27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-0455
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The Cape Ann Museum's collections represent the history of Cape Ann, its people, its industries, and especially its art and culture. The museum holds the preeminent collection of paintings and drawings by the American maritime artist Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865).
Permanent exhibits of the visual artists and sculptors of the 19th and 20th century, the Folly Cove Designers, maritime trade and the fishing industry, and Cape Ann's granite industry.
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