Currently on exhibit through July 20, 2008:

The Paintings of Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974)


Emma Fordyce MacRae, oil on canvas, n.d. 


Also on exhibit:

Through September 6, 2008

Greenheads: Paintings by Sam Holdsworth

Through September 14, 2008

Oliver Balf: Selected Work

Oliver Balf, Big Tomato, watercolor on paper, n.d. 


Please join us for an artist talk and reception: 

Saturday, July 19 at 3:00 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Upcoming Exhibitions:

The Sculpture of James T. McClellan (1910 - 2005)

August 2 through October 19, 2008

Opening reception:  Saturday, August 2 at 3:00 p.m. Free and open to the public.

 

Exhibits in the Library:

The Apothecary Shop...  Presented by retired pharmacists Salvatore Ciolino and Victor Andreotti.  Exhibit includes pharmacist's tools, balances and weights, and bottles of ingredients derived from animal, vegetable and mineral.

Tourism on Cape Ann...Postcards, maps, souvenir booklets and guides designed for the tourist trade, from 1847 through the 1940s-1950s.

Library hours: Wednesday-Saturday,10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Summer PROGRAMS

Lectures and Artist's Talks

Thursday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Drawn to the Light: Women Artists of Cape Ann 1900-1950
Janet Comey, Curatorial Research Associate
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Saturday, July 19 at 3:00 p.m.
Artist talk and reception
Oliver Balf, painter
In conjunction with an exhibition of the artist's work June 20-September 14, 2008

Tours of the White-Ellery House
Saturdays:  July 5, July 26, September 6 and October 4



Tours of the First Period White-Ellery House (1709) located at 244 Washington Street at the corner of Poplar Street, Gloucester (128 Rotary). Tours are free and open to the public on June 7. On all other Saturdays the tours are free with the price of admission to the Museum. Offered in partnership with 17th Century Saturdays Program: Escapes North.


Curator's Choice Tours
Saturdays:  July 26 and August 30

Join the Museum's curator on the last Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m.
for an informal tour and talk. Topics to be announced.

 

Chamber Music Performance
Saturday, August 2 at 8:00 p.m.

Music At Eden's Edge: High Summer Suggestion: Mostly Viennese
The region's resident chamber music ensemble will present a multi-faceted profile of Vienna's rich musical life.  $20/ticket. $18 for Museum members and students.  Call the Museum for reservations (978) 283-0455.

 

A Special Day with Cecilia Beaux
Sunday August 17 at 10:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
 
Jimmie, 1905, oil on canvas. Gift of Mary King. Collection of the Gape Ann Museum

10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Walking tour of Cecilia Beaux’s Eastern Point neighborhood and tour of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House

Call Beauport at 978-283-0800 to make a reservation. $15.00; $10.00 Museum or Historic New England members. Refreshments included.

 4:00 p.m.
Lecture: Cecilia Beaux, Mary Cassatt, and Thomas Eakins: The Politics of Portraiture

Sylvia Yount, Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator of American Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Folly Cove Auditorium, Cape Ann Museum. $15.00; $10.00 Museum or Historic New England members. Call the Museum for a reservation (978) 283-0455.
Program presented by the Museum in partnership with Historic New England.

Second Saturdays
Our new offering for children and families!

Drop-in to the Education Room on the Second Saturday of every month from
1:00 -3:00 p.m. for theme-based activities inspired by our current and permanent exhibitions. Children under 12 are free. For others, the program is free with the
cost of admission to the Museum. Activity to be announced.
 

Saturdays, July 12 and August 9

Unless otherwise noted, all programs are free with the price of admission.

Be sure to check the Education page for more Children's Programs and Events