Comments on: Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/156 Boston Chinatown's first blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:35:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Bruce MacLaren http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/156#comment-998 Bruce MacLaren Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:03:59 +0000 http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/156#comment-998 Thank you for visting the Peabody Essex Museum. I am glad you enjoyed the recent exhibitions, as well as Yin Yu Tang, and I greatly appreciate your compliance with our photography policy. However, I want to clarify that the exhibition you saw in 2001--Secret World From the Forbidden City--was on loan to us from the Palace Museum, Beijing. All objects on view in that exhibition belonged (and still do) to the Chinese government and were touring the United States as part of a traveling exhibition, organized by the Palace Museum, Beijing. The truth of how these objects were acquired is that they were borrowed from the lender with their approval and returned! Thanks again and feel free to stop and say hello the next time you visit the Peabody Essex Museum. Best regards, Bruce MacLaren Associate Curator of Chinese Art Peabody Essex Museum Thank you for visting the Peabody Essex Museum. I am glad you enjoyed the recent exhibitions, as well as Yin Yu Tang, and I greatly appreciate your compliance with our photography policy. However, I want to clarify that the exhibition you saw in 2001–Secret World From the Forbidden City–was on loan to us from the Palace Museum, Beijing. All objects on view in that exhibition belonged (and still do) to the Chinese government and were touring the United States as part of a traveling exhibition, organized by the Palace Museum, Beijing. The truth of how these objects were acquired is that they were borrowed from the lender with their approval and returned!

Thanks again and feel free to stop and say hello the next time you visit the Peabody Essex Museum.

Best regards,

Bruce MacLaren
Associate Curator of Chinese Art
Peabody Essex Museum

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