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  • Black Girls and Their Needlework in Early America

    11th Annual Sally Lanagan Lecture https://youtube.com/live/xnwa6HdHAUM?feature=share Dr. Kelli Racine Barnes joins us to discuss the lives and experiences of Black girls during the late 1700s and early 1800s in the northeastern United States by examining the needlework they created.  By using material culture as primary evidence, the needlework provides valuable clues about the lives of […]

  • Full! Flower Arranging Workshop

    This program is full. Please consider joining us at another event. Thank you! Join us for an evening of fun and flowers! Under the direction of floral designers Ellen Whitney and Jeanne Hamilton, learn the basics of floral designs.  Create your own centerpiece flower arrangement to take home at the end of the evening. $70 […]

  • The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Conversation with David Waldstreicher

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    “A radical new vision of the life and work of colonial America’s brilliant Black female poet” says the New York Times of David Waldstreicher’s new biography of Phillis Wheatley.  Marking the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wheatley’s collection of poetry, Professor Waldstreicher offers a fresh and full account of the poet’s life and works, […]

  • The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Conversation with John Sweet

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwoiAtFjCw Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History, John Sweet joins us to discuss his new book The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America.  On a moonless night in the summer of 1793, a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel, and […]

  • The Fête

    The Fête – Sold out!

    Join us on Friday, December 1st from 6:30-8:30 p.m. as the Concord Museum transforms into a dazzling holiday wonderland! The Fête is a chance to celebrate the season with fellow friends and supporters and features plenty of festive drinks and hors d’oeuvres to re-awaken your merry spirit. Enjoy sparkling lights, elegant displays and the magic […]

  • Fan Making Workshop

    Try your hand at fan making with an experienced teaching artist from the Umbrella Arts Center.  Visit the special exhibition What Makes History to see an exquisite sample of the Concord Museum’s vast collection of fans from around the world. Then, learn common fan making techniques and create your own fan to take home. The […]

  • Appraisal Day with Bonhams Skinner

      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 Bonhams Skinner appraisers Vice President and Director of Historic Arms & Militaria Christopher Fox, Senior […]

  • 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 weather and learn about the friendship of two notable observers of nature from a museum interpreter. 1-mile walk, mostly flat terrain, unpaved and muddy trail, […]

  • 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 first and most expansive pioneer families. The Bloods explored and laid claim to the frontiers—geographic, political, intellectual, and spiritual—that would become the very core of […]

  • 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 Fitchburg Art Museum. Ria joins us at the Museum for a conversation on their ongoing series entitled Butch Heroes. Through this revelatory project of historic […]

  • 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 a walking tour introducing participants to the Concord women and men who played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the years leading up […]

  • FULL! Juneteenth Family Program

    This program is full. Please consider attending another program with us this summer! Join us for a celebratory Juneteenth performance with Benkadi Drum and Dance Company. With vivid costumes and […]