Name of repository
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnography

Address
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact
peabody@fas.harvard.edu

Telephone
617- 496-1027

Fax
617- 495-7535

Email
peabody@fas.harvard.edu

Description of the Peabody Museum
The Peabody Museum is one of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology, and houses one of the most comprehensive records of human cultural history in the Western Hemisphere. Archaeological collections make up the bulk of the Peabody’s holdings, with materials from all over the globe represented. Particularly large numbers of objects from Eurasia and North America are included, as well as valuable collections of material from Central and South America. Ethnographic collections at the Peabody number far fewer by object count, but constitute an invaluable resource that includes some world class artifacts. The Peabody museum additionally has extensive archival holdings, which consist of large amounts of paper and photographic resources from researchers and scholars.

The Peabody is actively engaged in ongoing anthropological discourse through exhibitions, workshops, symposia, and publications. Faculty and students are encouraged strongly to draw upon the collections to enrich classes and enhance research work, as the museum’s holdings represent a tremendously valuable resource for the Harvard community as a whole. The Museum also has a public face which serves a wide audience through its existence as a museum open to all as well as through the educational programs developed in collaboration with Harvard’s Museum of Natural History.

Description of Image Holdings
The Peabody’s Photographic Archives contain nearly 500,000 items representing over 250,000 images. This collection spans a full range of photographic material, including photographs, negatives, glass plate negatives and historic photograph boards.

Description of the Digital Imaging and Visual Resources Department
The Office of Information Services and Technology and the Office of Imaging Services work together at the Peabody with all other members of the staff to create, process, maintain and provide all images associated with the Peabody’s collections. At the present time OIST has delivered over 60,000 digital objects to Harvard’s digital repository (representing over 20,000 photographs) and our local database utilizes 180,000 image files as well. The process of digital file creation is an active and ongoing one here at the Peabody, and it is to be expected that these numbers will continue to grow through time.

What's in VIA?
The Peabody at this moment has approximately 10,000 images from our Carnegie Institution of Washington collection digitized in VIA. This Carnegie Institution of Washington Collection (CIW) documents the CIW's archaeological research undertaken in Central America from 1929 to 1957. The CIW photographic record (42,000 images) was deposited at the Peabody Museum after its department of archaeology was closed in 1958. Phase II of this project is ongoing and will result in the deposit of another 30,000 images into VIA.

How we use VIA
Each Peabody Museum record currently in VIA represents a photograph from the Carnegie collection held in our Photographic Archives. Information such as date and place are catalogued, and the records have also had associated subject keywording applied.

Permissions
The digital copy of any Peabody Museum image found in VIA is for personal use only, and may not be sold, loaned, copied or published without the express permission of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University.

Reproduction
For any use of this image in any medium contact the Office of Imaging Services at pmimages@fas.Harvard.edu

Copyright
If copyright for is held by the Peabody Museum, the VIA copyright statement will read:

This copy furnished for study purposes only. Written authorization must be obtained for all other uses. Peabody Museum, Harvard University.