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  • Jenna Blum in conversation with Louisa May Alcott

            Kick-off the 27th Annual Concord Festival of Authors with New York Times bestselling novelist Jenna Blum in conversation with one of America’s most prolific writers, Louisa May Alcott.  The fiercely independent author of Little Women is portrayed by Director of Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House Jan Turnquist. Reception to follow. Jenna […]

  • Canton in Concord: Early American Engagement in China

    Curator Karina H. Corrigan will speak about the thriving and cosmopolitan Chinese port city of Guangzhou. Known to foreign merchants as Canton, Guangzhou was the only port in China open to foreign trade for over 100 years. Imported luxury goods such as tea, silk, porcelain and lacquer from Guangzhou had a profound impact on people's […]

  • SOLD OUT! Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    SOLD OUT! Thank you for your interest in our programs.  We hope you can join us for more upcoming events! Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the […]

  • SOLD OUT! Join the waitlist: 7th Annual Sally Lanagan Lecture

    The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America SOLD OUT! Please join the waitlist by completing the form at the bottom of the page.  We will inform you if any space becomes available for the lecture. Thank you. A prize-winning historian provides the missing piece in the story of America's founding, introducing us […]

  • Untold Stories: Why They Marched with Susan Ware and Ellen Fitzpatrick

    For far too long, the history of how American women won the right to vote has been told as the tale of a few iconic leaders, all white and native-born. Join us for a conversation with Susan Ware, Honorary Women's Suffrage Historian at Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library, and historian Ellen Fitzpatrick as they uncover a much […]

  • Silhouette Portrait Taking

    Silhouette artist Jean Comerford cuts delightful heirloom-quality portraits that make a wonderful gift. Children six months and up and adults of all ages are welcome. Appointments are available from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday; sittings are ten minutes. $37/profile; $15 additional copies; frames and mats available for sale on the day […]

  • Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution through Painters’ Eyes

    Boston was the artistic capital of eighteen-century America.  Join Dr. Paul Staiti, Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Foundation Professor, for a forum that sets the city’s key artists against the backdrop of revolutionary events.  In particular, look at the achievements of John Singleton Copley, known as the colonies’ supreme artist. Dr. Paul Staiti is the Alumnae […]

  • The Fête

    Enjoy an elegant and festive winter wonderland evening at the newly renovated Concord Museum with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the 24th annual display of Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature. This year's Fête is organized by the Concord Museum’s Guild of Volunteers Co-Chairs Michelle McArdle and Gail Hire and helps support the Museum’s […]

  • 9th Annual Holiday House Tour

    The Museum is thrilled to host the 9th Annual Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 7, 2019. Celebrate the Holiday Season with a tour of seven of Concord's most beautiful private homes, professionally and personally decorated in the holiday spirit by local interior designers!   We hope to see you on the Tour! Enjoy a unique holiday […]

  • Skinner Appraisal Day

    Do you have a family heirloom passed down through generations?  Maybe a great yard sale item or flea market find that might be a treasure? Would you like to know what it is worth?  Bring your special items to the Skinner Appraisal Day at the Concord Museum for a verbal appraisal. Christopher Fox, Associate Deputy […]

  • WAITLIST A Tribute to Jenny Phillips

    Jenny Phillips, a longtime resident of Concord, was an award-winning filmmaker who produced several documentaries focused on prisons and criminal justice reform.  This forum will include clips from Jenny’s films and a conversation with those who knew her and the genesis of her work including her husband, Frank Phillips; her filmmaking partner, Bestor Cram; Di Clymer, […]

  • Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home

    “BOY LOST,” read the advertisement placed in a newspaper by the father of one of the five free boys kidnapped in Philadelphia in 1825.  Join us for a forum about the gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South—and their daring attempt […]