Cape Ann Museum Offers Free Admission for Cape Ann Residents during January 2016

Cape Ann Museum Offers Free Admission for Cape Ann Residents during January 2016

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to offer free admission to all residents of Cape Ann (Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea) during the month of January 2016. Visit us and see what we have to offer!

January is also Membership Month at the Cape Ann Museum. Membership and donations support the special exhibitions and programming that the Museum offers its communities. We hope that a trip to the Museum will encourage all visitors to become members and join us in sharing the art, history and culture of Cape Ann.

All members enjoy:

• free admission
• advance notice of special exhibitions and programs
• invitations to opening receptions
• complimentary use of the research library
• subscription to the Museum’s newsletter
• discount in the Museum Shop

Visitors in January will be treated to two special exhibitions: Gloucester, Three Visions featuring the work of Jeff Weaver, Peter Vincent and Don Gorvett and Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods quilt project, overseen by artist Juni Van Dyke, the quilts showcase the work of nearly one hundred senior artists across Cape Ann.

If you enjoy the month of free admission,
imagine what a whole year could be like!

Winter Shorts at the Cape Ann Museum
A series of themed mini tours led by Museum docents.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (December 29, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present an opportunity to become more intimate with its collections.  On Saturday, January 9, the docents of the Cape Ann Museum will offer six twenty minute tours focusing on a topic of their choosing. Tours will begin on the hour and on the half hour. Reservations are not required, but space is limited – first come, first served. Free for CAM Members and Cape Ann Residents or with Museum admission. For more information please email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10.

Participants are encouraged to spend the entire morning at the Museum, enjoying two, three, perhaps all six of the tours! To plan your day accordingly, please see the schedule below:

• 10:00 a.m. Sea Horses (a.k.a. Horses by the Sea)
  Take a closer look at images of horses in the Cape Ann Museum and find out some of the history behind them.
• 10:30 a.m. Harvesting the Sea
  Learn about Gloucestermen in the heyday of fishing under sail.
• 11:00 a.m. Angels, Oars and Churches: Religious Life and Imagery in Cape Ann
  Look at several works in the Museum that express a spiritual sensibility and others which demonstrate the importance of religion as a unifying factor for specific local communities.
• 11:30 a.m. Sailing Heroes – Risk Takers & Record Breakers
  Hear the stories of Centennial Johnson, Maurice Whalen, Howard Blackburn and Phil Weld who all broke records and won races despite what the sea threw at them.
• 12:00 p.m. “O Woman! Lovely Woman! Angels are painted fair to be like you!”
  Engage with portraits and self-portraits of women from the Museum’s permanent collection.
• 12:30 p.m. Fifteen Shades of Blue
  Experience the impact of this favorite color during a whirlwind tour of the galleries.