The Witch House
- Museum
- Regional draw
- Salem
The Witch House is the surviving Salem home associated with Jonathan Corwin, a judge involved in the 1692 witchcraft trials.

The timber house provides a domestic setting for learning about seventeenth-century life and the wider community in which the accusations occurred; it was not the courtroom for the trials.
Arrange admission through the museum’s current visitor page. October is particularly busy, and the operator uses day-of ticket arrangements, so check the instructions before travelling. Interior access follows the house museum’s seasonal schedule. The photograph shows its distinctive dark exterior at the corner of Essex and North streets.
Visitor details reviewed October 18, 2026. Check official visitor information for current access, admission, and operating arrangements. View on OpenStreetMap.
Image credit: chensiyuan / Wikimedia Commons. Original source. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped for display.
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