The Pickering House
The Pickering House, 18 Broad St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
The Pickering House at 18 Broad Street is one of Salem's oldest surviving buildings, owned by the same family for 365+ years — built as a two-room frontier farmhouse in 1660, expanded into a Gothic Revival mansion by 1841, and renovated in the mid-1900s. Now a living museum operated by the Pickering Foundation, with tours and community programming.
Upcoming events
- Museum
Sun, Sep 27 · 1:30 PM
Salem through the Stars – Fate Series at the Pickering House
Our final 2026 Fate Series event at Salem's oldest home! Every story needs an opening chapter, and yours starts in witch city. Step into the Pickering House, the oldest home in Salem, for a private, story-woven tour where every room reveals a new star, of the house's history and yours. Angelica Cresci, Hellenistic astrologer, occult educator, and Hades devotee, will guide a community reading of Salem's own natal chart, unpacking what the stars had to say about Salem's beginnings (is the city secretly a Gemini?), while Cook & Co pairs each room with sips and snacks built to match the moment. Each room paired perfectly with the stars: The Library: What was written in the stars the day Salem was born? We're spilling the tea, literally, with a menu steeped in the flavors of the city's earliest days. The Parlor: Spice, silk, and a fortune charted by sail. A rich, opulent spread fit for a merchant fleet coming into harbor, worthy of the trade that built this city. The Dining Room: Edward Charles Pickering once mapped the night sky from this very room, employing some of the first official female scientists of Massachusetts. Tonight, we set a starry, glittering table sourced entirely from
- Museum
Sun, Sep 27 · 4:30 PM
Salem through the Stars – Fate Series at the Pickering House (4:30 PM)
The second of two Sunday sessions. A private, story-woven tour of the Pickering House, Salem's oldest home, with Hellenistic astrologer Angelica Cresci leading a community reading of Salem's natal chart, and Cook & Co pairing each room with sips and snacks. The flyer lists 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM; this is the 4:30 sitting.