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Peabody Museum

Address15, Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number695
Building Root Number 04780
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1876
Building Acquired 1876
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after George Peabody (A.B. 1823), a merchant, financier and philanthropist.Historical NotesThe Peabody Museum building was constructed in 1876 to a design by Boston architect Robert H. Slack. It was the first anthropological museum in America founded by George Peabody (A.B. 1823). Building funded by a gift of George Peabody and others.
Additional Information
Frederic W. Putnam Hall of American Archaeology East of the Rockies
Bowditch Room
Oric Bates Hall
Warren Gallery
Hurlbut, Byron Satterlee. A Guide Book to the Grounds and Buildings of Harvard University. Cambridge: U, 1898. Print.
General Information by and about the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1670 and HUF 678.2.2.
"The Peabody Museum." Scientific American. Vol. 6:143, 1878, p.2268.
"Peabody Museum." The Harvard Register. Vol. 3:1, January 1881, p.42.
General Information by and about the University Museum. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1864.2.
Weber, Paul J. Photographs of Harvard University Buildings and Grounds Taken by Paul J. Weber, Ca. 1929-1931 and 1939. Harvard University Archives call number HUV 2329
“$3 Million Renovations Begin At Harvard’s Peabody Museum.” The Harvard Crimson, 19 Oct. 1982, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/10/19/3-million-renovations-begin-at-harvards/.
Heskel, Julia. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott: Past to Present. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, 1999.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Peabody Museum of Archaeology Ethnology. Records on Museum Building Plans, 1967-1975 (inclusive). (1967). Harvard University Archives call number UAV 677.468
“The Peabody Museum.” The Harvard Crimson, 6 Apr. 1886, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1886/4/6/the-peabody-museum-the-peabody-museum/.
“The Peabody Museum.” Cambridge Chronicle, 21 July 1877, p. 1.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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