The 3:30 p.m. tour is sold out — find tickets for the 6:00 p.m. cruise here.

The Cape Ann Museum and Maritime Gloucester are pleased to present this special bicentennial tour of the August 1817 sighting of the Gloucester Sea Serpent.

Read all about the Sea Serpent in the summer issue of CAM Perspectives!

For a deeper dive, check out Gloucester’s Sea Serpent by Wayne Soini (2010) — available in the Museum Shop or online.

Sail where the sea serpent swam. Will he be back? Keep a sharp eye peeled! The Cape Ann Museum and Maritime Gloucester proudly and jointly present “Sightings of the Sea Serpent in August, 1817.” This special guided tour on the Ardelle (Captain Harold Burnham) will be narrated by Wayne Soini, the author of, Gloucester’s Sea Serpent (History Press, 2010). Separate myth from marine animal, fiction from fact as Soini recounts contemporary reports, quoting from affidavits of prominent locals who swore that they saw something amazing in the harbor in August, 1817. Take part yourself and relive on site the most extended and best documented series of sea serpent sightings ever. During the tour, Soini will point out each location of sea serpent sightings – and where Gloucester’s own top gun Matt Gaffney, a ship’s carpenter, took aim and fired at the two-ton creature on August 14, 1817.

Cost is $40 for CAM and Maritime Gloucester members / $50 nonmembers . Space is limited; registration required.

→ Purchase tickets here for the 3:30 p.m. tour

→ Purchase tickets here for the 6:00 p.m. tour

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