Brown Bag Lunch
2021-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Dorothy Monnelly, Her Life and Career” Dorothy is considered the Ansel Adams of the Northeast. She will share stories of her interest in the environment, photography and teaching.

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Ipswich and the Underground Railroad” Gordon Harris, town historian, will share his research on this legend. The names of the Underground Railroad agents in Ipswich are not known, but there are stories to be told.

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Tracing King George V: The Evolution of a Commemorative Cloth in British West Africa” Join Erin Rice, our educator, as she discusses part of her dissertation research on textiles.

Neighborhood Walk
2021-11-17 19:30 - 20:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
This is a Virtual Neighborhood Walk. Stephanie Gaskins explores another street in Ipswich for a memorable journey to a new neighborhood. This walk will virtually explore the area from South Green to North Green

Annual Grandmas Attic Holiday Boutique
2021-12-04 09:00 - 16:00 | MA
Join us for a day of holiday shopping, in the beautifully decorated Heard House.

Bag Lunch: Up Close And Personal
2022-01-10 12:00 | MA
Speaker: Curator, Katherine Chaison will share objects from the museum’s collection that are not on view to the public. This always promises to be fun and interesting.This event will be held via zoom.
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Saturday Morning Digital Photography Workshop
2022-02-05 09:00 - 12:00 | MA
Workshop Description: Spend a couple of hours on a Winter Saturday Morning advancing your skills and techniques in Digital Photography. We’ll start with a quick but important review of photography basics that everyone should know. We will then move on to an in-depth look at tools, techniques and even some tricks that will help you to improve your photographic prowess and create photographs that are well beyond the typical snapshot capture. Time will be taken to answer individual questions and, weather permitting, we’ll step outside for some hands-on work. Sign up soon to save your spot.
Cost: $30 members $35 non-members
Age: Adult (18+)
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Bag Lunch Series - Music in the Mind's Ear
2022-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Speaker: Musician, composer, David Grimes will talk about what music is, the difference between listening and hearing and how to create an inner soundscape. He will also share his own story that let him to composition.

Landscape, Color, and Abstraction Painting Workshop
2022-02-12 09:00 - 15:00 | MA
Cost: $110 Members / $120 non-Members (includes all materials, see list below)
Workshop Description: Landscape, Color & Abstraction explores color, mark and abstraction through the lens of landscape painting. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create a compelling abstract work of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition. Landscape, Color & Abstraction is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter.
What to expect: The morning will be spent exploring a few sequential exercises and the afternoon will be an open studio format. Amanda will demonstrate all exercises before artists embark on their own work. Artists will leave the class with preparatory composition and value studies and 3-5 color study paintings.
Age and Level: Adult (18+) and beginner to intermediate painters
Supplies: (Provided by instructor): Mixed Media Paper, size 11×14, Canvas Paper, size 11×14, HB pencils, Value Charts, Color-Aid Paper, Newprint, Charcoal Sticks, Palette Paper, size 12×16, Palette Knives, Paint Brushes, size small and medium, Acrylic paint (Titanium White, Quinacridone Magenta, Napthol Red Paint, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue), Paper Towels, Water Cups
Attendees to bring: Sketchbook (optional), 3-5 Reference photos (consider a variety of landscape shots, IE, marshes, forests, mountains)
Instructor Bio: Amanda K. Hawkins is an award winning painter living and working in Beverly, MA. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montserrat College of Art in 2014 and Masters in Fine Arts in Painting at Boston University in 2021. She is on the Board of Trustees at Rocky Neck Art Colony and shows her work in gallery shows across New England. Amanda teaches painting workshops across North America, including in British Columbia and Arizona, in addition to virtual workshops which have an international draw. Her work can be found in private art collections across the globe. Amanda maintains an active studio blog and shares her creative practice with over 25K people worldwide. If Amanda isn’t in the studio, she’s exploring New England and gaining inspiration for her next painting.
Learn more at https://www.amandakhawkins.com/ or follow her on Instagram @mandahawk_studio
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Wednesday Evening Lecture
2022-02-16 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
John Wigglesworth, science and math teacher at the Waring School in Beverly will give an overview of the long- term study that SEA Education Association of Woods Hole has conducted to quantify the amount and concentration of plastic pollution in the Western Boundaries of the North Atlantic.

