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The 7 Gables’ onsite gift shop is filled with the most wonderful goodies for you, your family and friends…I, who write this blog, was blown away by a recent visit...

Salem FINALLY got some snow! Our first “real” snow of the winter season! It has been a great winter in New England – relatively mild and very dry, so we’ve...

Below are previews of two of the new galleries in the Hawthorne Birthplace House featuring personal effects of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s that have never been exhibited before! We are also very...

We have been busily going through our photo archives (among other things) and have found some fabulous pictures from the past that we would like to share. As you may...

Here are a few more photos to show the calligraphy being installed in the Hawthorne House! First the quotes were mapped out to size on paper: Then pencilled precisely in...

Happy New Year to you and to the 7 Gables! Today is our opening day for the New Year with loads of fantastic changes for our visitors to experience. In...

We are re-opening on Friday, January 13th after a hiatus for most of the staff here at the Gables. Many of the core staff, however, have been hard at work...

We got a bit of snow here in Salem a couple of days ago and it has remained in just a few choice areas around our site including a very...

Welcome to the official blog for the House of the Seven Gables! We are excited to introduce our blog and hope that this forum will be able to capture some...

As you may well know, October is the peak of our busy season here in Salem, so we took the opportunity earlier in September for some staff appreciation. Our fantastic...