Peabody Essex Museum

  1. Events
  2. Venues
  3. Peabody Essex Museum
Events at this venue
Today

April School Vacation Week: Celebrating Yin Yu Tang

Peabody Essex Museum

Friday, April 19, 2024 from 10 am—5 pm In person event Location: Create Space Studios, Morse Auditorium All events are included with admission. Children ages 16 and under always receive free admission! Same-day ticketing required for the paper cutting workshop. Dragon Quest 10 am–5 pm Learn about dragons in art and tradition around the world in a scavenger hunt that ...

Yin Yu Tang Film Screenings

Peabody Essex Museum

Learn about the Yin Yu Tang home as well as daily life and celebrations in rural China through this series of documentary shorts. “One Day in Ping Wei” Follow a little girl as she goes about her day in a town in Anhui Province, the home region of Yin Yu Tang, and learn about life in rural China through her ...

Traditional Chinese Paper Cutting with Zhonghe (Elena) Li

Peabody Essex Museum

Same-day tickets are required for this timed workshop; capacity is limited. Tickets are available at the Information desk. Spring has arrived! Frogs and ducks are appearing in neighborhood ponds. Chipmunks and rabbits are peeking out of their burrows and birds are building nests. Join artist Zhonghe (Elena) Li for a spring-themed lesson in Chinese paper cutting. She will show you ...

Mini Earth Moss Balls

Peabody Essex Museum

In-person event Location: Create Space Studios Included with admission Let’s cherish our one and only planet! Earth gives us everything we need to live, so let’s treat it with care. Join us in crafting mini Earth moss balls as visual reminders to appreciate our home. Regular Drop-in Art Making is held in person Friday–Monday in our Create Space studios. Friday ...

Opening Night with Kathy Najimy

Peabody Essex Museum

Salem Horror Fest kicks off with a special opening night ceremony at the Peabody Essex Museum featuring Kathy Najimy (Hocus Pocus, Sister Act) in a moderated discussion with Andrea Subissati, editor of Rue Morgue Magazine. The program opens with a keynote speech from Alexandra West, author of the new book Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror, followed by remarks ...

Hocus Pocus (1993) with Kathy Najimy • Opening Night

Peabody Essex Museum

Salem Horror Fest kicks off with a special opening night ceremony at the Peabody Essex Museum featuring Kathy Najimy (Hocus Pocus, Sister Act) in a moderated discussion with Andrea Subissati, editor of Rue Morgue Magazine. The program opens with a keynote speech from Alexandra West, author of the new book Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror, followed by remarks ...

Cat People (1942) with Faculty of Horror

Peabody Essex Museum

Irena Dubrovna, a New York City--based fashion designer who hails from Serbia, begins a romance with marine engineer Oliver Reed. After the couple gets married, Oliver becomes concerned about Irena's notion that she is cursed and may transform into a large cat in the heat of passion. Confiding in his beautiful assistant, Alice Moore, about his marital issues, Oliver unwittingly ...

Our Time on Earth Climate Activations: Be the Change

Peabody Essex Museum

Saturday, April 27 from 1-3 pm In-person event Location: Our Time on Earth, Gallery 201, “Be the Change” zone Engage in pop-up conversations with climate advocates, researchers and community leaders inside the exhibition in the “Be the Change” zone on select Saturdays. Ask questions and hear about local and regional efforts to address climate change. This program is supported in ...

One for the Road • East Coast Premiere

Peabody Essex Museum

A family traveling from out of state breaks down in the most unfortunate place, Salem's Lot. Going for help, Gerard Lumley leaves his wife and daughter behind, unaware of the dangers awaiting them. Reaching a bar in the town next door, he finds nothing but reluctant assistance, everybody but him knowing the danger his family is in. Directed by David ...

Stay

Peabody Essex Museum

A troubled teenage girl winds her way through a park that she has traversed many times on her way home. This time, however, not everything is as it seems and she is quickly confronted with Dickensian ghosts who attempt to guide her as she wrestles with a life-threatening decision. Directed by Gene Blair Jr. https://www.facebook.com/events/407782338557549/

George A. Romero’s Resident Evil • Special Presentation

Peabody Essex Museum

A documentary that brings to light the vision that director George A. Romero had for an adaptation of Resident Evil, using newly filmed interviews with those who were there, and unravels the secrets behind why it was never produced. Directed by Brandon Salisbury https://www.facebook.com/events/397510603140017/

Cyanotype Sun Prints

Peabody Essex Museum

In-person event Location: Create Space Studios Included with admission Learn the process of cyanotype photography and celebrate the return of spring sunshine! Using the power of the sun, create a spring-inspired print and watch your work of art develop before your eyes. Regular Drop-in Art Making is held in person Friday–Monday in our Create Space studios. Friday art making is ...

The Grudge (2004) with Horror Queers

Peabody Essex Museum

Matthew Williams, his wife, Jennifer, and mother, Emma, are Americans making a new life in Tokyo. Together they move into a house that has been the site of supernatural occurrences in the past, and it isn't long before their new home begins terrorizing the Williams family as well. The house, as it turns out, is the site of a curse ...

Glass Bottle Painting

Peabody Essex Museum

In-person event Location: Create Space Studios Included with admission With the new Studio Glass gallery opening on May 18, more of PEM’s multifaceted collection of glass artworks will soon be on view! Besides being beautiful, glass is also one of the most recyclable materials on Earth. Get creative with glass by making an upcycled vase to decorate your home or ...

The Judgment

Peabody Essex Museum

An Egyptian gay couple return from the U.S. to Egypt for a family emergency and have to force themselves back into the closet and pretend to be just friends. When they fall prey to witchcraft as punishment for their “homosexual sins,” one of them falls into religious terror and exposes his unhealed past. Directed by Marwan Mokbel https://www.facebook.com/events/345767151846263/

Our Time on Earth Climate Activations: Be the Change

Peabody Essex Museum

Saturday, May 11 from 1-3 pm In-person event Location: Our Time on Earth, Gallery 201, “Be the Change” zone Included with admission Engage in pop-up conversations with climate advocates, researchers and community leaders inside the exhibition in the “Be the Change” zone on select Saturdays. Ask questions and hear about local and regional efforts to address climate change. This program ...

SEE ME: Salem Public School Students’ Creative Expressions of Identity

Peabody Essex Museum

In person event Location: Around the museum Included with admission; Free admission for Salem residents and children 16 and under Join PEM for an engaging multiday pop-up exhibition highlighting the incredible talents of Salem students in grades K-12. This annual celebration of student creativity is an opportunity for students to showcase drawings, paintings, photography, poetry, dance, video art and more. ...

Our Time on Earth Climate Activations: Be the Change

Peabody Essex Museum

Saturday, June 1 form 1-3 pm In-person event Location: Our Time on Earth, Gallery 201, “Be the Change” zone Included with admission Engage in pop-up conversations with climate advocates, researchers and community leaders inside the exhibition in the “Be the Change” zone on select Saturdays. Ask questions and hear about local and regional efforts to address climate change. For this ...