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Peabody Museum of Salem
Peabody Museum of Salem is a historic place in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 66000783.
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Peabody Museum of Salem
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About this place
What is Peabody Museum of Salem?
The Peabody Museum of Salem (1915–1992), formerly the Peabody Academy of Science (1865–1915), was a museum and antiquarian society based in Salem, Massachusetts. The academy was organized in part as a successor to the East India Marine Society, which had become moribund but held a large collection of maritime materials in a museum collection at the East India Marine Hall, built in 1825 on Essex Street. The Peabody Museum was merged with the Essex Institute to form the Peabody Essex Museum in 1992. The East India Marine Hall, now embedded within the latter's modern structure, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 in recognition of this heritage, which represents the nation's oldest continuously-operating museum collection.
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Listing details
- Name
- Peabody Museum of Salem
- City
- Salem
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Listed on the National Register
- October 15, 1966
- NRIS reference number
- 66000783
- Resource type
- building
- National Historic Landmark
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 42.52148, -70.89231
When was Peabody Museum of Salem listed on the National Register?
Peabody Museum of Salem was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
Where is Peabody Museum of Salem located?
Peabody Museum of Salem is located in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts at approximately 42.52148, -70.89231. See the map above.
Is Peabody Museum of Salem a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Peabody Museum of Salem is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.
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