Bag Lunch Series: North Shore in the Stone Age

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Ipswich is known for its discovery of early artifacts at Great Neck, along the riverbanks and the Bull Brook area. Erin Rice, our museum educator, will talk about the Bull Brook artifacts and other tools in our Traveling Museum Collection.  This show and tell series is always fun. Ipswich Seniors and Members: free Non-Members: $5

The Port of Ipswich: Free Walking Tour

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

As part of the Trails & Sails event put together by Essex Heritage we are offering a 1 hour walking tour of Ipswich on the fascinating history of its former port. Scott Jewell will lead the walk beginning at the parking lot of the Ipswich Museum at 2pm. The event is free. Follow the link […]

Evening Lecture Series- The Story of Argilla Farm

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Pege and John Verani have owned and occupied Argilla Farm since 1974. They will share their research and stories about the property.  Join them on this fascinating journey and come […]

Bag Lunch Series- Find the Influence of Ancient Civilization in Ipswich

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Speaker: Sam Hamlin, retired third grade teacher from Shore Country Day school will take you on a  tour in search of remnants of ancient civilization here in Ipswich.  You will see Ipswich in a new light. Ipswich Seniors and Members: free Non-Members: $5

Haunted House

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Enter if you dare!  Our Haunted House is open Saturdays in October from 7-9pm. Entry is free but donations are gladly accepted.

Haunted House

Enter if you dare!  Our Haunted House is open Saturdays in October from 7-9pm. Entry is free but donations are gladly accepted.

Evening Lecture Series- The Fed, love it or hate it?

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Managing a modern economy is still full of mysteries.  Is the Fed playing a constructive role?  Why is it so controversial?  Carroll Perry will discuss important questions related to the Fed and to our lives. Carroll taught economics at Philips Andover for the last 12 years of his career.  Prior to that he spent 25 […]

Haunted House

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Enter if you dare!  Our Haunted House is open Saturdays in October from 7-9pm. Entry is free but donations are gladly accepted.

Haunted House

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Enter if you dare!  Our Haunted House is open Saturdays in October from 7-9pm. Entry is free but donations are gladly accepted.

Bag Lunch Series- From Plant to Fiber

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Speakers: 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 States

Join 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 […]

Evening Lecture Series: Contention in the Commons

Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, United States

Speaker: 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 […]