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Birds of Essex County: A Personal Journey
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin us for an enlightening presentation by Jim Berry, Ornithologist, as he unveils his updated edition of Charles Wendell Townsend's The Birds of Essex County. This comprehensive two-volume set catalogs a wide variety of bird species that visit our yards, woodlands, marshes, and coastlines, reflecting their natural history up to 2022. Jim enriches the work […]
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Grandma’s Attic Holiday Sale
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Objects of Interest
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin curator, Katherine Chaison as she selects items and objects from our vast collection to share with our members. It is always fun to see rare items that are not in public view.
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The History of Ipswich Education
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesScott 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 […]
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Ipswich Lace
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesCome hear Susan Landry, textile specialist as she talks about the history of Ipswich Lace and show objects from our collection used to make the lace. Included in this talk […]
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February Vacation Art Workshop Lunar New Year
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Ipswich Museum for a vacation-week exploration of the Lunar New Year. We’ll read a festive story, learn about the traditions of the Year of the Horse, […]
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Ships and Shipwrecks of Ipswich Bay
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
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February Vacation Art Workshop “Who’s Who?” Exhibition
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesCome investigate our new portrait exhibition, “Who’s Who?” at the Ipswich Museum. We’ll learn about some of the past citizens of our town and look at some of the elements […]
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The Archives of Arthur Wesley Dow: Sketchbook Tour
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin Ipswich Museum’s Dow Curator, Stephanie Gaskins, for an intimate look at the archives of artist Arthur Wesley Dow. Participants will have the rare opportunity to get close with Dow’s […]
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The Early Voyages of Augustine Heard
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoin Robert Gray, Heard descendant as he talks about his recent research on his family. During the late 1830s Augustine Heard of Ipswich composed a list of his early voyages […]
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Stop and Smell the Thyme at the Whipple House 17th Century Housewife’s Garden
Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United StatesJoe Carlin, Food historian, will review the contributions of landscape architects Arthur and Sidney Shurcliff who designed in 1955 the original Whipple House Garden. In the 1960s Isadore Smith (pseudonym Ann Leighton), author of Early American Gardens, provided leadership to make the garden historically accurate with authentic medicinal and culinary herbs known to have been […]