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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

About Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. The museum is caretaker to over 1.2 million objects, some 900 feet (270 m) of documents, 2,000 maps and site plans, and about 500,000 photographs. The museum is located at Divinity Avenue on the Harvard University campus. The museum is one of the four Harvard Museums of Science and Culture open to the public.

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Founded
1866
Opened
1876

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  1. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge01CambridgeInfrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY 2.5
  2. Peabody Museum, Harvard University - exterior02Peabody Museum, Harvard University - exteriorDaderot · Public domain
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  4. Astrolabe, Isfahan, Persia, brass, ca. 1620 (Safavid Dynasty) - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC04Astrolabe, Isfahan, Persia, brass, ca. (Safavid Dynasty) - Peabody Museum, Harvard UniversityDaderot · CC0
  5. Hemenway Codex (Huixquilucan Codex), Mexico, c. 1660-1750, manuscript in Nahuatl language on bark fiber - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05Hemenway Codex (Huixquilucan Codex), Mexico, c. -, manuscript in Nahuatl language on bark fiber - Peabody Museum, Harvard UniversityDaderot · Public domain
  6. A Journal of Captain Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, by John Ledyard, Nathaniel Patten printer, Hartford, 1783 - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC06A Journal of Captain Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, by John Ledyard, Nathaniel Patten printer, Hartford, - Peabody Museum, Harvard UniversityDaderot · CC0

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