Seventeenth-Century CometsAccording to the NASA website, “Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun. When...
Seventeenth-Century EpidemicsWe are currently experiencing a global pandemic, something few living people have witnessed before. At this time, it is fascinating...
Hands-On Learning ActivitiesHands-On Learning Activities Growing up in early New England was not easy. The pilgrims landed in Plymouth in 1620, and...
Witches as Metaphors: Francisco Goya’s Image of the WitchFrancisco Goya (1746-1828) is considered to be one of the most important Spanish artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries. Born...
Recommended Reading ListRecommended Reading Salem Witch Trials- Secondary Sources *A secondary source is a historian or author’s analysis of an event, using...
Martha and Thomas Carrier: A Love StoryIn recognition of Valentine’s Day, we present the little known, and extraordinary, love story of two seventeenth-century individuals. Many are...
Elie Wiesel’s Salem Witch Trials Memorial Dedication Speech, 1992Elie Wiesel Speech at Salem Tercentenary, 1992 Transcript Mayor Harrington, Mr. Williams and friends, When I was invited to come...
Field Trip to Rebecca Nurse Homesteadby Susie Menice Saturday, June 11, 2016 Our day started at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers. Rebecca Nurse was the 71 year old...
The Witch MovieThe film screening of the Witch at Cinema Salem last Thursday evening brought together what would seem an eclectic group in any other city...
Bay Psalm BookEver in the interest of preserving history Salem Witch Museum senior staff received board approval to bid on the previously...
