Dating to the 1980's, watch video lectures about stories and subjects related to the rich history of Cape Ann. 

Fitz Henry Lane Online is a freely-accessible interactive and interdisciplinary online resource created by the Cape Ann Museum. The website is organized around a catalog of the paintings, drawings, and lithographs of nineteenth-century American painter Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865).

CAM Connects is an ongoing virtual programming series highlighting important stories and content areas from the Museum's collections.

The Maud/Olson Library is a non-circulating collection that reflects Olson’s deep devotion to Gloucester and New England and ultimately to the planet as a whole. In 2021, the Writers Center gifted the collection to the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives. It resides within the Janet & William Ellery James Center at the Cape Ann Museum Green.

Browse indexes and bibliographies in the CAM Archives.

Unfolding Histories: Cape Ann Before 1900 illuminates the area’s wideranging stories from Native American life to the first European settlers in the 1640s, the temperance movement, African American history and civil rights, women’s history, the advent of railroad and mass transportation as well as work, literary, and cultural life during Cape Ann’s early years.

The Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives houses a seemingly endless collection of unique and rich manuscripts, photographs, books, maps, and other archival documents from the region’s impressive 400+ year history. This series explores some of the stories from the CAM Library & Archives stacks.

Compiled by researchers at UMass Lowell, this collection of photographs from the CAM Library & Archives highlights the seafaring lifestyle of the Portuguese community in Gloucester, MA. 

View biographical information and selected works by artists in the CAM Collectinon. Please note: This is not a comprehensive list of artists in the Museum's collection; additional names, biographies and images will be added as we are able.