Upcoming Events
Looking for the Haunted Speakeasy? Click HERE. October 18, 25, 31, Private Event: Niki Luparelli presents “Haunted Speakeasy.”
October 2025 - Guided tours of the the Hall
New this October! Join us for a special guided tour of all three floors to explore the stories of merchants, dignitaries, activists, and entrepreneurs of past and present.
Twirl in the ballroom to test out its nineteenth-century sprung floor. View architect Samuel McIntire's hand-carved wooden eagle that originally gazed down on passersby from the top of the Hall. Stand next to the hearth where Black entrepreneurs John and Nancy Remond once cooked their multi-course feasts. Learn about their children, Charles Lennox and Sarah Parker Remond, who became famous speakers and activists for abolition and women's suffrage.
Coming in 2026!
Drs. Donna Seger and Brad Austin of Salem State University will be presenting a talk on their upcoming book, Salem’s Centuries: New perspectives on the history of an old American city.
4:00pm, Sunday, January 25
This will be an official Salem 400+ event, free to the public. Registration will open closer to the event. Stay tuned to our website for updates!
Past Events
September 26, 2025 - Boston Artists Ensemble
Another season of five performances by the Boston Artist Ensemble begins soon! BAE's first concert of the season at Hamilton Hall is Friday, September 26 at 8pm. The concert will include Martinu's duo for violin and cello, Scott Wheeler's Insomnia Flowers trio for harp, violin, and cello (world premiere), and Beethoven's string quartet no. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso. Click below to purchase tickets.
September 8, 2025 - Historic Hearts Yoga Fundraiser
SOLD OUT! Stay tuned for information about upcoming yoga classes at the Hall from Historic Hearts Yoga.
Join certified yoga instructor (and Hamilton Hall staff member) Rebecca Johnson for a special pop-up yoga class benefitting two local Salem nonprofits: the Hall and Salem Pantry.
Rebecca was inspired to offer this class to support local organizations that both celebrate stories of the past and embrace the people living here now. Are Hamilton Hall and/or the Salem Pantry dear to your heart? Do you love yoga? We'd love to have you join us for this special event.
Choose a spot underneath the sparkling chandelier, beside the fireplace, or alongside one of the tall windows. Roll out your mat onto the beautiful old hardwood floor or the beautiful rug. Stretch out and relax into the third-floor Supper Room that's witnessed generations of feasts, toasts, and lively celebrations. Breathe spaciousness into your body and mind as you move through a warming and relaxing flow of stretches and poses at the end of your day. Beginners are welcome!
Please bring: your own mat and any props you'd like. We will provide some refreshing cucumber lemon water.
Please note: the Supper Room is on the third floor, and Hamilton Hall does not have an elevator.
May 4, 2025 - Americana Lecture: Erica Lome, PhD
Join Erica Lome, Curator of Collections at Historic New England for our spring Americana Lecture as she discusses “Liberty & Loyalty: Embroidered coats of arms in an age of revolution” at 4pm on May 4. A light reception will follow the lecture.
Lome has a PhD in History from the University of Delaware and a MA in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture from the Bard Graduate Center. Her upcoming exhibition at Historic New England is “Myth and Memory: Stories of the revolution,” and will open at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts in May 2026. Needlework pictured: Mary Jones (1748-1830), ca. 1768-70. Boston and Weston, MA. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; T900.
April 10, 2025 - Natalie Dykstra, author of Chasing Beauty
Award-winning author Natalie Dykstra will present a lecture on her new biography Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner—the story of the complex and singular woman behind one of the most fascinating museums in the world—a tale of beauty and loss, grit and American self-invention. An extraordinary achievement of storytelling and scholarship, Chasing Beauty by Natalie Dykstra illuminates the fascinating ways the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and its holdings can be seen as a kind of memoir, dazzling and haunting, created with objects instead of words.
Lecture followed by a light reception and book signing with the author and Wicked Good Books. This event is presented in partnership with The Salem Athenaeum.