Haunted House
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesEnter if you dare! Our Haunted House is open Saturdays in October from 7-9pm. Entry is free but donations are gladly accepted.
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Bag Lunch Series- From Plant to Fiber
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Katherine Chaison, curator, and Susan Landry, textile specialist, will conduct a museum experiment of growing and processing flax. This will be fascinating. Ipswich Seniors and Members: free Non-Members: $5
Evening Lecture Series- Ipswich in the American Revolution
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin Scott Jewell, middle school technology engineering teacher, lover of history and board of trustee member who will do an enthusiastic talk and presentation on the role that Ipswich played during the American Revolution. Scott’s love of history will come alive in this lecture.
Evening Lecture Series: Contention in the Commons
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 medieval systems whose roots dated back several centuries, but the communal system quickly failed. Disagreements over the division and usage of the common lands resulted […]
Bag Lunch Series: Letters Home from the Ipswich Female Seminary 1830-1837
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesAnn Brown, historian, has found some very interesting letters in Mount Holyoke's archives, written by three seminary students: Harriet Johnson, Maria Cowles and Austa Winchell. Together they provide some interesting insights into what it was like to be a student at the Ipswich Female Seminary, (boarding, rhythm of the day, curriculum, discipline and their success […]
Evening Lecture Series: Schlitz on Mt. Washington and Ski America First
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Tom Blake Blake presents Christopher Young's classic 1937 movie about the misadventures of the eccentric Dr. Wolfgang Schlitz on holiday at Mt. Washington, considered to be the first American comedy-classic ski movie (Sydney Shurcliffe's 1942 comedy of Dr. Quackenbusch was inspired by this film) Ski America First is a documentary filmed by Sydney Shurcliffe […]
Bag Lunch Series: Saving the Rooster
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesGordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian The gilded weathercock at the First Church in Ipswich has graced the steeple of every church at that location since the middle of the 18th century and was likely created by Deacon Shem Drowne (1683-1744), America's first documented weathervane maker. In 1915, when the steeple was set afire by lightning, […]
Evening Lecture Series: Walking Castle Neck (Crane Beach) in the Footsteps of Ipswich Naturalist Charles Wendell Townsend MD
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Joseph Carlin Throughout 2023 Joe Carlin, food historian and nutritionist, walked the beach photographing and documenting observations Townsend made about his beloved Ipswich in his book, "Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes." Dr. Townsend, Harvard Class of 1881, was a noted Boston obstetrician and child nutrition authority. Members: Free | Non-members: $10
Bag Lunch Series: Through All Her Wealth of Woods and Waters: The Ipswich Wednesday Walkers
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesA panel of Wednesday Walkers, Kay Evans and friends, with many years together and separately of exploring the rich trail resources in the Ipswich landscape, will share some of their experiences and welcome stories and questions from the audience. Kay is an 18 yr. Ipswich resident and "A Historical Townie" through her mother's Gilbert line. […]
Evening Lecture Series: Step into the Arctic
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 a 2 month research cruise aboard the USCG Cutter Healy. Through pictures, John will share his experience with the science, the ship operations, the ice […]
Out of the Blue Exhibition Opening Reception
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Ipswich Museum for the opening reception of our weekend pop-up, featuring Arthur Wesley Dow cyanotypes. Wine and finger foods to be provided! The exhibit will run […]
Pop-Up Exhibit of Dow Cyanotypes
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesCome view the collection of Arthur Wesley Dow cyanotypes at the Ipswich Museum during this weekend-long pop-up.