From the tangled forest to the garden gate, join folklorist, rotten botanist, and author Varla Ventura for an exploration of some of the world’s most enchanted plants. We’ll start in...

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Join us on March 5th for our first virtual lecture of 2026, “Profoundly Vulnerable: The Story of Four Witchcraft Accusations,” presented in celebration of the 39th annual Women’s History Month....

BOSTON — Though the victims of the Salem Witch Trials have been exonerated by the state in the centuries since their wrongful convictions, other colonial residents are still listed as

The Salem witch trials of 1692 are a fascinating and complex event in American history. Each year our museum receives requests from hundreds of students for information about the witchcraft...

Revelers in Ireland transformed the root vegetables into lanterns designed to ward off dark spirits

Ursula Southeil, known as Mother Shipton, is famous for her prophesies. Within her lifetime she had several premonitions about some of the largest historical events to take place in England, such as t...

The 17th Century witch hunts are explored by two museums in towns with infamous histories.

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Discover what's happening in Haunted Happenings and read more on A Rare Wizard of Oz First Edition Brings Pop Culture Magic to the Salem Witch Museum

Manual Cinema returns to Boston with their signature stage-magic to conjure Macbeth from a brand new perspective called the 4th witch.

From 1996: The McCarthy era, the Salem witch trials, and the story behind the play.

Even in a federal shutdown, Salem shows up. The NPS Salem Armory Regional Visitor Center is now open, with information and restrooms available for visitors. This reopening was made possible...

It’s October and in Salem, MA that means ALL Halloween… with Haunted Happenings. Sue and Kendra talked with Tina Jordan, the Executive Director of The Salem Witch Museum about all the spooktacular thi...

Salem’s witch trials were the last frenzy of witchcraft accusations in colonial New England. But what happened before 1692? This virtual lecture with Elizabeth Kapp, Curator of History at the...

Salem’s witch trials were the last frenzy of witchcraft accusations in colonial New England. But what was the first? Join us for a free virtual lecture with Elizabeth Kapp, Curator...

It might seem like collective madness today, but the mechanisms for trying witches in England were enshrined in law

The American Ancestors organization once estimated 15 million people can trace their family line back to the Salem witch trials. We often tell visitors that the English colonists of 1692...