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SUMMARY:Transformed by Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join Curator talks at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on October 3. Free with admission.  \nWhile Concord’s role in the start of the American Revolution is widely recognized\, less well known are the continued experiences of disruption and turmoil in Concord throughout the war. What was it like to be part of this war-time community? Who participated in this fight for Independence and what did freedom and Independence mean to different people? When the war ended\, how did local communities develop as part of a fragile new nation?  \nThrough eyewitness historical objects\, artworks\, and documents\, Transformed by Revolution explores what it was like to be part of this war-time community that hosted Harvard College and became a hub of military supplies for the army in Boston. The exhibition also considers who participated in this fight for Independence and the meanings of freedom for women\, the Black community\, and sovereign Indigenous nations. These stories are traced through the end of the war and into the years of the early Republic to explore shifting ideas about community\, belonging\, and what it meant to be part of the new nation.   \nVisitors will see: \n\nA rarely exhibited portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (which inspired the image on the $100 bill)\, the most accurate timepiece in America in the 1760s\, and a portrait painted by John Singleton Copley of Harvard Professor John Winthrop that illustrate how the war-time relocation of Harvard College to Concord (1775-1776) briefly connected the small town to the most cutting-edge science in the world.\nA story quilt entitled  Cumming A Freeman by contemporary artist Sharon Chandler\, a fragment of the North Bridge\, and a military camp stool captured at Saratoga will invite visitors to consider the development of a free Black community in Concord.\nHistoric clothing\, furniture\, and domestic objects illuminate the experiences of women and community building in the new Republic.\nA musket\, an engraved powder horn\, and original documents that illustrate how Concord served as a military hub\, supplying the 15-20\,000 soldiers surrounding the British Army trapped in Boston. \n\n\n\nPlan your visit.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Objects\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages:Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis\, 1778.  Private Collection. \n\n\n\nStockings\, unknown maker\, New England\, 18th century. Concord Museum Collection; Per2111.1-.2. \n\n\n\nB. Cuming a Freeman by Sharon Chandler\, Groton\, Massachusetts\, 2025\, Collection of the Artist. Copyright Sharon Chandler\, image courtesy of the Concord Museum. \n\n\n\nDoll\, unknown maker\, England\, 1770-1805. Concord Museum Collection; Per1168. \n\n\n\nEmbroidered Gown\, unknown maker\, India and America\, 1798-1805. Concord Museum Collection; Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Hosmer Friedman; Cos64.14.  Image courtesy of the Concord Museum. \n\n\n\nCamp Stool\, Unknown Maker\, England\, 1765-1770. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; F2075. \n\n\n\nWine Bottle of Henry Caner\, England\, 1749. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; G179. \n\n\n\nBeam End from the North Bridge\, Concord\, MA\, 1760-1776. Concord Museum\, Gift of Hon. John S. Keyes; M411. \n\n\n\nCouch\, attributed to Joseph Hosmer\, Concord\, MA\, about 1765. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Caroline Dinsmore; 2015.8. \n\n\n\nPowder Horn of Reuben Hosmer\, New Hampshire\, May 1775. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Mrs. Edward Motley; A2003.1. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is made possible\, in part\, by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Decorative Arts Trust; the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism; the Americana Foundation; the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area\, and the ‘Quin House Impact Fund. Supported by WBUR.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/transformed-by-revolution/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Whose Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Whose Revolution\n\n\n\n\nJoin Curator talks at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on March 28 \nTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution\, the Concord Museum is proud to share the new special exhibition\, Whose Revolution. \nOpening March 28\, Whose Revolution offers a fresh\, inclusive perspective on this pivotal moment in American history\, centering the experiences of women\, Indigenous communities\, and free and enslaved Black people who grappled with the meaning of revolution in their own lives. Through a rich array of objects\, from paintings\, prints\, and political cartoons to historic clothing\, textiles\, furniture\, and ceramics\, as well as film and multimedia installations\, Whose Revolution provides a vivid and tangible sense of what it was like to live through this dramatic period of mounting tension and crisis and the significance of this history today.      \nFeatured objects include a lavish British Spitalfields silk gown and other historic textiles illuminating the experiences of women and children\, a media installation exploring the lives of free and enslaved Black people in Concord\, a new commissioned wampum choker by Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag)\, and a film with Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett) reflecting on the meaning of the American Revolution within Indigenous communities in Massachusetts. Whose Revolution will also feature portraits by John Singleton Copley\, a first printing of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects\, ceramics\, and prints\, on loan for the special exhibition.  \n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages:Gown\, Massachusetts and England\, 1760s-1770s. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Mrs. Mary Adelaide Sargent Poor; Cos40.16.Embroidered Pocket\, Concord\, Ma.\, 18th century. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Susan Rimbey; 2023.28.1.Twivel\, England or America\, 18th century. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; H2055.Elizabeth James-Perry\, Aquinnah Wampanoag Culture Bearer and Artist\, Courtesy of the Concord Museum; 2024.1.1.Teapot\, Josiah Wedgwood\, Staffordshire\, England\, 1750-1760. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Mr. Russell H. Kettell; C1383. \n\n\n\nEleazer Brooks by Benjamin Blythe\, Salem\, Ma\, 1774. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of George and Lisa Foote\, Candace Brooks Carr\, and anonymous donor; 2005.1. \n\n\n\nMary Jones Coat of Arms Needlework\, Boston\, Ma\, 1760-1770. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; T900. \n\n\n\nA View of the Town of Concord\, April 19\, 1775 after Amos Doolittle View of the Center of Concord Plate\, Timothy Martin Minot\, Massachusetts\, about 1825. Concord Museum Collection\, Bequest of Mrs. Stedman Buttrick\, Sr.; Pi414. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is made possible\, in part\, by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Decorative Arts Trust; the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism; the Americana Foundation; the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area\, and the ‘Quin House Impact Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/whose-revolution/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Portrait Mode
DESCRIPTION:“A new show at the Concord Museum takes portraiture to unexpected places.” — The Boston Globe\n\n\n\nPortrait Mode\n\n\n\n\nPortrait Mode offers an intimate look at over 40 historical portraits from the Concord Museum collection\, highlighting poignant stories of representation and absence and inviting us to consider whose faces become a part of history.   \nDuring the nineteenth century\, new forms of technology such as silhouettes and photographs made it possible to create inexpensive portraits. From the tiny photographs preserved in lockets and tintype albums to silhouettes and oil paintings\, this special exhibition offers powerful glimpses of how portraits were used as tools of memory-making; how information has been lost over time; and how portraits served as a tool of self-fashioning and making an individual life visible.   \nFeatured objects include a rare carte de visite photograph of Jack Garrison\, a free African American man who contributed to Concord’s community and antislavery movement in the mid-nineteenth century; a mysterious oil painting misidentified as Henry David Thoreau in the early twentieth century; and evocative portraits of unidentified subjects\, including ambrotypes\, cabinet cards\, and photograph albums.  \nOn view in Gross Family Gallery at the Concord Museum\, Portrait Mode explores how we can understand the role of portraits in documenting individual lives\, the many missing faces from our history\, and how we might continue to imagine and represent their experiences.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages:Jack Garrison\, Horton\, Boston\, MA\, mid-19th century.  Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Mrs. Olive Brooks Banks; Pi1120a.Miss Elisha [Alicia] Keyes\, Boston\, Ma\, late 19th century.  Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Katherine E. Drier; 1994.55.28. \n\n\n\nUnknown Portrait\, 19th century. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Members of the Concord Antiquarian Society; Th42. Civil War Soldiers\, mid-19th century.  Concord Museum Collection; Pi1166.1aa. 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/portrait-mode/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nummeehquantamūmun
DESCRIPTION:Nummeehquantamūmun \n\n\n\n\n\nnia holley\, Nipmuc\, is reintroducing corn in the Museum’s interior courtyard as a process to reawaken the mortar and return corn to this place. This mortar is one of many mortars held by the Concord Museum that have been used for a variety of purposes by Indigenous communities\, including processing food\, medicines\, and pigments. \nThrough the planting of corn\, Nummeehquantamūmun evokes a complex and multilayered process of remembering that includes the corn\, the mortar\, and all of us bearing witness.  \nIn collaboration with nia holley\, the Museum will be adding interpretive labels about the project in the interior courtyard later this summer. The Museum will also hold a public program with her in the fall to discuss the installation and process\, as well as to promote conversations around topics relating to memory\, food\, and relationships. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: nia holley is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is deeply influenced by what survival and healing look like within Black and Indigenous communities. Her work ranges from printmaking\, ceramics\, metalsmithing\, and traditional arts to bringing tribal communities together around food justice\, agroecology\, land\, and history. She strives to cultivate relationships across tribal borders to rebuild a more inclusive and historical process of kinship and survival. She has actively engaged with Indigenous-led grassroots organizations as an outreach and project coordinator and has participated in Nipmuc programs since before she could walk and talk. nia is a co-founder of the Eastern Woodlands Rematriation collective.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/nummeehquantamumun/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection
