Bag Lunch Series: Indigenous Heritage of the East Coast and the Migration of Indigenous People

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

Etay, Denise Cooper, Brian Young and other tribal members discuss their rich and honored heritage. The American Antiquarian Society, built on Nipmuc homelands is a repository for early Algonquian-language monographs, manuscript collections and early town records containing vital and unique information about Nipmuc and Indigenous peoples of the New England region. Members: Free | Non-members: […]

Evening Lecture Series: Stylish Siblings: David Adler and Frances Elkins, Interiors at Castle Hill

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

Speaker: Susan Hill Dolan Recent research has revealed that Great House architect David Adler collaborated with his sister, famed designer Frances Elkins, for the interiors at Castle Hill. Curator Susan Hill Dolan will discuss their tastemaker style and how it influenced what we see in the Crane mansion and elsewhere. Members: Free | Non-members: $10

Bag Lunch Series: Historic and Ecological Significance of the Butterfly Meadow

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

Mike DeRosa, DeRosa & Assoc. 18th and 19th century maps for Ipswich reveal this property remained a rare surviving example of open space along the river as the village developed its densely settled contemporary appearance. Today the property represents a small ecological habitat. Its proximity to the Great Marsh increases its potential to attract migrating […]

Evening Lecture Series: The Warped Frame

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

Speaker: Cameron Roberts Roberts discusses the development and later breakdown of perspective in 16th century paining and relates it to the work of mid-century painters including Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler […]