Come to Peabody Essex Museum and learn how you build a bronze horse three times larger than life! Find out as we read Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz and then create your own wireframe sculpture to display at home.
- For children ages 5 to 8 with accompanying adult.
- Tickets available on the day of the program.
STORY TRAILS AT PEM
Join staff members from the Art & Nature Center to explore PEM’s galleries through specific artworks and stories, then participate in a related art-making activity or meet an author or illustrator. For children ages 5-8 with accompanying adult.
ABOUT THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM/p> Founded in 1799, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents outstanding works of artistic and cultural creativity in ways that transform people's lives. The museum's collection is among the finest of its kind, showcasing an unrivaled spectrum of American art and architecture as well as outstanding Asian, Asian export, Native American, African, Oceanic, maritime and photography collections. In addition to its vast holding, the museum offers a vibrant schedule of changing exhibitions and an interactive education center. The museum campus features numerous parks, period gardens and 22 historic properties, including Yin Yu Tang, a 200‐year‐old house that is the only example of Chinese domestic architecture on display in the United States. Currently, a comprehensive $650 million Campaign is underway to advance PEM's mission, fortify its endowment, improve infrastructures and build a 175,000-square-foot expansion.
HOURS
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am-5 pm, and the third Thursday of every month, 10 am-9:30 pm. Closed Mondays (except holidays), Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
When:
Sunday, July 21, 2013 from 2pm - 3pm
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Prices:
Included with museum admission
Phone:
978-745-9500
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