DESCRIPTION:What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection\n\n\n\n\nThe things we keep matter for the stories we tell. What objects do we choose to preserve\, and who is able to collect them? Why were they once valued\, and how can we continue to see them in new ways? \nThis special exhibition explores what it means to make history through object collecting\, preservation\, and storytelling. Visitors will see a variety of collections from the Museum’s holdings\, offering the rare opportunity to look closely at several kinds of a particular item. By displaying these eclectic collections together\, What Makes History encourages visitors to think about how and why these objects were saved so that we might view them decades and even centuries later. \nHighlights include a sampling of the Museum’s vast collection of fans from around the world\, beautifully painted fireplace bellows produced by free Black workers in Acton\, MA\, in the 19th century\, as well as chairs\, textiles\, card cases\, and timepieces. Many of these objects have never before been on view. \nWe invite you to come look closely at these remarkable items\, join us as we ask new questions\, and consider how we can continue to expand what makes history together. \nSupported by WBUR. \nBellow Tops\, Davis Bellows Factory\, mid-1840s\, Acton\, Ma. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Lawrence Sorli; 2022.1.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/what-makes-history-new-stories-from-the-collection/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread
DESCRIPTION:Our current special exhibition\, Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread\, highlights needlework produced by young women in New England and specifically the extraordinary collection of samplers at the Concord Museum. Featuring 30 samplers sewn in the early 1700s to mid-1800s\, Interwoven explores how young women created records of their own lives and experiences\, written in thread. \nThe exhibition explores the history of needlework and embroidery\, its importance as an art form\, and its significance to women in the 18th and 19th centuries. Intended to showcase young women’s accomplishments\, the samplers also communicate details of their lives and education\, their communities\, and their families. The exhibition provides a unique view into their private lives. For most of these young women\, their samplers are the only objects that survive from their lives. Many of the samplers have never been displayed before. \nLearn about the education of privileged young women in the early republic and understand how wealth and enslaved labor enabled them to pursue decorative arts. Explore the materials used in constructing samplers\, such as linens\, dyes and silk\, and how and where these materials were produced. View samplers that demonstrate how women recorded family history and the loss of loved ones through needlework. Understand how they incorporated the importance of community and a strong sense of place in their samplers. \nThe gallery includes areas for hands-on and interactive activities. Exhibition programs connect the history of samplers to contemporary work through visiting artists\, demonstrations\, workshops\, and more. \nImage credit: Detail of Sampler by Phebe Bliss\, 1749. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Mrs. Richard D. Boyer; T18. \n  \nThank you to the following Corporate Sponsors for their exhibition support: \n \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/interwoven/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library
DESCRIPTION:In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th Anniversary\, the Concord Museum\, the Concord Free Public Library\, and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation’s William Munroe Special Collections have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects include paintings by Washington Allston\, N.C. Wyeth\, May Alcott Nieriker\, Charles Hovey Pepper\, Alicia Keyes\, and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts\, among other artists\, as well as sculptures depicting noted Concord authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne\, Henry David Thoreau\, and Louisa May Alcott. \n\n\n\nWhen establishing the Library in 1873\, founder William Munroe envisioned a combined library and art gallery\, with the goal of creating a public space where Concord residents could experience art and culture. Munroe aimed to offer artists\, donors\, and visitors a “perpetual invitation” to explore and expand the Library’s art collection. The original architectural plans for the Main Library included an art museum annex but the space was never built. This exhibition is a unique opportunity for the public to view the Library’s collection in a single gallery space. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition also highlights Concord’s artist communities\, local art collectors\, the history of institutions promoting public access to works of art\, and the stories of specific artists who have lived and worked in Concord. \n\n\n\nA variety of public programs exploring Concord’s art and history will be presented at both the Museum and the Concord Free Public Library. See the Calendar for program information. \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Talks with the Curators from the Concord Free Public Library Corporation’s William Munroe Special Collections on Friday\, June 16\, at 12 p.m.\, Friday\, July 14\, at 12 p.m.\, and Friday\, August 18\, at 12 p.m. \n\n\n\nA Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library will be on view at the Concord Museum through September 4\, 2023.Image: Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts\, Church at Annisquam. Courtesy William Munroe Special Collections\, Concord Free Public Library Corporation. Photographic image © 2020 James E. Coutré. \n\n\n\nThank you to the following Corporate Sponsors for their exhibition support:
