Brown Bag Lunch

Join curator, Katherine Chaison as she selects  items and objects from our vast collection to share with our members. It is always fun to see rare items that are not in public view.

Come hear Susan Landry, textile specialist as she talks about the history of Ipswich Lace and show objects from our collection used to make the lace. Included in this talk […]

Join Robert Gray, Heard descendant as he talks about his recent research on his family. During the late 1830s Augustine Heard of Ipswich composed a list of his early voyages […]

Gordon Harris, town historian will share stories of women in Ipswich from the first settlement to the present century. Learn about Ann Dudley Bradstreet, the first published poet, Emma Jane […]

Join Chef Sarah Naugler for ideas on how to eliminate kitchen nightmares and make cooking fun. She is a graduate of the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts and spent ten […]

Come listen to a talk and demonstration on weaving. Diane Howe, weaver will explain techniques and tools used in this process.  There will be a small pop-up exhibit downstairs in […]

Join Stephanie Gaskins, Dow Curator as she takes us down memory lane to encourage a conversation on where you were on that very sad day and what memories do you […]

Heidi Horner, archivist at the Ipswich Public Library, will introduce us to special items from the Ipswich Public Library’s archival collections focused on local history.  Heidi studied archives management and […]