Wednesday Evening Lecture-Muskeget- Climate Change in a Bottle

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

Crocker Snow has revised and updated his book, MUSKEGET, to embolden our understanding of this tiny island off Nantucket as it seeks survival in the midst of the ever-increasing warming climate crisis. Crocker is an award- winning journalist and has traveled the world for over 50 years as a foreign correspondent. From 2002-2014, he was […]

Free

April Vacation Workshop “Honeybees and Flowers”

Welcome Springtime with Mary Taggart as we create and celebrate the buzzing critters that help our food grow and our flowers bloom. All materials provided. Date: Thursday April 21, 2022 Time: 9:30 – 11:00am Ages: 6-10 Cost: $25 Members / $30 Non-Members Location: Heard House (main house of the Ipswich Museum) REGISTER HERE

Ipswich 101: w/ Scott Jewel – Historic Walking Tour

This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.There will be no tours on April 17 or 24. Are you new to Ipswich or in the dark about this town’s long and rich history? This tour […]

Bag Lunch Series – Our Endangered Ipswich River

Speaker: Wayne Castonguay, Ex. Director of the Ipswich Watershed Association will discuss what it means for our beleaguered river to be declared one of the most endangered rivers in America in 2021 and what we can all do to help vanquish this dubious distinction. Bag Lunch Talks are free for Ipswich seniors and museum members […]

The Women of Ipswich: w/ Stephanie Gaskins – Historic Walking Tour

This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.There will be no tours on April 17 or 24. Celebrate Mother’s Day with the stories of how women have shaped the town. From the wrongfully enslaved, Jenny […]

CANCELLED The Mill Strike of 1913: w/ Erin Rice – Historic Walking Tour

This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town. There will be no tours on April 17 or 24. Join Erin Rice as we follow the footsteps of the immigrant workers as they marched through the […]

Wednesday Evening Lecture – Carvings at Castle Hill

Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) has been described as the greatest decorative carver in British history.  As part of the 2021-2022 celebration to mark the tercentenary of his death, Castle Hill Curator Susan Hill Dolan will speak about the life and work of Gibbons, including his spectacular overmantel carving from England’s Cassiobury Park (c. 1675, now surviving […]

Industrial Ipswich: w/ Scott Jewel – Historic Walking Tour

This spring the Ipswich Museum is bringing back the popular series of outdoor historical walking tours. Our “Sunday Strolls” offer a variety of topics and routes through town.There will be no tours on April 17 or 24. From lace and stockings to lumber, isinglass and rum, Ipswich’s mills and factories have produced it all, often […]

Members’ Preview Party

A special members only preview of the latest exhibit Celebrating the Art and LIfe of Arthur Wesley Dow.  Light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments.

Brown Bag Lunch Series – Modern Monetary Theory

Speaker:  Carroll Perry taught economics at Philips Andover for the last 12 years of his career. Prior to that, he spent 25 years as an international banker with BankBoston.  He has lived extensively in Latin America and Asia and, after college, he and his wife served in Brazil as Peace Corps volunteers. He will discuss […]

Wednesday Evening Lecture – Capitalism Reborn

David Scudder has many years of investment management experience. In this talk he will discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism. Capitalism, wisely managed, is the greatest economic engine of all time, provided it is checked by an equally wisely managed democracy.  He will define what that crucial term “wisely managed” means, when it was […]