Editing Salem, Massachusetts (section)

===Other tourist attractions===

[[Image:Friendship of Salem.JPG|thumb|''[[Friendship of Salem]]'' replica in Salem]]

[[File:Old Salem Jail, Post Renovation.jpg|thumb|right|Old Salem Jail after renovations]]

In 2000, the replica tall ship ''[[Friendship of Salem]]'' was finished and sailed to Salem Harbor, where she sits today. The ''Friendship of Salem''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/sama/photosmultimedia/index.htm|title=Photos & Multimedia|work=nps.gov}}</ref> is a reconstruction of a {{convert|171|ft|m|adj=on}} three-masted East Indiaman trading ship, originally built in 1797, which traveled the world over a dozen times and returned to Salem after each voyage with goods from all over the world. The original was taken by the British during the War of 1812, then stripped and sold in pieces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salemweb.com/frndship/ |title=Friendship Overview |publisher=salemweb.com |location=Salem, Massachusetts |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/legacy/nomenclature.html|title=Designation of National Park System Units|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2008-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/legacy/organic-act.htm|title=The National Park Service Organic Act|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2008-04-05}}</ref>

In 2006, with the assistance of a 1.6 million dollar grant and additional funds provided by the City of Salem,{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} Mayor Driscoll launched ''The Nathaniel Bowditch'', a 92-foot catamaran with a top speed of 30 knots which makes the trip between Salem and Boston in just under an hour.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

Waterfront redevelopment – The first step in the redevelopment was in 2006, when the State of Massachusetts gave Salem $1,000,000.<ref name="auto2"/> [[Nathaniel Bowditch|Bowditch]], who was born in Salem and had a home on North Street, is considered the founder of modern maritime navigation. His book, ''[[Bowditch's American Practical Navigator]]'', first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. naval vessel.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}}

The original ''Fame'' was a fast Chebacco fishing [[schooner]] that was reborn as a privateer when war broke out in the summer of 1812. She was arguably the first American privateer to bring home a prize, and she made 20 more captures before being wrecked in the [[Bay of Fundy]] in 1814.

The new ''Fame'' is a full-scale replica of this famous schooner. Framed and planked of white oak and [[trunnel]]-fastened in the traditional manner, the replica of Fame was launched in 2003. She is now based at Salem's Pickering Wharf Marina, where she takes the paying public for cruises on Salem Sound.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoonerfame.com/main.html |title=The Schooner Fame – The Salem Privateer – Harbor Cruises in Salem, MA |publisher=Schoonerfame.com |date=2012-06-14 |access-date=2012-09-03  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921072949/http://www.schoonerfame.com/main.html |archive-date=2012-09-21 }}</ref>

Salem Harborwalk opened in July 2010 to celebrate the rebirth of the Salem waterfront as a source of recreation for visitors as well as the local community. The {{convert|1100|ft|adj=on}} walkway extends from the area of the Salem Fire Station to the Salem Waterfront Hotel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Salem Harborwalk opens amid appreciative crowd |first=Stacie N. |last=Galang |url=http://www.salemnews.com/local/x540035125/Salem-Harborwalk-opens-amid-appreciative-crowd |newspaper=[[The Salem News]] |publisher=[[Community Newspaper Holdings]], Inc. |date=July 16, 2010 |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Grants will transform Peabody Street lot into park, harbor walk destination |first=Meaghan |last=Glasset |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/salem/news/x9493533#axzz1KqwbTVMT |newspaper=[[Salem Gazette]] |date=November 8, 2007 |access-date=April 28, 2011  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113044454/http://www.wickedlocal.com/salem/news/x9493533 |archive-date=November 13, 2012 }}</ref>

The [[Peabody Essex Museum]] is a leading museum of Asian art and culture and early American maritime trade and whaling; its collections of Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese art, and in particular Chinese export porcelain, are among the finest in the country. Founded in 1799, it is one of the oldest continuously operating museums in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pem.org/about/director |title=About PEM |publisher=Peabody Essex Museum |location=Salem, Massachusetts |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> The museum owns and exhibits a number of historic houses in downtown Salem. In 2003, it completed a massive $100 million renovation and expansion, designed by architect [[Moshe Safdie]], and moved a 200-year-old 16-room Chinese home from [[Xiuning County]] in southeastern China to the grounds of the museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/ |title=Yin Yu Tang |publisher=Pem.org |date=2006-06-07 |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210224230/http://pem.org/yinyutang/ |archive-date=2009-02-10  }}</ref>

