Old Salem Museum & Gardens - Historical place museum in Winston-Salem - 924 S Main St, USA

Old Salem is an amazing little place, it's not what many areas like this are where you have to pay for everything, it's super well maintained and you can quite literally feel the history here. Whether you are here to walk, take pictures, or just to go back in time this is a not-so-hidden gem of our city that makes you realize just how great our little area is!

My family has been coming to Salem for years. We have experienced the village and museums when it is closed and open. Both are delightful, pleasant ways to visit. The Moravian Village is a favorite. We go every time we visit Winston-Salem. Allow 4-6 hours to experience the Village when venues are open. Ticket purchase is required to enter several historical buildings. Parking is available at the Visitors Center. Students including college (with ID) get discount.

We absolutely loved our short stay at the Old Salem Museum and Gardens. The town is full of historical buildings (1700’s and 1800’s) and beautiful gardens. The museum staff is very nice. They told us to park the RV in the back parking lot, which is spacious and quiet. There’s a farmer’s market with a bunch of fresh produce and crafts on Sundays. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay! Thank you all! Cesar, Dina and Umma the dog #BeeHippy_Lifestyle #HarvestHost

Beautiful historic town. Small enough you can see most of it in a day, but interesting enough to spend 2 days. It's a great place to disconnect from our electronic lives

Yes Christmas is a magical time to visit Old Salem. However the highlight and also let down of our visits there for 2019 was Halloween Nightwatchman Tours. We went Oct 30 And they stick to no refunds and doing tours in the rain however definition of light drizzle as stated in web site and what was happening is different for us all so plan accordingly. It was pouring rain on our tour to us it made it a little more old world and realistic I give 3 stars because I love old Salem however we called several times to get updates for the tour due to terrible weather to only have confusing answers or very non-pleasant employees talking to us. The final answer was a stern woman who was a manager talking down to us “just look on Facebook” and hung up the phone. newsflash not everyone has Facebook. I highly recommend O.S. Has Clearer terms on web site and a better way of communication to customers spending the high dollars for the tickets (The tour guide did try her best considering it was raining so hard but seemed a little disheveled telling the stories and had to constantly read her note book instead of the tour the night before when it was not pouring down rain and that Guide knew it as if it was a play) We are going to try again in 2020 because there is a lot of potential.

This a riveting experience. An absolute treasure and brings to life what people are capable of. The museum and docents take you back to the 1750s and take you through the day to day life of folks who were determined to establish a theocracy and lived as such for decades. Considered a model community and the only 1 left of 5 in the surrounding area. I loved the experience. Check the website to see what individual exhibits are open because they are so worthwhile experiencing and the docents are amazing knowledgeable, no question is off the table.

Such a beautiful and magical town to wander around. The Williamsburg of the South.

We came to visit Old Salem with only partial days worth of hours. I was amazed by the fact that this "living museum" still had occupied homes mixed in with the buildings that were available for tours. I was impressed by the knowledge of many of the people that we're in the buildings to narrate the historical presence help by that particular building. We did choose one of the places to eat and the lunch was fantastic. The bakery who was quaint, we bought quite a bit. I only wish that we had a few more hours to visit the many buildings we didn't have time for. This is a place you definitely could spend an entire day at, and possibly still not get in everything. Well worth the money spent.