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  • American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

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    Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence. Drawing on his scholarship on Frederick Douglass, Blight will explore how the ideals […]

  • This Land is Your Land

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    Historian Beverly Gage discusses This Land Is Your Land, a sweeping examination of American democracy, protest, and power. Drawing on vivid stories and deep research, Gage traces how struggles over rights, […]

  • Second Annual Paul Revere’s Bike Ride

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    Join us on a ride through the historic towns of Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford, and Carlisle on the second annual Paul Revere's Bike Ride for the Concord Museum. Starting at […]

  • Emerson-Thoreau Amble

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    Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring weather and learn about the friendship of two notable observers of […]

  • Old Hill Burial Ground Walking Tour 

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    Tour Old Hill Burial Ground and learn about the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Concord’s oldest cemetery. Visit the final resting place of some of the most well-known figures from […]

  • Concord’s Black History | History Happy Hour

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    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.   Your ticket includes drinks outside […]

  • Juneteenth Family Performance

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    Join us for a celebratory Juneteenth performance of the History of Hip Hop Dance from the acclaimed ensemble Illstyle and Peace Productions. Tracing hip hop dance styles from the late 70’s through today, this acclaimed ensemble teaches positive messages, including “Think It—Do It—Become It.” The performance celebrates the art and movement of hip hop and includes a […]

  • Antislavery Walking Tour 

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    Learn about the Concord's abolitionist movement, including the efforts of the Garrison family. Jack Garrison, pictured here, was a freedom seeker who lived in Concord in the 1800s and viewed the education of his free born children as a means of self-determination. 1.5+ mile walk on hilly, unpaved terrain. Co-sponsored by The Robbins House.  $15 […]

  • From Concord and Lexington: New Perspective on the Revolution

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    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 […]

  • Goodwin Band: Then Rain, Then Wind 

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    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 […]

  • A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord

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    Henry David Thoreau is known for the two years he spent living at Walden Pond.  Did you know that he lived in other homes in Concord throughout his life?  Take a tour of the domestic side of Thoreau’s wholly human life visiting the homes where he lived and hearing the stories told of him by family and friends.  $15 […]

  • Revolutionary Legacies | History Happy Hour

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    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.  Your ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour, which begins at […]