Ipswich Summer Band Concert - Flight & Fantasy
2022-07-30 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Directed by Nalani Fujiwara. Flight & Fantasy: Capitivating our “Younger” Audience is part of a concert series generously funded by the Ipswich Cultural Council.
No admission charge.

Bag Lunch Series - Newly Discovered Artifacts
2022-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Speaker: Roland Arguin, amateur archeologist will share and tell stories about his recent findings from different properties on the North Shore. Roland always gets permission before he does his search. This is a very popular talk.

Trails & Sails Port of Ipswich Walking Tour
2022-09-18 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
In conjunction with the 2022 Trails and Sails events, the museum will offer a free walking tour with Scott Jewell on the history of the Port of Ipswich. No charge for event. Meet at the Heard House.

Wednesday Evening Lecture - Ruth Bader Ginsberg - Portrayal of an Historic Women
2022-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
Sheryl Faye, actor – extraordinaire will star as Ruth Bader Ginsberg starting from early childhood and following her throughout her amazing career. Sheryl has an incredible way of getting the audience emotionally involved and her grasp of her craft is amazing. This is a wonderful way for students at all levels and ages to learn history.

Bag Lunch Series - Railroads in Essex County
2022-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Join Alan McMillan, retired railroad engineer as he takes us on a sentimental journey about both his work and love of railroads from a historic perspective. This is always great fun.

Wednesday Evening Lecture - Anne Bradstreet
2022-10-19 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
In this one hour talk, Dr. Charlotte Gordon tells the story of Bradstreet’s life and explains the importance of her poetry. As the first published poet from the New World, Bradstreet establishes a new “plaine style” of writing and was the first to articulate a new “American” identity for the British colonists.
Charlotte is an award-winning author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, among other publications. She is a distinguished professor of the Humanities at Endicott College. She speaks frequently at colleges and conferences, and has been interviewed on numerous radio and television programs.

Saturday Morning Digital Photography Workshop
2022-11-05 09:00 - 12:00 | MA
Instructor: David “Stoney” Stone
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022
Time: 9am-12pm (3 hours)
Cost: $30 members $35 non-members
Age: Adult (18+)
Workshop Description: Spend a couple of hours on a Fall Saturday Morning advancing your skills and techniques in Digital Photography. We’ll start with a quick but important review of photography basics that everyone should know. We will then move on to an in-depth look at tools, techniques and even some tricks that will help you to improve your photographic prowess and create photographs that are well beyond the typical snapshot capture. Time will be taken to answer individual questions and, weather permitting, we’ll step outside for some hands-on work. Sign up soon to save your spot.

Bag Lunch Series - Ipswich Lace Makers
2022-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Susan Landy, textile specialist will talk about the history of Ipswich lace as a cottage industry. George Washington himself visited Ipswich in 1789 to support this craft. Susan will show examples of tools and lace from the collection. She will also do a demonstration.

Landscape, Color, and Abstraction Workshop
2022-11-12 09:00 - 15:00 | MA
Instructor: Amanda K. Hawkins
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2022
Time: 9am-3pm (break 12-1pm)
Cost: $110 Members / $125 non-Members (includes all materials, see list below)

Workshop Description: Landscape, Color & Abstraction explores color, mark and abstraction through the lens of landscape painting. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create a compelling abstract work of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition. Landscape, Color & Abstraction is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter.
What to expect: The morning will be spent exploring a few sequential exercises and the afternoon will be an open studio format. Amanda will demonstrate all exercises before artists embark on their own work. Artists will leave the class with preparatory composition and value studies and 3-5 color study paintings.
Age and Level: Adult (18+) and beginner to intermediate painters
Supplies: (Provided by instructor): Mixed Media Paper, size 11×14, Canvas Paper, size 11×14, HB pencils, Value Charts, Color-Aid Paper, Newprint, Charcoal Sticks, Palette Paper, size 12×16, Palette Knives, Paint Brushes, size small and medium, Acrylic paint (Titanium White, Quinacridone Magenta, Napthol Red Paint, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue), Paper Towels, Water Cups
Attendees to bring: Sketchbook (optional), 3-5 Reference photos (consider a variety of landscape shots, marshes, forests, mountains, etc.)
Instructor Bio: Amanda K. Hawkins is an award winning painter living and working in Beverly, MA. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montserrat College of Art in 2014 and Masters in Fine Arts in Painting at Boston University in 2021. She is on the Board of Trustees at Rocky Neck Art Colony and shows her work in gallery shows across New England. Amanda teaches painting workshops across North America, including in British Columbia and Arizona, in addition to virtual workshops which have an international draw. Her work can be found in private art collections across the globe. Amanda maintains an active studio blog and shares her creative practice with over 25K people worldwide. If Amanda isn’t in the studio, she’s exploring New England and gaining inspiration for her next painting.
Learn more at https://www.amandakhawkins.com/ or follow her on Instagram @mandahawk_studio

Evening Lecture - Arthur Wesley Dow & His Beloved Ipswich
2022-11-15 19:30 - 21:30 | MA
Join Stephanie Gaskins, Dow curator as she shares her in-depth knowledge of Dow’s life and how his love of the town was captured in his images throughout his lifetime.

