Peabody Essex Museum: "Art, Magic, and Mediums"

Let's get together to socialize as we experience a fascinating special exhibit, "Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums" at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. See paintings, posters, photographs, stage apparatuses, costumes, film, publications and other objects that will transport visitors to the age of Harry Houdini, Margery the Medium, Howard Thurston, and the Fox Sisters, among others.

You can purchase admission in advance on the PEM website or at the ticket counter when you arrive. When you RSVP, please indicate in the event chat whether you are interested in carpooling together to the museum.

After enjoying the art, any of us who want will have a light lunch together and continue to the conversation at the the museum's Atrium Café. And some of us may even stick around to see a brief live magic show by a talented young local magician that's offered as part of the exhibit.

Come join us!

Explore the essential role art and objects played for mediums and magicians “communicating” with the dead during the 19th- and 20th-century Spiritualism movement in the U.S. and Europe — a time when people actively debated and wondered, "can spirits return?" Whether you’re a believer, skeptic or somewhere in between, gain a new perspective on the timeless draw of mediums and magicians, séances and magic shows.