2023 marked the 400 years since English colonizers first settled on the land that is now called Gloucester. In conjunction with this anniversary, the Cape Ann Museum coordinated Native Waters; Native Lands, a collaborative partnership between the Museum, the Gloucester 400+ Anniversary Committee, Discover Gloucester, the City of Gloucester, and SmokeSygnals, a Native production company. With support from the local partners, SmokeSygnals created a wetu (traditional structure) at the CAM Green in May 2023 and a mush8n (traditional canoe) that was presented at Stage Fort Park for the Gloucester 400+ Anniversary Committee’s A Celebration of Place: The Cultural Heritage Festival on October 7 and 8, 2023 before being installed next to the wetu at CAM Green.
Together, the wetu and mush8n highlight how Native communities live, travel, and fish in this region both historically and today. They are currently displayed together at CAM Green to continue the conversation about Native Waters; Native Lands in Gloucester. Learn more about the wetu at CAM Green.
Native Waters; Native Lands is part of the CAM Native Initiative, an ongoing series of programs, exhibits, and installations designed in partnership with local Native advisors centering Native history and contemporary culture at the Cape Ann Museum. The project was funded in part by the Essex County Community Foundation’s Creative County Initiative, the City of Gloucester, and the Cape Ann Museum.
Thursday, September 17, 2026 and Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CAM Education Room Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA CAM Members $5, Non-Members (Adult) $25 […]
Downtown Campus
Join us for Cape Ann Museum’s Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea Symposium spanning two days. Thursday, September 17, 5:30 p.m. Kyrouz Auditorium Gloucester City Hall 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, […]
Downtown Campus
Join us online for Cape Ann Museum’s Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea Symposium spanning two days. The in-person program is now oversubscribed due to tremendous community interest. To accommodate […]
Online
Due to popular demand the keynote lecture on Thursday, September 17th has been moved to the Kyrouz Auditorium at Gloucester City Hall. The full day on Friday, September 18th remains […]
Gloucester City Hall
Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA Free with General Admission Sign up with Visitor Services at the Front Desk Space is limited What can a house tell us […]
Downtown Campus
Saturday, September 19, 2026 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Livestream Ticketing Options: CAM Members Free, Non-Members $10. Registration Required The in-person program is now oversubscribed due to tremendous community interest. […]
Onlilne
Due to popular demand we were able to open a select number of seats for this lecture! Saturday, September 19, 2026 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Downtown Campus Auditorium 27 […]
Downtown Campus
![Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). Summer Outward Bound, Gloucester, 1931, oil on board. Collection of Cape Ann Museum. Gift of the estate of Robert L. French, 2009 [Accession # 2009.51.9].](https://www.capeannmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Marsden-Hartley-Dogtown-600x400-1.jpg)
Sunday, September 20, 2026 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Babson Boulder Parking Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 CAM Members $15, Non-Members $25. Registration Required On Cape Ann, the name “Dogtown” […]
Babson Boulder Parking
Sundays 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. White-Ellery House CAM Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA Free and open to the public Space is limited; first come, first served Reverend John […]
CAM Green
Thursday, September 17, 2026 and Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CAM Education Room Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA CAM Members $5, Non-Members (Adult) $25 […]
Downtown Campus
Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA Free with General Admission Sign up with Visitor Services at the Front Desk Space is limited What can a house tell us […]
Downtown Campus
Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA Free with General Admission Sign up with Visitor Services at the Front Desk Space is limited What can a house tell us […]
Downtown Campus
27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-283-0455
Buy Tickets to visit the newly renovated Museum and the special exhibition Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea.
13 Poplar Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Our CAM Green Campus is open seasonally beginning July 10th, Friday – Sunday.
