Museums in the Boston area | Gloucester Museums

Museums

Our area is blessed with some world class museums. The art and maritime displays at the Cape Ann Historical Museum is a must for everybody. Don't miss the others though! You'll be amazed at the history and art from here!

Cape Ann Historical Museum - Gloucester

Essex Shipbuilding Museum - Essex
Its collections contain over 7000 rare shipbuilding artifacts, photographs, tools, documents, builder's half-models and rigged ship models. Many all of these items have come from attics, basements and barns in Essex.

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center is the only working historic waterfront in the Northeast that combines a historic working marine railway, where wooden vessels are hauled and repaired, with a Gulf of Maine aquarium, vessels tracing the fishing history of Gloucester, ongoing construction of wooden boats, and educational exhibits and programs.

Schooner Adventure - Gloucester

Hammond Castle - Gloucester