House Of Seven Gables Settlement Association

The settlement house program: in 1910, the house of the seven gables' settlement association offered programs to provide education and social services for salem's newly arrived immigrants. The gables and its trustees remain committed to maintaining caroline emmerton's visionary settlement model, while reflecting the needs of immigrant communities in 21st century salem. The gables works with a community engagement committee to identify unmet community needs and advise on how the gables can best help meet those needs. In 2024, the gables provided english language courses and citizenship preparation classes to over 500 north shore residents free of charge. The gables also organized and hosted several free public programs highlighting immigrant causes and the diversity of salem, including the annual fusion fest event in august, which drew over 1,100 attendees.

Museum education: the gables values education as a central tenet of our programming. The gables offers structured educational programs to students ranging from grades k-8. These programs provide students with engaging activities that focus on early maritime trade, new england history, and daily life in the past. These programs meet massachusetts history and social studies standards and common core standards for english language arts and literacy in history and social studies. We also offer other public programming designed to engage diverse audiences with our national historic landmark district in unique ways. Educational events include lectures, special exhibits, theatrical performances, community days, hands-on history family programs, specialty tours and partnerships with arts and cultural organizations.

The gables is committed to carefully stewarding the collections, historic houses and gardens located on the historic site/museum. These components are essential to our mission and are what make the gables a nationally and internationally visited historic landmark site.