Botanical Watercolor Workshop
2022-02-19 09:00 - 14:00 | MA
Cost: $55 Members / $65 non-Members (includes materials)
Age: Adults (18+)
Workshop Description: We’ll begin the morning with some exercises in watercolor technique and we’ll explore a brief, yet fascinating history of the art of botanical watercolor painting. We’ll then begin our specimen study with a flat wash and start to build volume and detail over the course of the afternoon with careful layering and observation.
Materials to be provided: Watercolor pan set and palette, 11×14 hot press watercolor paper, pencils, sketch paper, rulers, water jars and paper towels.
About the instructor: Erin Rice has a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts and graduate degrees in art history. In addition to running the education programs here at the Ipswich Museum, she also teaches art history at Montserrat College of Art and paints in her free time.
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Bag Lunch Series - Sustainable Agriculture - Grow, Nourish, Engage
2022-03-07 12:00 | MA
Speaker: Ex. Director, Liz Green will discuss the central role the farm plays in the delivery of the Three Sisters Garden Project mission and operation: a tool for food system change and their home base for education and community projects. The farm is located on the campus of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Brown Bag Lunch Talks are free for Ipswich Seniors and members. $5 for non-members

Wednesday Evening Lecture - Landscape Design that Works for You
2022-03-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Laura Bibler is an award-winning designer and garden restoration expert whose work extends from modest garden spaces to comprehensive master plans. She will take us on a journey to create a fresh new look for your own home and a sequence of bloom discussion on what anchor perennials everyone should have in their gardens. She was the main designer involved with the newly restored French garden at the Stevens Coolidge Place in North Andover. This is a joint meeting with the Town & Country Garden Club.

Geologic Walking Tour of Ipswich
2022-04-03 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Geologic Tour of Ipswich: w/ Scott Jewel – There are two continents and an ancient ocean within a 1/4 mile of the Ipswich Museum. Join Scott Jewel on a walk around town and learn the hidden history beneath your feet. Tickets can be purchased in the online shop.
Tickets are $10 for members/ $15 non-members and can be purchased through our online

Bag Lunch Series - A Closer Look
2022-04-04 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Join Dow Curator, Stephanie Gaskins, as she shares her insights on the creation of exhibits on the new “Dow Exhibit” celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the death of Arthur Wesley Dow.
Brown Bag Lunch Talks are free for Ipswich seniors and museum members and $5 for non-members.

The Life and Work of Arthur Wesley Dow-Walking Tour
2022-04-10 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.
Join Ipswich Museum’s Dow Curator, Stephanie Gaskins, for a private viewing of a new exhibition at the museum marking 100 years since Dow’s death and featuring never-before-seen paintings, prints and photographs from our collection. This tour will also feature a walking component to view some locations in town related to Dow’s career as one of Ipswich’s most prolific and celebrated painters.
Tickets are $10 for members/ $15 non-members and can be purchased through our online store.

April Vacation Workshop “Marshland Creatures!”
2022-04-19 09:30 - 11:00 | MA
Join Mary Taggart for a multimedia exploration of the fascinating plantlife and wildlife that inhabit our marshlands. All materials provided.
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2022
Time: 9:30-11:00am
Ages: 6-10
Cost: $25 Members / $30 Non-members
Location: Heard House (main house of the Ipswich Museum)
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Wednesday Evening Lecture-Muskeget- Climate Change in a Bottle
2022-04-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Crocker Snow has revised and updated his book, MUSKEGET, to embolden our understanding of this tiny island off Nantucket as it seeks survival in the midst of the ever-increasing warming climate crisis.
Crocker is an award- winning journalist and has traveled the world for over 50 years as a foreign correspondent. From 2002-2014, he was the director of the Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy where he specialized in Middle East media, and most recently on the global impact of climate change and the warming of the Artic.
Wednesday evening lectures are free for members and $10 for non-members

April Vacation Workshop “Honeybees and Flowers”
2022-04-21 09:30 - 11:00 | MA
Welcome Springtime with Mary Taggart as we create and celebrate the buzzing critters that help our food grow and our flowers bloom. All materials provided.
Date: Thursday April 21, 2022
Time: 9:30 – 11:00am
Ages: 6-10
Cost: $25 Members / $30 Non-Members
Location: Heard House (main house of the Ipswich Museum)
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Ipswich 101: w/ Scott Jewel - Historic Walking Tour
2022-05-01 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.There will be no tours on April 17 or 24.
Are you new to Ipswich or in the dark about this town’s long and rich history? This tour is designed as a crash course through Ipswich’s past. Join Scott Jewel on a walk through some of the highlights and lowlights that have shaped this great town over thousands of years.
Tickets are $10 for members/ $15 non-members and can be purchased through our online store.

