The History of Ipswich Education
Scott Jewel, board member and teacher will talk about Ipswich’s rich history and at the heart of that story is education. From the earliest colonial days, learning has always been […]
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Wednesday Evening Lecture
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Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States
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Ships and Shipwrecks of Ipswich Bay
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin town historian, Gordon Harris, who will talk about the long history of tragic shipwrecks due to dangerous storms and limited navigation. There were over 3,000 shipwrecks off the Massachusetts […]
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Stop and Smell the Thyme at the Whipple House 17th Century Housewife’s Garden
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoe Carlin, Food historian, will review the contributions of landscape architects Arthur and Sidney Shurcliff who designed in 1955 the original Whipple House Garden. In the 1960s Isadore Smith (pseudonym […]
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Swamp Yankee Adventures Chronicle of a Journalist in Low Orbit Around the World
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin Crocker Snow Jr., journalist, author, as he takes you on a personal journey where he chronicles his life both nationally, internationally and locally. His focus has been on international […]
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Meet Abigail Adams, America’s First Second Lady
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesSince 2003, Sheryl Faye, actor has been presenting Historical Women to inspire adults and children about history. Her one man show will leave you spell-bound and inspired. Her performances are […]
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After the Party
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesIpswich’s Bob Waite, Professor, Seneca Polytechnic College and author brings his wit to the topic of politics, drawn on his experience serving as Press Secretary to Senator Ed Brooke (R-MA), […]
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Ipswich Mills Revisited
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin Seamus Kelley for a comprehensive history of the Ipswich Mill Strike, with a particular focus on immigration. Free for members. $10 for non-members.
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Edo Period Block Prints, Snapshots and a Mysterious Table
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin Stephen Miles as we follow Arthur Wesley Dow’s journey from Ipswich, MA to the Ecole Julien in Paris, the artist community at Pont-Aven, Brittany, working as assistant to Fenellosa […]
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The Twin Revolutions of 1776
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin David Scudder, chair of the Ipswich Museum finance committee, in a reflection on the lasting impact of the Twin Revolutions of 1776. The American Revolution of 1776, with its […]