Real Pirates Salem Museum with Guided Directors Tour

Recommended by 91% of travelers

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Salem, USA

1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Take a break from Salem’s witchcraft history and learn about other historical happenings by booking this Salem Real Pirates Tour. Tour the museum and hear about pirates, as well as a witch (or two), as you explore the museum exhibits and collections. The tour is perfect for people short on time who still want to explore the past, and the museum is near public transport for ease.

Tour Salem’s Real Pirates Museum and take home an audio tour
A family-friendly experience everyone can enjoy
Hear about the pirate, Sam Bellamy, as well as other historical characters
Get a free digital photo experience and a gift-shop gold coin

What's Included

Free Digital Photo Experience
Take home audio tour

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Real Pirates Salem
Charlotte Forten Park, 285 Derby St #5, Salem, MA 01970, USA

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.10:30 am

Itinerary

Real Pirates Salem

Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 47 reviews

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Great for children and families looking to learn about real pirates

curtis_s, Jun 2025

This was a lot of fun, especially if you want to learn and see a real treasure of pirates. I highly recommend.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Many thanks for visiting and for sharing this great feedback with others!

A pirates life, short byt nice

Michelle_Y, Nov 2023

Absolutely excellent. Captain Johny Depps is the best. It was informative, entertaining, sad and fun. I was delightfully surprised by how good it was!

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Amazing isn't it! So glad that you could hear the story first hand from our Captain Johnny! Thank you for visiting with us. We really appreciate it -

Skip this tour

Sarina_R, Nov 2023

Instead of just buying tickets to the museum, I bought the guided tour because I thought it would be more interesting for my grandchildren, age 11 and 14 . It was awful. The guide was dressed in pirate costume, but he spoke low, and in a monotone, and was just not interesting at all. He basically read what I could read on the wall from the exhibit. The kids were bored after about five minutes and wandered off. We left early.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Sarina, we are so sorry to hear that you and your grandchildren did not enjoy your visit. We have rarely seen a review of this nature so your input will be fully examined. Thank you for relaying your feedback to us.

Great time

Mark_G, Jun 2023

Our tour guide was amazing. Victor was the best . Had a great time would recommend this tour to everybody a 5 star tour great job.☠️💀☠️💀

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you so much Mark! So nice to hear you had a great tour. Our guides are amazing for sure...and so are our guests! Thanks again for the feedback-

This was one of the...

Donna_B, Oct 2022

This was one of the highlights of our trip! We did the Director's Tour. It was interesting and informative. We had plenty of time to examine the exhibits and our tour guide answered our questions. Worth your time and money!!

Response from Host, Nov 2022

That's great to hear! Thank you so much for coming to visit with us - we really love to tell the stories of the pirates and we are glad you enjoyed the tour. Thanks again for coming by!

We did the director tour...

Brittany_C, Sep 2022

We did the director tour of the arepa Pirates and it was so worth it! Bill was amazing and so knowledgeable! So much thought was put into the story line and we learned so much! It was a perfect way to start our day in Salem!