Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World by Deborah Cramer* and a GMHC Tote Bag!

From maritime history buffs to children who love to explore the creatures who live in our waters - there is something for all at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center!

The Pocket Aquarium is a perfect destination for a family outing! The Museum is filled with artifacts from Gloucester's fishing past.

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center (GMHC) is a grassroots nonprofit organization which got its start in 1999 when nearly three hundred local people joined together to purchase a 39,060 square foot parcel on the industrial harbor which includes the oldest continually operating marine railway in the United States. Our property also contains a cavernous ice house which has been renovated into a boatbuilding shop, the Sarah Fraser Robbins Marine Education Center (containing a small auditorium and a digital microscope lab), the Gorton's Seafoods Gallery, a 19th century mill building, and three piers. All of our programs operate out of this property.

The goals of GMHC are to champion the preservation of Gloucester's maritime history and traditions and to serve as a resource for the study of marine science and technology.