Plan your visit to the Witch Dungeon, Witch History, and New England Pirate Museums

Hot of the presses - here are the October hours for the Land of Witches & Pirates!  You can save $5 per person by purchasing the combination ticket to all three museums.   

These three museums are open daily 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM now through October, with extended hours in October (listed below).  

WITCH DUNGEON MUSEUM 

Watch a live reenactment of one of the witch trials, and learn what afflicted the girls and why they were crying out against their friends and neighbors, and then explore the recreated dungeon downstairs.  You won't believe the horrible conditions where they kept the accused.

 

Extended Hours for October!

Saturday, Oct 15: 10am -  last performance starts at 6pm
Friday, Oct 21: 10am - last performance starts 6pm
Saturday, Oct 22: 10am - last performance starts 8pm
Sunday, Oct 23: 10am - last performance starts 6pm
Friday, Oct 28: 10am - last performance starts 7pm
Saturday, Oct 29: 10am - last performance starts 9pm
Sunday, Oct 30: 10am - last performance starts 9pm

Monday, Oct 31: 10am - last performance starts 9pm

WITCH HISTORY MUSEUM 

Learn more stories from the Trials of 1692. A live presentation is followed by a tour downstairs through a recreated Salem, with life-sized animated scenes. 

 

Haunted Happenings: Extended Hours for October!
Saturday, Oct 15: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 6pm
Friday, Oct 21: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 6pm
Saturday, Oct 22: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 8pm
Sunday, Oct 23: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 6pm
Friday, Oct 28: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 7pm
Saturday, Oct 29: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 9pm
Sunday, Oct 30: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 9pm

Monday, Oct 31: 10am - last presentation and tour starts at 9p

NEW ENGLAND PIRATE MUSEUM 

Your guide at the Pirate Museum will tell you tales of pirate exploits, and pirate captures in Salem and New England history.  Visit a recreated wharf, pirate ship, and pirate cave. 

 

Haunted Happenings: Extended Hours for October!
Saturday, Oct 15: 10am - last tour starts at 6pm
Friday, Oct 21: 10am - last tour starts at  6pm
Saturday, Oct 22: 10am - last tour starts at 8pm
Sunday, Oct 23: 10am - last tour starts at 6pm
Friday, Oct 28: 10am - last tour starts at 7pm
Saturday,Oct 29: 10am - last tour starts at 9pm
Sunday, Oct 30: 10am - last tour starts at 9pm

Monday, Oct 31: 10am - last tour starts at 9pm

The Land of Witches and Pirates

So, you want to immerse yourself in the stories of the Witch Trials of 1692? And you're interested in local pirate lore? Well, do we have the combo-ticket for you!

The Land of Witches & Pirates combination pass will gain you admission to the Witch Dungeon Museum, Witch History Museum, and New England Pirate Museum, and it will save you some money as it does.

The Witch Dungeon Museum on Lynde Street tells the stories of the Salem Witch Trials in dramatic fashion. Starting with a performance by professional actresses, the Witch Dungeon will give you the sense of what the accused, the accusers, and the community experienced in 1692. After the presentation, you will tour the recreated dungeons below. You will see the horrible conditions the accused were subjected to, from standing cells to rats to flooding.

The Witch History Museum on Essex Street will introduce you to the people in 1692, including the slave from Barbados, Tituba, who some believe inspired the girls with stories of VooDoo during the winter of 1692. After a dramatic presentation, you will wander through fifteen life-size scenes that are animated to draw you into the drama of the Salem Witch Trials.

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 affected hundreds of people from Salem to Maine and beyond. The Witch Dungeon Museum and the Witch History Museum tell some of the compelling stories of this tragic era of American history.

Shifting gears, and heading out to sea, the New England Pirate Museum (and I can't resist throwing in a lowd "ARRRRGGHHH!" here) tells some of the region's pirate tales. Your tour guide through this historical adventures play pirate-with-a-sense-of-humor. They always know their pirate history, and will share the stories of Captains Kidd, Blackbeard, Bellamy and Quelch. You will visit a recreated wharf with pirate ships in port, and travel through a cave in search of pirate treasure. This was a sordid group who showed little mercy as they sailed the seas!

Tickets to each museum cost $8 adults, $6 children, and $7 seniors. Buy the combo ticket to all three, however, and you will save $5 off your total!

Finally, if you are looking to learn more about the Witch Trial history or New England Pirate History, you might find the Education Curriculum pages on the Witch Dungeon and New England Pirate Museum web sites interesting.