Cape Ann Museum
Explore Cape Ann art and regional stories at the museum’s current campus exhibitions; check the location and visiting arrangements.
Visitor details ↗North Shore & Cape Ann / Find your place
Gloucester
Working harbor · Coastal art · Inventive history
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Gloucester.
Make a little space for Gloucester’s art and maritime stories. Choose one museum, then slow down around the harbor rather than trying to cover all of Cape Ann at once.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Hammond Castle Museum
Discover the coastal home and laboratory of inventor John Hays Hammond Jr. through current tours and seasonal programming.
Visitor details ↗Maritime Gloucester
Connect with Gloucester’s harbor through maritime exhibits and the organization’s current visitor and waterfront programs.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Explore local restaurants, cafés and places to pause around Gloucester.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Gloucester. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Gloucester area places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Gloucester. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Massachusetts photographs, resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary; each image retains its listed license.
- 2012 harbor in Gloucester Massachusetts USA 8393985889.jpg — Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Friendship of Salem.JPG — Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Newburyport, Massachusetts.jpg — Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: Salem, Gloucester, Newburyport. Check current access, hours, weather and booking terms. Photos may show nearby attractions rather than the town center.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundaries. Town markers are approximate centers, not entrances or routes. WTDO regions are editorial discovery areas, not official tourism boundaries.