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/a-perpetual-invitation/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated
DESCRIPTION:Last Chance: Closing Day is Sunday\, February 26\n“‘The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated\,’ at the Concord Museum\, observes the centennial of an American temple of democracy.” — Boston Globe\nOne of the most revered and visited sites in Washington\, D.C. and in the nation\, the Lincoln Memorial is now a century old. Dedicated on May 30\, 1922\, it was designed by architect Henry Bacon and Concord sculptor Daniel Chester French\, and it has served as a gathering place for some of the most significant and symbolic events of the past one hundred years. It has come to represent the nation’s hopes and challenges\, providing an iconic backdrop for civic expression relating to democracy and human rights. \nTo celebrate its centennial\, this exhibition explores the planning and construction of the Lincoln Memorial through illustrations\, sculpture\, archival materials\, and ephemera\, and it traces its role as a symbolic site in illustrations\, political cartoons\, and popular culture. The exhibition features works by numerous artists from the past century\, including Norman Rockwell\, Daniel Chester French\, Henry Bacon\, Tony Bennett\, Istvan Banyai\, and others. \n  \n \n  \nThe Lincoln Memorial Illustrated is a collaboration of the Norman Rockwell Museum and Chesterwood. It will be on view at the Concord Museum from September 30\, 2022-February 26\, 2023. \nImage: Istvan Banyai Set in Stone\, 2008 Illustration for Set in Stone: Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Memory by Thomas Mallon\, The New Yorker\, October 13\, 2008. \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-lincoln-memorial-illustrated/
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SUMMARY:Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord
DESCRIPTION:The Concord Museum is collaborating with Mass Audubon to present a special exhibition\, Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord\, open March 4\, 2022. William Brewster (1851-1919) was Mass Audubon’s first President. He dedicated over thirty years of his life to the study of birds in Concord at his property\, which he called October Farm. Drawn to Concord for its natural beauty and abundant bird life\, Brewster made October Farm into an experimental field laboratory and documented its wildlife for scientific study and public enlightenment. His rich observations and analysis of the local landscape included a concern for environmental changes caused by humans. Brewster was one of the country’s earliest advocates for the protection of birds and the conservation of their habitats. In 2019\, Mass Audubon received a 143-acre parcel of land which was once part of October Farm\, which has been renamed Brewster’s Woods Wildlife Sanctuary.  \n  \nThis exhibition explores William Brewster’s life and legacy in Concord\, featuring paintings and sculpture from the Museum of American Bird Art and ornithological artifacts from the Concord Museum\, Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology\, and the Chesterwood Archives at Williams College. \n  \n Image: Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927)\, Bird Chart Number Four\, 1916\, Watercolor on paper\, Mass Audubon Collection\, 1916 \n  \n \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/alive-with-birds-william-brewster-in-concord/
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SUMMARY:HOME: Paintings by Loring W. Coleman
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn 2017\, the Concord Museum was honored to receive an anonymous gift of 47 works of art by Loring Wilkins Coleman (1918-2015)\, a notable painter of New England landscapes. The exhibition celebrated the work of this accomplished artist who had a strong Concord connection and who explored a changing New England with a sense of wonder and authenticity.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/home-paintings-by-loring-w-coleman/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211107T000000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20220609T192949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T200506Z
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SUMMARY:Every Path Laid Open: Women of Concord and the Quest for Equality
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn 1845\, feminist Margaret Fuller described the ultimate goal of women’s suffrage: “We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man.” Spoken seventy-five years before American women had the legal right to vote in national elections\, Fuller’s rallying cry inspired a movement for women’s equality that continues today. \nIn Concord\, Massachusetts\, generations of women – some famous and some almost invisible – fought for their right to work and live how they pleased\, often in defiance of tradition and propriety. They campaigned\, organized\, and advocated to expand their liberties and the liberties of others. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment\, this exhibition celebrated their remarkable achievements. \nRecognizing the progress that has been made in empowering women to take “every path\,” the exhibition also celebrated today’s women of Concord— from educators to entrepreneurs\, firefighters to farmers\, and artists to activists— through a special media component in the exhibition. While not meant to be comprehensive\, the variety of these women’s endeavors and the vision\, passion\, and courage with which they have pursued them convey the benefits and enrichments of women’s expanded opportunities as envisioned by Margaret Fuller over 150 years ago. \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/every-path-laid-open-women-of-concord-and-the-quest-for-equality/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20220609T200613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T202427Z
