点评:Have been to the "Witch House" twice before. Its connection to the Salem witch trials is tenuous - the owner of the house, Judge Corwin, was one of 12 or so judges who were called to serve, but only half of those did. We don't know if Corwin was one or not. The house - filled with charm, takes you back 300 years. According to a staffer, the house was used as a home until the 1960's, after which it was restored. Added drop ceilings, walls, etc. were removed to reveal the earlier interior. The fireplaces are magnificent.
Some things stuck out negatively. Window curtains were store bought, one of then still had the manufacturer's tag on it. Someone couldn't make simple linen curtains for the house? Also, it wasn't until the 18th century that people began to put a curtain on either side of a window. Prior to that a single curtain hung at one side. Furniture wasn't thoughtfully placed. A carved chest was in a corner, catty corner, a most Non-17th century waste of space. A row of chairs were pushed up against a wall, with a long table pushed up against them, with brochures on the table. One room boasted a great weaving loom and a bed, but it was also full of furniture items that looked jumbled, not arranged to make the room look lived in.
Staff was pleasant, but we did have one bad experience. We were having a pleasant conversation with an older woman, when I unconsciously put my hand on the back of a chair that I was standing behind. She had every right to remind me of the museum's very sensible and necessary "no touch" policy, but she did so by snapping loudly at me, like I was a child. It was embarrassing, not necessary. I mentioned my faux pas to another staff person in another room and she laughed and said, "Don't worry, it happens, even we do it."
I would definitely recommend visiting the Witch House, even though the name seems a bit odd (no accused witch lived there), and even though a few improvements could be made to the way that things are displayed. Beautiful house and furnishings, a nice gift shop, nice staffers and just a short walk from downtown Salem.
翻译:之前去过两次“女巫之家”。它与塞勒姆女巫审判案的联系并不紧密——房子的主人科温法官是被传唤到任的 12 名法官之一,但只有一半人去当了法官。我们不知道科温是不是其中之一。这座房子充满魅力,让人想起了 300 年前。据一名工作人员说,这座房子一直被用作住宅,直到 20 世纪 60 年代才被修复。拆除了新增的吊顶、墙壁等,露出了早期的内部装饰。壁炉非常华丽。
有些事情很不尽人意。窗帘是商店买的,其中一个上面还贴着制造商的标签。有人不会为房子做简单的亚麻窗帘吗?而且,直到 18 世纪,人们才开始在窗户的两侧挂窗帘。在此之前,只有一侧挂着一块窗帘。家具摆放得并不周到。角落里放着一个雕花的箱子,斜对角,这是 17 世纪最不浪费空间的地方。一排椅子靠墙摆放,旁边放着一张长桌,桌上放着小册子。一个房间里有一台巨大的织布机和一张床,但里面也摆满了杂乱无章的家具,没有布置好让房间看起来有人住。
工作人员很友好,但我们确实有过一次不好的经历。我们正和一位老太太愉快地交谈,这时我不自觉地把手放在了我站在后面的一把椅子的椅背上。她完全有理由提醒我博物馆非常明智和必要的“禁止触摸”政策,但她大声呵斥我,就像我是小孩一样。这很尴尬,没有必要。我向另一个房间的另一位工作人员提到了我的失礼行为,她笑着说:“别担心,这种事时有发生,我们也会这样做。”
我绝对推荐参观女巫之家,尽管它的名字听起来有点奇怪(没有被指控的女巫住在那里),尽管东西的陈列方式可以做一些改进。房子和家具都很漂亮,礼品店也很不错,工作人员也很好,而且距离塞勒姆市中心只有几步之遥。