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      Welcome! Take a tour to explore PEM's most popular collections or witch trials history at your own pace. Seasonal Salem walking tours and museum combo tours are available now!

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      Salem Walking Tours Daily Walking Tours Self-Guided Audio Tours
      Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders and Literary Legends

      Salem Walking Tours

      Peek inside historic houses with our guided walking tours. Seasonal Salem tours include a walk through the city’s history and architecture highlights and a dark storytelling experience that explores the witch trials and a famous murder case. Explore inside PEM's iconic Ropes Mansion at your own pace from May through October.

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      Ropes Mansion Self-Guided Tour

      Saturdays & Sundays - 45 minutes, Indoor

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      Ropes Mansion interior view of a room with a fireplace
      Brick by Brick: Salem's Hidden Architectural Stories

      2 hours, 1.5 miles, Indoor/outdoor

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      Brick by Brick: Salem's Hidden Architectural Stories
      Sinister Streets & Salem Stories

      *NEW - 1.5 hours, 0.5 miles, Indoor/outdoor

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      Gardner-Pingree House
      Student Group Tours

      Daily Museum Tours

      Enjoy a rotating selection of tours with a PEM guide, or visit the 200-year-old Chinese house Yin Yu Tang, accessible through the main museum. (Timed tickets required.) To book a tour for 10 or more people, visit our Group Tours page.

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      Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home Tour

      Offered daily. Advanced registration required

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      Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home
      Guided Tours

      Students and Private Groups

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      Visitors in a gallery looking at artwork of flowers on a blue wall
      Members-Only Curator-Led Tours

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      Self-Guided Audio Tours

      Self-Guided Audio Tours

      Explore the PEM collection with our self-guided audio tours. Choose our one-hour highlights tour, or explore downtown Salem on our Salem Witch Trials walking tour, narrated by our curators.

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      Self-Guided Audio Tours

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      PEM in an Hour

      A handful of our favorite objects from across the globe

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      PEM in an Hour
      Salem Witch Trials Walking Tour

      infamous events of 1692 from PEM curators and experts

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      Salem Witch Trials 1692 After-Hours Tour
      PEM Walks Historic House Tours

      an audio tour series that takes you by 15 remarkable buildings

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      PEM Walks: Historic House Audio Tours