• Walking Tour: Bones of Homes

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    Friday, September 12, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required This walking tour provides participants with an architectural overview of Gloucester building styles from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century. On this tour of the...

    $10 – $20

    The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner and the Gilded Age

    Newburyport Art Association 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Newburyport Art Association 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Newburyport Art Association  

    Newburyport Art Association 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA

    The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner’s Gilded Age Pursuit of Fame and Fortune A Talk by Kathleen Langone — with connections to Newburyport miniaturist Laura Coombs Hills Friday, September 12, 2025 • 6:30 p.m.Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA Join author and historian Kathleen Langone for a richly illustrated lecture on the life and work of...

    Free – $10

    Waterfront Reflections: Gloucester’s Harbor Village Walking Tour

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    Saturday, September 13, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required This walking tour looks at changes in Gloucester’s Harbor Village as it advanced from the home of a few to the workplace of many during...

    $10 – $20

    Patriots and Privateers of Revolutionary Middle Street

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    Friday, September 19, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required...

    $10 – $20

    Beyond Salem: The History and Legacy of the European Witch Trials

    101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907 101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, M, United States
    101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907 101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, M, United States

    101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907  

    101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907 101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, M

    Most New Englanders are very familiar with the outbreak of the witch craze in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts depicted in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, but many have never heard of the Burning Times, a period of roughly 150 years in Europe during which tens of thousands of victims, mostly women and girls, were tortured...

    Free

    Walking Tour: Historic Dogtown, A Walk Back in Time

    Babson Boulder Parking Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Babson Boulder Parking Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Babson Boulder Parking  

    Babson Boulder Parking Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA

    Sunday, September 21, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Babson Boulder Parking Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required On Cape Ann, the...

    $10 – $20

    Harbor Views: The Paintings of Fitz Henry Lane Walking Tour

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    Friday, September 26, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required Delve into the 19th century on this tour through the neighborhoods and waterfront areas that inspired the artwork of native son Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)....

    $10 – $20

    Walking Tour: Ed & Jo Hopper’s Houses, Views from Portuguese Hill

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    Saturday, September 27, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required Explore the specific sites in the area of Gloucester known as Portuguese Hill depicted by renowned American realist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Hopper is known...

    $10 – $20

    CAM Talk – Gloucester & Essex Shipbuilding Connections, with KD Montgomery

    Cape Ann Museum Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Cape Ann Museum Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Cape Ann Museum Green  

    Cape Ann Museum Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA

    Saturday, September 27, 2025 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Janet & William Ellery James Center CAM Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 CAM Members Free, Non-Members $10 Registration is required as space is limited. Six vessels captured in photographs on view in Down to the Sea, the Photographs of Ernest L. Blatchford were built...

    $10.
  • Historic Burial Grounds of Marblehead

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States
    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States

    Marblehead Museum  

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead

    Join the Marblehead Historical Commission's Pam Peterson for a talk on her new book, A Guide to Historic Burial Grounds of Marblehead. Peterson profiles Marblehead's 13 cemeteries and the famous...

    $10 – $15

    Bittersweet: Dessert and Dissent

    Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States
    Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States

    Old Town Hall  

    Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA

    This presentation explores how ordinary men and women expressed their resistance to slavery through the boycott of goods such as sugar, molasses, cocoa, coffee, and spices. Throughout the evening, guests will enjoy desserts that bring the history to life and learn about the cooking process, including apple pie, chocolate tart, spice cake, gingerbread, and raisin...

    $30
  • Enemies to Their Country Book Talk

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States
    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States

    Marblehead Museum  

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead

    The Marblehead Museum will host a book talk on Thursday, November 6 at 7pm with Nicholas Gentile, author of the new book Enemies to their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and Consensus in the American Revolution. Gentile’s book profiles Marblehead in the pivotal year of 1774. He will share compelling stories, many previously untold, showcasing how...

    $10 – $15