Ipswich Museum

Guided House Tours
2026-09-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-06 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-18 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 14 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.

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.

Gems from the Archives
2026-10-05 12:00 - 13:00
Heidi Horner, archivist at the Ipswich Public Library, will introduce us to special items from the Ipswich Public Library’s archival collections focused on local history. Heidi studied archives management and library science at Simmons University, and got her start in archives at the Cape Ann Museum and the Harvard University Archives. She has lived in Gloucester for 16 years and loves to research Virginia Lee Burton, the Folly Cove Designers, and other local creative people and collectives.

Play Readings by Boston Reads
2026-10-21 19:30 - 21:00
These readings of four or five ten minute plays will be performed by award winning professional actors M. Lynda Robinson and Richard McElvain. Lynda has been working on Boston theatre stage for the last thirty five years. She has founded three theatres, The Court, The West End and the Blackburne Performing Arts Theatre. She is an accomplished, published and produced playwright and has mentored young playwrights for seven years through the MA Young Playwrights Program. Richard McElvain is an actor and director and has appeared in film and television, as well as on stage throughout the area for the past twenty years. His directing credits include many of the classics as well as appearing in several episodes of Spence for Hire.
