We travelled to Salem, which is just a few miles Northeast of Boston. At one time, Salem was larger than Boston. This was where the clipper ships came home to port after travelling the world. This museum was designed by I.M. Pei. There was an original building which you will see at the end of this blog entry. The clipper ship captains brought back "curiosities" from around the world and displayed them in cabinets in the building for the people of Salem to see.
Alll of the furniture on display in this museum
was created around Salem. Nothing came from Europe.
Very clever that the designed enlarged the figures on the porcelain pieces for the walls and floor.
We took two tours. The second tour was of 3 historic houses. The first was built in 1690, the second 1790, and the third 1810. Our docent was excellent. She told us shocking things that we had either never known or forgotten. For instance, no one bathed until 1850. No one drank water as they believed it would kill you. They only drank beer, wine and rum. Must've been a great thing to be filthy and drunk all the time.
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