Guided tours of Salem Maritime National Historic Site are offered year round. The tour times and content, however, vary according to the season.

All tours leave from the Orientation Center on Derby Street. They are guided by National Park Service Rangers, and last approximately one hour.

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In addition to our regularly scheduled tours, Salem Maritime also offers special events. Click here to check our events calendar

September 8 through November 30, 2009

Tour times and ship availability may be subject to change. Please call 978-740-1650 to confirm tour times.

Salem Maritime is closed on Thanksgiving Day (November 26)

Friendship of Salem is away from Salem until the end of November, and will not be available to visit. Please visit the Friendship update page for more information.

Daily:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
10:00	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
11:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
1:15	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
2:30	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes

Note:
A free audio-tour for self-guided tours of Salem Maritime can be downloaded onto a personal listening device from our web site.

Ranger-guided tours for groups of 30 or less will be offered by reservation Thursday-Sunday between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Please call 978-740-1663 at least three days in advance to make reservations.

December 1 through December 31, 2009

Tour times and ship availability may be subject to change. Please call 978-740-1650 to confirm tour times.

Salem Maritime is closed on December 25.

Weekdays:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
1:15	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
2:30	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes

Weekends:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
10:00	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
11:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
1:15	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
2:30	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes

Note:
A free audio-tour for self-guided tours of Salem Maritime can be downloaded onto a personal listening device from our web site.

Ranger-guided tours for groups of 30 or less will be offered by reservation Thursday-Sunday between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Please call 978-740-1663 at least three days in advance to make reservations.

January 1 through February 29, 2010

Tour times and ship availability may be subject to change. Please call 978-740-1650 to confirm tour times.

Salem Maritime is closed on January 1.

Weekends only:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
10:00	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
11:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
1:15	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
2:30	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes

February Vacation Week: (February 15-19)

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
10:00	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
11:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
1:15	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
2:30	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes

Note:
A free audio-tour for self-guided tours of Salem Maritime can be downloaded onto a personal listening device from our web site.

Ranger-guided tours for groups of 30 or less will be offered by reservation Thursday-Sunday between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Please call 978-740-1663 at least three days in advance to make reservations.

March 1 through March 31, 2010

Tour times and ship availability may be subject to change. Please call 978-740-1650 to confirm tour times.

Weekdays:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
1:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
2:30	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour

Daily Tours:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
10:00	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
11:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
1:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
2:30	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour

Note:
A free audio-tour for self-guided tours of Salem Maritime can be downloaded onto a personal listening device from our web site.

Ranger-guided tours for groups of 30 or less will be offered by reservation Thursday-Sunday between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Please call 978-740-1663 at least three days in advance to make reservations.

April 1 through October 31, 2010

Tour times and ship availability may be subject to change. Please call 978-740-1650 to confirm tour times.

Daily:

Time	Tour	Limit	Duration
10:00	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
11:15	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes
1:15	Home From the Sea	8	1 hour
2:30	Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes	20	45 minutes

Note:
A free audio-tour for self-guided tours of Salem Maritime can be downloaded onto a personal listening device from our web site.

Ranger-guided tours for groups of 30 or less will be offered by reservation Thursday-Sunday between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Please call 978-740-1663 at least three days in advance to make reservations.

Guided Tour Descriptions:

Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes:
The U. S. Custom House in Salem
Limit: 20 people
Duration: 45 minutes

This tour visits the U.S. Custom House, built in 1819 to house the offices of the U.S. Customs Service. During the height of Salem’s East Indies trade, the Customs Service in Salem collected millions of dollars of taxes on incoming cargo, providing vital financial support for the new United States government. For three years, this building was the workplace of the famous author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne’s experiences during his stint in the Custom House inspired his most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter.

Tars, Trade Goods & Taxes:
Friendship of Salem and the U.S. Custom House
Limit: 20 people
Duration: 1 hour

Weather permitting, during the fall, winter, and spring the Custom House tour also visits Friendship of Salem, Salem Maritime's replica of a cargo vessel built in Salem in 1797. The tour visits the main deck and 'tween deck of the vessel to learn about the men who sailed all over the world to bring exotic goods back to Salem during the height of the East Indies trade.

Home from the Sea:
The Narbonne and Derby Houses
Limit: 8 people
Duration: 1 hour

This tour visits the two domestic homes at Salem Maritime. The Narbonne House, built in 1675, was for almost 300 years the home of successful businessmen and their families. The Narbonne House is unfurnished, and contains displays of some of the nearly 150,000 archeological artifacts that were excavated out of the yard. The 1762 Derby House was the first home of Elias Hasket and Elizabeth Crowninshield Derby. It is a beautiful example of a merchant’s Georgian home, and is furnished to reflect the Derbys’ 20 year-long residence in the house.