Cape Ann Museum. Cape Ann Museum is an art and historical museum located in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Its collection and programming focuses on the artists and art colonies of Cape Ann, including the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Folly Cove Designers. The museum's collection also features objects from Gloucester's fishing and maritime history, and granite quarrying history.
The Cape Ann Museum was founded in 1875 as the Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association. Dr. Herman E. Davidson was the Association's first president, a position he held until 1878 when he left Gloucester.
In 1923, the Association moved to its current location in the Captain Elias Davis House at 27 Pleasant Street. During this period, the Association acquired the collection of the Gloucester Historical Society, becoming the Cape Ann Scientific, Literary, and Historical Society, which it later shortened to the Cape Ann Historical Association.
At this time, it expanded its collection of American fine and decorative arts, maritime and fishing objects, and other historical collections relating to the culture, life, and industries of Cape Ann. In 1937, Alfred Mansfield Brooks became curator and president of the Cape Ann Historical Association. During his thirty year tenure, he compiled the largest collection of Fitz Henry Lane paintings and printed matter in the United States. In 2007 the Board voted to change the name of th
Its collection and programming focuses on the artists and art colonies of Cape Ann, including the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Folly Cove Designers. The museum's collection also features objects from Gloucester's fishing and maritime history, and granite quarrying history.
The Cape Ann Museum was founded in 1875 as the Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association. Dr. Herman E. Davidson was the Association's first president, a position he held until 1878 when he left Gloucester.
In 1923, the Association moved to its current location in the Captain Elias Davis House at 27 Pleasant Street. During this period, the Association acquired the collection of the Gloucester Historical Society, becoming the Cape Ann Scientific, Literary, and Historical Society, which it later shortened to the Cape Ann Historical Association.
At this time, it expanded its collection of American fine and decorative arts, maritime and fishing objects, and other historical collections relating to the culture, life, and industries of Cape Ann. In 1937, Alfred Mansfield Brooks became curator and president of the Cape Ann Historical Association. During his thirty year tenure, he compiled the largest collection of Fitz Henry Lane paintings and printed matter in the United States. In 2007 the Board voted to change the name of th
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