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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in , 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.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Peabody Museum”
  • Address: 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Museum of Natural History and Harvard Mineralogical Museum.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum housed in the University Museum Building, located on the campus of Harvard University in .

Museum
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The Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Harvard, or the , is located on the campus of Harvard University in .

Library
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is Harvard Library's primary source for all subfields of anthropology and archaeology. With over 250,000 volumes, Tozzer is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive anthropology and archaeology collections worldwide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Mid-Cambridge.

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

Neighborhood
, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of . It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Latitude
42.37821° or 42° 22′ 42″ north
Longitude
-71.11493° or 71° 6′ 54″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Operator
Harvard University
Open location code
87JC9VHP+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11540371766
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4946871
Wiki­data ID
Q1249027
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف بيبودي لعلم الآثار وعلم الأجناس”
  • Catalan: “Museu Peabody d’Arqueologia i Etnologia”
  • Chinese: “皮博迪考古与民族学博物馆”
  • Chinese: “皮博迪考古学与民族学博物馆”
  • Chinese: “皮博迪考古學及民族學博物館”
  • Chinese: “皮博迪考古與民族博物館”
  • Chinese: “皮博迪考古與民族學博物館”
  • Danish: “Peabody Museum of Harvard University”
  • Dutch: “Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Peabody de Arkeologio kaj Etnologio”
  • French: “Musée Peabody d’archéologie et d’ethnologie”
  • French: “Musée Peabody darchéologie et dethnologie”
  • German: “Peabody Museum für Archäologie und Ethnologie”
  • German: “Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Αρχαιολογίας και Εθνολογίας Πίμποντι”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון פיבודי של אוניברסיטת הרווארד”
  • Igbo: “Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology”
  • Igbo: “Peabody Museum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Arkeologi dan Etnologi Peabody”
  • Italian: “Museo Peabody di archeologia ed etnologia”
  • Japanese: “ピーボディ考古・民族学博物館”
  • Japanese: “ピーボディ考古学・民族学博物館”
  • Polish: “Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology”
  • Polish: “Peabody Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Peabody de Arqueologia e Etnologia”
  • Portuguese: “Peabody Museum de Harvard”
  • Russian: “Музей археологии и этнологии Пибоди”
  • Spanish: “Museo Peabody de Arqueologia y Etnologia”
  • Spanish: “Museo Peabody de Arqueología y Etnología”
  • Turkish: “Peabody Arkeoloji Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей археології та етнології Пібоді”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Пібоді”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Baldwin and Spring Hill Historic District.

Nearby Places

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