- Our list of the best things to do in Salem, Massachusetts, features the top 756 nearby activities — including 348 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Salem, MA has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Museums & Galleries, Entertainment & Shows, and Sights & Landmarks.
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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
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Congress Street Bridge, Boston, MA 02210
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Historical re-enactments and interactive exhibits provide an interactive learning experience concerning the event leading to the American Revolution at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museums. Take part in dumping tea overboard, meet the colonists and explore historically accurate ships at this quality venue.
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A variety of outdoor activities are available at Dogtown Common. The historical nature of the site allows for exploration of the lost settlement, and visitors can enjoy biking, hiking, and walking their dogs.
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Established in 1978, the Hull Lifesaving Museum is a museum dedicated to telling the stories of all things lifesaving. In addition to displaying lifesaving devices, guests at the museum learn stories about men who have saved lives on the waters.
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41 Foster Street, Arlington, MA 2474
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A theater company that pulls its productions from pop culture and movies as well as from traditional drama, Dramatically Incorrect presents a variety of shows. The company also does improvisation and interactive murder mysteries.
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1117 Nantasket Avenue, Hull, MA 2045
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Hull Lifesaving Museum & Life Saving Station offers a permanent exhibit that narrates the many miraculous rescues by sailors. The Museum collection includes over 5,000 artifacts including a 1903 Fresnel lens, shipwreck fragments, aids to navigation and historical charts.
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26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Established in 1998, the Harvard Museum of Natural History features a range of specimens from the collection of Harvard's three natural history research museums. The exhibits include the realistic flame-worked Glass Flowers, fossils and skeletons of dinosaurs and other mammals, minerals and more.
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15 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
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Family-owned and operated, Ryan & Wood, Inc. Distilleries specialize in handcrafted distilled spirits including a variety of gin, rum, vodka and more. Guided tours of the premises including the process of fermentation, distillation and barreling, are available.
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Run by Harvard University, the Peabody Museum has some of the best collects of human history. See huge Native American totem poles, legacy of canoes, the art of wars throughout the ages, and tools used by our developing ancestors among many other things.
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An indoor ice rink that hosts a variety of ice-related activities, the Burlington Ice Palace hosts hockey tournaments and leagues. Open skating is also available, as are lessons in figure skating and other kinds of skating.
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A great place to watch the latest movie releases, Capitol Theater offers beautiful architecture and a relaxing, warm ambiance. Classics and holiday shows are also often shown at this venue.