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Due to the institution's age, the items they donated to the collections are significant for their rare combination of age and provenance.

At this time, the museum also opened to the public the Yin Yu Tang House, an early 19th century Chinese house from Anhui Province that had been removed from its original village and reconstructed in Salem.Peabody Essex Museum collections (Peabody Essex Museum, 1999) [4]The museum presently contains significant collections of maritime art, including works by marine artist James Bard.Mariner's Museum and Peluso, Anthony J., Jr., The Bard Brothers -- Painting America under Steam and Sail, Abrams, New York 1997 ISBN 0-8109-1240-6.

The museum also has significant collections of:American decorative artAsian export artJapanese artKorean artChinese artNative American artOceanic art[5]African artIndian contemporary artPhillips Library Collection: rare books, manuscripts & ephemeraPhotography: a collection comprising more than a half million rare and vintage imagesArchitecture: 24 historic American structures and gardens; 5 buildings are National Historic Landmarks; 8 others are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The museum owns 24 historic structures and gardens.

Members of the Society were required by the society's charter to collect "natural and artificial curiosities" from beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn.

In 1992, the Peabody Museum of Salem merged with the Essex Institute (1822) to form the Peabody Essex Museum.Peabody Essex Museum collections (Peabody Essex Museum, 1999) [3]In 2003, the Peabody Essex Museum opened a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m²); this allowed the display of many items from its extensive holdings, which had previously been unknown to the public due to lack of capability to show them.

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