During the mid-seventeenth century, the “Ironworks at Lynn” manufactured large cast iron “salt pans” for the purpose of evaporating seawater to make salt. During the Colonial period, there were numerous places throughout Essex County attempting to produce salt. Join Park Rangers for a tour of the Iron Works. Then, depart the Iron Works on a motor coach to visit an early salt-making site in Essex County.

Join us for a special encore presentation of Poe in The Ellen T. Brown Memorial Chapel at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport. Using music, macabre pageantry and shadow puppetry, Theater in the Open’s ensemble will explore the emotional tension and otherworldly atmosphere that underscore Poe‘s works. All performances are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required to secure your seat. Visit theaterintheopen.org for details. On Saturday & Sunday, Sept.

An ensemble of skilled actors from the Poets' Theatre give voice to the wide range of anti-slavery attitudes in Massachusetts during the decades leading up to the Civil War. Black and white, female and male, well-known and obscure, these important writers and orators, including Lydia Maria Child, Paul Cuffee, Frederick Douglass, and Angelina Grimké Weld, among others, transformed fringe ideas—rejected by many in Boston as dangerous and “fanatical”—into a mainstream movement for emancipation

EVENT FULL. Join us for a 5-mile guided bike tour along Salem’s historic waterfront. The tour will travel through the historic Derby Street neighborhood, Winter Island, the Salem Willows, as well as the South River, Point Neighborhood, and Forest River Park. Along the way, riders will learn about Salem’s rich cultural and maritime past, and how it has inspired and influenced the numerous waterfront revitalization efforts underway to ensure its bright future. Bring your own bike or use one of the Zagster bikes at the Salem Ferry.

Combination kayak-walking tour to three Town conservation properties within the Ipswich River and Eagle Hill River estuaries. Tour begins at the Ipswich Town Wharf, kayaking downstream to Nichols Field, stopping to walk the trail. The tour continues, paddling toward Plum Island Sound, stopping at Clark Beach and walking to the Clark Pond Overlook on Great Neck Conservation Area for lunch/snacks. Lastly, kayak around Great Neck toward the Eagle Hill River, and stop to walk the Strawberry Hill trail. Finally, short kayak back to Eagle Hill landing for transportation back to the Wharf.