Smithsonian magazine is sponsoring their 15th Annual Museum Day, an initiative in which participating museums across the United States open their doors for free to those who download a branded ticket. The annual event allows museums, zoos and cultural centers from all 50 states to emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based facilities with this free admission.
 

Nationally, Museum Day has been designated for Saturday, September 21, but the Salem Historical Society, and a few others, had the option to  offer the free admission with the downloaded ticket for two guests on Sunday, September 22, during regular hours of 1:00 to 4:00, with the last tour beginning at 3:30. One ticket per household is permitted. Click here to download your ticket. For more information regarding Salem’s participation, contact 330-337-8514.

The tour will last approximately an hour.  Cost is $15 per person and a minimum is necessary to conduct the tour.  Call the reservation number, 330-337-6733 to schedule your tour.  Your call will be returned. Walk-ups accepted if there are openings.

The tour visits cemeteries and other "haunted areas" around Salem.  There are three occasions where riders may exit the trolley, so good walking shoes are encouraged.  Cost is $15 per person.  Call 330-205-3923 to make a reservation. Walk-ups accepted if there are openings.
The Gift Shop has ghost trolley T-shirts and a book by docent Kim Mitchell, "The Haunted Salem, Ohio"

Sleepy Hollow Revisited

– Chris Hart, actor portrayal of Ichabod Crane.

The original story, published in 1820 by Washington Irving, tells of a poor, gangly schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, who tries to win the affection of heiress Katrina Van Tassel but is never heard from again after asking for her hand in marriage. The story goes that Van Tassel’s father would not have his daughter marry a pauper, and the reader remains to wonder about the cause of Crane’s untimely disappearance.

That is where storyteller, and Ohio Northern Professor, Chris Hart picks up the farce. Appearing in costume as Ichabod Crane, Hart twists the tale to give the listener a new look and some closure to the open-ended story.