peabody museum

As a Latin American Studies student, I tend to spend a ridiculous amount of time in LatAm wings of museums. When I went, the Día de los muertos altar was phenomenal. Definitely curious about what they have for the rest of the year!

This museum houses artifacts of peoples from around the world. Each floor is dedicated to a particular groups of peoples. The American Native peoples is in the basement section and is very informative and interesting. The museum is attached on 3rd level to the Harvard History Museum and admission is inclusive.

I found nothing of special interest here. Quite ordinary museum, usual stuff, archaeology, some cloths of some Indian tribes. There are different sections for different regions. But nothing special, this museum isn't worth an extra visit.

This small ethnographic museum is just my size - I tend to saturate quickly in museums, and can never look at all the exhibits. The focus is North American native peoples. I spent a lot of time in a special exhibit based on a notebook of drawings found in a Lakota burial site after the Battle of Bull Run- beautiful colored drawings of horses and warriors, extensive interesting videos discussing the drawings and warrior culture, lots of wall texts with a lot of information. A permanent exhibit about Inuit culture had beautiful objects, well-explained, and a miniature diorama showing the construction of igloos and other shelters. The exhibit on totems could have told me a lot more, but had a wonderful video about the return to its Northern Pacific tribe of a totem purloined in1899. Many more exhibits which I didn't see, including canoes, basketry, Mexican Dia de Los Muertos, etc.My 12yo granddaughter, who is allergic to educational expeditions and was in a foul mood, started wandering around and became engrossed. She began calling me over to show me things and ask questions.From the Peabody you can walk through to the Harvard Museum of Natural History - no additional admission fee. There you can see the glass flowers - astounding. My granddaughter refused to believe they were glass. For these, I would have LOVED more info about how they were made - there was a wall text about the two brothers who made them, and an exhibit of their tools, but that's all. A big (special?) exhibit on climate change, where you could vote on what you were willing to do to reduce your carbon footprint. My granddaughter voted politically correctly but I haven't noticed that her showers have gotten any briefer.There's a museum store, don't know about food - surely they have wheelchair access but I didn't check.

Harvard found a father and son team of intricate glass makers and set them to recreate a vast collection of rare flowers, plants, small animals that had been collected by naturalist professors of the early 20th century. They created these flowers as museum specimens to teach people about these rare species collected around the world. You would hardly know these fascinating objects were glass and not some miraculously preserved specimens. A hidden treasure and definitely worth an hour or two away from the bustle in the square.

This small museum has some nice pieces. There are various pieces for each section of the museum that are quite nice but the majority seem common and unremarkable. Some items have extensive information placards while others have very little. Some of these craft items, such as baskets made by Native American peoples, could at least have some information on how the baskets were made. This museum could be a lot better with a little more effort in presentation.

The PEM is an art gallery and museum in one, basically... Great American collections, with beautiful design aesthetics throughout the building... Not what I expected, from the outside! Worth the drive up from Boston!

The Peabody focuses on the indigenous cultures of the Americas. I had to pay a visit for a class, but I ended up really enjoying the thoughtful displays and text. There are artifacts, pictures, audio, video, replicas, etc. Things are generally well labeled and there’s lots of interesting information. On Sunday morning it was quiet and far from crowded, but not totally empty, which I consider perfect for museum viewing.It’s free for MA residents on Sunday morning, and Wednesday afternoons Sept - May (and they did check for proof of residency). It’s internally connected to the Harvard Natural History Museum so admission to one gets you admission to both, but I ran out of time and stamina to do them both.

Well, Turner is not an every day exhibition, but this Museum did a very nice job with it. Nicely curated and streamlined. Most helpful personnel.And the area around is now handsomely landscaped. Meals at the nearby Hawthorne Hotel are friendly and tasty. Calder is Next !

We visited here (it's 5 minutes' walk from Harvard Yard, in Divinity Avenue) specifically to see the Mayan collection, having visited many ruins in the Yucatan earlier in the year. The Peabody's Mezo-American collection seemed weak to me. Plaster casts of statues are not impressive! Their native american collection is far better.

We enjoyed the exhibitions and spent three hours touring two floors of the four. The first was dedicated to showing artifacts and history of the diverse First Nations/Native Americans. We were quite impressed with the richness and accuracy of the exhibits. We spent some time at the museum of natural history as our ticket got us in there as well. There were no crowds so the viewing was very relaxed and comfortable. It in no way, compares to the Museum of Anthropology as nothing could compare to e natural setting, but as a small museum Peabody is worth visiting.

The best latin america exhibit I have ever seen, very well displayed, they make you feel like you are inside some cave seeing ancient paintings!

This is an amazing place... With a lot of exhibits and not usually over crowded.. Everything is perfectly organised and clean... Climate change to Latin America.. You can find evrything over here.. The area outside it is also good... Hire a cycle or walk and have a look around the very educational area.. But finding a parking spot is very difficult.. Specially at weekend.. It would be better if you travel by bus or cycle.. And the museum also sells parking passes.. You can but them at the check in for $6 (April,2014)

As an ethnologist, I'm rarely satisfied with the treatment of ethnologic collections in museums, but this one is pretty good. The presentation may be a little old-fashioned, but there's a fine collection of artifacts from many different cultures. There's a big area dedicated to Native American cultures that showcases their diversity and also respects their beliefs in the way they're displayed. Note that the ticket is for both the Peabody Museum and the Museum of Natural History (accessible through one of the upper floors).

This is an incredible museum with consistently ultra-high standards for its exhibits. It is beautifully designed, has lots of love open light filled space to sit and relax or have a snack from its very disappointing snack bar. Do all your gift buying in its fantastic gift shop. Such a great museum & store, it's a shame the snack bar is so disappointing. (Parking is easy too)