De Hirsh Margules, Mother Ann Lighthouse, Eastern Point, Gloucester, 1946. Gouache on paper. Gift of Jean M. Horblit, 2002. [Acc. #2002.004.002]
Boston Globe: Car-free and carefree: Five New England summer excursions without filling the tank
by Patricia Harris and David Lyon | June 13, 2026
Celebrate modern art and Cape Ann light
The Cape Ann Museum is celebrating its 150th anniversary in style. On June 30, it reopens after 20 months of renovation. Redesigned and reimagined galleries will continue to showcase Cape Ann’s long history of fishing and granite quarrying. But CAM is perhaps best known for its art collection, featuring artists such as Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper — all of whom were drawn to the extraordinary light of Cape Ann. The museum reopens with a blockbuster exhibition featuring three of the greatest modern Cape Ann painters. “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea” explores the work of visionary painters Milton Avery (1885–1965), Mark Rothko (1903–70), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903–74), who spent parts of three decades summering and painting together on Cape Ann.
Commuter rail from North Station to Gloucester; mbta.com; weekdays $11 one-way, weekend pass for unlimited travel $10. 10-minute walk to museum. Cape Ann Museum downtown campus, 27 Pleasant St., Gloucester; capeannmuseum.org; Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; timed tickets for “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko” plus general admission; adults $25, seniors and Cape Ann residents $20, students $5, under 18 free.
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