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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a property of Historic New England, is the work of designer Henry Davis Sleeper and architect Halfdan M. Hanson. The house contains collections from the colonial era, and is arranged by color and light. Construction on the house began in 1907 and lasted 27 years. Sleeper became well known for his unique designs, and subsequently designed home for several celebrities, including Joan Crawford and Henry Francis du Pont. Charles and Helena McCann bought Beauport, and added their Chinese porcelain objects to the collections. The McCann family later donated Beauport to Historic New England as a museum.

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Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays, major holidays and for the month of February.

The Cape Ann Historical Museum exhibits the nation's largest collection of paintings and drawings by Fitz Hugh Lane (1804-1865). A native of Gloucester, Lane is now recognized as one of America's most important 19th century artists. The Museum celebrates the area's proud fishing and maritime heritage with permanent exhibition of artifacts and photographs from the continent's most productive 19th century fishing port.

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Tours are available on Saturday morning.

Office is at 4 Harbor Lane, Fitz Hugh Lane House.

A rare survivor, Adventure is an irreplaceable artifact from an extraordinary era in American history. A prominent destination site on the Essex National Heritage Area Maritime Trail, Adventure was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994. Adventure serves as a living memorial to the more than five thousand Gloucester fishermen lost at sea and was honored to be selected as an Official Project of Save America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1999.

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Hours: Memorial Day to Labor Day: Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. After Labor Day: Weekends 10:30am - 5:30pm.

Dedicated to the preservation of Gloucester's maritime industrial history, the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center occupies nearly two acres overlooking Gloucester Harbor. The Center features the oldest continuously operating marine railway in the country.

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Year-round, daily, sunrise to sunset. Allow a minimum of 2 hours.

Long treasured by residents of Gloucester and neighboring towns, Ravenswood Park offers a tranquil wooded setting for walking, cross-country skiing, or snowshoeing along almost ten miles of trails and carriage paths. Visitors may enjoy the overlook to Gloucester Harbor and traverse a boardwalk through the Great Magnolia Swamp, home to native sweet bay magnolias (Magnolia virginiana). A plaque marks the spot in the woods where naturalist Mason "The Hermit" Walton built his cabin in the 1880s.

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The Sargent House is open for guided tours Memorial Day to Columbus Day, Friday through Monday, 12:00PM to 4:00PM. The Museum is also open for tours Thursdays, 12 to 4:00, during the months of July and August.

A fine example of Georgian architecture, it was built in 1782 for writer and activist Judith Sargent Murray, this country's earliest champion of women's equality, education and economic independence, and shared by her husband, Reverend John Murray, the founder of Universalism in America.

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Mid May - Mid October, up to 4 daily sails

Join us for a two-hour sail and get a taste for what it was like to sail on a fishing schooner a hundred years ago. Help the crew raise the sails, or sit back and take in the sights and sounds of Gloucester's working harbor and scenic coastline. Our wooden ship looks like a traditional 1903 fishing schooner, but she was just built in Essex in 1997.

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Open first Thursday before Memorial Day through weekend before Halloween:
July, August & September: 9am - 6pm, 7 days/week;
May, June and October: same hours, Thursday through Sunday only.

Gloucester's Visitor and Welcoming Center is located in historic Stage Fort Park. This area was the site for the city's first settlement in 1623. Visitors to the Center will be able to find out any information they need to know about Gloucester to make their stay in the area an enjoyable experience.