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Salem Witch Museum Tour
The Salem Witch Museum is not a walking tour: it is a seated presentation with life-size stage sets, then an exhibit. Allow up to one hour; an adult ticket is $19. On GetYourGuide only one tour includes it — from Boston, from $190.
Check dates · From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour
How long it takesSalem Witch Museum and Seven Gables entry included
The museum, with or without a tour
Salem Witch Museum Tours: Three Picks
A salem witch museum tour is not a walk. The Salem Witch Museum by Salem Common runs a seated presentation with life-size stage sets that tell the story of 1692, followed by an exhibit; presentations start every half-hour, and the museum asks you to check in fifteen minutes before yours. An adult ticket costs $19.
Three ways to fit it into a day. Let a tour do it for you: From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour includes museum entry, $190 with hotel pickup. Pair it with a walk: the Witch Trial Walking Tour, $29.99 for 90 minutes, pins its start by Salem Common near the museum. Or take the cheapest guided walk, the $25 1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk, and buy the museum ticket yourself.
MUSEUM INCLUDED$190 · the only tour with museum entry
ONLY ONEfrom Boston
from Boston
Salem Witch Trials History Tour
8 hstops not listedBoston hotel pickup
1/5 sitesWitch House · outside
4.83 (31)
Not wheelchair
from
$190
per person
A WALK NEARBY$29.99 · its map pin is by the museum
ALL AGES1692 walks
1692 walks
Witch Trial Walking Tour
1.5 h
3/5 sitesMemorialCharter StWitch House · outside
4.32 (40)
Rain or shine
from
$29.99
per person
CHEAPEST GUIDE$25 · 364 reviews, then the museum on your own
MOST REVIEWED1692 walks
1692 walks
1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk
1692 sites · not stated by operator
4.23 (364)
Rain or shineWheelchair ok
from
$25
per person
Runs rain or shine
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Under an hour — here is how it is spent
How Long Is the Salem Witch Museum Tour
The museum’s own answer: allow up to one hour for your visit. That hour is the presentation and the exhibit together, plus the check-in fifteen minutes before your time slot. Tickets are timed, so the hour is fixed once you book it.
On the day trip from Boston that includes it, the museum gets one hour in an eight-hour day. If you go on your own, plan it like a timed ticket: book the slot first, then fit a walk around it. The Memorial and the Charter Street burying point are free and can fill the gap on either side.
Check-in, 15 min before the start
Presentation, every half-hour
Exhibit — the rest of the hour
One ticket covers it
Salem Witch Museum Tours That Include the Ticket
On GetYourGuide there is no standalone Salem Witch Museum admission. One tour includes it: From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour — eight hours, hotel pickup and drop-off in Boston, the Salem Trolley Tour, entry to the Salem Witch Museum and to the House of the Seven Gables, the Hocus Pocus house grounds, snacks and water. It costs $190 and is rated 4.83 from 31 reviews.
Read the small print before you book it: the partner lists it as not suitable for children under five, for people with mobility impairments or for wheelchair users. The driver waits a maximum of five minutes at your hotel, and the pickup time is confirmed the day before.
Seat or street
Salem Witch Museum Tour or a Walking Tour
A salem witch tour museum visit and a walk answer different questions. The museum tells the story of 1692 in one room, seated, in under an hour, whatever the weather. A walking tour takes you to the places — the Memorial, the Charter Street burying point, the Witch House from outside — and costs from $25 for 90 minutes. The museum does not visit any of them; the walks do not go inside the museum.
The museum
Indoors, seated · allow up to an hour
$19 adult · online only in October
A staged presentation with life-size sets, plus an exhibit
No place of 1692 in the building
On GetYourGuide the entry comes only with From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour, $190 for the day.
A walking tour
Outdoors, on foot · 2 h
from $35
Stands where it happened
Charter Street named; the Witch House from outside
Choose a Walk If
you want to stand where it happened and ask questions. The Witch Trial Walking Tour names the three central places in one route; Secrets of Salem has nine stops in two hours.
Or Do Both
Walk in the morning, museum in the afternoon, or the other way round: from 210 Essex Street to Salem Common is about nine minutes on foot. Together they cost from $44 per adult and take about two and a half hours.
