Visiting the Museum

The downtown campus is currently undergoing renovations and will reopen in the spring of 2026. Please visit us at the CAM Green!

Cape Ann Museum Green located at 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA

The Cape Ann Museum at 27 Pleasant is currently undergoing renovations. Please visit CAM Green.  

Cape Ann, which lies just north of Boston and includes the city of Gloucester and the towns of Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Essex, has been a leading center for artists since the 18th century, a maritime powerhouse and the source of granite for many major building projects up and down the East Coast. 

The Cape Ann Museum houses the largest collection of work 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.

In 2019 the Museum broke ground at the Cape Ann Museum Green at 13 Poplar Street in Gloucester. This new site includes three historic properties, open green space, and a newly constructed state-of-the art Collections Center that will provide expanded collections storage as well as exhibition and community programming space.

Take a virtual tour of the Cape Ann Museum!