All of these attractions are open to the public and tell stories about Salem women's history. See the full list of women's history sites on the Salem Women's Heritage Trail walking route.


Salem Maritime National Historic Site
On Derby Street, on Salem's waterfront, visit the Orientation Center (and see the video), Derby House, Custom House, Narbonne House, West India Dry Goods Store, Derby Wharf, and Friendship to hear stories of domestic life and women's economic impact during the Great Age of Sail.
   On New Liberty Street, opposite the Peabody Essex Museum, visit the Regional Visitor Center for an overview of regional history, including women's stories, through video and displays.
  There are also stores, restrooms, brochures, walking tours, and helpful park rangers at both sites.

Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Don't miss "The World of Women" gallery on the first floor, among many other women's stories told throughout the museum through women artists and preservationists.

Salem Witch Museum
Washington Square North
The museum thoughtfully tell the story of the 1692 witchcraft hysteria, the witch trials, and other examples of "witch hunts" in history and in present times.

Witch Trials Memorial
New Liberty Street
This small pocket park honors the victims of the 1692 Salem witch trials.

Armory Memorial Park
Peabody Essex Museum
Corner of Essex and New Liberty Streets
Dedicated to the 400-year military heritage of Essex County, the brick walkway includes the names of some of the women who contributed to war efforts over the centuries.

John Ward House
Peabody Essex Museum
Brown Street at Howard Street
(tours leave from the museum at East India Square)
Seventeenth century kitchen, site of woman-run cent shop, and Colonial Revival studio of Sarah W. Symonds.

Gardner-Pingree House
Peabody Essex Museum
128 Essex Street
(tours leave from the museum at East India Square)
Magnificent ca. 1804 merchant class home with "state-of-the-art" kitchen.

Salem Athenaeum
337 Essex Street
Caroline Plummer funded the Athenaeum’s original home in what now houses the Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum.

Phillips House
Historic New England
34 Chestnut Street
Tours highlight domestic life at the turn of the century.

The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Created by Caroline Emmerton in the early 1900s, the campus features buildings associated with Salem author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Proceeds funded the settlement house she founded, located across the street.

Witch House/Corwin House
310 1/2 Essex Street
This is the only remaining structure in Salem with direct ties to the Salem Witch Trials.

Driver Park
Corner of Summer and Essex Streets
A little known women's history story is involved with Captain Driver and his flag, "Old Glory."

Salem Public Library
370 Essex Street
The widow and daughters of the great philanthropist John Bertram donated their magnificent home to the City of Salem for a public library.

Pioneer Village/Salem in 1630
Forest River Park
Tours feature colonial women reenactors; open seasonally.