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Salem 1692 Brochure 1 2 3 4 Today Salem, Massachusetts, strives The numbers on the map to be a city of diversity and tolerance, correspond with the sites that but it is important to remember that the appear on the numbered panels. 20 men and women who were executed in All sites except for the Rebecca 1692 were not seeking tolerance. They Nurse Homestead are in Salem. were not witches. They were ordinary men and women seeking justice. 1. Rebecca Nurse Homestead (Danvers, MA) 2. House of the Seven Gables 3. Cemeteries of Salem (3 sites) 4. Salem Witch Trials Memorial Welcome … 5. Salem Witch Hunt: Examine the Evidence to 1692 6. Salem Witch Museum 7. The True 1692 The Rebecca Nurse Homestead The House of the Seven Cemeteries of Salem The Salem Witch Trials 8. Cry Innocent: The People vs. Gables Memorial Bridget Bishop … … … … 9. Witch Dungeon Museum What happened in Salem Town and Salem The Rebecca Nurse Homestead, located in Danvers, The imposing House of the Seven Gables, which has Salem has three cemeteries that are significant to the The Salem Witch Trials Memorial is a place of 10. The Witch House Village (modern-day Danvers) more than MA, (formerly known as Salem Village) is the 17th loomed over Salem Harbor since 1668, remains one of Witch Trials of 1692. Dating back to 1637, Charter meditation, remembrance, and respect for the 20 men 320 years ago still resonates as a measure of century home of Rebecca Nurse, a 71 year old matriarch the oldest surviving timber-framed mansions in North Street Burial Point is the oldest and most visited of and women who were put to death between June and the failure of civility and due process in the who was arrested on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. America. Built for merchant and ship-owner John the three. This is the final resting place for physician September of 1692, the victims of fear, superstition face of fear, not only in the United States, She was eventually found guilty and executed on July Turner, and inhabited for 240 years, the House of Bartholomew Gedney and magistrate John Hathorne, and a court system that failed to protect them. The but also in countries around the globe. 19, 1692, in Salem Town. The homestead sits on 27 the Seven Gables would become etched in American both of whom were members of the Court of Oyer Memorial is striking in its simplicity—a handcrafted acres and includes the circa 1678 Nurse family home, a literary history with its connection to Salem author and Terminer. The Howard Street Cemetery is said granite drywall inset with benches commemorating All of the places and activities featured here reproduction of the 1672 Salem Village meetinghouse, Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose second cousin, Susanna to be where Giles Corey was taken to be pressed to those who chose to die rather than compromise their have a connection with 1692. They provide and the Nurse family cemetery, which holds the Ingersoll, was one of its residents. Hawthorne’s own death, a torture chosen because he refused to stand personal truths. Inscribed in the stone threshold to the different information and viewpoints; some only known grave of an executed witch trials victim, great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne, gained trial. Broad Street Cemetery is where George Corwin, memorial are their protests of innocence, interrupted will appeal to children, while others have a George Jacobs. infamy as a persecutory judge during the Salem witch High Sheriff of Essex County in 1692, and his brother mid-sentence by the wall, symbolizing society’s more adult perspective. In addition, there hysteria of 1692. Hawthorne’s visits to the house and Jonathon Corwin, magistrate during the trials, are indifference to oppression. Helping to maintain the are also other sites you may find of interest Hours his family’s troubled legacy together inspired one of his both buried. A white obelisk marks their grave. Memorial is one way the Salem Award Foundation in Danvers, MA. May, June, September, November most enduring works, The House of the Seven Gables. reminds people of the lessons of 1692. The Foundation Saturday – Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm Hours also bestows the Salem Award each year and sponsors We invite you to explore, to learn, and July, August Hours Salem cemeteries are open from dawn to educational programs related to human rights and to leave with a better understanding of Wednesday – Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm Open daily 10am-5pm, mid-April through dusk year round social justice. the events that took place in the summer October December of 1692, an appreciation for the legal Friday – Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm Closed Wednesdays January through mid- Admission Hours protections we take for granted today, and April free Open at all times the awareness that even now these same Admission Closed