The Concord Museum in historic Concord, Massachusetts houses one of the oldest and most treasured collections of Americana in the country. Come visit the gateway to Concord’s remarkable revolutionary and literary history.

2022 Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize Ceremony April 1

Join us at the Concord Museum on April 1st at 1:00 p.m. for the ceremony of the Massachusetts Historical Society’s 2022 Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize awarded to Robert A. Gross for his book The Transcendentalists and Their World, published in 2021 by Macmillan Publishers. The Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize is given to the best nonfiction work on the history of Massachusetts published during the preceding year.

The ceremony at the Concord Museum will feature Robert A. Gross in conversation with Dennis Fiori, former Concord Museum Executive Director and MHS President Emeritus.

Please register online in advance for this free event.

Museum Hours

Thursday to Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Be sure to experience Concord Museum’s new virtual exhibit! Click here to view the exhibit.

Explore his world as Thoreau experienced it. Explore our collection of items from Concord Museum in Thoreau’s World, a new virtual exhibit. Click here to view the exhibit.

Opening March 24th

In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th anniversary, the Concord Museum and the Library have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects will include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. Wyeth, May Alcott Nieriker, Charles Hovey Pepper, Alicia Keyes, and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, among other artists, as well as sculptures depicting noted Concord authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott.

The exhibition will also highlight Concord’s artist communities, local art collectors, the history of institutions promoting public access to works of art, and the stories of specific artists, including May Alcott Nieriker, Alicia Keyes, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, and others who have lived and worked in Concord.

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Featured Events

Mar 24

A Perpetual Invitation Opening Day

Concord Museum members and the public are invited to view the new special exhibition curated in collaboration with the Concord Free Public Library, A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library.

Mar 24

A Perpetual Invitation Gallery Tour with the Curators (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.)

Curators from the Concord Museum and the Concord Free Public Library lead guided tours of the new special exhibition A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. No advanced registration necessary.  Free with Museum admission.  Members visit free.

Mar 31

A Perpetual Invitation Gallery Tour with the Curators (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.)

Curators from the Concord Museum and the Concord Free Public Library lead guided tours of the new special exhibition A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. No advanced registration necessary.  Free with Museum admission.  Members visit free.

Apr 01

Massachusetts Historical Society Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize

Join us at the Concord Museum for the ceremony of the Massachusetts Historical Society’s 2022 Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize awarded to Robert A. Gross for his book The Transcendentalists and Their World, published in 2021 by Macmillan Publishers. The Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize is given to the best nonfiction work on…

Apr 06

43rd Annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture: Global Objects: A Conversation with Edward S. Cooke, Jr. and Suzanne Blier

Edward S. Cooke, Jr., renowned art historian of Yale University, is joined by Harvard University art historian Suzanne Blier in a conversation on Ned’s newest book Global Objects: Towards a Connected Art History. Global Objects examines a broad array of functional aesthetic objects that transcend geographic and temporal boundaries and challenge preconceived ideas about what…

Apr 17

Patriots’ Day Family Activities

Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visiting our drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. Free with Museum admission.  Members visit free.

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At the Center ofRevolution

The campaign for the concord museum

The Concord Museum stands at the center of the remarkable revolutionary legacy of Concord, Massachusetts. To realize the full potential of this extraordinary place, we are enhancing our facilities and sustaining our future to provide transformative experiences of history to new and broader audiences. While our vision has expanded, our mission remains the same: to show how a town shaped a nation and to make Concord’s past relevant to the present.

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Education at the Museum

Learn with us! Whether it is learning about the roots of American democracy, the power of independent thinking, preservation of the environment, or the intricacies of craftsmanship, the Concord Museum brings history into the lives of learners of all ages. Visit up close with the famed Revere Lantern, 1775, intricately carved colonial powder horns, Henry David Thoreau’s wooden flute, and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s study filled with his books.

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Boy dressed up as colonial drummer
Girls playing with sand
Group of kids posing
Hands on in the Monroe Gallery at Concord Museum
Kids learning woodoworking at the Concord Museum
Colonial period dressed woman spinning yarn
Girls having a tea party
Group reading of 'Where the Wild Things Are'