Haunted Warren Museum Opens in Salem

One of the world’s most famous collections of supposedly haunted and cursed objects has a new home, with the Haunted Warren Museum now open to the public in Salem, Massachusetts.

The new museum opened for tours on August 27, 2026, bringing together more than 1,000 objects connected to paranormal investigations, occult history, true crime and unexplained phenomena.

Its star attraction is undoubtedly Annabelle, the infamous Raggedy Ann doll once kept by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and later made famous around the world through The Conjuring film universe.

But Annabelle is far from the only unusual object waiting to be seen inside.

The Warren Collection Returns to Public Display

Ed and Lorraine Warren spent decades investigating alleged hauntings, possessions and other unexplained phenomena, becoming two of the best-known, and probably the most controversial, paranormal investigators in America.

Their cases included investigations connected with Amityville, the Perron family’s farmhouse that inspired The Conjuring, and the Arne Cheyenne Johnson case portrayed in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

The couple also accumulated a huge collection of objects said to have connections with paranormal cases.

Many were previously housed at the Warren Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut, which was located beside the Warrens’ home and has not operated as a conventional public museum since 2019.

Now a large part of that collection can once again be seen by the public, this time in the heart of Salem.

Located at 259 Essex Street, the Haunted Warren Museum contains 13 themed exhibits and more than 1,000 objects.

Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Annabelle Takes Centre Stage

For paranormal fans, the biggest attraction will almost certainly be Annabelle.

Unlike the porcelain doll depicted in The Conjuring films, the real Annabelle is an ordinary looking Raggedy Ann doll.

According to the story recorded by the Warrens, the doll belonged to a young nurse during the 1970’s and allegedly began moving by itself and leaving handwritten messages.

After increasingly disturbing incidents were reported, Ed and Lorraine Warren became involved and came to believe that the doll itself was not possessed, but was instead being manipulated by an inhuman spirit.

Annabelle was eventually placed inside a specially constructed protective case at the Warrens’ museum.

The doll is now on display in Salem, where visitors can see it from behind the protective case surrounding it.

Whether you believe in the stories surrounding Annabelle or not, the doll has become one of the most recognisable objects in modern paranormal history.

Annabelle locked inside her protective case.

More Than Just Annabelle

Visitors will find considerably more than the famous doll.

The museum includes objects associated with several cases investigated by the Warrens, including Amityville, the Glatzel family case, the Conjuring House and the Bridgeport Poltergeist.

One exhibit is devoted to possession and exorcism cases, while another explores spirit communication and includes Ouija boards and other devices associated with attempts to contact the dead.

The Witchcraft Forest contains objects connected with magic, folklore and ritual, including a 17th-century witch’s door, historic cauldrons, voodoo objects and Egyptian artefacts.

There’s also a particularly unsettling Haunted Playground, containing supposedly haunted dolls, children’s toys and nursery objects.

Elsewhere, the museum’s Occult Barn brings together hundreds of unusual items ranging from religious and funerary objects to medical curiosities and alleged haunted artefacts.

Not everything inside is paranormal.

A substantial true-crime collection includes objects associated with notorious figures including Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson and Richard Ramirez.

Exploring the Museum by Flashlight

The standard experience is rather appropriately called the Flashlight Experience.

Visitors explore the exhibits on a self-guided tour lasting up to an hour, using a flashlight as they make their way through the collection.

Tickets currently start at $49.99, and visitors must be aged 12 or over. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian.

Photography, video recording and audio recording are not permitted inside the museum.

For anyone hoping to conduct something closer to an actual paranormal investigation, the museum is also planning a three hour Paranormal Investigator Experience, which will incorporate ghost hunting equipment and provide additional time inside the exhibits.

Details and dates for those sessions are expected to be announced later.

Guests are greeted with a warning when entering the Haunted Warren Museum

Why Is the Warren Museum in Salem?

There could hardly be a more appropriate location.

Salem is internationally associated with the Salem witch trials of 1692 and has subsequently become one of America’s best-known destinations for witchcraft, ghosts, occult history and paranormal tourism.

The new attraction was created by comedian Matt Rife and YouTuber Elton Castee, who purchased the Warrens’ former home and museum property in Monroe, Connecticut, in 2025.

The original Warren property hasn’t disappeared from the paranormal map either.

Private overnight stays are offered at the Monroe house, although the major Warren artefacts displayed in Salem, including Annabelle, are not part of those stays.

A New Paranormal Attraction for Salem

The opening gives paranormal enthusiasts a rare opportunity to see objects that have spent years surrounded by stories of hauntings, curses and alleged demonic activity.

Of course, claims surrounding many of the artefacts remain matters of belief rather than scientifically established fact.

But regardless of whether visitors consider them genuinely supernatural, pieces such as Annabelle have become part of modern paranormal folklore and popular culture, and placing the Warren collection in Salem, a city already synonymous with witches, ghosts and the supernatural, seems particularly fitting.

The Haunted Warren Museum is now open at 259 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Current admission, opening hours and booking information are available through the museum’s official website.

Would you be brave enough to visit the Haunted Warren Museum, and stand just a few feet away from Annabelle?

Planning a visit? Find opening times, ticket information and bookings on the official Haunted Warren Museum website.