first two weeks of January legal protections do not exist or are not Adults: $7.00 Address and Contact Info Admission enforced in many parts of the world. Seniors (62+): $5.00 Admission – Guided house tour Destination Salem Free Children (6-16): $4.00 Adults: $12.50 93 Washington St, Salem, MA 01970 Seniors, AAA members: $11.50 877-SALEMMA (877-725-3662) Address and Contact info "Visit 1692" Combination Ticket Children (5-12): $7.50 www.salem.org Between Charter and Derby Streets, See back cover Children under 5: Free behind the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA 01970 Address and Contact Info Address and Contact Info www.salemaward.org 149 Pine Street, Danvers, MA 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970 [email protected] 978-774-8799 978-744-0991 www.rebeccanurse.org [email protected] Photograph by Tina Koutsos-Jordan www.7gables.org Cover image and left panel taken from "Trial of George Jacobs" painting by Tompkins Harrison Owned and operated by Danvers Alarm List Company Matteson, 1855, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Photograph ©Henry Rutkowski Peabody Essex Museum. 2014 Mary by Melilli design Brochure 5 6 7 8 9 10 A Visitor's A Visitor's Guide to 1692 Guide to 1692 Salem Town & Salem Village Salem Town & Salem Village Salem Witch Hunt: The Salem Witch Museum The True 1692 Cry Innocent: Witch Dungeon Museum The Witch House Examine the… Evidence … … the People vs.… Bridget Bishop … … "Visit 1692" ComBination Ticket This riveting film covers events leading up to, during, The Salem Witch Museum presents one of the most CinemaSalem and History Alive! have collaborated Play your part in history! The year is 1692. Goodwife The mood is set from the moment you enter the Witch The Witch House is the 17th century home of Salem and after the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Shot on enduring and emotional events in American History … to create something unique in Salem: The True Bridget Bishop has been accused of witchcraft. The Dungeon Museum for the most exciting experience in witchcraft trial judge Jonathan Corwin and Salem’s The Salem Witch Museum, Salem Witch House, and Rebecca Nurse Homestead have produced a location at many of the actual sites associated with the the Witch Trials of 1692. Visitors are given a dramatic 1692, a 3D film that tells the true story of the Salem audience is the Puritan jury. Hear the historical Salem! You are there—in Salem Village 1692. Witness only remaining structure with direct ties to the witch combination "Visit 1692" ticket that includes trials, and featuring re-enactors speaking the words history lesson using stage sets with life-size figures, witchcraft hysteria of 1692. Historically accurate, testimonies, cross-examine the witnesses and decide an award-winning live performance of a witch trial trials of 1692. This historic house museum offers admission to all three sites. This ticket can be of the accusers and victims documented during the narration and lighting. Our exhibit, Witches: Evolving suspenseful, and emotionally captivating, The True the verdict. The actors respond in Puritan character, adaptation created from historical transcripts from information about the trials and Corwin’s role during purchased at The Salem Witch Muesum or online trials, the film reveals newly found documents from Perceptions, explores how society has identified and 1692 immerses the audience in the dangerous realities revealing much about the 17th century mindset. Is 1692. Professional actresses in repertory re-enact the that tragic period. Learn also about the architecture of at www.salemwitchmuseum.com/visit1692. Note that it is NOT available at all three sites. 1692 alongside the latest scholarly research to shed new reacted to witches through time while looking at the of life in Salem Village at the end of the 17th century Goodwife Bishop capable of witchcraft? YOU decide! electrifying scene, followed by a guided tour of the the house, its furnishings, and day-to-day life for the light on the events and bring the Witch Trails of 1692 stereotype, practice of witchcraft today and, most and dramatically reveals the odd coincidence of dungeon, where you will see the poor conditions and wealthy Corwin family. Gain fascinating insights into Adults: $21.25 to life. (Running time: 35 minutes) important, the phenomenon of witch hunting. forces, external and internal, that set in motion the Cry Innocent: the People vs. Bridget Bishop is produced the actual size of the cells in which the accused were this period of history in general. Leave with a deeper Children (6-14): $12.25 tragedy of the witch trials. by History Alive!, Gordon College’s professional acting kept while awaiting their trials. The Witch Dungeon comprehension of the people involved in the witch Children under 6: Free Hours The museum store carries an extensive selection of ensemble in residence at Salem’s Old Town Hall.
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