Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tour

Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tour are back for the season! This public walking tour covers the rich history of Rocky Neck Art Colony, showcasing the many artists who worked here, especially from the late nineteenth century to today. Artists such as Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, Augustus Buhler, John Sloan, Theresa Bernstein, Stuart Davis, and Emile Gruppe found artistic inspiration and community in this peninsula.

Join one of our docents on the tour and follow a path that held studios and gathering places of the artists, interspersed with the fishing shacks, sail lofts, and schooner docks of the fishing industry that grew up here over the same period. It will include recognition of the many galleries that contribute to the Rocky Neck community today. The tour also describes the importance of transportation and the proliferation of hotels that encouraged the growth of Rocky Neck as an artist community, as well as other notable historic events.

RNAC’s Historic Walking Tours last from 1- to 1.5 hours and cover approximately .75 miles. Tours begin at the Rocky Neck Parking Lot and end at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA.

Participants are encouraged to park in the parking lot at the entrance to Rocky Neck where a volunteer tour guide meets the group. Comfortable shoes are encouraged. Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain and up a hill.

The 2025 public tours will be take place on Saturdays at 11am:
May 24
June 7 & 21
July 12 & 26
August 9 & 23
September 6 & 20

Tours are limited to 15 people.
Cost: $10 for RNAC members or $25 for nonmembers.

For more information email director@rockyneckartcolony.org or call 978-515-7004. Tours may be cancelled in inclement weather.