Free or discounted entry for members of NARM.
Cape Ann Museum & CAM Green
About this place
The Downtown Campus at 27 Pleasant Street is currently undergoing renovations, but the Museum has transitioned operations to the CAM Green and is open year-round. 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 studio for adults & children alike, two sculpture gardens and four historic properties. The Cape Ann Museum Green, the Museum’s second campus off Grant Circle and Route 128 in Gloucester, is designed to dramatically expand the Museum’s community, contemporary art, and educational offerings. The almost four-acre campus is home to three historic structures: the White Ellery House (1710), and the Babson-Alling House (c.1740), an adjacent Barn (c. 1740) all located on the site at the intersection of Washington and Poplar Streets in Gloucester. The Green is also home to the 12,000-square foot Janet & William Ellery James Center, completed in 2020, which enhances the Museum’s facilities by providing room for gallery exhibitions, future collections and archival growth in the lead up to the Museum’s 150th anniversary in 2025 and beyond. Photo c. Steve Rosenthal, 2014, Dec, 001
If you are a member here
A membership to Cape Ann Museum & CAM Green carries reciprocal admission, so the same card is worth free or discounted entry at other places in this program.
- NARM in Massachusetts Art, history and cultural institutions. Not valid within 15 miles of here.
Reciprocal programs are built for travel and most exclude places close to the one where you hold your membership, so this is worth the most when you are away from home. How reciprocal memberships work