Salem

Massachusetts · the United States

Salem

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The city

What to expect from Salem.

Coastal city north of Boston, known for the 1692 witch trials, when 20 people were executed. It was also one of the country’s wealthiest ports for trade with China and India. It has the Salem Witch Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum with art and objects brought by sailors, and the house that inspired the novel The House of the Seven Gables.

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The local experience

What to see in Salem

Salem Witch Museum
Museum

Salem Witch Museum

Museum housed in an old stone church, which tells the story of the 1692 witch trials with life-size scenes and narration.

Peabody Essex Museum
Museum

Peabody Essex Museum

Museum of art and culture with objects brought by Salem sailors, maritime art and Yin Yu Tang, a reconstructed Chinese house from the Qing dynasty.

House of the Seven Gables
Historic house

House of the Seven Gables

A 1668 wooden house on Salem harbor that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, with a hidden staircase and gardens.

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