Bag Lunch Series - Our Endangered Ipswich River
2022-05-02 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Speaker: Wayne Castonguay, Ex. Director of the Ipswich Watershed Association will discuss what it means for our beleaguered river to be declared one of the most endangered rivers in America in 2021 and what we can all do to help vanquish this dubious distinction.
Bag Lunch Talks are free for Ipswich seniors and museum members and $5 for non-members.

The Women of Ipswich: w/ Stephanie Gaskins - Historic Walking Tour
2022-05-08 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.There will be no tours on April 17 or 24.
Celebrate Mother’s Day with the stories of how women have shaped the town. From the wrongfully enslaved, Jenny Slew, to the visionaries of the Ipswich Female Seminary, Stephanie Gaskins will guide you through Ipswich’s past from a new perspective.
Tickets are $10 for members/ $15 non-members and can be purchased through our online store.

CANCELLED The Mill Strike of 1913: w/ Erin Rice - Historic Walking Tour
2022-05-15 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town. There will be no tours on April 17 or 24.
Join Erin Rice as we follow the footsteps of the immigrant workers as they marched through the streets of Ipswich in 1913 to demand better working conditions only to be met with gunfire from police.
Tickets are $10 for members/ $15 non-members and can be purchased through our online store.

Wednesday Evening Lecture - Carvings at Castle Hill
2022-05-18 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) has been described as the greatest decorative carver in British history. As part of the 2021-2022 celebration to mark the tercentenary of his death, Castle Hill Curator Susan Hill Dolan will speak about the life and work of Gibbons, including his spectacular overmantel carving from England’s Cassiobury Park (c. 1675, now surviving in the Great House library.
Wednesday Evening Lectures are free for members and $10 for non-members.

Industrial Ipswich: w/ Scott Jewel - Historic Walking Tour
2022-05-22 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.There will be no tours on April 17 or 24.
From lace and stockings to lumber, isinglass and rum, Ipswich’s mills and factories have produced it all, often while weathering the ravages of war, fire, economic depression, and labor strikes. Join Scott Jewel on a fascinating journey through the history of industry and trade on the banks of the Ipswich River.
Tickets are $10 for members/ $15 non-members and can be purchased through our online store.

Members' Preview Party
2022-06-03 17:00 - 19:00 | MA
A special members only preview of the latest exhibit Celebrating the Art and LIfe of Arthur Wesley Dow. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments.

Brown Bag Lunch Series - Modern Monetary Theory
2022-06-06 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Speaker: Carroll Perry taught economics at Philips Andover for the last 12 years of his career. Prior to that, he spent 25 years as an international banker with BankBoston. He has lived extensively in Latin America and Asia and, after college, he and his wife served in Brazil as Peace Corps volunteers.
He will discuss Stephanie Kelton’s new book, The Deficit Myth whereby she argues that the debate over deficits is real, but the language of the debate is wrong. Conventional economists are skeptical, but Kelton makes a strong case for thinking about deficits in entirely different terms.
Bag Lunch Talks are free for Ipswich seniors and museum members, and $5 for non-members.

Wednesday Evening Lecture - Capitalism Reborn
2022-06-15 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
David Scudder has many years of investment management experience. In this talk he will discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism. Capitalism, wisely managed, is the greatest economic engine of all time, provided it is checked by an equally wisely managed democracy. He will define what that crucial term “wisely managed” means, when it was most apparent in the US, and how badly we have strayed from that definition in the past several decades. He will suggest ways to return to a more wisely managed democratic market capitalism. He will use sources ranging from the original writings of Adam Smith in the 18th century, to several recent books, particularly by Robert Putnam (The Upswing), James Kloppenberg (Towards Democracy) and Benjamin Friedman (Religion and the Rise of Capitalism).
Wednesday Evening Lectures are free for museum members and $10 for non-members

Annual Yard Sale
2022-07-30 09:00 - 12:00 | MA

Ipswich Summer Band Concert - Flight & Fantasy
2022-07-30 16:00 - 18:00 | MA
Directed by Nalani Fujiwara. Flight & Fantasy: Capitivating our “Younger” Audience is part of a concert series generously funded by the Ipswich Cultural Council.
No admission charge.
