Guided House Tours
2026-08-20 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-22 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-04 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 13 more dates | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Guided house tours available for our historic properties, including the Whipple, Alexander Knight, and Heard Houses. View artwork by famed Ipswich Artists, and see unique and treasured pieces of local history. The last tour starts at 3 PM.

Call for Hours
2026-08-23 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-30 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-06 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-20 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-27 13:00 - 16:00
Due to current staffing, we may not be able to offer guided house tours for our historic properties, including the Whipple, Alexander Knight, and Heard Houses, every Sunday.
Please call ahead during the museum’s administrative office hours, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for this week’s tour availability.

Trails & Sails 2026 - The Port of Ipswich
2026-09-12 13:00 - 15:00
Join Ipswich’s Scott Jewell for a fascinating in-depth walking tour of the Old Ipswich Port. Discover its history as a hub of maritime trade and commerce, and how its fate was tied to the rise and fall of Ipswich’s 18th century economy, and the fortunes/misfortunes of many of its residents.
Be sure to wear comfortable “walking” shoes, bring appropriate weather gear, bug spray and hat. This is an outdoor walking tour.
The tour leaves the Heard House Museum at 1:00PM sharp. It will last approx. 2 hours.
Parking is available at The Heard House Museum, and in the public parking lot next door.
Free Admission.
Event will only be cancelled by severe weather

Remembering September 11th
2026-09-14 12:00 - 13:00
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 recall of that time period. This is an interactive discussion.

Eido Period Block Prints, Snapshots and a Mysterious Table
2026-09-23 19:30 - 21:00
Join 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 at the MFA Boston and subsequent tour of Japan in 1903 with findings represented in the collection of the Ipswich Museum.
Free for members. $10 for non-members.
