Closed in Observance
In observance of the holiday, the museum will be closed on Saturday, July 4th. Happy Independence Day!
Guided House Tours
Guided house tours
Stories and Stitches: Quilts for Kids
Attend a special “show and tell” featuring the Ipswich Museum’s quilt collection. We’ll take a look at a selection of quilts that are not on public view and…
Printing in the Meadow: Cyanotypes
Come explore the exciting medium of Cyanotype- a photographic printing formulation sensitive to UVA rays that produces stunning images in deep blue hues. We’ll…
Fairy Houses and Sprite Cabins
In this workshop we will build houses for sprites and fairies in the meadow at the Ipswich Museum. Using primarily materials found in nature such as moss,…
Meadow Mission: Eco-Explorers and Wildflower Seed Balls
Explore the incredible variety of plant life in a pollinator meadow and the important ecosystem it supports. We’ll learn about the importance of native plants,…
17th Century Day : Life in Early Ipswich
Come be a history explorer at the Ipswich Museum! We’ll learn about 17th century life and activities. The day will feature butter churning, colonial era games…
Ipswich Mills Revisited
Join Seamus Kelley in examining how the 1913 Ipswich Mills Strike lived and died in the context of massive U.S. labor movements and calls for immigrant…
Trails & Sails 2026 – The Port of Ipswich
Join Ipswich’s Scott Jewell for a fascinating in-depth walking tour of the Old Ipswich Port. Discover its history as a hub of maritime trade and commerce, and…
Remembering September 11th
Join Stephanie Gaskins, Dow Curator as she takes us down memory lane to encourage a conversation on where you were on that very sad day and what memories do…
Eido Period Block Prints, Snapshots and a Mysterious Table
Join Stephen Miles as we follow Arthur Wesley Dow’s journey from Ipswich, MA to the Ecole Julien in Paris, the artist community at Pont-Aven, Brittany, working…
Gems from the Archives
Heidi Horner, archivist at the Ipswich Public Library, will introduce us to special items from the Ipswich Public Library’s archival collections focused on…
Play Readings by Boston Reads
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…