Reviews of Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Museum)

Nadine Barnett

The Peabody Museum is one of my favorite museums of all time! As an Archaeology student here at Harvard University, the Peabody has been an amazing resource for my studies and interests. The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful, and the exhibits are amazing and wondrous.

Hameed Chughtai

Almost excellent museum of ethnology. I'd have given five stars if they paid critical attention to the post colonial aspect of history. The information often appears bias to the modern US rather than indigenous past, which it tries to document.

Heather Swain

So much amazing info!

Andrew Folts

Great museums ... worth the trip and price

J. T. S.

In 2 hour you can see everything, but not in detail. I will return! Amazing.

Ela Zawrotniak

(Translated by Google) Fantastic (Original) Fantastyczne

Vashti Boochay

Wonderful place to explore! The crystals are mind blowing!

J B Maxwell

Great exhibits!!!

Chousekat232

Great exhibits with lots of great history

Guillermo Fischer

(Translated by Google) Excellent museum Original pieces of pre-Columbian culture. Very well presented and with display of very clear dioramas. A trip of three floors to dedicate more than two hours. There is also an exhibition of minerals and entomology. Highly recommended (Original) Excelente museo. Piezas originales de cultura precolombina. Muy bien presentado y con exhibición de dioramas muy claros. Un recorrido de tres pisos para dedicarle más de dos horas. También hay exhibición de minerales y entomología. Muy recomendable.

Top 10 Farsi

This museum was one of my favorite places during our Boston vacation. The museum has many great things to see. We got there an hour before closing but we managed to see everything and enjoy them. If you're close by give it a try. Highly recommended.

Aldoir de Borba

Bcz is Amaaaaaazing!!!

Andres de Loera-Brust

Great collection, very interesting and informative curation.

Wang Roy

I believe there is an interesting museum there.

Augustin Braun

Great native american exposition

Carmelo Federico

(Translated by Google) Very good although of less importance than the close one of natural sciences. The same is worth exploring. (Original) Muy bueno aunque de menor importancia que el cercano de ciencias naturales. Igual vale la pena recorrerlo.

Sean Esslinger

You should check this out if you are in Boston/ Cambridge area.

Christopher Gates

There's a lot of odd stuff here. Mostly because humans are strange.

Kirill Kolyaskin

Small museum with a rich collection.

Marco Il Ciarroch

(Translated by Google) Charming (Original) Affascinante

Danny Davis

Excellent place.

Fred Rosa

Excellent! Must see.

Chih-Horng Kuo

A great museum.

Sarah Budai

I had a great time! I loved the newer exhibits, the Harvard Indian School exhibit was my favorite, I loved everything about its design, particularly the layered drawers showing the levels of excavation. I also appreciated the explicit mention of NAGPRA and modern Native Americans as living people.

Stilus 3000

J'ai adoré A ne pas louper

Holly Prugar

We were not really impressed with this museum. We have been to many, many museums. Some of the artifacts are interesting, but there is nothing engaging. For example, in the Native American section the addition of Native museum playing would have really added to the displays. My boyfriend made the same comment. Many other museums (even small musuems) will have tv screens showing examples of traditional dance and song or music playing though speakers. The collections seemed disjointed and outdated. The museum seems to be in need of a refresh. It took us under an hour to see everything. There are four small floors of exhibits. There are lots of stairs but there is also an older elevator that is small. It should be noted the lady at the ticket desk was kind and helpful!

Kirk Weaver

Fantastic displays.. loads to learn about.

Sunita Bhattacharya

This is a very very interesting place that lets you go back in time and visit creativity of people ages ago especially the Andes. They have an amazing collection of about 1.5 million archaeological objects!

María Gómez Güémez

I like this museum to much.

Bodie Weedop

You could spend a week there without boredom

Stephen Saenim

Amazing! They pack so much into a small museum. Loved every square inch of it. :) TIP: If you have a similar museum membership in another major city, they might offer free reciprocal admission. Double check the website and bring proof of membership.

Stefanie Urban

Lots of interesting exhibits. Very much an old school "display cases full of things" museum format.

Joshua Berk

Founded in 1866 by George Peabody, making it one of the oldest museums devoted to anthropology, with one of the most comprehensive collections in the world. Pro-Tip: Free on Sunday Mornings!

Matt Harris

A great museum with a classic presentation mixed with modern technology. Thorough collection of minerals including meteorites, fossils, taxidermy collection of existing and extinct animals. Don't miss the 3 full whale skeletons and glass plant models.

林煊

(Translated by Google) Very good (Original) 很好逛

HAN BO

Overall, good place for native Americans. But parking is nightmare!

Alicia Daniel

Very fun for anthro nerds like myself. Recently opened up a big new exhibit. They also have lots of cool artifacts and educational dioramas. A favorite of mine is actually the exhibit on the ongoing Harvard Yard dig. The Art of War exhibit is also cool. Harvard students get in free and can bring a guest. Boston Public Library often has discount passes for up to six people. Admission also gets you into the natural history museum next door, which is worth a visit.

Sneha Chandrika

Expected a huge collection, but so far whatever is located is quite unique but dims in front of the Museum of Fine arts collection. This is definitely a recommended museum for all the collection and educative information the exhibits carry.

Ed Holden

Great little cultural museum connected with the Harvard Museum of Natural History (entrance to one is good for the other). Free to Massachusetts residents with ID Sundays before noon.

David Griffiths

Fascinating museum attached to the Harvard Natural History Museum. Your entrance fee gives you access to both. Perhaps the most interesting exhibits relate to the Mayas. Harvard has been central to Mayan research for over a century. The Maya writing (glyphs)were first effectively decoded by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, working in the basements of the museum. Ian Graham, whilst working for Harvard, transcribed the details of life at the major Maya settlements. If you go upstairs, you will find teaching models for various aboriginal American societies. I believe these are still used for teaching archaeology and anthropology. Last time I visited, there was also an interesting exhibition about a student project to excavate Harvard Yard. This allowed the students to manage and carry out the major tasks involved in a complete archaeological dig. Highly recommended.

GEARS

Liked it

Joubert P. Vieira

2 alemães, pai e filho, fizeram uma coleção de flores de vidro (para preservar a informação botânica), que é belissima e incrivel ! Melhor exposição que vi nos USA !

Dr. Cynthia Stein

Lots of information. Very worthwhile.

Jeremy Dean

Good collection with some interesting items.

Rad Pal

Don't miss this out of the way museum.

Mercedes Vergara

(Translated by Google) It only seems self propaganda of how good they are. Few interesting things. Not worth it (Original) Únicamente parece auto propaganda de lo buenos que son. Pocas cosas interesantes. No vale la pena

Jonathan Tennis

Incredible collection. Great museum. Wonderful staff.

steve lee

Lots of interesting stuff to see and read

Arvind Sharma

North American Indian museum.

JT Buzanga

The Peabody Museum is on Harvard's Campus and connected to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Unfortunately, the Peabody's exhibits have become tired. A lot of the items have been removed or loaned, which definitely takes away from the collection. Not the best museum for kids, especially with the HMNH right around the corner. Its such a shame because it is still an impressive collection. I can't think of a more extensive collection of Native and Latin American history in the Boston area. Hopefully, Harvard will invest some money and time into renovations.

Margaret Comer

Very interesting Museum to visit

George Paytaryan

Such a great collection of artifacts and history.

Nick S W

Links up with the natural history museum

Innovative Ideas

Modern world marvel

Christopher Jones

This place was great. My only feedback is that if someone turns up 30 minutes before closing time, have a half every rate fee or something. Full fee when you simply don't have the time to explore it all isn't cool.

