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Bag Lunch Series-Researching, Recording and Preserving History

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Archives is a place people go to gather facts, data, evidence, letters, photographs and other primary sources.  They are important in understanding history. Speaker: Maxwell Close, archivist, will explore and offer advice both to the amateur and serious academic. He will talk about understanding historical content, oral history, and preservation services. Come to ask questions […]

Bag Lunch Series: Nantucket Lightship/LV-12

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

This vessel possess national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.  For 39 years it guided transoceanic shipping to and from the east coast ports, through some of the most treacherous shipping lanes in the world. Many famous vessels like the Queen Mary, Normandie and naval cargo vessels depended on her […]

Bag Lunch Series – “Into Each Life”- A musical masterpiece

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Speaker: David Grimes, composer will talk about the creation of this very important piece of work which chronicles the first 21 years of his life and the impact it had on his creative and personal development. David earned his Masters of Music at the University of Toronto and co-founded the Canadian Electronic Ensemble. His composition […]

Bag Lunch Series- History of the Jewell Mill (Also known as the Pearson/Dummer Mills)

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

The story begins in 1639 when a group of 60 settlers from Yorkshire, England made their way to the new world. In time they realized the importance of a mill and it fell on the wealthiest in the group, Thomas Nelson to make it happen.  He was given 36 acres and hired Richard Holmes to […]

Bag Lunch Series- Water Extremes- What to expect and what can be done?

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Speaker: Ann Carrol, Director of the State’s Office of Water Resources, will summarize the latest thinking on droughts and flooding in New England and what is and can be done to prepare, manage and adapt.  Ann is grateful to have grown up in Ipswich and has happy memories of playing in its rivers, ponds, marshes […]

Bag Lunch Series- The Future of Agriculture

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Paul Wegzin, teacher and local  farmer will talk about farming and how it has changed  over the years. The  tulip and sunflower fields were his brainstorm.  Paul comes from a long family of traditional farmers in Ipswich. Come learn how farming and its produce benefit each of us. Ipswich Seniors and Members: free Non-Members: $5

Bag Lunch Series: North Shore in the Stone Age

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Ipswich is known for its discovery of early artifacts at Great Neck, along the riverbanks and the Bull Brook area. Erin Rice, our museum educator, will talk about the Bull […]

Bag Lunch Series- From Plant to Fiber

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Speakers: Katherine Chaison, curator, and Susan Landry, textile specialist, will conduct a museum experiment of growing and processing flax. This will be fascinating. Ipswich Seniors and Members: free Non-Members: $5

Bag Lunch Series: Letters Home from the Ipswich Female Seminary 1830-1837

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Ann Brown, historian, has found some very interesting letters in Mount Holyoke's archives, written by three seminary students: Harriet Johnson, Maria Cowles and Austa Winchell. Together they provide some interesting […]

Bag Lunch Series: Saving the Rooster

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Gordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian The gilded weathercock at the First Church in Ipswich has graced the steeple of every church at that location since the middle of the 18th […]