Museum

PEM is proud to announce our partnership with Georgia’s Gold Coin Hunt in Salem, Massachusetts, returning for its third year. Search for shiny gold coins embossed with Georgia's original design hidden outdoors throughout the month of October. Clues will be released for each coin, so make sure to follow @GeorgiaMadeThis and @PeabodyEssex on social media to keep up. Good luck, and make sure to check out the PEM's Salem Stories and The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning & Reclaiming exhibitions!

Peabody Essex Museum is excited to have families come see their new space at the museum designed just for innovation! The Maker Lounge is dedicated to creativity and innovation through hands-on exploration with technology, materials and ideas. It builds on PEM's tradition of bringing together new and inspiring objects from around the world and celebrating creative expression through human ingenuity. Tackle a design challenge or tinker with all kinds of materials from circuits to cardboard saws. Both energizing and relaxing, the space has music, iPads and universal phone chargers.

The American Textile History Museum in Lowell is having  a free, educational and fun experience for adults and kids, celebrating the intersection of invention and creativity! In collaboration with our two new special exhibits, “Inventing Lowell” and “Flowers in the Factory,” on view through June 22.

The historic White-Ellery House will serve as the backdrop for the Cape Ann Museum’s fall festival. Historic demonstrations include decoy carving with Bob Brophy; needlepoint design with Carol Karlson; traditional rug making with Rose Ann Hunter; hand woven design with Sara Wright; and wool spinning with Leslie Wind. Children will have a chance to try their hand at making spoon dolls and other traditional toys and games.