Albert Ferrer

Interesante museo, con la cultura propia del país

עדנה שריד

(Translated by Google) amazing experience. Flowers and vegetation made of glass by a German father and son, it is hard to tell that the display is glass, looks absolutely real !! Worth a visit to Harvard! (Original) חוויה מדהימה. פרחים וצמחייה עשויים מזכוכית ע'י אב גרמני ובנו, קשה להבחין שהתצוגה היא מזכוכית, נראה אמיתי לחלוטין!! שווה ביקור בהארווארד!

S Ramesh

Very interesting collection, esp of meso-american sculptures

Peter Salem

3 floors of history about exploring our species’ history. Pretty meta. In all seriousness, a great and vibrant collections. Lots of native peoples exhibits, interesting stories of past major exhibitions, and well curated rooms to explore. Definitely could spend a long time here to look more closely

Ben Kalziqi

Really beautiful exhibits. I've seen a few natural science museums, but this was very impressive.

ajanta b

This place, including the adjacent natural history museum, is one of the best museums in the country. The 5 hours we spent were not nearly enough! There is so much to learn and see, and the collection is presented so beautifully that you actually want to spend time reading it all. I kept wishing that I lived in Boston, just so I could go there every week and take the time to really absorb everything and appreciate what Harvard has done here. Expect random school children groups to come through (who don't understand what they have and we don't

Nicole Lopez

Spent over five hours here. Stunning collection and a real treasure trove of ethnology

Tiarnan O Hagan

Many fantastic exhibits and historical accounts. Great range of artifacts on display accurately recounting the cultures of yesteryear.

hector tellez

No to much things

Tracey Oliver

Loved this museum. So interesting. So many animals on display. Enjoyed it all.

Marshal Laycock

I would suggest doing this separately from the Natural History Museum. We spent a long time their and then realized we needed to eat lunch and went through the Peabody quite quickly since we were only in Cambridge for the day. There's so much to see all around that this museum needs its own time. Loved what we saw thought. We have Native American relatives and close friends, we are from the Southwest so it was a beautul collection. Worth seeing!

Gigi Harmon

This is a small museum which we accessed via a different museum included in our City pass, thus saving money, and checked several of their floors. I really liked their section of Latin America and Native America with exhibits which are not presented in Europe in the same detail they are presented here. On the negative side, the items could have been presented better, however I assume this is due to lack of funds and space so I cannot but appreciate the effort. But in London such a museum would have been probably free to visit..............

Vladimir Barash

This is a little gem tucked into Harvard campus. The exhibitions are honestly awesome, featuring artifacts from the ancient American civilizations. Definitely worth a visit.

Juan Orozco

Excellent exhibits. My 6 year old son loved the dioramas.

sergio Perez Morales

Excellent museum

Alex Bockstein

Another Great Museum

Evan Colt

Interesting FREE exhibits!

John Brian Anderson

Fave

Bruce Phillips

After having been to the Peabody museum in New Haven, I was pleased to see so many different displays to make the combined experience so much more complete. The internet is helpful, but to see the displays with actual artifacts is helpful to make a connection to the cultures.

Lenek Adams

The The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a small, but unique museum curated by Harvard University. It's exhibits and the knowledge they contain, while limited in number, are unique and very accessible. It's an intimate experience that is worth a detour from the better known tourist stops. It is well-suited for families with children. Because it is physically connected to the adjacent Harvard Museum of Natural History, you can wander freely between the two. There are the usual discounts, but on Sundays if you enter before noon, admission is free to Massachusetts residents.

Cameron Burke

I went to an archaeology fair there and they had examples of what they found and they clearly explained how it was found and what it was used for. They said that they can tell the age of the item based on how far underground it was. It was amazing.

C Senkal

This is was my first visit to the museum, and it’s not a regular museum, although very interesting. The Totems are amazingly majestic, but I was a bit disappointed because I expected to know where the pieces were from and more about their history. Instead, it feels like a discombobulated environment where the pieces are show without the history behind them and how they all connected.

