点评:Peabody Essex Museum was free for us as NARM members. We enjoyed its beautiful full of light modern building and very interesting exhibits related to the infamous “Witches of Salem Trial”, one of the saddest parts of the pilgrims’ history in our country. One more poignant reminder of how evil things could become when it comes to religious zealots. We also liked almost everything on the third floor, where plenty of beautiful Asians objects of art are displayed. Salem was a town of seafarers and many of these objects have been brought to Massachusetts on their ships. On the second floor I was very impressed by some gorgeous glass art objects, including Dale Chihuly’s vase. Then we had a nice lunch at the museum cafe (two cups of clam chowder, tuna sandwich for my husband and a mini veggie quiche for me). Lovely and well curated museum.
翻译:作为 NARM 会员,我们免费参观皮博迪埃塞克斯博物馆。我们喜欢它美丽的、充满明亮现代气息的建筑,以及与臭名昭著的“塞勒姆女巫审判”有关的非常有趣的展品,这是我国朝圣者历史上最悲惨的部分之一。它再次深刻地提醒我们,当宗教狂热分子卷入其中时,事情会变得多么邪恶。我们也喜欢三楼的几乎所有东西,那里展示了许多美丽的亚洲艺术品。塞勒姆是一个航海小镇,其中许多物品都是通过他们的船带到马萨诸塞州的。在二楼,我对一些华丽的玻璃艺术品印象深刻,包括戴尔·奇胡利的花瓶。然后我们在博物馆咖啡馆吃了一顿美味的午餐(两杯蛤蜊浓汤,我丈夫吃的金枪鱼三明治,我吃的迷你蔬菜乳蛋饼)。博物馆很漂亮,管理得很好。