Date: May 22, 2019
Pick up a copy of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles in our Museum Store (save your receipt!) and come to hear Jenny 8. Lee for free on Tuesday night! Our Museum Store is open during our regular operating hours and you don’t need to tour to visit the store! Jennifer 8. Lee is one of the...
Date: May 20, 2019
We’re so excited to announce that after months of waiting for the right weather, our painters have finally dodged enough raindrops to complete the painting of The House of the Seven Gables! The house is now well-protected for the coming years. We’d like to send a special thank you to the team at Aubuchon Hardware...
Date: May 15, 2019
Receive a free household membership with exclusive benefits… By making a $500 donation to The Gables today, in addition to helping us further our efforts in preservation and education, you will receive: Unlimited visits A front row seat at The Gables to watch Salem’s Fourth of July Fireworks extravaganza Access to our NEW research library FREE...
Date: May 8, 2019
We have had a lot of preservation work happening at The Gables over the past few weeks. As with any construction project, there are bound to be surprises. Let us tell you – this was a doozy! Since last fall we have been working with local contractors on the install of new HVAC units in...
Date: May 6, 2019
Tomorrow is your last chance to order from our Online Store for Priority Mail shipping in time for Mother’s Day this weekend. We have a great selection of books, jewelry, Gables memorabilia and more. If you are local, we encourage to come to visit. Not only can you enjoy the seaside blooms, but you can...
Date: April 30, 2019
The final Becoming American community conversation will take place Wednesday, May 1 at The Gables. The Search for General Tso will be shown at 6:00 p.m. This unique documentary will spur a conversation about immigration and pop culture. The Search for General Tso asks: “If Chinese Americans comprise only 1 percent of the U.S. population,...
Date: April 29, 2019
If April showers bring May flowers then we are most certainly ready for May! Our tulips are starting to pop, so be sure to come by for a stroll through our seaside gardens, check out the paint progress on The Gables, and celebrate some sunshine and warm weather. Our final Becoming American community conversation will...
Date: April 25, 2019
“The Search for General Tso,” asks: If Chinese Americans comprise only 1 percent of the U.S. population, why are there Chinese restaurants in almost every city across America?” Newcomers to this country arrive with a suitcase and a set of expectations derived, in part, from American popular culture. In turn, the very same newcomers make...
Date: April 22, 2019
Happy Birthday, Miss Emmerton! We wanted to start off this week with a belated birthday wish to our founder, Caroline Emmerton! Caroline Osgood Emmerton was born on April 21, 1866, in Salem, Mass. Emmerton grew up in a city that was transitioning from its past as a major shipping port to its future as a manufacturing...
Date: April 20, 2019
News Release “Bewitched” is more than a television show from the ‘70s, more than a controversial statue in downtown Salem, more than a twitchy nose. Salem, for whom ‘witchcraft’ holds uniquely somber meaning, saw its burden lighten when “Bewitched” was broadcast into tens of millions of homes in America. The show was a cultural influencer...
