Join the docents of the Cape Ann Museum on a variety of themed mini tours. Several twenty minute tours will be offered, beginning on the hour and on the half hour. Each tour will touch on a particular area within the Museum’s collections. Docents have created tours around their favorite topics, including Gloucester Fishermen, Women Artists of Cape Ann and 19th Century Selfies, among others. Participants are encouraged to spend the entire day at the Museum, enjoying one, two or all of the mini tours.

Schedule

1:30 p.m.   Teachers and Students
Many Cape Ann artists followed their teachers to this remarkable place. This tour tracks a chain of teacher-student relationships that include sculptors, painters, a book creator and fabric artists.  

2:00 p.m.   The Granite Quarrying Industry
From the Newburyport Customs House to the streets of Cuba, come discover the impact of Cape Ann granite. 

2:30 p.m.   The Artists of Lanesville
All living and working within a mile of each other, Charles Grafly, Paul Manship, Walker Hancock, George Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers couldn’t help but influence each other and their community. 

3:00 p.m.   What is it about Modern Art?
From impressionism to expressionism to conceptualism, this mini tour will help guests develop a mind set to understand nonrepresentational art.

Tours are free for CAM members and Cape Ann residents or with Museum admission. Tours are “first come, first served” (space is limited – no reservations).

Tours are also being offered on Saturday, January 21 starting at 10:00 a.m. Find a schedule here.

Tours are “first come, first served,” there are no reservations and space is limited. Free for CAM Members and Cape Ann residents or with Museum admission.