Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Invites You to Explore the Punto Urban Art Museum!

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The Red House by Ledania Sure, the Peabody Essex Museum is a great museum. Expansive in its collections, outreach, and community presence, it plays a big role in the culture of Salem. But did you know there is another museum in Salem, right under our noses—an exciting, free, vibrant museum that represents the diversity of Salem, its people and their …

Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Introduces The Ropes Mansion Formal Garden

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Across the street from the Salem Inn’s Curwen House is the Ropes Mansion at 318 Essex Street, owned by the Peabody Essex Museum. A leafy arbor forms a shady entryway to the treasure that lies ahead—a gorgeous one-acre formal garden. Concentric pathways wind around beds of dahlias, roses, lilies, delphinium, and many other native and exotic plants. Koi swim among …

Hocus Pocus!

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Hocus Pocus! If you’re a fan of Disney’s 1993 movie Hocus Pocus, Salem’s got some treats for you! Many of the places in the movie were actually filmed here. Pioneer Village, at Forest River Park, 310 West Avenue, is where the opening scenes were filmed featuring Binx in his human form before he was cursed and changed into a cat. …