WebsiteLocation:
11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Affiliation:
Harvard College
Founded:
1866
Collections:
The Peabody Museum houses over six million artifacts from six continents. These include textiles, decorative arts, paintings, sculpture, and ceramics produced by people from many different cultures. The Peabody's collections are especially strong in artifacts from the Americas and the Pacific Islands.
Publications:
- Approximately 300,000 artifacts from the Peabody's collections are accessible via a digital database.
- Online Exhibit: Digging Veritas: The Archaeology & History of the Indian College and Student Life at Colonial Harvard (In order to view objects in this exhibit, hover your mouse over the words "Online Exhibitions" in the left-hand column. Then, hover over "Digging Veritas." Select one of the sub-headings to view artifacts.)
- Online Exhibit: Gifting and Feasting in the Northwest Coast Potlach
- Online Exhibit: Rainmakers From the Gods: Hopi Katsinam
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