Gems from the Archives
2026-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
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.

Guided House Tours
2026-10-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-09 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-11 13:00 - 16:00
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.

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.
