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Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, MA

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Ipswich Museum

Ipswich, Massachusetts museum that runs guided tours of three historic houses and holds a large collection of works by Arthur Wesley Dow.

54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 · Ipswich, MA

About Ipswich Museum

The Ipswich Museum oversees three historic homes in Ipswich, Massachusetts: the Whipple House, the Heard House, and the Alexander Knight House. Visitors can join seasonal guided tours of these properties. The museum also holds the largest group of works by painter Arthur Wesley Dow, spanning paintings, watercolors, photographs, prints, and plaster casts. Its origins date to a local historical society founded in 1890. Summer exhibitions, holiday sales, and genealogy research resources are also part of what it offers.

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