Gloucester

Maritime Gloucester invites kids to a vacation week session about Ocean Food Webs - part of a week full of educational sessions during February vacation! How do different types of fishing gear work? How is life in the ocean interconnected?  How is energy passed from one living thing to another?  From pinching claws to sleek fins, creatures have various structures that help them find food or avoid being eaten.

Maritime Gloucester invites kids to a vacation week session about Fish and Fishing Gear - part of a week full of educational sessions during February vacation! How do different types of fishing gear work?  How does fishing impact marine habitats?  In this interactive workshop, children will tour our gallery and invent their own fishing gear. 

Maritime Gloucester invites kids to a vacation week session about Fossils and Prehistoric Sea Life - part of a week full of educational sessions during February vacation! What can fossils teach us about prehistoric sea life and ancient oceans?  What is paleontology?  Children will examine three prehistoric eras and discover prehistoric creatures such as spiny trilobites, whale-sized fishes, and ferocious marine reptiles. 

Maritime Gloucester invites kids to a vacation week Octopus and Squid Printing Lab - part of a week full of educational sessions during February vacation! Did you know that some squid glow in the dark, cuttlefish communicate through color, and that a certain octopus can mimic a variety of sea creatures?  Children will investigate the cephalopods, a group of intelligent mollusks that includes the octopus, squid, nautilus, and cuttlefish. 

The Beauport Chamber Players present a family-friendly concert event featuring Robert J. Bradshaw's "Katy and the Big Snow," based on Virginia Lee Burton's classic children's story. This program is FREE and open to the public. Generously sponsored by the Goldhirsh Foundation.

Come to Cruiseport Gloucester to Cape Ann Art Haven 's biggest fundraiser of the year! See the beautiful artwork created by our students throughout 2012 and take home your favorite buoy from the 2012 lobster trap tree! Silent auction starts at 5:00, live auction at 6:00. Appetizers donated by local restaurants and proceeds from the event go to support Art Haven's after school programs.

Celebrate local author, illustrator and artist Virginia Lee Burton with story time, playing and art making in the Children's Activity Center. Burton authored and illustrated some of the most memorable books ever written for children, and won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for The Little House (Sandpiper Books) .