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.

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 ...

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 ...