Gay Salem! Your Gay Guide to the Witch City!

Museums
Most people know Salem, Massachusetts for the famed Salem Witch Museum, but what many people don't know is that Salem is also home to the oldest continuing museum in America, the Peabody Essex Museum—dedicated to the preservation of New England arts, history, and culture. In addition to these two gems, Salem features a number of strange and unusual museums—exploring a range of the historical, the terrifying, and the macabre.

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.

The Museum of Hawthorne and Poe
285 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, (978) 745-7283
Feel the classic dark literature of two of New England's most famous writers. Enter dark corridors and chambers where you will encounter re-enactments of Poe's most frightening tales! Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat, Tell-Tale Heart, and more!

New England Pirate Museum
274 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, (978) 741-2800
The unique and little-known history of New England sea-robbers comes alive at the Pirate Museum. Relive the adventures of Captains Kidd and Blackbeard, who roamed freely offshore plundering merchant ships. Participate in an educational, historically accurate and entertaining, live walking tour with a qualified guide who encourages student participation and questions.

North Shore Children's Museum
209 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, (978) 741-1811
The North Shore Children's Museum is a terrifc for kids of all ages to create, learn and explore. Preschoolers will love to dress up in our dramatic play area, use their imagination on our climbing structure and learn to cook a healthy meal in our kitchen/dining area. Older children will learn about our North Shore oceanic resources in our tidepool, will take home themed arts and crafts project and will have access to educational computers with age-appropriate software for toddlers to teens!

Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, (866) 745-1876
Founded in 1799, sixteen years after the establishment of the nation and nearly three-quarters of a century before the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Pioneer Village
Currently closed for renovations this 17th century recreation of a fishing settlement is one of the first living museums in the country.

Salem Maritime 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.

Salem's Museum of Myths & Monsters
Pickering Wharf. (978) 745-7283
Visit Salem's oldest haunted attraction, indulging in America's fascination with classic haunting folklore. Enjoy terrifying special effects and shocking scares as you enter the lab of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the castle of Count Dracula!

Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers
288 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, (800) 298-2929
Experience the terror of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and share in the exploits of bold seafarers as they braved the dangers of the high seas in search of a new world!

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

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!

Witch Dungeon Museum
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.

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