Open Venues & Hours of Operation
Annual Calendar
Old Salem Museums and Gardens is open annually February through December. The museum is closed to the public during the month of January.
Regular operations and administrative offices are closed for the following holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1), Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Juneteenth (June 19), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November), Christmas Eve (December 24th), and Christmas Day (December 25).
Administrative offices will also be closed for Independence Day (July 4).
Hours of Operation
Wednesday – Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Holiday Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Closed Sunday and Monday
Open Venues During 2025 Holiday Season
Old Salem Visitor Center
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Home Moravian Church’s Tannenberg Organ, James A. Gray Auditorium, Visitor Center Gift Shop, Wachovia Conference Room
Galleries in the Frank L. Horton Museum Center (including The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts)
Tuesday to Friday, 9:00AM – 4:00PM Saturday, 10:00AM – 4:00PM (Research and Collection Studies by appointment)
Ticket Required
Before visiting our talented craftspeople, come visit our three self-guided galleries. The collection includes Salem-made artifacts and decorative arts from across eight Southern states. For an added fee, visitors can request a 1-hour, or 2-hour connoisseur tour of additional Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts galleries built around your interest. Ask for more details at the rotunda desk. Further explore southern objects and local history in the Anne P. and Thomas A. Gray Library and MESDA Research Center.
Vogler House
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
The iconic Vogler House provides insight into the upscale lifestyle of the Vogler family and the enslaved residents of the house. Be sure to examine the intricate metalwork during your visit!
Timothy Vogler Gun Shop
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Salem’s gunsmiths provided hunting rifles for the local community and those around. Come see the craftspeople at work in the same original space where rifles were being made historically.
Salem Tavern Museum
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Learn the history of Salem’s Tavern, exploring the cultural intersection of Colonial Americans, Central European Moravians, and the enslaved people of African descent. Come see how this building contributed to connecting Salem to the outside world! Note: this is NOT the Tavern Restaurant!
Blum House Joinery
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Immerse yourself in the traditional craftsmanship of 18th century woodworking with our tradespeople. Learn about Salem’s commercial trades that established the town as a provisioning hub in early Wachovia’s landscape.
Potter’s Workshop
Relocated to the lower level of the Single Brothers’ House!
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Consumers sought Moravian Redware pottery for its functional and decorative qualities. The potters will demonstrate 17th and 18th century pottery making, including use of their foot driven potters’ wheel and animal shaped molds.
Single Brothers’ House
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Explore Salem’s trades in a tour on the first floor. This iconic residence building is a mixture of medieval half-timbered construction and later English style brick addition. This building historically housed single young men aged 14 to 21 to apprentice in a multitude of trades instructed by Master craftsmen. The Single Brothers signed an “Apprentice Contract” to commit themselves to seven years of intense trade training. The Brothers lived, worked, slept, ate, and worshipped here.
Boys’ School
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
School is open! Don’t be late! Explore the wonder of 18th and 19th century Moravian education for young boys ages 6-14 through a journey of see, feel, touch, and smell with hands-on activities. This is the oldest school still standing that was dedicated to the education of boys in America.
Miksch House & Garden
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
The first family house in Salem was built in Salem for Henrietta, Matthew, and their baby Martha Elizabeth. Join us inside as we cook, handcraft, do the daily chores, bake, and work just as the Miksch family in 1771. This garden requires a ticket for entry.
Doctor’s House
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Dr. Samuel Benjamin Vierling constructed his house for his family and flourishing medical practice. Explore his Apothecary Shop and the exhibit “The Moravian Way of Health and Healing.” This unique exhibition shows the Moravians’ holistic approach physical, spiritual, and psychological health that developed over time. Some consider this building as the birthplace of the town of Winston, NC. The deed selling land that would become “Winston” was signed in the Apothecary space.
No ticket required for entry.
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
A must stop destination at one of the oldest continuously operated bakeries in America! Prepare yourself for a mouthwatering opportunity to purchase our famous Moravian Sugar Cake and Lovefeast buns, fresh baked bread, cookies, sweet treats, and amazing gifts crafted right here in Salem. We mix a little history into the bake too! Baked items are not gluten free and may contain allergens. Second floor now open, formerly known as Moravian Book & Gift Shop.
Gardens of Old Salem Education Center at Single Brothers’ Workshop
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Ticket Required
Plants have history too! Come learn how the gardens and landscape communicate the connection between the plants and people of Salem. Continue your education with a tour through the Salt Street and Single Brothers’ Gardens. Check with our staff for updates on the mobile lab out in the gardens!
No ticket required for entry.
Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Thursday 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Open Mic).
Located in the lower level of T. Bagge, Muddy Creek Café & Music Hall at Old Salem is a perfect lunch spot with delicious sandwiches, salads, and soups. It is known for hosting incredible folk and traditional musicians. View the Menu.