Peabody Essex Museum
Explore art, culture and changing exhibitions in the city center; check current admission and any separately booked tours.
Visitor details ↗North Shore & Cape Ann / Find your place
Salem
Art & culture · Maritime history · Historic houses
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Salem.
There is more than one story in Salem. Pair art and cultural collections with maritime history or a historic house, leaving room for the city beyond October’s busiest streets.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
The House of the Seven Gables
Discover the historic waterfront property and its literary connections through the operator’s current tour choices and reservations.
Visitor details ↗Salem Maritime National Historical Park
Follow Salem’s waterfront and maritime history using current National Park Service information for exhibits, grounds and buildings.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Explore local restaurants, cafés and places to pause around Salem.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Salem. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Salem area places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Salem. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Massachusetts photographs, resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary; each image retains its listed license.
- Friendship of Salem.JPG — Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- 2012 harbor in Gloucester Massachusetts USA 8393985889.jpg — Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Newburyport, Massachusetts.jpg — Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: Salem, Gloucester, Newburyport. Check current access, hours, weather and booking terms. Photos may show nearby attractions rather than the town center.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundaries. Town markers are approximate centers, not entrances or routes. WTDO regions are editorial discovery areas, not official tourism boundaries.