UID:10000342-1604649600-1612112400@concordmuseum.org
SUMMARY:HOME: Paintings by Loring W. Coleman
DESCRIPTION:In 2017\, the Concord Museum was honored to receive an anonymous gift of 47 works of art by Loring Wilkins Coleman (1918-2015)\, a notable painter of New England landscapes. The exhibition celebrated the work of this accomplished artist who had a strong Concord connection and who explored a changing New England with a sense of wonder and authenticity.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/home-paintings-by-loring-w-coleman-2/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200214T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20220609T191250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T204805Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere and His Ride
DESCRIPTION:  \nDrawing on the American Antiquarian Society’s unparalleled collection\, as well as loans from other collections\, Beyond Midnight revealed the man behind the legend\, bringing to life Revere’s creative spirit\, tremendous capacity to adapt to changing times\, and his lasting impact on the social\, economic\, and political life in America. Organized by the American Antiquarian Society\, the exhibition opened at the New-York Historical Society and was then jointly presented at the Concord Museum and the Worcester Art Museum. \n  \nBeyond Midnight featured objects connected to the events of 1775 including – and especially – the Concord Museum’s famed lantern ordered hung as a signal by Revere himself. Additional highlights of the exhibition in Concord included the 1922 painting\, Paul Revere\, by renowned American artist N.C. Wyeth; a printer’s manuscript of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”; the 1775 deposition of Paul Revere; a manuscript transcription of Emerson’s famed “Concord Hymn”; and an impressive silver tea service made by Revere. \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/beyond-midnight-paul-revere-and-his-ride/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200113
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20190308T220832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T210243Z
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SUMMARY:Concord Collects
DESCRIPTION:Concord Collects featured twenty remarkable works of art from four Concord private collections being displayed together for the first time. These collections have been formed thoughtfully over decades by an equally remarkable group of collectors whose broad-ranging interests come into sharp focus with each selection made. \n  \nAs a complement to this exhibition in the Wallace Kane Gallery\, an adjacent gallery–the Gross Family Gallery–showcased some of the most outstanding clocks\, furniture\, needlework\, silver\, and other items that the Concord Museum has collected in the recent past\, including in many instances the finest known examples of each of those media. \n  \nConcord Collects was the first exhibition presented in the Museum following the construction of the Anna and Neil Rasmussen Education Center and renovations to the Gund and Little buildings. \n 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/concord-collects/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191001
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20220330T200151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T212733Z
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SUMMARY:Highlights of the Concord Museum
DESCRIPTION:  \nDuring the period of time when the Concord Museum’s galleries were undergoing renovations to address infrastructure needs and provide visitors with an improved Museum Experience\, the treasured historical objects that are the highlights of the Museum’s renowned collection remained on view for visitors in the new Rasmussen Education Center. Over 100 objects\, including Native tools from 10\,000 years ago\, the famed 1775 lantern from the night of Paul Revere’s ride\, and the desk on which Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden\, were exhibited in six different spaces to members and the general public.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/highlights-of-the-concord-museum/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180531T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180531T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20180404T202905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T213412Z
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SUMMARY:Fresh Goods Lecture Series: Shift\, Stays\, and Pannier
