The newly transformed Peabody Essex Museum is the country's oldest museum and one of the largest, presenting art and culture from New England and around the world.  It is one of the nation’s major museums for Asian art, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Indian art, along with the finest collection of Asian Export art extant, and nineteenth-century Asian photography.  It presents the earliest collections of Native American and Oceanic art in the nation.  The historic houses and gardens, and American decorative art, and maritime art collections provide an unrivaled spectrum of New England's heritage over 300 years.

The museum campus in Salem MA includes a hands-on education center, numerous parks, period gardens, 24 historic properties, an award-winning museum shop, and a cafe and restaurant.