Upcoming Events
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
POSTPONED—Fireside Chat: Jeff Swartz
POSTPONED—Jeff Swartz will discuss the important contributions that Salem gave to the naval forces during the colonial period and the early American republic. Read More
Sunday, April 5, 2020
3:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
POSTPONED—Fireside Chat: Salem and The Point
POSTPONED—Curator emeritus of the Pickering House, historian Bob Booth will discuss the manufacturing history of Salem and the role of The Point. Read More
Sunday, March 29, 2020
3:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Second Sunday Chowder: Richard Pickering
Richard Pickering, Deputy Executive Director of Plimoth Plantation, speaks on the civil and economic struggles of the early years of the colonies and their literary influences. Read More
Sunday, March 8, 2020
12:30 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Fireside Chat: Victoria Sirianni
Victoria Sirianni presents "From the Veneto to Virginia--the Unlikely Beginning of American Architecture." Read More
Sunday, February 23, 2020
3:00 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem
Sunday Chowder: Capt. Ray Bates
Diver, lobsterman and maritime historian, Capt. Raymond H. Bates will discuss the shipwrecks of Boston's North Shore. Read More
Sunday, February 9, 2020
12:30 pm
Location:Pickering House: 18 Broad Street, Salem