An amazing number of the plants at Pioneer Village are nutritious food, or good medicine, and/or useful in other ways. Some are native and were already here when the settlers came, others were introduced. In this fun and informative walk …
Useful Plants of Pioneer Village—Food, Medicine, and More Read More »
The Salem witch trials are filled with strange and tragic stories. But few are as strange or as tragic as that of Roger and Mary Toothaker and their family. Experience a live broadcast of The Salem Witch Trials Podcast from …
Have you ever found an old shoe in the walls of a house? Chances are it was put there to ward off evil influences such as demons, ghosts, witches, and familiars. Witchcraft and folklore traditions are rich and diverse cultural practices that …
Friday, October 4 Explore the Massachusetts State Archives with John Warner, Archivist of the Commonwealth. Learning from Historic Maps by Staff of the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center. Networking Dinner: Fox’d and Fuddled: The History of Colonial Drinking. …
Join PEM after hours for a special curator-led tour of The Salem Witch Trials 1692. Explore the extraordinary series of events between June 1692 and March 1693 that led to the deaths of 25 innocent women, men and children who …
Dates: October 5, 12, 19, 26; November 2; Saturdays at 10 am Salem is where people visit to learn about the 1692 witchcraft trials, but Salem Village (present-day Danvers) is where it first began, and where many of the leading …
It's a safe bet that most people in the region have heard of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. They may not realize that they were named as such because Salem is where the court was located and those who were …
Join the congregation as Reverend Samuel Parris will lead a Puritan plain style morning service and preach the sermon that he delivered on March 27, 1692, soon after the outbreak of the witchcraft episode throughout Essex County. Donald Friary, a Salem …
Imagine a world in which political leaders retire gracefully after electoral defeat, in which voting rights are expanded, not restricted, where there’s free and vigorous debate. Welcome to 17th century New England, where the Puritan colonists developed, for the majority …
‘No Common weale but by Common Consent’: Governance in Puritan New England Read More »
Massachusetts Bay began executing people for witchcraft in Boston almost 50 years before the Salem Witch Trials, including in Dorchester, Cambridge, and Charlestown. These executions are much lesser-known, totaling fewer than half the number that took place in Salem in …
In Distemper She Died: The Real Victims of Boston’s 17th Century Witch Trials Read More »
Dates: October 5, 12, 19, 26; November 2; Saturdays at 10 am Salem is where people visit to learn about the 1692 witchcraft trials, but Salem Village (present-day Danvers) is where it first began, and where many of the leading …
An alcohol-free, 17th-century tavern-like experience for kids and their grown ups. Experience the music, dances, games, and spooky stories of New England's past with your in-costume, in-character guides. Feel free to dress up for the time-travel! Local harvest treats will …
Epoch Preservation, Inc recently completed two full gravestone restoration projects in Peabody. Come hear stories from their work at Old South Burying Ground and Emerson Cemetery. Members free; non-members $5.
Dry Tinder is a historical novel based on the true story of the Towne sisters—three innocent, godly women who are falsely accused of witchcraft in 1692. It offers a new perspective, as the narrative starts in 1670, a full 22 …
Dry Tinder: A Tale of Rivalry and Injustice in Salem Village Read More »
An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal. The Witches & Tombstones Tour begins at the Isaac Stevens House with the wake of young Henry Stevens, who died at the age of three. Guests will learn about 19th-century mourning practices, …
Multiple screenings: 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm The movie of Ann Foster presents an expanded story with talk-back after each presentation with the author and producer, Lori Prescott Hansen. This program is co-sponsored by the North Andover …
In early New England, magic was used to protect houses and generally ward off evil—horseshoes over doors, shoes buried in walls by fireplaces, hexafoils by doors, and witches bottles. In this talk, archeologist Tad Baker discusses this practice, including evidence …
Countermagic and Protective Magic in Early New England Read More »
An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal. The Witches & Tombstones Tour begins at the Isaac Stevens House with the wake of young Henry Stevens, who died at the age of three. Guests will learn about 19th-century mourning practices, …
Dates: October 5, 12, 19, 26; November 2; Saturdays at 10 am Salem is where people visit to learn about the 1692 witchcraft trials, but Salem Village (present-day Danvers) is where it first began, and where many of the leading …
It's a safe bet that most people in the region have heard of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. They may not realize that they were named as such because Salem is where the court was located and those who were …
In 1692 more than 150 people would be accused of witchcraft, and 25 would die in the Salem witch hunt. The trials cast a long shadow over Salem, a legacy that remains with us today. This talk will explore the …
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience Read More »
On first impression, the witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics. Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in seventeenth century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, …
The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us Read More »
Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was accused of witchcraft in 1692 along with more than 200 other women and men in Salem. Of those convicted, 19 were hanged and four others died in prison. Johnson was set to be executed too, but …
The Story of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., North Andover Witch Read More »
Salem is where people visit to learn about the 1692 witchcraft trials, but Salem Village (present-day Danvers) is where it first began, and where many of the leading figures of the Witch-Hunt lived. It is where the Devil was allegedly …