SALEM — Brian Kennedy is stepping down as director and CEO of Peabody Essex Museum on Dec. 31, after a little more than a year on the job.

An exhibition takes a balanced look at Frederic W. Putnam, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and early anthropology.

The Peabody Essex Museum announced Tuesday that Brian P. Kennedy will leave his position as director and CEO of the institution on Dec. 31. Kennedy was hired in March 2019 and stepped into the ...

Peabody's exhibits have always been planned primarily for the scholar. Peabody, the first anthropological museum in America, has collected material for specialized research ever since its founding ...

After 25 years at the helm, Peabody Essex Museum director and CEO Dan Monroe is announcing his retirement. Monroe has led the PEM since the 1992 merger of Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex ...

Fashionistas, rejoice: The Peabody Essex Museum has appointed its first Nancy B. Putnam Curator of Fashion and Textiles, and her name is Petra Slinkard.. Well versed in both fashion and fine art ...