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Venture Out: See Art and Maritime Curiosities Less Than 60 Minutes Away
The Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem has a collection of maritime treasures from around the world, along with art and other exhibits, and it's less than an hour from Watertown.
One of the oldest exhibit halls at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is filled with maritime curiosities from around the world, while a haunting, curious melody spills into the room from the speakers. PEM curators place contemporary art or music next to the older pieces from their collection. The goal of this is to make unique connections between the past and present by placing two unrelated things in context with each other. Click on the video to the right to see more of the museum. The museum began as a place for sea captains to store and share trinkets and curiosities from around the world. Over time, this collection grew to include rare artifacts from India, Japan, Korea, and American Indian tribes. For example, PEM houses one of the …