Grandma's Attic Sale
2022-12-03 09:00 - 16:00 | MA
Come do some Holiday shopping at the museum’s annual sale. Many unique antique and vintage goods, as well as handmade items. All proceeds benefit the museum.

Bag Lunch Series-Researching, Recording and Preserving History
2023-01-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Archives is a place people go to gather facts, data, evidence, letters, photographs and other primary sources. They are important in understanding history.
Speaker: Maxwell Close, archivist, will explore and offer advice both to the amateur and serious academic.
He will talk about understanding historical content, oral history, and preservation services.
Come to ask questions and to learn about best practices.
Ipswich Seniors and Members: Free
Non-Members: $5

Evening Lecture Series- The Foods New Englanders Love
2023-01-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
The Foods New Englanders Love: The Story Behind Our Favorite Foods and Eating Traditions
Joseph Carlin, Food Historian & Public Health Nutritionist, will give a brief history of established food companies and their origins here in the region: Prince Spaghetti Co., Ben & Jerry’s, Underwood Deviled Ham, Trappist Jellies and many, many, more. It promises to be a nostalgic lecture.
Free for Members
Non-Members: $10

Bag Lunch Series: Nantucket Lightship/LV-12
2023-02-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
This vessel possess national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. For 39 years it guided transoceanic shipping to and from the east coast ports, through some of the most treacherous shipping lanes in the world. Many famous vessels like the Queen Mary, Normandie and naval cargo vessels depended on her as a navigational aid.
Speaker: Bob Mannino will do a power point presentation about the history of the US Lightship Service and Nantucket Lightship LV-112. A must for those who love the sea.
Ipswich Seniors and Members: Free
Non-members: $5

Evening Lecture Series- Dr. Quackensbush Skis the Headwall
2023-02-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join Tom Blake as he presents the misadventures of eccentric Dr, Eramus Quackenbush, African explorer, as he travels to see the Eastern Slope Region of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Filmed on Mt. Washington, Dr. Quackenbush (John Marshall) encounters famous ski personalities of the day such as Hannes Schneider, Harvey Dow Gibson, Toni Matt, Benno Rybizka and Joe Dodge. This was written, directed and filmed in 1942 by Sidney Shurcliff. Sidney Shurcliff (1906-1981) was author of several books (including “Upon the Road Argilla”) and enjoyed a long career as landscape architect.
Free for Members
Non-Members: $10

Bag Lunch Series - “Into Each Life”- A musical masterpiece
2023-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Speaker: David Grimes, composer will talk about the creation of this very important piece of work which chronicles the first 21 years of his life and the impact it had on his creative and personal development. David earned his Masters of Music at the University of Toronto and co-founded the Canadian Electronic Ensemble. His composition Increscents won the CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers.
Come hear his story.
Ipswich Seniors and Members: Free
Non-members: $5

Evening Lecture Series- First Period Construction
2023-03-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Gordon Harris, Ipswich’s town historian, will present a virtual tour of the historic neighborhoods of Meeting House Green, High St, the East End, the South Green, and their well preserved streetscapes of the 17th and 18th century homes. In this powerpoint presentation, we go inside several of these houses and identify First Period elements based on appearance, layout and architectural features that distinguish them from the succeeding Georgian era. A must for lovers of old houses.
Free for Members
Non-Members: $10

Bag Lunch Series- History of the Jewell Mill (Also known as the Pearson/Dummer Mills)
2023-04-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
The story begins in 1639 when a group of 60 settlers from Yorkshire, England made their way to the new world. In time they realized the importance of a mill and it fell on the wealthiest in the group, Thomas Nelson to make it happen. He was given 36 acres and hired Richard Holmes to design and build the mill. He constructed the dam, the aqueduct, the mill pond, the mill itself and there is speculation that he constructed the beautiful keystone barrel arch bridge.
Speaker: Cheryl Cahill, retired middle school principal and home-owner of this special property will talk about its fascinating history. A fun, interesting story.
Ipswich Seniors and Members: Free
Non-Members: $5

