Yin Yu Tang was moved from Huizhou, in Anhui province, to the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1990s.
Yin Yu Tang —
Yin Yu Tang was moved from Huizhou, in Anhui province, to the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1990s.
2008 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA/Dennis Helmar
The house, along with its contents, moved more than 7,000 miles.
Yin Yu Tang —
The house, along with its contents, moved more than 7,000 miles.
2008 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA/Dennis Helmar
It was carefully dismantled, then shipped to the US and reassembled to look the same as how it had done in China.
Yin Yu Tang —
It was carefully dismantled, then shipped to the US and reassembled to look the same as how it had done in China.
2008 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA/Dennis Helmar
Nancy Berliner, a curator working with the PEM until 2012, first came across Yin Yu Tang in 1996 -- at the time, the family who owned the home were looking to sell it.
Yin Yu Tang —
Nancy Berliner, a curator working with the PEM until 2012, first came across Yin Yu Tang in 1996 -- at the time, the family who owned the home were looking to sell it.
2008 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA/Dennis Helmar
Yin Yu Tang's front entrance is seen before it was moved to the US.
Yin Yu Tang —
Yin Yu Tang's front entrance is seen before it was moved to the US.
2008 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA/Dennis Helmar