--- title: East India Marine Hall date: 2025-01-07T10:00:00-05:00 author: Caroline Herr canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/east-india-marine-hall" section: Exhibitions --- ![East India Marine Hall](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/EIMH_HERO-final.jpg) Exhibition # East India Marine Hall On view through January 2, 2030 [Become a member](/membership) Today's hours: 10 am–5 pm Monday 10 am–5 pm Tuesday Closed Wednesday Closed Thursday 10 am–5 pm Friday 10 am–5 pm Saturday 10 am–5 pm Sunday 10 am–5 pm ### Reflect upon the global perspective that has made Salem such a distinctive city as we mark the 200th anniversary of East India Marine Hall. TOP IMAGE: Michele Felice Cornè and Samuel Bartoll, *East India Marine Society Sign* (detail), 1803. Oil on canvas. Museum commission, 1803. M235. Peabody Essex Museum. Explore several hundred fascinating objects inside the historic hall, representing a sampling of the many collections that were displayed in the museum during its earliest years. This installation gives voice to early collectors, trading partners and museum visitors about these objects — with some accounts extracted from records in the museum’s vast archive — and shares perspectives from a range of people living today. These captivating stories and works that reflect local and global history, as well as the impact of maritime trade, recenter East India Marine Hall as the heart of the museum. From its inception, this space and the objects in it have elicited empathy, curiosity and wonder and transported visitors to places around the world. This project has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Major support is provided by Mr. Ulf B. Heide, Tim and Joanie Ingraham, Alex Ingraham, and Sam Ingraham. Generous support has been provided by Haven Trust, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hawkes, Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Hodgson Jr., Angus and Leslie Littlejohn, Chip and Susan Robie, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Pratt, Katie Huddleson and Alan Kraning, Edward A. Studzinski and Anne G. Studzinski, the Salem Marine Society, and Henry Birdseye Weil and Ann Uppington. Additional support has been provided by The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, Jonathan B. Loring, Walter C. Meibaum III, Jean Verbridge, and Connie and Stan Grayson. ![](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/NationalEndowmentLogo.png) Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Follow along on social media using #EIMH200 This exhibition is part of Salem 400+ celebrations. Explore all of PEM's Salem 400+ activities at [pem.org/salem400](https://www.pem.org/celebrate-salem-400). #### **Curator Interview** Go behind the scenes with our exhibition curators. #### Want to learn the backstory behind each of the hall's hundreds of objects? Investigate them yourself on our digital tour. Scan the QR codes located around the exhibition and listen to interviews with curators, artists and past museum visitors. [Try it now.](https://pem.pladia.io/geofence/2b0bd872-bc8f-4c8c-829f-f4e758f3791d) [![https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/EIMH_Phone_800px.jpg](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/_width500/EIMH_Phone_800px.jpg?transformId=99009)](https://pem.pladia.io/geofence/2b0bd872-bc8f-4c8c-829f-f4e758f3791d) Related Collecting the Globe: The Salem East India Marine Society Museum *Collecting the Globe* presents the first in-depth exploration of the East India Marine Society Museum, written by George H. Schwartz. 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