Discover the Magic of Halloween in Salem

Attractions, Museums & Haunted Houses

Attractions, Museums & Haunted Houses

  • 3-D Haunted House

  • Salem's 13 Ghosts

  • High-tech 3-D glasses bring the walls and floors awash in 3-D artwork to life. Frightfully fun! Buy a combo ticket with our ghost tour and save!

  • 131 Essex Street
  • 978.744.0013 | Salems13Ghosts.com
  • Cinema Salem

  • Museum Place Mall

  • The world’s most famous witch story comes to life! CinemaSalem and
    History Alive! present The True 1692, an historically-accurate 3D fi  lm
    about the Salem Witchcraft Ordeal of 1692. Ages 10+

  • Museum Place Mall
  • 978.744.1400 | CinemaSalem.com/TheTrue1692
  • Connors Farm Corn Maze

  • Danvers

  • A day of family fun at the farm! Get lost in our 7 acre corn maze, pick
    apples and pumpkins, experience the jumping pillow and enjoy a meal
    at Bob’s BBQ Pit.

  • Open daily: 9am - 6pm

  • 30 Valley Road, Danvers
  • 978-777-1245 | ConnorsFarm.com
  • Cosmic Connections

  • Pickering Wharf

  • Richard & Gypsy’s Cosmic Connection is a Witches’ Planetarium
    where the Sea meets the Sky.  88 Constellations at 88 Wharf Street
    in NU AEON’s Temple of the Stars.

  • Pickering Wharf, 88 Wharf Street, Salem
  • Cust. Service 978-745-8668 | NuAeon.com
  • Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery

  • This unique cinematic Wax Museum boasts over 50 life-sized Professionally
    made characters by over 35 Hollywood Effects Artists! Special celebrity guests in October! See calendar listings.  Haunted House on weekends after 3pm. Top rated on Tripadvisor!

  • 285 Derby Street, Salem
  • 978-740-0500 | Nightmaregallery.com
  • Cry Innocent: The People Verses Bridget Bishop

  • Old Town Hall

  • The year is 1692. Bridget Bishop is accused of witchcraft and you are
    on the Puritan jury. Hear the testimony. Cross-examine the witnesses.
    Decide the outcome. Live, interactive, critically-acclaimed.

  • 32 Derby Square, Salem
  • 978-867-4767 | CryInnocentSalem.com
  • New England Pirate Museum

  • Features a guided tour where you will visit a re-created dock side village, cave and pirate ship and experience the adventures of New England's sea - robbers. Save $5.00 per person with a combination ticket to Witch Dungeon Museum, Witch History Museum and Pirate Museum.

  • Open 7 days a week 10am-5pm, May thru October, Weekends April and November. 

    October extended hours: Saturday 15, 10am-6pm, Friday 21, 10am-6pm, Saturday 22, 10am-8pm, Sunday 23, 10 am-6pm, Friday 28, 10am-7pm, Saturday 29, 10am-9pm, Sunday 30, 10am-9pm, Monday October 31, 10am-9pm.

  • 274 Derby Street, Salem
  • 978-741-2800 | PirateMuseum.com
  • Pioneer Village: Salem in 1630

  • Forest River Park

  • Immerse yourself in Pioneer Village, a three acre, recreated Puritan
    village while you participate in activities from the lives of Salem’s
    earliest English settlers.

  • Forest River Park
  • 978-867-4767 | PioneerVillageSalem.com
  • Salem State University

  • As the comprehensive university of the North Shore, Salem State
    University offers 30 undergraduate and 50 graduate programs to
    students and community members of all ages during the day, evening or
    weekend hours, and through online/hybrid classes. 

  • 352 Lafayette Street, Salem
  • | SalemState.edu/Admissions
  • Salem Witch Hunt: Examine the Evidence

  • National Park Service Visitor Center

  • This film, presented by Essex Heritage and the National Park Service, Salem Witch Hunt: Examine the Evidence features authentic dialogue and the latest research by renowned Salem Witch Trial scholars. Scenes depicted in the film were shot at actual locations associated with the Witch Trials of 1692.  The sites can still be visited today. Information on how to visit the sites is available at the main desk of the National Park Service Visitor Center in Salem, MA.

  • Daily at: 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM & 2:00 PM

  • 2 New Liberty Street, Salem
  • 978-740-1650 | EssexHeritage.org/SalemWitchHunt
  • Salem Witch Museum

  • The Salem Witch Museum presents one of the most tragic and enduring events in American history... THE WITCH HYSTERIA of 1692.  Our exhibit: Witches: Evolving Perceptions traces the myths of this mysterious religion from midwives and healers to witch hunts and Wiccans… Do you believe in witches?  Don’t answer until you see Salem’s Most Visited Museum. Visa/MC/Discover.  

  • Open daily, year round: 10:00am - 5:00pm. 

    Extended October hours:  Oct 6, 10am-8pm, Fridays and Saturdays October 7, 8, 14,15, 21, 22, 30, 10am-10pm, Columbus Day, Oct 10, 16, 23 10am – 7pm, Oct 28, 29 and 31, 10am – Midnight.

  • 19 ½ Washington Square North, Salem
  • 978-744-1692 | SalemWitchMuseum.com
  • The Haunted Neighborhood

  • The Salem Wax Museum

  • Salem's #1 rated Haunted Attraction! Savor famous Maine apple buns, kettle corn, and other treats. 

    • Salem Wax Museum of Witches & Seafarers: Salem’s Original Wax Museum.  Come face to face with notable figures of 1692 depicted by life like London made wax figures.
    • Salem Witch Village: A mystical journey led by practicing witches separating the myths and reality of witchcraft in the ancient and modern world.
    • The Haunted Witch Village: Salem’s largest Haunted House. After the Witches leave the Village the darker side of our maze comes alive; ghouls and goblins come out to scare all who dare!
    • Frankenstein’s Laboratory: Salem’s #1 ranked Haunted House. Inspired by the classic period of literary horror.  Step into the dungeon and enter the notorious chambers of Dr. Frankenstein.
    • The Candlelit Ghostly Tour: A walking tour through the streets of Historic Salem’s most haunted houses.  Learn the history and horror of the Witch City.
    • Within the Witching Hour: A live spell casting presentation by a practicing witch who will take you through all the steps of creating magical circle for you to join in and release your own spell.
  • Open daily.  Extended weekend hours.

  • 288 Derby Street, Salem
  • 978-740-2929 | SalemWaxMuseum.com
  • The House of the Seven Gables

  • Discover a house made famous by fiction. Admission includes Guided Tours, Hawthorne's Birthplace, Gardens and Museum Store. Don't miss Spirits of the Gables and Legacy of the Hanging Judge in October!

  • Continuous tours daily 9:30am - 7:00pm

  • 115 Derby Street, Salem
  • 978-744-0991 | 7Gables.org
  • The Witch House

  • The  Witch House is the 17th-Century home of Witchcraft Trials Judge Jonathan Corwin.  Salem’s only remaining structure with direct ties to the tragic events of 1692.  Explore architecture, furnishings and lifestyle of the Corwin family.  Also trial history, strange remedies and superstition in early colonial Salem.

  • Open daily 10-5.  Some extended hours in October. 

  • 310 ½ Essex Street, Salem
  • 978-744-8815 | Witchhouse.info
  • Witch Dungeon Museum
     

  • An award winning live re-enactment of a 1692 witch trial-plus a guided tour through the dungeon. Save $5.00 per person with a combination ticket to Witch Dungeon Museum, Witch History Museum and Pirate Museum.

  • Open 7 days a week 10am-5pm. April thru November. October extended hours: Saturday 15 10am-6pm, Friday 21, 10am-6pm, Saturday 22, 10am-8pm, Sunday 23, 10am-6pm, Friday 28, 10am-7pm, Saturday 29,
    10am-9pm, Sunday 30, 10am 9pm, Monday October 31, 10am-9pm.

  • 16 Lynde Street, Salem
  • 978-741-3570 | WitchDungeon.com
  • Witch History Museum

  • Essex Street Pedestrian Mall

  • The stories of 1692 are told through a historically accurate live presentation and a guided tour downstairs featuring 15 life size scenes. Save $5.00 per person with combination ticket to Witch Dungeon Museum, Witch History Museum and Pirate Museum. 

  • Open 7 days a week 10am-5pm. April thru November. .  October extended hours: Saturday 15, 10am-6pm, Friday 21, 10am-6pm, Saturday 22, 10am-8pm, Sunday 23, 10 am-6pm, Friday 28, 10am-7pm, Saturday 29, 10am-9pm, Sunday 30, 10am-9pm, Monday Oct 31, 10am-9pm.

  • 197-201 Essex Street, Salem
  • 978-741-7770 | WitchHistoryMuseum.com
  • Witches Cottage at the Griffen Theatre

  • Live, 4-D interactive witchcraft and ghost show exploring supernatural Salem with startling ghostly effects. Five star rating on TripAdvisor.com. Shows every thirty minutes.  See ongoing programs for special nighttime shows.
    $10 adults, $8 seniors, $6 children.

  • Daily in October.

  • 7 Lynde Street, Salem
  • 978-825-0222 | WitchesCottageSalem.com

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