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Museums and Historical Sites
Home to America's oldest seaport and art colony, the rich cultural history of Gloucester and Cape Ann is bound to spark your interest.

There are dozens of museums and historical sites on Cape Ann. You can learn how ships are made, see how people lived 300 years ago and visit memorials to fishermen and their families.

Explore natural wonders and walk among the sites painted by famous artists.

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Beauport, Sleeper McCann House
 beauport@historicnewengland.org
a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Blvd.
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-283-0800
978-283-4484 (fax)
 Click for details on Beauport, Sleeper McCann House Historic New England’s Beauport celebrates its 100th anniversary. Experience the eclectic summer home of interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House will be open until 7 p.m. all Thursdays in July and August (2008). more  
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-283-0455
978-283-4141 (fax)
 Click for details on Cape Ann Museum Elias Davis House (1804), White-Ellery House (1709), Cape Ann Museum Library/Archives
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Cape Pond Ice Company
 coolestguys@capepondice.com
104 Commercial Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-283-0180
978-283-0174
978-283-3714 (fax)
 Click for details on Cape Pond Ice Company Since 1848 these original "cool" guys have been icing Gloucester's fleet. more  
Cogswell's Grant
 kweiss@historicnewengland.org
60 Spring Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-3632
 Click for details on Cogswell's Grant This 1728 farmhouse overlooking the Essex River was the summer home of collectors Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little, and houses their celebrated collection of American folk art, assembled over a period of nearly sixty years. more  
Dog Bar Breakwater
Eastern Point Blvd.
Gloucester, MA 01930
 
Fishermen's Memorial Statue (1925)
Stacy Boulevard (Route 127)
Gloucester, MA 01930
Click for details on Fishermen's Memorial Statue (1925) The sculptor was Leonard Craske and the dedication was August 23, 1925. more  
Fitz Hugh Lane House
Harbor Loop
Gloucester, MA 01930
 
Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Memorial
Stacy Boulevard (Route 127)
Gloucester, MA 01930
Click for details on Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Memorial A bronze statue of a woman standing on a rock, holding her young daughter in her arms and the hand of her son who stands beside her, is now a permanent fixture added to Gloucester’s Maritime History. more  
Gloucester Historical Commission
420 Washington Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-281-6534
  
Halibut Point State Park (1840)
Gott Avenue
PO Box 710
Rockport, MA 01966
Click for details on Halibut Point State Park (1840) Halibut Point is a uniquely beautiful coastal seascape. Looking seaward on a clear day, the view stretches from Crane Beach in Ipswich to Mount Agamenticus in Maine and the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire. more  
Hammond Castle (1926)
 information@hammondcastle.org
80 Hesperus Avenue
Magnolia, MA 01930
978-283-2080
978-283-2081
978-283-1643 (fax)
 Click for details on Hammond Castle (1926) Hammond Castle Museum will re-open for the 2006 Season on Saturday, April 15, and will be open Saturdays and Sundays only, 10am-4pm, with the last ticket sold at 3:30pm. more  
James Babson Cooperage Shop (1658)
Upper Main Street, Route 127
Rockport, MA 01966
978-546-2958
  
Manchester Historical Society
 manchesterhistorical@verizon.net
Abigail Hooper Trask House (1823)
10 Union Street
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
978-526-7230
978-526-0060 (fax)
  
Motif No. 1
Bearskin Neck
Rockport, MA 01966
Click for details on Motif No. 1 This fishing shack on Bearskin Neck is one of the most famous buildings in the world and instantly recognizable to any student of art or art history.
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The Paper House (1922)
52 Pigeon Hill Street
Rockport, MA 01966
978-546-2629
 Click for details on The Paper House (1922) The Paper House is an actual house made from paper. more  
Rocky Neck Art Colony
 info@rockyneckartcolony.org
Rocky Neck Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-282-0917
 Click for details on Rocky Neck Art Colony The oldest working art colony in the U.S. more  
The Sargent House Museum (1782)
 sargenthouse@verizon.net
49 Middle Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-281-2432
978-281-2432 (fax)
  
Seaside #1 Station
Central Street (Route 127)
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
 
Shipbuilders Monument
Town Landing
66 Main Street (Route 133)
Essex, MA 01929
 
Thacher Island Information
Click for details on Thacher Island Information Standing 160 feet above the sea, the twin lighthouses of Thacher Island have stood guard over the coasts of Cape Ann for over 135 years. more  

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