Gregory Luna

Great Lakota exhibit!

Hugo Dominguez

Awesome exhibits.

minh truong Truong

Niềm mơ ước!

Christine Youn

Very educationa place. Kind and friendly staffs and convenient batgroom with nice gift shop.

Zevach

Very nice experience for the whole family.

Erika Copp

Nice cool place to spend an afternoon.

Edward D'Silva

This Museum is a little hard to find but is an unexpected gem if you are interested in Archaeology and Ethnology. It's off the list of high trafficked sites but a nice stop.

Runze Huang

Adjacent to the Harvard Museum of Natural history

Daniel Schoepflin

Science Rocks

Pasqualino Ferralis

Very interesting and exposed very well

Brad Gehrke

Great examples of native American and Latin American culture and history. The dual membership into the natural history museum accessible from the third floor makes for an irresistible package.

Sunil Mayreddy

Awesome collection.

Margot C

Cool history museum. Kids' activities are very well thought, and the on-site staff very welcoming.

Louis Rosas-Guyon

If you're interested in Native Americans, this is a good museum for you.

Grace Libby

We spent 3 hours here on a chilly winter afternoon when we had only intended to be there 2! The art and weapons exhibit, which is why we went, was incredible (I stopped and read every detail), and while I thought I'd want to breeze through the rest, I couldn't help but linger in every room. I don't care one bit about geology, and yet I just had to get a look at literally every mineral in that exhibit! I 100% recommend making this a stop for any trip to Boston.

Mel Woolf

Great exhibits , parking not so much.

silvia ester garcia rubio

(Translated by Google) Interesting (Original) Interesante

Olivia Brett

Very interesting exhibits and history - ranges from Native American artifacts to an extensive taxidermy collection. Be sure to explore the entire museum, there is definitely something for everyone here!

Kelly Parker Broker/Realtor

Fun

Karen Richardson

Recommend going once. Not really worth a return trip.

Shawn Jin

Great place for family and kids, or for a date. Good variety of exhibits, and also get access to cultural museum next door

김태곤

(Translated by Google) I have to go and see ... It feels great (Original) 꼭 다녀와봐야함...대단하다는게 느껴짐

vinnie Ruddy

A lot of amazing exhibits and information

INDREJ GCOLD

Visiting ancestors

Horton ?

I fell in love, not just with Harvard, but as an anthropologist. I can't express how well put together it was. I was very happy with my visit.

Anthony Rucho

One of my fondest memories as a child was seeing the cool stuff at the museum!!! Now, when I go, it's just breathtaking, the history, the time.. so many beautiful artifacts, and how time has made them so elegantly simple.

Justin Ong

Can easily spend the whole morning here; connects to the museum of natural history and has more taxidermied animals than one could imagine.

Carey Rote

I have seen better.

EM M

I was really impressed and surprised by the large collection of items from Chicago's world fair. The collection overall was very nice too, especially for the price of admission.

Mary O'Leary Conroy

Wide ranging exhibits with something for everyone. I was very impressed with the unique dinosaurs and those whale skeletons!

Ernesto De Castro

Not to be missed

JD Quijano

Seems like it was arranged by someone with ADD, not to be disrespectful, they have several amazing pieces, but they are organized in a very antiquated manner, almost seems like a spaced out cabinet of curiosities

Someone Someone

Would be great if dates were shown on descriptions of specimens.

Fanuel Muindi

You have to come back multiple times to absorb everything. Love that it’s quiet and provides a nice escape to learn and explore the past. Also, the summer Solstice festivities are awesome somewhere between June 20-22 each calendar year. Keep an eye out on their calendar. Museum is open till 9pm during the solstice festivities!

Katherine Raina

Wonderful human-scale museum full of interesting exhibits. Very reasonably priced.

