• Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter

    To participate in the question and answer session and chat with other viewers, please visit the Museum’s YouTube page. https://youtu.be/1VZ8yKTorn4 Kerri Greenidge, Director of American Studies at Tufts University, reestablishes William Monroe Trotter’s essential place in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. For more than thirty years, the Harvard-educated Trotter edited and published the […]

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin, Harold Holzer, and Ted Widmer on Abraham Lincoln

    https://youtu.be/SiHIKMymcSw         Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin, Harold Holzer, and Ted Widmer discuss the life and times of Abraham Lincoln prompted by Ted Widmer’s new book Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington which evokes the train journey from Springfield to Washington as Lincoln prepared to become the nation’s 16th president.  In a review […]

  • Memory Lands

    Due to the high winds and power outages in the area, the forum has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope you can join us tonight! To participate in the question and answer session and chat with other viewers, please visit the Museum’s YouTube page. […]

  • Family Performance with Larry Spotted Crow Mann

    https://youtu.be/ZyqRULXziE4 The Drum, which is the Heartbeat of Mother Earth holds a special place for Larry Spotted Crow Mann. Join us in the outdoor courtyard of the Rasmussen Education Center for a singing and Hand Drum performance from the award-winning performer, educator, and poet Larry Spotted Crow Mann. Mann is a citizen of the Nipmuc […]

  • Applying History to Present Challenges

    To participate in the chat and ask speakers questions, please visit the Museum's YouTube page. https://youtu.be/k1tChWV7hOU   As battles continue to rage over Confederate War monuments and with the future of American cities so uncertain, historical experience can help inform understanding and action. Join Harvard Professor and former Dean of the Radcliffe Institute Lizabeth Cohen […]

  • Postponed to November: April 19, 1775 Curator Gallery Talk

    Due to delays in the gallery opening, this event will now be held on Saturday, November 14 at 1:00 p.m. Please register here. Join us for a free virtual forum 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 […]

  • Sold Out! Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    This program is full.  We hope that you can join us for more programs this fall! 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 generations. This is an […]

  • Sold Out! Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    This program is full.  We hope that you can join us for more programs this fall! 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 generations. This is an […]

  • JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century 1917-1956

    To participate in the question and answer session and chat with other viewers, please visit the Museum’s YouTube page. https://youtu.be/3bwdd58buNY As part of the 2020 Concord Festival of Authors, the Concord Museum is pleased to present Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Fred Logevall, discussing his new biography, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 with […]

  • Cummings Davis Society Event: Muskets of the American Revolution

    Learn all about the muskets of the Concord Museum’s collection that were fired on the North Bridge on April 19, 1775 streamed from the Lisa H. Foote History Learning Center. Experts Joel Bohy, of Bruneau & Co., and the Concord Museum’s Curator, David Wood, explore the objects that played a part in the events of […]

  • A Soldier’s Kit

    https://youtu.be/JbYHQ0b4dao What did the Minutemen carry with them into battle in 1775? How do you change a flint and fire a musket? Muster with living Historian Nick Johnson in this virtual program to find out! Please note that this family program is virtual.  Participants will be emailed a link to watch the program live on […]

  • Concord: Laid in Stone

    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 […]