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A Trip to Salem, MA!

Enjoy a trip to Salem, MA with passes to popular tourist attractions such as the Peabody Essex Museum ($80), the Salem Trolley Inc. ($52), the Salem Wax Museum's Haunted Neighborhood ($60), and the Salem Witch Museum ($78). Even better...stay overnight at the Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites ($250).Read below for more details!

 

Stay at the Salem Waterfront Hotel and Suites

The award-winning Salem Waterfront Hotel and Suites, voted Best of North Shore Hotel six times and five time recipient of TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, has 86 graciously appointed guest rooms and suites to accommodate the needs of all travelers. Its guest rooms and suites are the largest on the North Shore, and offer 21st century comfort and amenities - within a city steep in 17th century history.

All guests, upon arrival and during their stay, are treated to exemplary service and room amenities which have made Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites a favorite for families, couples, corporate travelers and social catering clients.

 

This listed item is a certificate for (1) overnight stay in a Superior Room Type with a full retail value of $250.

 

Restriction: Certificate not valid in October and on holidays.

 

Salem Waterfront Hotel and Suites:

225 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970;  (978) 740-8788

For more information: http://www.salemwaterfronthotel.com/ 

 

History Among the Hysteria at the Peabody Essex Museum

Come and visit the Peabody Essex Musuem- a museum that includes 1.8 million works and Yin Yu Tang, the only complete Qing Dynasty house outside China!

The Peabody Essex musuem was established in 1799 by the East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem captains and supercargoes who had sailed beyond either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn. Today, you can walk amonst their diverse collection of artificats from the northwest coast of America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, India and more.

 

The listed item includes (4) general admission passes to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA with a total retail value of $80.

 

The Peabody Essex Museum:

161 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970; (866) 745-1876

For more information: https://www.pem.org/

 

See Salem on a Trolley!!!

The Salem Trolley transports passengers into the witcraft trials of 1692 and beyond the witchcraft hysteria into the realm of Salem's literary and maritime history.

The trolley acts as a convenient shuttle service as a professional driver and talented tour guide entertains passengers with history and interestings facts about Salem, MA. Passengers may get on and off 14 stops that include the Charter Street Burial Ground, the House of the Seven Gables, Witch Dungeon Museum, Salem Witch Museum, the historic waterfront area, and other locations.

 

This item includes (2) adult passes and (2) child passes to the Salem Trolley Inc. with a total retail of $52.

 

Salem Trolley Inc.:

8 Central Street, Salem, MA 01970; (978) 744-5469

For more information: http://www.salemtrolley.com/ 

 

Tour The Salem Wax Museum's Haunted Neighborhood

Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers

The Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafareres is an open gallery style wax museum, which features 50 London made wax figures. The scenes in our galleries depict pinnacle figures and situations in Salem's history from its founding in 1626 through to Hysteria of 1692 and into the Mercantile trade of the 18th century. The galleries lead down into the interactive area which gives you the opportunity to learn nautical knot tying, do grave stone rubbing on recreated headstone from our landmark Charter Street Burying Point or you can get a first hand experience of detention during the Witch Hysteria by being locked in our life-size recreated jail cell.

 

The Salem Witch Village

The Salem Witch Village is a 15 min guided tour concerning the myth versus the reality of witchcraft in both the ancient and modern world. Your tour guide, who is also a practicing witch, will take you through our indoor maze and demonstrate scenes that mark important landmarks in Witchcraft history. The tour discusses the origin of stereotypes such as devil worship, flying on brooms and black cats, different persecution periods such as the Salem Witch Trials and the Burning Times of Europe as well clarifies what it really means to be a witch today.

 

The listed item includes (2) Hysteria Passes to The Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers and The Salem Witch Village with a total retail value of $60.

 

Restrictions: Passes are not valid in the month of October and are dated to expire in two years from the month that they are received.  

 

The Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers:

288 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970; (978) 740-2929

For more information: http://www.salemwaxmuseum.com/

 

The Salem Witch Village: 

282 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970; (978) 740-2929

For more information: http://salemwitchvillage.biz/ 

 

Tour The Salem Witch Museum

The Salem Witch Museum hosts life-size stage sets, exhibits, and tours that explore the 1692 Salem witch trials and witchcraft of today. 

The museum includes actual trial documents and live guides that take visitors through changing interpretations of witches, the truth behind stereotypes, witchcraft practice today, and the frightening phenomemon of witch hunting. 

 

This item includes a family pack of (6) passes to the Salem Witch Museum with a total retail value of $78.

 

Restriction: Passes are not valid from October 1st to October 31st.

 

The Salem Witch Museum:

19 1/2 N Washington Square, Salem, MA 01970; (978) 744-1692

For more information: https://salemwitchmuseum.com/ 

 

Item Special Note

 

Items may be mailed at no additional cost to the winner.

Alternatively, your item can be picked up in-person at SUNY Schenectady County Community College. By reducing shipping expenses, you are maximizing the benefit of your donation for our students.

Please contact Jocelyn Bryant with any questions for item pickup at (518) 836-2834 or via email at bryantjn@sunysccc.edu. 

Donated By: Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites, The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Trolley Inc., the Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers, & the Salem Witch Museum.