Ipswich Museum

Bag Lunch Series - Music in the Mind's Ear
2022-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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.

Saturday Morning Digital Photography Workshop
2022-02-05 09:00 - 12:00
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+)
REGISTER HERE

Bag Lunch: Up Close And Personal
2022-01-10 12:00
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Annual Grandmas Attic Holiday Boutique
2021-12-04 09:00 - 16:00
Join us for a day of holiday shopping, in the beautifully decorated Heard House.

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

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.

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
2021-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 | 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.

Summer Concert
2021-07-24 16:00 - 17:00
Free “Pops” style concert on the lawn of the Ipswich Museum by the Ipswich Summer Band!
4-5pm Saturday July 24th. Bring your portable chairs, blanket or even a picnic and enjoy live music on the lawn of the Heard House.
Supported with a grant from the Ipswich Cultural Council

Granny's Attic - Summer Edition (Yard Sale)
2021-07-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
The Ipswich Museum is hosting its annual yard sale on Saturday, July 24 from 9-12. Come do your early Christmas shopping from a range of wonderful collectibles, art, jewelry, household goods, China, glassware, toys and games. Proceeds benefit educational programs at the museum. We look forward to seeing you there!

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-07-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “League of Women Voters: Their Role in the Community” Come hear this round-table discussion led by Barbara Ostberg, Ruth Edmunds, Terri Stephens, and Marilyn Seidler as they share local league accomplishments, and join in the conversation.

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Remembering Kitty Crockett Robertson” Susie Glessner and Chris Crockett will share favorite stories about their aunt, Kitty Crockett Robertson, newspaper and radio reporter. Kitty won several New England Press Association awards for her writing and her columns.

Sunday Stroll - Ipswich Female Seminary
2021-05-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join Dow Curator, Stephanie Gaskins, on a journey back to the early 19th century when Ipswich was home to the Ipswich Female Seminary, an early school for the higher education of women.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Sunday Stroll - Slavery in Ipswich
2021-05-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join the museum’s educator, Erin Rice, on a walk around town to discuss the names and forgotten labors of the enslaved people that lived here, but also Ipswich’s links to the transatlantic slave trade, the legalization of slavery throughout the colony, and landmark freedom suits.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Sunday Stroll - Dams and Bridges of Ipswich
2021-05-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
We use these bridges everyday, but hardly give them a second thought as significant pieces of history. Join Scott Jewel for a walk around the town and learn about the stories the bridges and dams can tell.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-05-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Colonial Artifacts” Back by popular demand, join Roland Arguin, amateur archaeologist as he shares his most recent discoveries found in his search on the North Shore.

Sunday Stroll - Arthur Wesley Dow's Ipswich
2021-05-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join Dow Curator Stephanie Gaskins as she guides us around town through the life and work of Ipswich artist, Arthur Wesley Dow.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Sunday Stroll - The Port of Ipswich
2021-04-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Did you know Ipswich was a custom port from 1705 -1844? Join Scott Jewel for a walk to the site of old port and explore this fascinating part of the town’s rich history.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Sunday Stroll - Ipswich in the Revolution
2021-04-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Who knew that Ipswich was in the epicenter of the American Revolution? Join Scott Jewel on a walk around town and learn about what happened here 245 years ago.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Brown Bag Lunch with Joe Carlin
2021-04-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join us for a Brown Bag Lunch with speaker Joe Carlin who will talk about his travels to the temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
The original programming for this date with speaker John Fiske has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Sunday Stroll – A Geologic Tour of Ipswich
2021-04-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
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.
Limit 10 people.
$10 Tickets, reservations required.
Reserve your tickets online or call the museum at 978-356-2811

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Vibrant Vessels” Glass and China objects from the collection by curator Katherine Chaison via Zoom 12:00

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Tempting Textiles” A show of brocades and embroideries by curator Katherine Chaison via Zoom 12:00

Brown Bag Lunch
2021-01-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Brown Bag Lunch “Documents and what They Reveal” Historical Documents from the Museum’s archives with curator Katherine Chaison via Zoom 12:00

Wednesday Evening Lecture
2020-11-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2020-10-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States

Brown Bag Lunch
2020-11-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
