SALEM — The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) — one of the oldest and fastest-growing museums in the country — will open its new 40,000-square-foot wing with a series of events in September.
Designed by Ennead Architects, the $125M expansion, a component of the museum’s $650M Connect Campaign, features 15,000 square feet of new gallery space, a light-filled atrium, an entry for school and group tours, links to existing galleries and a 5,000-square-foot garden designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. The new wing and adjacent renovated galleries will feature fresh installations of the museum’s collections and new commissioned work by contemporary artists.
The schedule:
PEM CONTINUUM GALA & ART PARTY | Sept. 21
Celebrate the opening with a night of dinner, drinks, live music, performances and more. Be the first to explore three new floors of art, culture and design as well as experience the museum’s new atrium and garden. Tickets available at pem.org/gala.
MEMBER & CORPORATE MEMBER OPEN HOUSES | Sept. 26-27
RIBBON CUTTING AND PUBLIC OPENING | Sept. 28 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Join PEM’s Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Director and CEO Brian Kennedy, and Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially kick off the museum’s newest and most exciting chapter yet. Tour the new wing, enjoy live music, art making and performances throughout the day. General admission is free.
PUBLIC OPENING | Sept. 29 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
PEM’s public opening continues. Tour the new wing, enjoy live music, art making and performances throughout the day. General admission is free.
For additional information, go to pem.org.
