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SUMMARY:Curator Spotlight Talk: Revolutionary Legacies 
DESCRIPTION:Join Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson and Curator David Wood for a gallery talk in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies.  \n\n\n\nFree with Museum admission. Members visit free.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/curator-spotlight-talk-revolutionary-legacies/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Spotlight Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T183000
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SUMMARY:Concord's Black History | History Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Juneteenth and explore Concord’s rich Black and Abolitionist histories through objects from the Museum’s collection. Learn about John Garrison (pictured here) who lived and worked in Concord in the 1800s and whose photograph is one of only two known images of early Concord African Americans. Co-sponsored by The Robbins House.   \nYour ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour\, which begins at 7:15 pm.  \nCo-sponsored by The Robbins House.  \n$15 Members | $25 Non-Members \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/concords-black-history-history-happy-hour/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T190000
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SUMMARY:From Concord and Lexington: New Perspective on the Revolution
DESCRIPTION:The Concord Museum\, in partnership with Lexington History Museums\, presents an engaging program highlighting new research and evolving interpretations from the communities at the center of the start of the American Revolution. This conversation brings together Curator David F. Wood\, whose work Eyewitness to Revolution draws from the Concord Museum’s renowned collection; Paul O’Shaughnessy\, President of Lexington History Museums whose institution recently published Revolutionary Stories; and Joel Bohy\, historian\, archaeologist\, and author of Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution.  \n\n\n\nAs part of the evening\, the Concord Museum will present the Robert A. Gross Award for Advancing Concord’s History to Joel Bohy in recognition of his lifetime of work of researching April 19\, 1775\, that has deepened understanding and ability to accurately interpret this event for institutions like the Concord Museum and Lexington History Museum\, and\, in turn\, the thousands of visitors and students we all serve.  \n\n\n\nIn partnership with Lexington History Museums.  \n\n\n\nMembers Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/from-concord-to-lexington-new-perspectives-on-the-revolution/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T183000
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DTSTAMP:20260507T141507Z
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SUMMARY:Goodwin Band: Then Rain\, Then Wind 
DESCRIPTION:Goodwin will be performing their third studio release: “Then Rain\, Then Wind.” Collaborating with poets across time and space\, this album brings aged yet ever salient words to a new generation. Setting the poetry of Emily Dickinson\, Rabindranath Tagore\, Charles Baudelaire\, Langston Hughes\, and Li Qinghzhao to music\, Goodwin has reached across the globe and through time to create a work that highlights the essential humanity that ties us all together. Join Michael\, vocalist Emily Campagna\, percussionist Yahuba Garcia\, violinist Anne Preis\, and cellist Celia Sieckert at the Concord Museum as they perform the album and discuss the unique process of bringing these songs to life. \n\n\n\n$15 Members | $25 Non-Members \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/goodwin-band-first-rain-then-wind/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T183000
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Legacies | History Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Museum’s special exhibition\, Revolutionary Legacies\, with a special guided tour following a festive happy hour of wine\, beer\, and light refreshments in the Museum’s courtyard. Reflect on the nation’s founding principles\, their continuous reinterpretation over the past 250 years\, and consider what they mean today through textiles\, ceramics\, and relics from the 19th century. \nOysters and shrimp cocktail are sponsored by Janine Olson\, Merrill a Bank of America Company \nYour ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour\, which begins at 7:15 pm.  \n$15 Members | $25 Non-Members \n  \n  \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/revolutionary-legacies-history-happy-hour/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T183000
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SUMMARY:FULL! Walt Whitman’s American Dream 
DESCRIPTION:As the country celebrates its 250th Anniversary\, enjoy a staged reading and discussion of the new play Walt Whitman’s American Dream by Sarah Vander Schaaff\, directed by Brendon Fox\, Artistic Director of the renowned Peterborough Players. A juicy biopic\, the play stirs the bigger questions still at the heart of our experience; the ensemble of characters includes Concord’s own\, Ralph Waldo Emerson. This is a rare chance to see this play as it makes its way across the country. In Partnership with Whitman Crossing and Peterborough Players.  \nThe staged reading will begin at 6:30pm. Please join us beginning at 6:00pm for a pre-show reception in the courtyard. Drinks at the reception are included with your ticket. \n$15 Members | $25 Non-Members \nThis program is full! Please join us at another program this summer.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/walt-whitmans-american-dream/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T133000
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SUMMARY:Liberty for Whom? Untold Stories of Revolutionary Massachusetts
DESCRIPTION:As Massachusetts and America mark 250 years since the Revolution\, join us for a panel that explores historically and presently the meaning of liberty. Featuring Joe McGill\, Jr. (Slave Dwelling Project)\, artist Jennifer Davis Carey (Redemption series\, a few pieces will be on view)\, and historian Lauren McCormack of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area (formerly of the Marblehead Museum\, where she led the restoration of Jeremiah Lee’s Brick Kitchen & Slave Quarters\, one of only three surviving detached slave quarters at a New England museum). Facilitated by Scarlett Hoey of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. \nA Massachusetts 250 program\, hosted by the Concord Museum in partnership with the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. Supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism. \nThis event is free to attend and registration is encouraged here.Thanks to the generosity of our hosts\, the Concord Museum galleries will be available to visit before or after the conversation for attendees. \n  \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/liberty-for-whom-untold-stories-of-revolutionary-massachusetts/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T200000
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SUMMARY:Concord's Literary Lineage | History Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join 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.  \nYour ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour\, which begins at 7:15 pm.  \nCo-sponsored by The Thoreau Alliance. \n$15 Members | $25 Non-Members \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/concords-literary-lineage-history-happy-hour/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T141707Z
CREATED:20260504T145938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T141707Z
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SUMMARY:We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs    
DESCRIPTION:Award-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 apnea machine lead the two friends into territory both more intimate and less certain than any they’ve experienced in each other’s presence. This episode will be followed by a talkback with Firelight’s actors and writers. \n\n\n\n$15 Members | $25 Non-Members \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/we-were-friends-to-bed-eggs/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T183000
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DTSTAMP:20260728T191456Z
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SUMMARY:Staff Picks from the Collection | History Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Beat 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. \nYour ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour\, which begins at 7:15 pm.  \n$15 Members | $25 Non-MembersSvenfish raw bar sponsored by Janine Olson\, Merrill a Bank of America Company. \n  \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/staff-picks-from-the-collection-history-happy-hour/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T200000
DTSTAMP:20260708T130544Z
CREATED:20260708T130542Z
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SUMMARY:The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 white settlers traveling west in search of prosperity. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free VirtualRegistration will open in August.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-westerners-mythmaking-and-belonging-on-the-american-frontier/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Forum
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