DESCRIPTION:Shift\, Stays\, and Pannier \nAs part of the Fresh Goods lecture series\,  join historians and living history interpreters Linda Greene and Michele Gabrielson for an in-depth look at how women got dressed every day in the 1700s. They will explore the “ins” and “outs” of a typical 18th century woman’s dress from a common\, lower to middling class status to an upper class persona. Each layer of clothing will be discussed with a focus on fabric\, style and purpose. Perfect for anyone interested in colonial era costume or the lives of women in the 18th century! \nMuseum members free\, Non-members $5. Register online\, or call (978)369-9763\, x216. \nLinda Greene has a long interest in ladies’ tailoring and has attended and led many workshops on the study and construction of 18th century clothing. She enjoys hand-stitching colonial clothing for herself and her family\, who have been heavily involved with re-enacting as members of Col. Bailey’s 2nd MA Regiment for the past twelve years. Linda is the Living History Program Manager at the Old North Church\, Boston\, MA. She is also a major contributor to The Hearth and Home of Mrs. Newark Jackson\, Old North’s blog on all things chocolate and colonial. \nMichele Gabrielson is a U.S. history teacher and frequently uses living history techniques in the classroom to bring the subject material alive for her middle school students. Michele is also a member of two reenacting groups: Col. Bailey’s 2nd Massachusetts Regiment and Claus’ Rangers. For the past five summers\, she apprenticed under Gary Gregory at the Printing Office of Edes & Gill and specialized in documenting women printers of the 18th century. Her desire in portraying the lives of 18th century women as accurately as possible has led to her participation in workshops and lectures across New England\, New York\, and Virginia in order to learn period-correct construction techniques of the garments of the time
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/fresh-goods-lecture-series-shift-stays-pannier/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180512T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180512T143000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20180404T202055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T213437Z
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SUMMARY:"Fresh Goods" Gallery Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a closer look at Fresh Goods: Shopping for Clothing in a New England Town\, 1750-1900.  \nFree with Museum admission\, members free.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/fresh-goods-gallery-talk/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180510T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180510T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20180404T162005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T213446Z
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SUMMARY:Fresh Goods Lecture Series: Transgressing the Color Line
DESCRIPTION:Transgressing the Color Line: Depictions of Free Blacks in the Popular Press \nAs part of the Fresh Goods Lecture Series\, join writer and historian Jonathan Michael Square as he analyzes images of free Africans Americans in New York City\, Philadelphia\, and Boston that appeared in the popular press. Specifically\, a series of cartoons published in the early nineteenth century used to arouse Northern anti-black fears that free blacks might be threatening the racial\, sexual\, and class hierarchies. Fashion will be the central analytic as free blacks were often depicted as dandified buffoons. He will show how the overly fashioned bodies of the free blacks in northern metropolises transgressed and threatened the\, until then\, established slavocratic order. In partnership with the Robbins House. \nMuseum members free\, Non-members $5. Register online\, or call (978)369-9763\, x216. \n \nJonathan is a writer and historian specializing in Afro-Diasporic fashion and visual culture. He currently teaches at Harvard University\, where his work explores the intersection of fashion and slavery in the African Diaspora — an outgrowth of his academic training at Cornell University\, University of Texas at Austin\, and New York University.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/fresh-goods-lecture-series-transgressing-color-line/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180503T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180503T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20180404T161807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T213449Z
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SUMMARY:Fresh Goods Lecture Series - The Indigenous Look
DESCRIPTION:The Indigenous Look: attire in 18th century Massachusetts \nAs part of our Fresh Goods exhibition lecture series\, Aquinnah Wampanoag artist and designer Elizabeth James-Perry will discuss the period from 1750 -1900 in terms of Indigenous Massachusetts attire and jewelry. \nWhile preferences often continued for use of soft smoked deerskin\, elk and textured moose for clothing and sturdy footwear\, along with a variety of furs and indigenous textiles\, decreasing availability of some materials – especially in the 18th century – led to interesting combinations and substitutions of Native and Euro-American styles and materials. \nMuseum members free\, Non-members $5. Register online\, or call (978)369-9763\, x216. \n \nElizabeth James-Perry is a citizen of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head-Aquinnah\, whose community is located near the richly colored clay cliffs of Noepe (Martha’s Vineyard). Elizabeth is a contemporary and traditional artist taught by family members including the late Helen Attaquin and Nanepashemut\, and through her own museum research here and abroad. Elizabeth creates Eastern Woodlands clothing and accessories directly informed by her seventeenth and eighteenth century Wampanoag ancestors\, and will bring examples of her work\, which has been exhibited nationally.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/fresh-goods-lecture-series-indigenous-look/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180709
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171018T232435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T213514Z
