Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Witch Museum
Features a recorded tour of 13 life-size witch trial scenes. Memorable line from doomed witch, "More stones!" Occupies an old church. Open since 1972.
- Address:
- 19 1/2 Washington Square, Salem, MA
- Directions:
- I-95/Hwy 128 to exit 45 (Hwy 128 alone), to exit 26 (Lowell St.) or 25A (Hwy 114). Drive into town and look for signs to the Salem Visitor Center. The Museum is on Hwy 1A, across from the Salem Common.
- Phone:
- 978-744-1692
- Admission:
- Adults $13.
- RA Rates:
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Downtown Salem, Massachusetts, is popular with tourists on foot, who often follow the town's "Heritage Trail" marked by a red line painted on the pavement. Attractions along the red line can count on steady customers.
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In the same town where you list the Salem Witch Trial Museum, there is another museum featuring a recorded tour of a panorama of witch trial scenes, which are lighted in sequence.
One such scene is of a witch being stoned to death with weight. Upon visiting several years ago, I called out "more stones!" ... just before the recorded victim cried "more stones!" Was this a retrieved childhood memory, or do witches really exist and are they controlling my mind?
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