https://youtu.be/mTXAEo-0A28 Join us for a free virtual forum from the comfort of your home! Join Geologist and New England's foremost expert on stone walls, Robert Thorson, in a conversation on the fascinating history of Concord's signature, but often forgotten, landform - stone walls. Thorson uncovers why New England is uniquely situated to be the quintessential […]

Due to new restrictions around the Coronavirus pandemic, this program has been postponed to January 2021.  Please keep an eye out for a new date and registration page.  Thank you! Lawrence Powers has owned and operated Powers Gallery since 1982 after taking the business over from his father. Learn the ins and outs of fine […]

https://youtu.be/x0k5GAr3ZNs Board of Governors, Trustees, the Lantern Society, and Museum Members are invited to celebrate the opening of the new April 19, 1775 galleries.  The event will feature words from Ralph Earle, President of the Museum's Board of Governors and a sneak peek of the galleries before you visit them in-person. This event is open […]

https://youtu.be/fana3gsCeFs Born on Thoreau Farm in 1926, Joe Wheeler went on to help farmers and others across the world. His idealism was forged in Concord during the Depression and World War II. Motivated to help build a war-free, prosperous world, he spent most of his life abroad assisting others through the U.S. Agency for International […]

https://youtu.be/ePlRaWcrq1c Join us for a virtual gallery talk from the comfort of your home! Curator David Wood and Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Associate Erica Lome introduce visitors to the newly opened permanent galleries that unveil first-person narratives of the events of April 19, 1775 that started an 8-year war for independence. The objects in the […]

In her new book, 1774: The Long Year of Revolution, Cornell historian Mary Beth Norton chronicles the revolutionary change that occurred from December 1773 to April 1775 – from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.  During those sixteen months, the term “Loyalist” was first coined […]

https://youtu.be/c3_7ymk4kKY Join us for a free virtual forum from the comfort of your home! Henry Adams, Professor of American Art at Case Western Reserve University and descendant of John Adams, joins us for a conversation on his former teacher and mentor, Loring W. Coleman. In reflecting on Coleman’s work, Adams addresses that “Coleman was inspired […]