We pride ourselves on our mission of transforming lives through art and seek to bring the local global, and the global local. What impact does $5 or $10 or $50,000 have on this mission to inspire? Go HERE to see impact in action.

When you give to PEM, you have many choices as to how...and all are deeply meaningful. Last year, a woman who had been a Salem resident her whole life decided to creatively give to PEM. She remembered visiting the Essex Institute as a young child and then enjoyed a PEM membership for decades. When it came time to sell her car, she donated the proceeds to our Annual Fund. This story may seem familiar because it was featured in an issue of Connections, our member magazine, detailing how this person gave because she associated PEM with a lifetime of joy.

Many of our supporters take pride in PEM’s rich history, rooted in our creative local community, while reaching around the globe. In multiple ways, we take the opportunity to tell our unique story of exploration and connection from Salem to the greater world and back again. Through a robust changing exhibition program, supported by the Annual Fund, our membership and our East India Marine Associates, PEM is able to complement its permanent collection with an ambitious global changing exhibitions program, seen by more than 270,000 visitors to PEM each year. Fun fact: PEM-organized shows have reached upwards of 750,000 people worldwide.