Adult Program
Events
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Concord’s Literary Lineage | History Happy Hour
FeaturedJoin us for an evening of society to celebrate the illustrious literary and transcendentalist history of Concord with wine, beer, and other beverages in the courtyard, followed by a tour of our singular Thoreau and Emerson collections. Your ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour, which begins at 7:15 pm. Co-sponsored by […]
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We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs
FeaturedAward-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs, an episodic project of Firelight’s playful reimagining of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound friendship set in today’s world. A late-night phone conversation between Ralph and Margaret takes the form of a radio play in which music, film, voice, and the hypnotic hum of a sleep […]
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Staff Picks from the Collection | History Happy Hour
FeaturedBeat the heat with wine, ice-cold beer, and other beverages in our courtyard, followed by a specially curated tour of staff favorites from the Concord Museum’s collection. From beloved hidden gems to iconic highlights, discover what makes these pieces stand out through the eyes of those who know them best. Your ticket includes drinks outside […]
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The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
FeaturedJoin us for an evening with Megan Kate Nelson as she explores the captivating lives of women and men moving through the American West—Indigenous peoples, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Canadian and Asian immigrants—in the nineteenth century. Her new book, The Westerners, tracks the attempts of many Americans to remove these individuals from history, through a frontier myth that lionized individualism and conquest and celebrated […]