Peabody Essex Museum Announces Virtual Exhibition

Gemr (www.gemr.com), a pioneering online social community and marketplace for collectors, today announces a new collaboration with Peabody Essex Museum to showcase items from the museum's world-renowned collection of fine and decorative arts in a virtual exhibition. This first-of-its kind partnership with one of the country's oldest continuously-operating museums will bring this expansive collection to a new audience of collectors from all walks of life.

Gemr is the first social marketplace built for collectors, by collectors to share and discover the things they love. Gemr users can upload their own items or browse thousands of other objects via the Gemr app for iOS and Android, or on the web at www.Gemr.com. An invaluable resource to collectors, users can create detailed descriptions for items, all of which are indexed via Gemr's robust search features. For the first time, collectors also have a dedicated forum for discussion and connection around the things they love, and Gemr has organized category-based collecting "Clubs" to facilitate discovery and dialogue among users with specific collecting affinities.

Highlighting Peabody Essex Museum's collection on Gemr are important examples of contemporary and historic American, Asian, Maritime, Oceanic, Native American, and African art and culture. Of note is an important portrait by John Singleton Copley, painted at the height of tension preceding the American Revolution. From the museum's expansive maritime collection is also an ornate presentation octant, dedicated to King Louis XVI, and featuring highly-detailed flourishes designed to show off the skill of the French instrument maker.

"We're honored and just incredibly excited at the opportunity to show off this peerless collection," comments Terry Anderton, CEO of Gemr. "Recent advents in technology have given purpose to a new generation of individuals who collect and appreciate the fine and decorative arts, in addition to a host of other items on a collecting spectrum too wide to measure. We hope to support the museum's mission to steward objects of art and culture by sparking an interest with this entirely new audience of collectors, and to find common ground around these items that tell a story of our shared history."

The continuously-growing collection can be found at https://gemr.com/user/pem.

About Gemr
Founded in 2013 in Portsmouth, NH, Gemr is the first social marketplace built for collectors, by collectors to buy, trade, and sell, or share and discover the things they love. Gemr's authentic, rich insights and powerful suite of features cater to an ever-expanding variety of collecting communities, and are designed to enhance any collector's personal quest. For more information, please visit www.gemr.com.

About The Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is one of the oldest and fastest growing museums in North America. At its heart is a mission to enrich and transform people's lives by broadening their perspectives, attitudes and knowledge of themselves and the wider world. PEM celebrates outstanding artistic and cultural creativity through exhibitions, programming and special events that emphasize cross-cultural connections, integrate past and present and underscore the vital importance of creative expression. Founded in 1799, the museum's collection is among the finest of its kind boasting superlative works from around the globe and across time including American art and architecture, Asian export art, photography, maritime art and history, as well as Native American, Oceanic and African art.