In 2011, the Peabody Essex Museum announced it had raised $550 million with plans to raise an additional $100 million by 2016.<ref name="wickedlocal.com"/> The Boston Globe reported this was the largest capital campaign in the museum's history vaulting the Peabody Essex into the top tier of major art museums.<ref name="The Boston Globe"/> The Peabody Essex Museum trustees co-chairs [[CrossHarbor Capital Partners#Sam Byrne|Sam Byrne]] and [[Affiliated Managers Group#Sean M. Healey|Sean Healey]] with board president Robert Shapiro led the campaign.<ref name="pem.org"/>$200 to $250 million will fund the museum's 175,000-square-foot expansion bringing the total square footage to 425,000 square feet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/salem/2012/07/peabody_essex_museum_prepares.html|title=Peabody Essex Museum prepares for expansion|work=Boston.com}}</ref>

The [[Misery Islands]] is a [[nature reserve]] located in Salem Sound that was established in 1935. It is managed by the [[Trustees of Reservations]]. The islands' name come from shipbuilder Robert Moulton who was stranded on the islands during a winter storm in the 1620s. The islands, in the past, have been home to a club with a golf course and about two dozen cottages. The islands are now uninhabited.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/323_misery_islands.cfm |title=Misery Islands - the Trustees of Reservations |access-date=2014-04-03  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425082639/http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/323_misery_islands.cfm |archive-date=2009-04-25 }}</ref>

The [[Pioneer Village (Salem, Massachusetts)|Pioneer Village]], created in 1930, was America's first living-history museum. The site features a three-acre re-creation of a Puritan village and allows visitors the opportunity to participate in activities from the lives of Salem's earliest English settlers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salemweb.com/tales/pioneervillage.shtml |title=Pioneer Village: Salem 1630 |publisher=salemweb.com |location=Salem, Massachusetts |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>

The Old Salem Jail, an active correctional facility until 1991, once housed captured British soldiers from the War of 1812. It contains the main jail building (built in 1813, renovated in 1884), the jail keeper's house (1813) and a barn (also about 1813). The jail was shuttered in 1991 when Essex County opened its new facility in Middleton. In 2010, a $12 million renovation was completed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Salem Jail to hold first open house |first=Tom |last=Dalton |url=http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1690090117/Salem-Jail-to-hold-first-open-house |newspaper=[[The Salem News]] |publisher=[[Community Newspaper Holdings]], Inc. |date=March 24, 2010 |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> One feature of the reconstruction is the jail keeper's house, a three-story brick, Federal-period building originally built in 1813. The project went into a long phase of stagnation when in 1999 the county government was dissolved, resulting in the sale of Salem Jail by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the City of Salem for $1.<ref>{{cite news |title=Work set to begin at old jail |first=Tom |last=Dalton |url=http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1690075494/Work-set-to-begin-at-old-jail |newspaper=[[The Salem News]] |publisher=[[Community Newspaper Holdings]], Inc. |date=April 22, 2009 |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> The Old Salem Jail complex was renamed 50 Saint Peter Street and is now private property, with private residences.<ref>{{cite news |title=Access to public an issue at old jail |first=Tom |last=Dalton |url=http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1601577688/Access-to-public-an-issue-at-old-jail |newspaper=[[The Salem News]] |publisher=[[Community Newspaper Holdings]], Inc. |date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>

[[Salem Willows]] is an oceanfront neighborhood and amusement park. It is named for the European [[white willow]] trees planted there in 1801 to form a shaded walk for patients convalescing at a nearby smallpox hospital. The area became a public park in 1858, and in the twentieth century became a summer destination for residents of Boston's [[North Shore (Massachusetts)|North Shore]], many of whom escaped the heat of the city on newly popular streetcars. The beaches are also a common place to watch the 4th of July fireworks since you can see three sets of fireworks; Salem, Beverly, and Marblehead. The Willows also has a famous popcorn stand, Hobbs, which is known around the North Shore as one of the best places to get popcorn and ice cream.

In 1855, located on 210 Essex Street, was founded the [[Salem Five Cents Bank]], one of the oldest still functioning American banks.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mass.historicbuildingsct.com/?p=4541 |title=Salem Five Cents Savings Bank (1892) |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312072014/http://mass.historicbuildingsct.com/?p=4541 |archive-date=2017-03-12  }}</ref>