Hindu festival of colors celebrating the start of spring. Join us on Sundays in March to enjoy a variety of festive music on the harmonium and sitar.
Explore the global practice of canoe making by making your own mini paper vessel. Find examples of full-sized and model canoes in Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest, in the Maritime Art Gallery and in East India Marine Hall, reopening March 14! Regular Drop-in Art Making is held in person Friday–Sunday and holiday Mondays in our Create Space studios. Friday ...
As we honor the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in the movement's birthplace, learn more about the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, past and present, through objects from PEM's collection. With Paula Richter, Curator-at-Large. To register for this tour, please email rsvp@pem.org. Space is limited, and spots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. If the tour is full, you may ...
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is the most persistently pictured of all American novels. The novel and its timeless themes continue to inspire artists, designers and creatives of all types. Its first sentence: “Call me Ishmael.” is one of the most iconic and best-known opening lines in all of literature. Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick is the first exhibition focused on ...
Experience a dazzling retrospective of the fashion, art and design mastery of Singaporean designer Andrew Gn. Andrew Gn, named a “pioneer among foreign-born, Paris-based designers” by Vogue, is one of Singapore’s most prolific creative forces. Over the course of 25 years, he has produced more than 80 collections and 10,000 elegant ensembles. Making its North American debut, Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World illuminates ...
Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols. Come and experience the liveliness of a drinking party, the opulence of a royal wedding and poetic evocation of spring on a delicate dish. Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for "Double Happiness." With more than 30 highlights from the museum's wide-ranging Chinese collection spanning 3,000 years, ...
Explore the first retrospective of acclaimed 19th-century Black and Indigenous sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Born in Greenbush, New York in 1844, Lewis became the first sculptor of Black and Indigenous (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Beginning her career in Boston in 1863, she traveled to Rome in 1866 to join the leading American sculptors of her generation, breaking international, racial ...
Did you know the boreal forest covers 33% of the Earth’s forested area? TOP IMAGES Scenic moonrise. Photo © Gary and Joanie McGuffin/themcguffins.ca. Courtesy of Stephen Loring, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution. Snowshoes by John Ferris (Constance Lake First Nation). Photo by James Kegley. © Tom Walker. All Rights Reserved. Canoe by John Ferris (Constance Lake First Nation). Photo by ...
In many areas of India and Nepal and for the South Asian diaspora community around the world, March 4 marks Holi, the Hindu festival of colors celebrating the start of spring. Join us on Sundays in March to enjoy a variety of festive music on the harmonium and sitar.
