East India Marine Hall

Explore several hundred fascinating objects inside the historic hall, representing a sampling of the many collections that were displayed in the museum during its earliest years. 

This installation gives voice to early collectors, trading partners and museum visitors about these objects — with some accounts extracted from records in the museum’s vast archive — and shares perspectives from a range of people living today. These captivating stories and works that reflect local and global history, as well as the impact of maritime trade, recenter East India Marine Hall as the heart of the museum. From its inception, this space and the objects in it have elicited empathy, curiosity and wonder and transported visitors to places around the world.​ 

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website