Evening Lecture Series: Contention in the Commons

Speaker: Gordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian In the commons, the early Massachusetts town adopted English institutions of land management that often predated their own experience in the mother country, reproducing […]

Evening Lecture Series: Step into the Arctic

Speaker: John Wigglesworth Join John Wigglesworth to hear the story of his recent trip to the North Pole. He joined the team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on […]

Evening Lecture Series: The American Dream

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

Speaker: David Scudder The American Dream, in the words of historian James Truslow Adams, is a dream "of a better, richer and happier life for all citizens of every rank." […]

Evening Lecture Series: Harry and Hilda: Letters Home

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

Speaker: Jennifer Hamlin Church Church will read excerpts from her new book and discuss the lively research that went into it .The book is a biography of two people who […]

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 a cornerstone of this community.  Today, we will explore how education in Ipswich has grown and transformed over the centuries, and we’ll take a look […]

Ships and Shipwrecks of Ipswich Bay

Join 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 […]