Ipswich Museum, Ipswich

Name: Ipswich Museum
Address: 54 S Main St, Ipswich, United States

#7 among attractions in Ipswich

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Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located on High Street in Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. It was historically the leading regional museum in Suffolk, housing collections drawn from both the former counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk, which were amalgamated in 1974. ()

Coordinates: 42°40'38"N, 70°50'10"W

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54 S Main StIpswichIpswich United States

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Ipswich Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: John Whipple House, Ipswich Museum, Choate Bridge, Greenwood Farm.

~380 ftS
Museum, History museum, Saltbox architecture
John Whipple House, Ipswich
2 min walk • The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts at the preservation of colonial houses.
~0 ftN
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
1 min walk • The Ipswich Historical Society in Ipswich, Massachusetts was founded by Reverend Thomas Franklin Waters in 1890. The Society initially had no headquarters, and met in the studio of artist Arthur Wesley Dow. They eventually found a better place to meet in the Odd Fellows Hall.
~1050 ftN
Bridge
Choate Bridge, Ipswich
6 min walk • Choate Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge carrying Route 1A/Route 133 over the Ipswich River in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest surviving bridges in North America, and is probably the oldest in Massachusetts.
1.5 miNE
Historical place, Park
Greenwood Farm, Ipswich
39 min walk • Greenwood Farm is a historic property and nature reserve located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which is owned by The Trustees of Reservations. It features the Paine-Dodge House, a First Period farmhouse constructed in 1694.
~1170 ftSW
Neighbourhood
Ipswich Mills Historic District, Ipswich
6 min walk • The Ipswich Mills Historic District encompasses a major textile mill complex and associated worker housing along the Ipswich River near the center of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
~620 ftSW
Neighbourhood
South Green Historic District, Ipswich
3 min walk • The South Green Historic District encompasses one of the oldest central civic parts of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The town's South Green was laid out in 1686, and is now the heart of a collection of historic properties dating from the 17th to the 19th century.
~1570 ftN
Neighbourhood
Meetinghouse Green Historic District, Ipswich
8 min walk • Meetinghouse Green Historic District encompasses the historic 17th century heart of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The district runs along North Main Street, south from its junction with High Street to the southern end of the Meetinghouse Green.
0.6 miW
Neighbourhood
Brown Stocking Mill Historic District, Ipswich
15 min walk • The Brown Stocking Mill Historic District in Ipswich, Massachusetts encompasses the mill building of Harry S. Brown's stocking-making factory, and associated mill worker housing Brown had built.

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Which popular attractions are close to Ipswich Museum?

Nearby attractions include Ipswich Museum, Ipswich (1 min walk), John Whipple House, Ipswich (2 min walk), South Green Historic District, Ipswich (3 min walk), Choate Bridge, Ipswich (6 min walk).

How to get to Ipswich Museum by public transport?

The nearest stations to Ipswich Museum:

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Ipswich (6 min walk)