Peabody Essex Museum

Join us for a private guided tour of the PEM's special exhibit featuring 300 years of Flemish masterworks.  The cost is $25 and includes the one-hour private tour and admission to the museum for the full day.  We will have lunch together following the tour.  To reserve your spot, please notify Judy Bernstein judylbernstein@gmail.com and send payment to Judy Bernstein via Venmo (@Judy-Bernstein-6) or Zelle. Checks are also acceptable and may be sent to Judy at 55 Cole Rd, Eastham Ma 02642.  Because there is limited space on this tour, it is open to registered BOLLI members only.  We will maintain a wait list for non-BOLLI member guests should the tour not fill completely.  Carpooling can be arranged by contacting fellow tour goers.   For directions, parking and public transportation options, click here.

During the Renaissance, the region known today as Flanders in Belgium was home to visionary artists who developed radically new ways to depict reality, portray humanity and tell stories that continue to resonate with viewers today. This exhibition, co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp, features rarely exhibited masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Hans Memling, Jan Gossaert, Jan Brueghel, Clara Peeters, Jacob Jordaens, Frans Francken II and Michaelina Wautier, among many others.

PEM’s presentation of this exhibition also recreates a 17th century cabinet of curiosities — or wünderkammer — filled with precious porcelain and lacquer, seashells, stuffed specimens of animals (including an ostrich) and rare antiquities.