The Friday before school began we traveled to Salem, MA to visit the Peabody Essex Museum. I have not been since I was a kid, so over 30 years ago. It’s changed quite a lot! There are additions and new galleries and the museum was amazing! So much to see and the kids really enjoyed it.

We started with the maritime exhibits and then visited the 2 special exhibits; Childe Hassam’s impressionist paintings of the Isles of Shoals, and a collection of Rodin sculptures. In the Hassam exhibit they set up a postcard station, visitors to the museum could write in a scrapbook or fill out postcards that the museum would mail for them. Jacob, Sophia & I wrote postcards to Grammy.

We did not visit the historic homes which was part of our admission. Hopefully. on a future visit, we’ll be able to do so as the home are well-preserved reminders of what life was like in a colonial maritime community.