The Peabody Essex 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-all collections of exceptional standing. 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.