Photo by Ellen Higgins
Welcome to The Sargent House Museum. For over 100 years, the Sargent House Museum was the home of sea merchants, patriots and community leaders. A fine example of high-style Georgian domestic architecture, the house was built in 1782 for Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), a philosopher, writer and an early advocate of women’s equality.
Visitors to the Sargent House Museum learn about the early history of Gloucester from its beginnings as a farming and lumbering outpost to its evolution into the country’s premier seaport. Visitors will also see a collection of original works by the great portrait painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) descendant of the Sargent family, who loved the house and its ties to Colonial Gloucester.
The Museum Is Open!
When: May 23 through October 12
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Tours: Noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Admission: $7.50
Thank you! Please consider making a contribution in addition to the museum admission that will go to match funds for a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to repair and paint the exterior of the house.
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June 19 through June 30
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