The Cape Ann Museum COVID 19 Memorial, including video art by LuminArtz, a memorial quilt, and the Cape Ann Cairns memorial, constructed by people who have lost loved ones to the virus that was declared a pandemic one year ago.Matthew J Lee/Globe staff
One year after a state of emergency was declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester dedicated a temporary art installation to local victims during an online ceremony on Wednesday.
The installation honors at least 41 people from Gloucester, 61 people from elsewhere on
Cape Ann, and more than 2,000 people from Essex County who have died from COVID-19, Oliver Barker, director of the Cape Ann Museum, said during the 6 p.m. ceremony