Honest answer
What Is the Best Witch Museum in Salem
For the story of 1692 told from start to finish, the Salem Witch Museum is the best-known, and the only one a GetYourGuide tour includes. For a real place from 1692, the Witch House at 310½ Essex Street, the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, is the only house open to visitors with a direct link to the trials; entry costs $17, children under four go free, and it opens daily 10:00–17:00 from 15 April to 15 November.
We have not compared the smaller witch-themed attractions in town — we have not checked their prices and hours, so we do not rank them. If you have time for one ticket, take the museum for the story and the Witch House for the place; the Memorial next to both is free.
What people said after the day
Salem Witch Museum Tour Reviews
The quotes below come from the tour that includes the museum, rated 4.83 from 31, and from the Witch Trial Walking Tour, 4.32 from 40, which starts near it. They are short extracts from GetYourGuide reviews with the reviewer’s first name and month; neither quote is a review of the museum itself.
4.83(31)
From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour“If you only want to see Salem for the day, I would highly recommend this tour!”
Teri · Jul 2026
4.32(40)
Witch Trial Walking Tour“We were the only 2 on the tour and it was very personal.”
Kimberly · Apr 2026
Reviews come from GetYourGuide
Tickets, closures, October — asked before going
Before You Book
In October, Salem Witch Museum tickets are sold online only, and tickets for the next day go on sale at 22:00. In quieter seasons you can buy at the door, but the museum recommends buying online. It closes on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving, and for the first two weeks of January for maintenance. Presentations run every half-hour from 10:00 to 16:30, with longer hours in July, August and October.
Three ways to add the museum
Salem Witch Museum Tour Options Compared
Three ways to add the museum, side by side. Only the first includes the ticket; with the two walks you pay $19 per adult at the museum — $17.50 for seniors 62 and over, $16 for children 6 to 14.
From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History TourINCLUDED
Witch Trial Walking Tour
1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk
FROM$190 pp
$29.99 pp
$25 pp
MUSEUMEntry included
$19 on your own
$19 on your own
SITES1/5 sitesWitch House · outside
3/5 sitesMemorialCharter StWitch House · outside
1692 sites · not stated by operator
4.83 (31)
4.32 (40)
4.23 (364)
FORMuseum done for you
Walk, then the museum
Cheapest guide first
Salem Witch Museum Tour FAQ
How long is the Salem Witch Museum tour?▾
The museum asks you to allow up to one hour: a seated presentation, then an exhibit. Check in fifteen minutes before your time slot; presentations start every half-hour.
How much is the Salem Witch Museum?▾
$19 for adults, $17.50 for seniors 62 and over, $16 for children 6 to 14. Tickets are timed.
Do salem witch tours include the Salem Witch Museum?▾
One does on GetYourGuide: From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour, $190, with museum and House of the Seven Gables entry. The walks in Salem do not include it.
Can you buy Salem Witch Museum tickets at the door?▾
Not in October: tickets are sold online only, and next-day tickets go on sale at 22:00. In slower seasons you can buy in person, though the museum recommends online.
When is the Salem Witch Museum closed?▾
On Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving, and for the first two weeks of January for maintenance. Otherwise it is open every day, with presentations every half-hour from 10:00 to 16:30 and longer hours in July, August and October.
Is the Salem Witch Museum a walking tour?▾
No. It is a seated presentation with stage sets and an exhibit in one building. For the places of 1692, book a walking tour or follow the free self-guided route.
Is the Salem Witch Museum good for kids?▾
Children 6 to 14 pay $16; we have not verified a minimum age, so ask the museum for small children. The day trip from Boston that includes it is not suitable for children under five.
Which walking tour starts near the Salem Witch Museum?▾
The Witch Trial Walking Tour pins its start by Salem Common, near the museum, though its text says the Salem Five bank — confirm after booking. The Salem Witch Tour and the psychic walk pin near Washington Square.
MUSEUM INCLUDED
From Boston: Salem Witch Trials History Tour
8 h · hotel pickup · 4.83 (31) · from $190 per person
Check dates
Salem Witch Museum and Seven Gables entry included