Salem Witch Museum

The Salem Witch Museum brings you there, 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.

Tour Highlights:

	Experience the panic of the Witch Trials
	Explore Salem's most visited museum
	Learn the history of these tragic events

The Salem Witch Museum is dedicated to being the voice of the innocent victims of the Salem witch trials of 1692. We give personality to the names that you will hear during your stop at Salem's most visited museum.

She afflicts me!
She comes to me at night and torments me!
She's a witch!

Words such as these struck terror into the hearts of Salem townspeople in the early spring of 1692 as hysterical young girls called out names.

By summer, hundreds had been accused and imprisoned - defenseless against accusations of witchcraft in a society driven by superstition and fear. The court, formed to try the victims, acted quickly. Bridget Bishop was tried on June 2 and hanged on June 10 thereby setting the precedent for a summer of executions.

The Salem Witch Museum brings you there, 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.

Witches: Evolving Perceptions is a provocative exhibit that examines the stereotypical witch, aspects of witchcraft in the 17th century, modern witchcraft and the phenomenon of witch hunts. Who are witches?

Don't answer until you visit the Salem Witch Museum!