Come 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 of portraiture. Then, we’ll sketch our own portraits. Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026 Time: 10:30-12:00 PM Ages: 6-10 Cost: $25 Location: Appleton Room, Heard House
Join 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 sketchbooks and drawings from the collection of the Ipswich Museum, as well as to explore and discuss his educational philosophy and methodology. Date: Saturday, February […]
Join 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 during 1805-1830, from ship “Eliza” to Leghorn from Eben Francis through barque “Lintin to Canton with Bennet Forbes. This talk provides an illustrated embellishment of […]
Joe 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 […]
Visit our Spring Exhibit “Who’s Who? An Ipswich History in Portraits.” Join the fun as we match the history behind each work of art with its corresponding portrait! This exhibit runs through April on Saturdays and Sundays 1-4PM.
Visit our Spring Exhibit “Who’s Who? An Ipswich History in Portraits.” Join the fun as we match the history behind each work of art with its corresponding portrait! This exhibit runs through April on Saturdays and Sundays 1-4PM.
Gordon Harris, town historian will share stories of women in Ipswich from the first settlement to the present century. Learn about Ann Dudley Bradstreet, the first published poet, Emma Jane Mitchell Safford, a descendant of Massasoit; Jenny Slew, the first enslaved person to successfully sue for freedom, Eunice Caldwell, who returned to her hometown in […]
Visit our Spring Exhibit “Who’s Who? An Ipswich History in Portraits.” Join the fun as we match the history behind each work of art with its corresponding portrait! This exhibit runs through April on Saturdays and Sundays 1-4PM.
Visit our Spring Exhibit “Who’s Who? An Ipswich History in Portraits.” Join the fun as we match the history behind each work of art with its corresponding portrait! This exhibit runs through April on Saturdays and Sundays 1-4PM.
Visit our Spring Exhibit “Who’s Who? An Ipswich History in Portraits.” Join the fun as we match the history behind each work of art with its corresponding portrait! This exhibit runs through April on Saturdays and Sundays 1-4PM.
Visit our Spring Exhibit “Who’s Who? An Ipswich History in Portraits.” Join the fun as we match the history behind each work of art with its corresponding portrait! This exhibit runs through April on Saturdays and Sundays 1-4PM.
Join Ipswich Museum’s Dow Curator, Stephanie Gaskins, for a tour of some locations in town related to Dow’s career as one of Ipswich’s most prolific and celebrated painters of the 20th century. When: Sunday April 19, 2026 2-3PM Where: The tour will depart from the Ipswich Museum parking lot at 2PM and will last 45-60 […]