Local Museums

• Beauport Sleeper-McCann House

  Eastern Point Boulevard, Gloucester
  978-283-0800

  A fantasy house perched on the rocks overlooking Gloucester Harbor, Beauport was built by noted designer Henry Davis Sleeper.

• Cogswell's Grant

  Spring Street, Essex
  978-768-3632

  Old Essex farmhouse sits on Essex Marsh, boasts noted collection of American folk art.

• Cape Ann Museum

  27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester
  978-283-0455

  One of the finest regional museums in America, featuring the largest collection of paintings by the famous maritime painter Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865).

• Essex Shipbuilding Museum

  28 Main Street, Essex
  978-768-6441

  You can relive Essex's shipbuilding roots through dioramas, full scale construction displays, hands-on exhibits, video presentations and a real schooner.

• Hammond Castle Museum

  Route 127, Gloucester
  978-283-2080

  Built by American inventor John Hays Hammond Jr., this castle constructed in the 1920s houses an impressive medieval collection.

• Halibut Point State Park

  Route 127, Rockport
  978-546-2997

  Small visitor center includes museum emphasizing Halibut Point's natural history and Cape Ann's historic granite quarrying industry.

• Manchester Historical Society / Trask House Museum

  Union Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea
  978-526-7230

  Museum features a mixture of federal, Victorian and other period pieces including fine arts and a collection of furniture manufactured in the Manchester area. Photographs of early summer homes. The Seaside No. 1, an old fire house with early 19th-century fire engines, is available for viewing nearby.

• Patrons' Museum & Educational Center

  92 Thatcher Road, Gloucester
  978-281-6437

  The museum features a permanent historical art collection which provides teaching and cultural resources honoring Cape Ann artist-teachers over the past 150 years.

• Sargent House Museum

  49 Middle Street, Gloucester
  978-281-2432

  The 18th-century home of philosopher, writer, and activist Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) and her husband, Reverend John Murray (1770-1845), the founder of Universalism in America.

• Schooner Adventure

  Harbor Loop, Gloucester
  978-281-8079

  The 69-year-old Gloucester fishing schooner Adventure is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and was recently designated by the National Park Service as a National Historic Landmark.

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