School vacation week is almost here and for people that need ideas to enjoy the time off, Destination Salem has some suggestions for activities that can be booked last-minute. There are new attractions to experience, such as Real Pirates Salem and the International Monster Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum has a special week of programming for school vacation week

by Joey Phoenix Artist Team: Louis Chinn (He/Him) and Huameng Yu (She/They) to create splash pad and filter building facade at Forest River Outdoor Recreation & Nature Center which nods to historic Naumkeag’s topographical and climate history alongside its development into the anthropocene.  In September 2020 The Salem Public Art Commission put out a national call for a new artist

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents an exhibition drawn from its Phillips Library collection that explores how the 19th century struggle for educational rights began in Salem and led to equal education advocacy and reform across America. Thanks to the heroic effort by Black youth activists, students and parents, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts became the first state to outlaw school

Destination Salem is pleased to announce that the City has received a Travel and Tourism Recovery (TTR) Grant for $49,000 from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) for fiscal year 2022. The TTR program is dedicated to campaigns and initiatives that increase consumer spending, support local businesses, and advance community recovery efforts to businesses in Massachusetts adapt to

By Easton Mills Parker Goodreau’s THE THING THEY LOVE is available for streaming until April 30th, 2022. Get tickets Here. Set in prohibition-era New York City, the world premiere of the THE THING THEY LOVE from Salem State University features a big, queer family with familiar yet complicated problems. They must navigate the difference between the world they love, and

The House of the Seven Gables has much to be grateful for. The reopening that follows the worst of the pandemic continues to go smoothly. Spring is no longer a dream; it’s everywhere the senses turn, including the period gardens. And April is the birth month of Settlement Association founder Caroline Emmerton. Of course a special celebration is in order!

Real Pirates Salem, a historical experience featuring an exhibition of real pirate treasure recovered from the shipwrecked Whydah – discovered by famed underwater archaeological explorer Barry Clifford – will open its doors on Saturday, April 9 at noon. The objects in the exhibit are from the world’s only fully authenticated pirate treasure ever discovered – including coins, jewelry, a cannon, and other weapons

On Salem Women’s History Day, what better way to commemorate Salem’s female trailblazers than to delve into the histories of the first women to live in the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion? Commonly known as The House of the Seven Gables, the mansion’s female inhabitants have stories yet to be told. Though most of us have encountered scant information about the Turner women

On Salem Women’s History Day, what better way to commemorate Salem’s female trailblazers than to delve into the histories of the first women to live in the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion? Commonly known as The House of the Seven Gables, the mansion’s female inhabitants have stories yet to be told. Though most of us have encountered scant information about the Turner women

This spring, just in time for Earth Day, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents two exhibitions and special April School Vacation Week programming that explore the climate crisis and our role in it. Climate Action: Inspiring Change (April 16, 2022–July 30, 2023) is a timely and urgent exhibition that explores how we can transform the climate crisis into hope for our shared