Sunday Stroll: The Life and Art of Arthur Wesley Dow
2023-04-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join Ipswich Museum’s Dow Curator, Stephanie Gaskins, as she guides us around town through the life and work of Ipswich artist and educator, Arthur Wesley Dow.
Tickets: $10 Members / $15 non-Members

Evening Lecture Series- Clara Barton- A Great Humanitarian, Civil War Nurse and Red Cross Founder
2023-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Sheryl Faye, actor – extraordinaire will star as Clara Barton who dedicated her life to helping others. She taught children whose parents couldn’t afford to pay for education and she raised funds and food, clothing and medicines during the Civil War. She was very courageous and went to the front line to nurse the wounded and dying. She started the American Red Cross which is her legacy today. Sheryl has an amazing way of getting the audience emotionally involved and her grasp of her craft is amazing. This is a wonderful way for students at all levels and ages to learn history.
Free for Members
Non-Members: $10

Sunday Stroll: Ipswich in the Revolution
2023-04-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Who knew that Ipswich was in the epicenter of the American Revolution? Join Scott Jewell on a walk around town and learn about what happened here 245 years ago.
Tickets $10 Members | $15 non-Members

Bag Lunch Series- Water Extremes- What to expect and what can be done?
2023-05-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Speaker: Ann Carrol, Director of the State’s Office of Water Resources, will summarize the latest thinking on droughts and flooding in New England and what is and can be done to prepare, manage and adapt. Ann is grateful to have grown up in Ipswich and has happy memories of playing in its rivers, ponds, marshes and ocean. She has over 25 years of experience in the field of Water Resources. This is a very timely and important lecture for us all.
Ipswich Seniors and Members: free
Non-Members: $5

Sunday Stroll: Dams and Bridges of Ipswich
2023-05-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
We use these bridges every day but hardly give them a second thought as significant pieces of history. Join Scott Jewell for a walk around town and learn about the stories our bridges and dams can tell.

Sunday Stroll: The Women of Ipswich
2023-05-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Celebrate Mother’s Day with the stories of how women have shaped the town. From the wrongfully enslaved Jenny Slew to the visionaries of the Ipswich Female Seminary, Stephanie Gaskins will guide you through Ipswich’s past from a new perspective. Mothers are free with a paying family member!
Tickets $10 Members | $15 Non-Members | Mothers are Free with paid ticket

Evening Lecture Series- London Letters Home (1861-1865)
2023-05-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Penelope Pelham West lives in Maine. Her exploration into her great grandfather’s life of which London Letters Home is the fruit, began when her cousin shared his cache of Gus Farley’s letters home. Gus Farley spent 4 years in London as an apprentice tea taster, preparing to join his cousin’s firm of Augustine Heard & Co. in China. The letters describe the daily workings of the mid-century tea business in London and Gus’s coming of age. Come hear this interesting story.
Free for Members
Non-Members: $10

Sunday Stroll: Ipswich 101
2023-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Are you new to Ipswich or in the dark about this town’s long and rich history? This tour is designed as a crash course through Ipswich’s past. Join Stephanie Gaskins on a walk through some of the highlights and lowlights that have shaped this great town over thousands of years.
Tickets: $10 Members | $15 Non-members

Sunday Strolls: Ipswich in the Civil War
2023-06-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
From hardline abolitionists to well-known slaveholders, Ipswich’s residents were long divided over the issue of slavery. By the time the Civil War broke out, many answered the call to fight for the Union or support the troops from home. Learn about the fate of these soldiers and the role the town played in this pivotal moment in our nation’s history with local expert and author of “Ipswich in the Civil War,” Scott Jewell.
Tickets: $10 Members / $15 Non-members

*Please note, this date has been changed from April 30 to June 4*

Bag Lunch Series- The Future of Agriculture
2023-06-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Paul Wegzin, teacher and local farmer will talk about farming and how it has changed over the years. The tulip and sunflower fields were his brainstorm. Paul comes from a long family of traditional farmers in Ipswich. Come learn how farming and its produce benefit each of us.
Ipswich Seniors and Members: free
Non-Members: $5

Evening Lecture Series- The History of Clamming in Ipswich
2023-06-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Ipswich has always been known for its clams. The salt marshes, mud flats and tidal estuaries contribute to its wonderful taste. Stephanie Gaskins, Dow Curator will do a lecture on the summer exhibit about the history of clamming in Ipswich.
Free for Members
Non-Members: $10

Ipswich Museum Yard Sale
2023-07-29 09:00 - 13:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Visit the annual Ipswich Museum Yard Sale during Olde Ipswich Days from 9-1! Shop for fantastic treasures and support the museum in the process.
In the afternoon, stick around for an Ipswich Summer Band 2023 concert, directed by Nalani Fujiwara, playing on the museum grounds.
