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Salem Wax Museum of Witches & Seafarers

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #26 of 28 attractions in Salem
Traveler Description: This wax museum covers Salem's two most famous archetypes - witches and sailors.
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Attraction type: Wax museum
Address: 288 Derby St. Salem, MA 01970
Tel: 978 740 2929

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Reviews of Salem Wax Museum of Witches & Seafarers

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1 of 5 stars
mahopac, NY
Feb 22, 2008

Totally unscrupulous! Never got a refund a group trip that was booked and cancelled according to their refund policy. A year later, they haven't returned any correspondence - letters, email and phone calls go ignored. Spend your money elsewhere! more

Feb 22, 2008

I toured the "museum" in late October, so I expected to have fun and see the advertised "important historic exhibit" that the brouchure indicated, but I was sorely disappointed. The museum is dusty, smelly, lame, and wasnt worth the price of admission. I also have a HUGE problem with this museum's lack of honesty. I went to the "Information Booth"... more

Dec 7, 2007
1/2 found this review helpful

This is by far the WORST museum in Salem. It is a tiny room with a display of maybe 10 bunches of waxwork displays....the displays are uninteresting and it is self-guided so there is no atmosphere... The only redeeming fixture was that the final waxwork looked like Lindsay Lohan which was a bonus! I know that you can buy a... more

Oct 26, 2006
3/4 found this review helpful

I was looking for a fun, "haunted house" attraction in Salem, so my friend and I checked out the Salem Wax Museums newest attraction; Frankenstein's Laboratory. On their Web site they describe it as "Salem’s newest haunted attraction is inspired by the classic period of literary horror." I was expecting an elaborate attraction complete with Frankenstein and his friends, well... more

Dec 9, 2005
3/5 found this review helpful

This is one pathetic museum. Just outside the gates of "THE" cemetery in Salem that you don't want to miss, it's location is prime to draw you in. We had to wait in line behind a couple of women from New Brunswick Canada that were getting some fantastic information from the gal who took their money. When we paid our... more

Jun 7, 2005
6/7 found this review helpful

I go to Salem every year and the first year I was really disapointed with this place. The second year I was lured by the advertisement, forgetting I had already been there and really didn't like it. I can see how someone who has never been there might be lured by the attractive writing in the advertisments. Please trust me,... more

Mar 23, 2005
1/6 found this review helpful

I took my trip to the Witch wax museum in mid march. My husband and I both enjoyed our vist we followed it up with the Salem witch village inn the wax museum you learned about the witch trials and the Salem witch village inn you learned about witchs of today. It was very informitive. I think these museum goes... more

Sep 8, 2003
13/16 found this review helpful

Most visitors can do without a visit to the Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers. You would think after charging thousands of visitors a summer $5 each, the owners of the museum could afford to maintain their figures, which all could use a dusting, a few of which were actually BROKEN. You would also think that someone working at the... more

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288 Derby St., Salem, MA 01970
Tel: 978 740 2929