Wether it is an intimate event, private tour, or exclusive access to a historic gem, we want you to be the first to experience all the Webb Deane Stevens Museum has to offer… and more!

August 12-15, 2024

Enjoy four days exploring historic gems of Cape Ann and the North Shore of Massachusetts with Webb Deane Stevens Museum Executive Director Brenton Grom. The itinerary includes exclusive access to private residences and collections along with specially curated experiences at several landmark museums.

Tour Highlights

• Luxury accommodations at the Beauport Oceanfront Hotel Gloucester
• Private dinner at the storied Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton
• Free time for lunch, sightseeing, and relaxation
• Curated tours of museums, estates, and private homes, including: Cape Ann Museum |Peabody Essex Museum | Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House | Castle Hill, the Crane Estate | Phillips House | Private Tours of Twin Quarries and the Thomas Riggs House
• Driving tour of the many coves and hamlets of Gloucester and Rockport
• Architectural walking tour of Salem

Make your summer revolutionary! Join Philippe Halbert, Richard Koopman Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts, for a special co-sponsored members’ brunch and tour of Americana with our neighbors in Hartford, the Wadsworth Atheneum. View the recently conserved Wetmore Parlor and our newly opened spotlight exhibition, Made in Hartford: A Capital City Creates. The tour will end with a visit to New Nation, Many Hands to view a meticulous hand-made replica of a gown worn by “first” First Lady Martha Washington.

WDS members are welcome to tour the museum on their own at the conclusion of the event. Registration is required and limited for this program.