Salem Witch Museum, Massachusetts, United States

3TrueIndian 5:00 PM Aug 12, 2022

Nothing Special, can be given a miss
Tickets available online only at SalemWitchMuseum.com Time slots are fixed for presentations when entry is allowed. The first presentation is approximately around 20 minutes. It's an audiovisual show. The seating is of two types, stools in the centre and benches by the walls. Although bench seating is comfortable, but one can't see the display above the wall on your side. While sitting on the stools, one can see both sides, front and back by turning around. After this presentation, the group is divided into two depending on the color of tickets for the second presentation. One group goes straight for the second presentation and the other group waits for 10-15 minutes in the museum shop. The second presentation is for 10 minutes and there is no seating. Total time required under one hour .

2Meander649423 5:00 PM Feb 21, 2023

Not worth the money
The check in experience should have told us not to continue with this attraction. Be aware that tickets must be purchased on-line at a kiosk placed right outside the door. After that we joined other tourists who got in a line outside thinking they were all set. No, you have to go inside on the right and get stickers and then return outside. After that I was the only one who found out on my own that you have to go inside using the door on the lef. I held the door open to call in other tourists. After a few minutes other people entered asking about the stickers. They said they already paid. We told them no, they had to get stickers. Out they rushed to enter the door on the right on rush back using the door on the left. Ok. Phew. Everyone said how confusing it was. You then entered a circular room and sat on metal benches in the middle. Around the room were mannequin scenes explaining the history of witches. Each scene was lit one by one as a recording explained the witch history. You had to spin yourself around to see each scene. It gave a nice summary of history if that's what you were expecting. Maybe 15 minutes Next you were escorted into a room with 3 glassed-in store windows (poorly done, one had just a Halloween witch on a broom) as you listened to a 3 or 4 minute recording. The remainder of the exhibit in this room were plaques to be read. We waited to be led to another room but the tour was over! Several people asked"That's it?". We spent what I considered a lot of money and I couldn't believe they can call this a museum.