Upcoming Events
Live music with Eric Reardon and Amy Billings
The Picker-nik is back (weather permitting). Due to rain, the event is rescheduled to 7/21! See you then! Read More
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
6:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month
The Pickering House is thrilled to invite two local luminaries, J.D. Scrimgeour and Jennifer Martelli, to help us celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month by reading for us and sharing their thoughts on the craft. Read More
Sunday, April 18, 2021
5:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Jennifer Ratliff: Unheralded and Unknown They Sleep: Salem’s Forgotten Almshouse Burial Ground
Salem is often celebrated for its history of millionaire merchants and their mansions, but there is another side to the city’s past, that of Salem’s poorest residents: the aged, disabled, ill, or transient, that were relegated to a harsh life at the City Almshouse. The last almshouse built in Salem,… Read More
Sunday, March 14, 2021
5:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem (online)
Thomas Rushford: A New Twist on the Salem Witch Trials—Child Witches
Children were historically accused of witchcraft, both in the early days of Salem as well as in 16th and 17th century Europe — societies that held beliefs about the existence of witches and black magic. Professor Rushford will look into this phenomenon and how such accusations led to imprisonment, torture, and… Read More
Sunday, February 14, 2021
5:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Samuel McIntire and his Historic District: SOLD OUT!
Jim McAllister shines a spotlight on Samuel McIntire, the famed architect-woodcarver of Salem, the times in which he lived, the work he left behind, and the 400-plus building historic district that now bears his name. Read More
Sunday, January 10, 2021
5:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Open for Tours Starting October 4! Sundays in October only Tours on the hour at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00 Limited to 4 guests at a time, masks required Please call or e-mail for reservations $10 general admission, $5 Salem residents, members and children under 12 Free… Read More
Sunday, October 4, 2020
10:00 am
3:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Zoom Lecture: 400 Years of Salem Women
In honor of this centennial anniversary year of the passage of the 19th Amendment, Donna Seger will present an illustrated history of 400 years of notable — and relatively unknown — Salem women, from the seventeenth century to the present. Too often the only Salem women deemed “historic” are either accused… Read More
Sunday, September 20, 2020
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Location:Zoom
Zoom Lecture: Frigate Essex: From Salem to Dun Laoghaire
Jeff Swartz presents his follow-up lecture on Salem's Frigate Essex. The Essex completed high-stakes missions such as escorting convoys, gunship diplomacy, transporting Federal officials, and outright warfare. Find out more! Read More
Sunday, August 2, 2020
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Zoom Lecture: Building the Frigate Essex
Reservations are a must by noon Saturday, May 16. We will send a Zoom link to everyone who signs up. Read More
Sunday, May 17, 2020
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Location:via Zoom
POSTPONED—Ancestry Days: Salem Diaries
POSTPONED—As part of Salem's Ancestry Days, Professor Donna Seger of Salem State University will give a special lecture entitled, "Salem Diaries: Personal Perspectives on the Past." Read More
Saturday, May 2, 2020
3:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem