Adult Program
Events
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Full! Emerson-Thoreau Amble Walking Tour
This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program! Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring […]
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American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty that Shaped a Nation
https://youtube.com/live/XhThp1SDWo8?feature=share Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old farmhouse just north of Concord, historian John Kaag takes us on a multi-generational exploration of one of America’s […]
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Butch Heroes: A Conversation with Ria Brodell
This forum is postponed. Please keep an eye out for a new date. Ria Brodell is a non-binary trans artist, educator, and author with a current solo exhibition at the […]
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Antislavery Walking Tour
NEW TIME! Beat the heat with our 8:00 am walking tour. Sign up fast; only a couple of spaces are remaining. Coinciding with the celebration of Juneteenth, join us for […]
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An Evening with Tiya Miles on Harriet Tubman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxvSmNSWWo National Book Award–winning author Tiya Miles, joins 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner Jacqueline Jones for a revelatory conversation on the myth and the truth behind Harriet Tubman, one of the […]
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Full! A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord
A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord This program is full. Please join us for another program this summer. When we think of Henry David Thoreau, we picture him during the two […]
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Object Spotlight Talk: Vedic Texts
This talk will take place at 2:30pm in the Thoreau Gallery. An English traveler and writer, Thomas Cholmondeley (pronounced “chumly”), gifted Henry David Thoreau 44 volumes of sacred texts of India’s Vedic […]
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We Were Friends
Episode One: Two Years In: Birthdays Advanced ticket sales are now closed. Please purchase tickets at the door. Award-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends, a playful reimagining of Margaret […]
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Curator Spotlight Talk: What Makes History?
Take a deep dive into highlights from the special exhibition What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection with Concord Museum curator, David Wood. Rather than an extensive tour of […]
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Spotlight Talk – Looking for Phillis: Narratives of Enslavement in William Emerson’s High Chest
What might an ornate chest owned by Concord minister William Emerson tell us about Concord’s history of slavery? Edan Zinn, the Thomas Dugan Intern in Public History, follows the stories […]
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FULL! Grave Detectives Walking Tour
This program is full. Please join us for another program this summer! Tour the first burial ground in Concord dating to c. 1636 learning about past Concordians with a Museum […]
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250 Days to the 250th Community Day
Enjoy free admission and family activities as we begin the countdown to the 250th anniversary of April 19, 1775. While you are at the Museum, see the lantern that was […]