Peabody Essex Museum’s reinstalled Asian Export Art Gallery highlights the region’s diverse creativity while not shying away from troubles trade wrought
In 1799, the founders of the East India Marine Society in Salem, Mass., enjoined its members—all sea captains and merchants—to add “curiosities” to their cargoes for display at the Society.
Since then, that cabinet of curiosities has evolved into the Peabody Essex Museum. As the cargoes themselves became the focus of scholarship and interest, its collection of works made in Asia for foreign buyers has grown to about 28,000 objects. Now, the museum’s newly opened 40,000-square-foot expansion features a reimagined...
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