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      Enjoy stories and conversations for the culturally curious, written by museum staff, guest contributors, interns, fellows and more.

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      Guests in East India Marine Hall, 2026.

      Curator Q+A: Behind the Scenes of East India Marine Hall

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      Behind the scenes of the Salem Food at 400+ Festival

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      Cooking up a historic recipe for gingerbread from PEM’s Ropes Mansion. Photo by Meg Boeni/PEM

      Talking about typography in new library exhibition Pressing Importance

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      The American Wonder: or, The Strange and Remarkable Cape-Ann Dream, 1776.

      Curator Q & A: Behind the scenes of Pressing Importance 

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      Museum gallery with a wooden historic printing press display, framed documents, and deep red walls under track lighting.

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      East India Marine Hall reinstalled with some of the museum’s earliest objects

      Some of PEM’s earliest objects are explored with Maritime Curator Dan Finamore as East India Marine Hall opens with a new installation.

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      PEMcast 41: The storied life of Edmonia Lewis 

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      PEMcast 40: Fashioning the World with Andrew Gn

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      PEMcast 40: Fashioning the World with Andrew Gn

      PEMcast 39: Behind the scenes of PEM’s new Yu Kil-Chun Gallery of Korean Art and Culture

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