The museum's collections include American art and architecture and outstanding Asian, Asian Export, Native American, African, Oceanic, Maritime, and Photography collections. In addition to its collections, the museum offers changing exhibitions and a hands-on education center. The museum campus features numerous parks, period gardens, and 24 historic properties, including Yin Yu Tang, the only example of Chinese vernacular architecture on display in the United States.
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Attraction type: Museum; History museum; Art museum; Maritime museum; Other
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- Mar 24, 2008 "Museum expansion well done. Yin Yu Tang house recommended!"
- Mar 9, 2008 "The best"
- Mar 9, 2008 "The best place around"
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This 17th-century wooden mansion was the inspiration for the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Attraction type: Historic home; Historic site; Other
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- Feb 12, 2008 "Halloween in Salem MA"
- Feb 9, 2008 "Enjoyed the Tour"
- Nov 15, 2007 "Expensive House of Seven Gables"
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This small museum recounts the exploits of Captain Kidd and other 17th-century pirates.
Attraction type: History museum
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- Mar 2, 2008 "Cool"
- Sep 17, 2007 "No Johnny Depp, but this will do"
- Jun 29, 2007 "Very Entertaining"
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Attraction type: Amusement/theme park
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- Mar 2, 2008 "A Great Summer Place"
- Apr 14, 2007 "Sample the Popcorn Bars"
- May 23, 2006 "U hafta have the salt water taffy!"
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One of the Salem witch trial judges, Jonathan Corwin, is buried here.
Attraction type: Cemetery
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- Feb 9, 2008 "Morbid, but interesting."
- Jan 23, 2008 "Interesting-"
- Nov 14, 2007 "Need a Better Diagram"
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Located on the waterfront, this site focuses on Salem's proud seafaring history.
Attraction type: Historic site; Wharf/pier/boardwalk
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- Nov 22, 2007 "Very interesting"
- Apr 24, 2006 "Simple but informative"
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The Witch House / The Corwin House The "Witch House," as it is called (it is also more accurately known as "The Corwin House"), is Salem's only building with direct ties to the Witchcraft Trials of
Attraction type: Historic home; Museum
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- Feb 3, 2008 "Historic site-interesting for all ages"
- Oct 7, 2007 "Great Authenticity"
- Jun 27, 2007 "Really cool old house"
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Attraction type: Ferry
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- Nov 13, 2007 "Salem Ferry to Boston"
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Each of this park's 20 stone benches represents a person executed in the infamous 1692 witch trials.
Attraction type: Park
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- Apr 18, 2008 "touching"
- Oct 9, 2007 "You absolutely must stop here"
- Oct 13, 2006 "Really cool, really sad!"
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After a trial reenactment, visitors tour the recreated dungeon where the condemned witches were sent.
Attraction type: History museum; Specialty museum
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- Nov 14, 2007 "Worth the money"
- Oct 9, 2007 "Cardboard and dolls"
- Aug 17, 2007 "Appears to be the best "witch" attraction"
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Nathaniel Hawthorne worked here as surveyor to Salem's port.
Attraction type: Historic site; Museum
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- Nov 22, 2007 "Hawthorne"
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Attraction type: Performance
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- Oct 24, 2006 "The Griffen Theatre is a GEM !"
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Established in 1930, this recreated fishing village was one of America's first living history museums.
Attraction type: Historic village; Tour
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- Jan 31, 2005 "not open in 2004"
- Jul 25, 2003 "dont bother"
- Mar 5, 2003 "worth the trip"
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Attraction type: Specialty museum
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- Sep 23, 2007 "Spellbound Museum not too spellbinding!"
- Jul 26, 2006 "Different and small"
- Jul 10, 2006 "Something Actually Unique from the "Witch City""
Attraction type: Historic walking area; Marina; Neighborhood; Wharf/pier/boardwalk
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Museum offering candlelight tours during the fall season.
Attraction type: Maritime museum
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Attraction type: Specialty shop
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- Sep 17, 2007 "Poor Representatives of a nice community"
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Visitors experience the panic of the Witch Trials of 1692 through this museum's dramatic use of sets and lighting.
Attraction type: History museum; Specialty museum
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- May 6, 2008 "Waste of money"
- Apr 21, 2008 "Disappointing"
- Oct 29, 2007 "not recommended"
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The Salem Witch Village is not a village. It's an indoor guided tour through a maze containing sets covering the history of witchcraft from it's paleolithic roots up until modern times. It starts by...
Attraction type: History museum; Specialty museum
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- Oct 19, 2006 "Terrible Waste"
- Apr 29, 2006 "tourist trap?"
- Jan 30, 2006 "Great part of teen's birthday party in Salem"
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