Tour Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, the summer home of Henry Davis Sleeper, an interior designer and collector who began building his retreat in 1907. Today the house and rooms remain virtually as Sleeper left them with a lifetime collection that includes period furniture, colored glass, ceramics, hooked rugs and curiosities. Beauport, owned and operated by Historic New England, is a National Historic Landmark. Open June 1 - October 15, Tuesday - Saturday. Tours offered on the hour, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $10/ adult, $5/ student and child 6 - 12, historic New England members and Gloucester residents free
GLOUCESTER
$20/ couple
$30/ family of 4
www.historicnewengland.org/visit/homes/beauport.htm

Watch lobstering in action and see beautiful Gloucester harbor on a sightseeing cruise with Cape Ann Harbor Tours. Boats operate weekends through September. Call 978 283 1979 for details. $15/ adult, $7/ child
GLOUCESTER
$30/ couple
$44/ family of 4
www.capeannharbortours.com/lobstering.html

The Cape Ann Museum houses permanent and special exhibits on local fisheries & maritime industries, granite quarrying, and fine and decorative arts, including works by Fitz Henry Lane, Milton Avery, Paul Manship and others. Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. For more information contact Administrator Jeanette Smith at 978 283 0455, ext. 11 or jeanettesmith@capeannmuseum.org. $8/ adult, $6/ senior, student and Cape Ann resident, children under 12 and museum members are free.
GLOUCESTER
$16/ couple
$28/ family of 4 (w/ 2 children over 12 yrs.) $16/ family of 4 (w/children under 12)
www.capeannmuseum.org/

Visit Cogswell's Grant, a historic house museum with a renowned collection of American folk art. This 18th century farmhouse overlooking the Essex River was the summer home of collectors Bertram and Nina Fletcher Little, and houses their celebrated collection of American folk art. The rooms are overflowing with primitive paintings, redware, painted furniture, shaker boxes, hooked rugs, weathervanes and decoys. Everything is displayed as the family lived with it and shared it with their friends and fellow collectors.
Open Wednesday -Sunday June 1-October 15. Tours are given on the hour, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. For more information or group rates, contact Site Manager Kristen Weiss, at 978 768 3632. $10/ adult, $9/ senior, $5/ student/child, free to Historic New England members and Essex residents
ESSEX
$20/ couple
$30/ family of 4
http://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/homes/cogswell.htm

The Essex Shipbuilding Museum tells the extraordinary story of a small New England village that built more two-masted wooden fishing schooners than any other place in the world. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through October 31. $7/ adult, $5/ child
ESSEX
$14/ couple
$24/ family of 4
www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org

The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center is the only working historic waterfront venue in the Northeast that combines a historic working marine railway, where wooden vessels are hauled and repaired, Gulf of Maine Aquarium with touch tanks, ongoing construction of wooden boats, and educational exhibits and programs. Call ahead for hours - 978 281 0470. $5/ adult, $2/ child
GLOUCESTER
$10/ family of 4
www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org

The Paper House is actually made from paper! It was built as a summer home in 1922 by Elis F. Stenman, a mechanical engineer who designed the machines that make paper clips. Open through October, $1.50/ adult, $1/ child
ROCKPORT
$3/ couple
$5/ family of 4
www.paperhouserockport.com

Cape Ann Brewing Co., 27 Commercial Street, Gloucester, 978 281 4782
Free tours and tasting room open Monday - Saturday from 12:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.

Manchester Historical Society, 10 Union Street, Manchester, 978 526 7230
The Trask House Museum - Free guided tours of the Trask House and the Seaside No. 1 Fire House Museum are available by appointment.

Rockport Art Association, 12 Main Street, Rockport, 978 546 6604
Free and open to the public. Educational programs and lectures offered year round. In summer open Monday - Saturday 10:00 - 5:00 and Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Beginning October 14th, closed Mondays, open Tuesday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
www.rockportartassn.org

Centennial Grove, Essex
Stage Fort Park, Gloucester
Dogtown, Gloucester
Masconomo Park, Manchester
Millbrook Meadow, Rockport
Halibut Point State Park, Rockport

Trustees of Reservations Properties
www.ttor.org

• Crane Wildlife Refuge, Essex
  
• Ravenswood Park, Gloucester
  
• Coolidge Reservation, Manchester
  

Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary, Gloucester www.massaudubon.org

Essex County Greenbelt Association Properties
www.ecga.org

• Cox Reservation, Essex
  
• Warren Weld Woodland, Gloucester
  
• Carter Reservation, Gloucester
  
• Stony Cove & Presson Reservation, Gloucester
  
• Tompson Reservation, Gloucester
  
• Seine Field, Gloucester
  
• Goose Cove, Gloucester