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Cape Ann Museum
Categories
Museums / Historic Sites
Hours:
Wednesday-Sunday 10:00-5:00 p.m
Driving Directions:
The Museum is currently based at the CAM Green at 13 Poplar St in Gloucester, MA, while the Downtown Campus is undergoing renovations. The CAM Green is located directly off of the Grant Circle rotary
About Us
The Cape Ann Museum tells multiple stories, all relating to a single remarkable place. From its earliest days as a fishing and shipping port to its mid-19th century role in the granite industry, to its singular charms of light and sea that have attracted countless artists from the 19th century to the present, Cape Ann boasts a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial, and artistic achievement. The Museum's fine art collection includes the largest grouping of works by native son and renowned marine artist, Fitz Henry Lane, as well as work by other prominent painters and sculptors who lived on, visited or were inspired by Cape Ann. The work of contemporary Cape Ann artists is also collected and exhibited. The permanent collection includes fine and decorative arts, and artifacts from the major industries of the area - the fisheries and granite quarrying.
Founded in 1873 as the Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association, today the Museum is a vibrant cultural center that includes galleries, an auditorium, library/archives, a children's activity center, two sculpture gardens and two historic homes.
In addition to its permanent collections, the Museum offers a rotating schedule of special exhibitions throughout the year as well as related programs and events.
Visit us today to discover the treasures of Cape Ann.
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Events
Music in the Gallery
- Join us Wednesdays, April – June in the James Center Gallery to enjoy music during your visit played by C.B. Fisk musicians on a continuo organ.
- Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
5th Annual Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration
- Join the Cape Ann Museum at Gloucester City Hall to celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United
- Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Coffee and Conversations at the Carlson Education Center
- The Red coat in CAM’s collection is the only surviving example of a British enlisted man’s uniform of this era and was captured during the War of 1812.
- Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Music in the Gallery
- Join us Wednesdays, April – June in the James Center Gallery to enjoy music during your visit played by C.B. Fisk musicians on a continuo organ.
- Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Walking Tour: Bones of Homes
- This walking tour provides participants with an architectural overview of Gloucester building styles from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century.
- Friday Jun 27, 2025
Walking Tour: Ed & Jo Hoppers’ Houses Views from Portuguese Hill
- Explore the specific sites in the area of Gloucester known as Portuguese Hill depicted by renowned American realist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967).
- Saturday Jun 28, 2025
Walking Tour: Historic Dogtown A Walk Back in Time
- This tour will take you down the main roads of Dogtown, to meet some of the people, see where they lived and hear their stories.
- Sunday Jun 29, 2025