Mari Ramirez

Our favorite museum in town, and we like museums. The exhibits on American Peoples are well curated and well executed (engaging, interesting, educational). We visit at least once a year, and always recommend it to visitors in town.

Rocephin W

A museum that is actually connected to Harvard museum of natural history. Very big...

Tyra P

Great museum attached to the Museum of natural history. Probably not good for kids, but for adults and teens interested in archaeology.

Marilyn Cambridge-Reece

Wonderful examples of American Indian artifacts.

John Cody

My cup of tea.

Anju Mahajan

(Translated by Google) God (Original) Gud

Tina Fiore

Had to visit this spot quickly however the exhibits were very nice and it was well worth the trip

Jake Leslie

The Peabody Museum offers such a wonderful insight into human evolution. The displays highlight the common thread of humanity that exists concurrent with the ethnic and cultural diversity across our globe. This is a must visit during your stay in Boston.

Michael Shilalie

Very extensive and enjoyable!

Jerod Mason

Great selection of items on display.

mami

(Translated by Google) It is a museum located on the premises of Harvard University. As I entered around 16 o'clock, it was about an hour later, but I think that it will be exactly one hour to one and a half hours even if I look around slowly. As expected, there are indigenous people 's history and diverse ethnic exhibits that can not be thought of as the United States, and I took many pictures. Because it is connected with the Harvard University Museum of Natural History next door, if you visit here with us, it is a mechanism to understand the history of the USA and the natural history more. Washing and WiFi are also provided. (Original) ハーバード大学の敷地内にある博物館です。16時頃に入場したため、あと1時間程、というところでしたが、ゆっくり見て周っても1時間～1時間半程が丁度良いかと思います。さすがアメリカ、と思わずにはいられない先住民の歴史や多様な民族の展示があり、写真も何枚も撮影しました。隣のハーバード大学自然史博物館と中で繋がっているので、こちらと一緒に見学するとよりアメリカの歴史や自然史がわかる仕組みになっています。お手洗いやWiFiも完備されています。

David Lukwago

Breath taking especially the part of human evolution

afkhalis

Excellent museum that contains mostly artifacts from Latin America and North America. Shows off Aztec, American Indian, and other Latin American items from throughout history.

Naqeeb Ullah

This place has every collection possible. Definitely reccomend to learn a piece of history

The Last Lion

Not as good as expected

Emory De Castro

A diamond in the rough of Boston museums. Extensive collection of ethnographic arts. Some are the last of their kind from a forgotten culture.

Alison Fisher

featuring a lot of loot by Harvard alumni. And there is so much museum theory now, even more so re anthropology and ethnography, that you just can't win, especially at Harvard. And from that perspective, the Peabody works extremely well, including retaining (consciously) some of the old museum interior. It is surely not a must for Harvard, but an interesting place nonetheless. The Dia de los Muertos events are fantastic for kids and strongly recommended!

Pritam Sonavne

Museum which is all about history of America, animals and birds information.

Christopher Knapp

Great!

Ziad Dagher

Interesting exhibits.

Fernando Dávila

(Translated by Google) Highly recommended if you are interested in the history of Native Americans in North America. In a few places I have seen such a complete collection. (Original) Muy recomendable si te interesa la historia de los indios nativos en norteamérica. En pocos sitios he visto una colección tan completa.

CharlyPollo

A museum and a University that sponsored thiefs and burglars, and also promotes illegal trafficking of ancient artifacts. Their whole Mayan collection is made from objects stolen by an American criminal, sponsored by the museum, that for years ransacked and illegally trafficked with all the objects he could find from the Mayan Peninsula. The worst part is that the largest part of that collection is rotting in the Museum's warehouse. Return the objects to where they belong you criminals!

Eric Sapp

This is a nice little museum that also connects to the Harvard Natural History museum.

Emily Baker

Wonderful small museum packed with excellent specimens from the natural world and more. Felt lucky to have made it to the ‘Art of War’ exhibition.