Gay Salem! Your Gay Guide to the Witch City!

Salem's Attractions
From whale watching to ghost hunting Salem, Massachusetts offers a wide variety of attractions and tours. Be sure to also check out our section on museums!

Witch Trials of 1692
Cry Innocent
Salem's Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 867-4747
The year is 1692. Bridget Bishop has been accused of witchcraft and you sit on the Puritan jury. Hear the historical testimonies, cross-examine the witnesses and decide the verdict. Play your part in history.

The Salem Witch Museum
Washington Square North, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 | (978) 744-1692
The Salem Witch Museum brings you back to Salem 1692. Visitors are given a dramatic history lesson using stage sets with life-size figures, lighting and a narration - an overview of the Witch Trials of 1692

Witch Dungeon Mueum
16 Lynde Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 741-3570
The mood is set form the moment you enter the Witch Dungeon Museum. You are there - in Salem Village in 1692, and you are guaranteed a unique educational experience with a chill or two. You'll experience the acclaimed performace of a Witch trial adapted from the 1692 historical transcripts. Professional actresses in repertory reenact the electrifying scene.

Witch History Museum
197-201 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |978-741-7770
The untold stories of 1692 told through an historically accurate live presentation followed by a guided tour.

The Witch House
310 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 744-8815
The Witch House, as it is called, is the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin (above), the most notorious of the witch trial judges.

Haunted Attractions

Spellbound Museum
190 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 | (978) 745-0138
Authentic Supernatural Curios and Oddities
Visit New England’s only museum featuring authentic supernatural curios from around the world! See religious, historical, and cultural artifacts that will entertain and educate you. Learn about Hoodoo and Voodoo. See a rare mid-19th century “Vampire Killing Kit” directly from Europe. View items used to contact the spirit world. Experience America’s only “Ghost Gallery!”™ What equipment did the first “ghost hunters” use? See examples of faked psychic phenomena and psychic ghost photography, our collection of channeling and talking boards and much more! Don't leave town until you’s seen Salem’s most unusual museum! You may also purchase tickets to the nightly Vampire and Ghost Hunt Tour!

The Magic of Salem
Salem Witch Village
288 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(800) 298-2929
Does the idea of a "witch" still conjure images of cackling old hags stirring bubbling brews whilst black cats wrap around their legs as the full moon rises? Still think that they're hitching rides on broomsticks across the night sky of Salem? Looking to cast your own spell?

Other Salem History
The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 744-0991
When you arrive at The House of the Seven Gables - which constitutes its own national historic district on The National Register of Historic places - professional guides will warmly greet you for an unforgettable historical experience. Outside, spectacular seaside gardens await you.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site
193 Derby Street Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 740-1660
Salem Maritime, the first National Historic Site in the National Park System, was established to preserve and interpret the maritime history of New England and the United States.

The Stephen Phillips Memorial Trust House
34 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978)-744-0440
Located on picturesque Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts, this Federal style mansion contains a family collection that spans five generations.

Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie
122 Derby Street, Salem, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 745-2744
Got a sweet tooth? Then you'll want to sample the mouth watering confections manufactured by Ye Olde Pepper Companie of Salem, Massachusetts, Americas Oldest candy company.

Theatre

Salem Theatre Company

90 Lafayette Street, PO Box 306, Salem, MA 01970 | 978-790-8546

The Salem Theatre Company enriches the artistic, cultural, and economic life of greater Salem through the performance of classic, contemporary and new works of exceptional theatre. We also strive to move and inspire, and build connections with new diverse audiences and theatre artists through arts education outreach.

Tours

CityView Trolley Tours

131-2 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970 |(978) 594-0969

Look for the silver trolleys! Hop on and off. Fully-narrated tours of Slaem. Tickets available at Salem Vistior Centers, Salem Ferry, Museum Place Mall, and on-line.

Derby Square Tours
86 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970 |(978)745-6314
Derby Square Tours was founded in 1983 by Salem historian Jim McAllister to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of the rich history of Salem, Massachusetts. Derby Square Tours offers a full range of tour services and educational programs including Salem’s famous Witch Trial Trail and Terror Trail walking tours, held throughout October, that explore Salem’s Witch history and hauntings.

Hawthorne Tours
57 Wharf Street, Pickering Wharf, Salem, Massachusetts | (978)744-5463
Hawthorne Tours specializes in customizing tours for groups (generally 25 or more people) such as schools, corporations, churches, senior centers and clubs, other tour operators and families throughout the United States and Canada.

Hocus Pocus Walking Tours
Museum Place Mall, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(781) 248-2031
Experience this powerful historically accurate walking tour which reveals Salem’s Dark Shadows, it is unlike anything you have ever witnessed.

Salem Historical Tours
8 Central Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 745-0666
Founded in 1997, the region's most comprehensive and compelling tour company delivers a variety of historic-themed strolls in and about Salem, Massachusetts. Tours include the Cemetery/Witchcraft Tours and the Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tours.

Salem Strolls
(978) 741-1154
Offers walking tours of Salem's colorful history as shown through the architecture of five centuries.

Salem Trolley
8 Central Street, Salem, Massachuetts 01970 |(978) 744-5469
Enjoy a one-hour narrated tour and shuttle service to sites and attractions throughout the city of Salem. An 8-mile ride will take you on an entertaining journey through Salem’s past, present and future! There are 12 stops along the way where you are invited to disembark and visit historic museums, attractions and restaurants. Tickets are good all day.

Salem Water Taxi
10 White Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 |(978) 740-9989
Salem Water Taxi is located on the Congress Street Bridge at Pickering Wharf.

The Schooner Fame
57 Wharf Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970| (978) 729-7600
The new Fame is a full-scale replica of the famous schooner. Framed and planked of white oak and trunnel-fastened in the traditional manner, the new Fame was launched in 2003. She is now based at Salem's Pickering Wharf Marina, where she takes the paying public for cruises on historic Salem Sound.

Spellbound Tours: Vampire and Ghost Hunt Tour
Tours Depart at 8pm from the Visitor Center at 2 New Liberty Street |(978) 745-0138
Join supernatural expert Mollie Stewart or her paranormal investigators for a nightly journey around Salem’s dark edges in search of the ghosts of Salem! Visit some of Salem’s most notoriously haunted places and meet the ghosts that dwell within. Hear real ghost stories based on documented research and current investigations, and see ghost photos from these haunts on Spellbound Tours’ nightly Vampire & Ghost Hunt walking tour. Hear true stories of New England vampirism and learn the origins of vampire folklore and legends, the history of the real Dracula, and cases of modern vampirism. This is a true ghost hunt! bring your camera! Tours run from mid-april through November 30th, rain or shine. Additional tours are available in October!

Gay Fabulous!
(These places are especially welcoming to gay and lesbians. We are in the process of evaluating every listing on our site to determine their "fabulousness." Let us know if you feel a listing should be designated as Gay Fabulous or to suggest a listing we might have missed entirely!)