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SUMMARY:Fresh Goods: Shopping for Clothing in Concord\, 1750-1900
DESCRIPTION:How do you shop for clothes? Do you go to a department store at the mall\, buy online or through mail order catalogues\, shop locally at specialty shops\, or frequent consignment shops? How did Concordians in the 18th and 19th centuries acquire their clothes? Who were the style-setters? \nAs part of the state-wide MASS Fashion collaborative project\, Fresh Goods\, a past exhibition at the Concord Museum\, examined these questions about the sources and context of small-town Massachusetts fashion and document answers by drawing on the Museum’s extensive historic clothing\, textile\, and decorative arts collection\, as well as probate inventories\, account books\, advertisements\, photographs\, and letters and diaries of the period. \nClothing conveys information about the wearer’s gender\, age\, rank\, and wealth\, as well as clues about subtler categories\, such as taste\, education\, marital status\, and aspiration. Through twenty evocative documented outfits\, the exhibition considered the shopping habits of Concordians in the 18th and 19th centuries. Included in the exhibition were pieces made at home with fabric purchased at shops on Concord’s main street\, or made at the local workplaces of seamstresses\, tailors\, and milliners; or purchased in Boston\, New York\, London\, or Paris. Through close looking at these rare and rarely-displayed artifacts\, visitors were encouraged to compare their own conventions for consuming clothing to people’s practices in the past. \nThe accessories and services available through the 18th and 19th-century shops on Concord’s Milldam (the main street of the town)\, including mantua (dress) makers\, tailors\, hatters\, and boot and shoe makers\, was also explored. In addition\, visitors were able to virtually “shop” the Museum’s historic clothing collection through a specially designed interactive experience that utilized an online shopping platform. \nThe title\, Fresh Goods\, is taken from a November 1816 newspaper ad for the Concord shop of Josiah Davis announcing the sale of fabrics such as figured flannels\, crimson bombazettes\, and white and black cambricks. The exhibition was accompanied by a broad range of engaging public programs for both adults and children.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/fresh-goods-shopping-for-clothing-in-concord-1750-1900/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180122
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20170503T170646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214152Z
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SUMMARY:This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal
DESCRIPTION:The bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth culminated with the opening of the most comprehensive exhibition ever created about one of the world’s most original writers and thinkers. This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal brought together remarkable holdings from the world’s two most significant Thoreau collections: journals\, manuscripts\, letters\, books\, and field notes from the Morgan Library & Museum; and\, from the Concord Museum\, unique personal items which included the simple green desk on which Thoreau wrote Walden and “Civil Disobedience.” \nThe exhibit featured nearly one hundred items and united for the first time the only two photographs for which Thoreau sat during his lifetime. The show centered on the journal Thoreau kept throughout his life and its importance in understanding the essential Thoreau. More than twenty of Thoreau’s journal notebooks were shown along with letters and manuscripts\, books from his library\, pressed plants from his herbarium\, and important personal artifacts like his walking stick. \nMargaret Burke\, Executive Director of the Concord Museum\, explained\, “Fresh from its extraordinary success at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum\, This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal is one of the most important exhibits the Concord Museum has had the privilege to present. We are excited to reunite – in his hometown – Henry David Thoreau’s personal items and journals. Nearly two centuries after Thoreau’s birth\, we are just beginning to appreciate the enormous impact he has had on our culture\, our thinking\, and our appreciation of our world. We are proud to share those insights with the people of Concord and with admirers from around the world.” \nThroughout 2017\, Concord celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of writer and thinker Henry Thoreau (1817-1862). The Concord Museum\, along with program partners\, developed a year-long initiative\, “Be Thoreau\,” which encouraged us to explore the writer’s work from a historical and contemporary perspective. \nEvery private journal tells the story of self. For his entire adult life\, Thoreau filled notebook after notebook with his observations and reflections\, strong in the belief that a closely examined life would yield infinite riches. His journal was his everyday companion\, an essential tool for a mindful existence\, and grist for Walden. The exhibition took Thoreau’s manuscript journal as a point of departure to introduce the many facets of this extraordinary man  – the student\, reader\, writer\, worker\, thinker\, Concord neighbor\, and above all\, keen observer of the inner and outer world. It revealed how Thoreau used his journal as a place to cultivate – and constantly renew – his very self. \n“It is a wonderful highlight of the bicentennial to have Thoreau’s journal back in Concord for the first time in more than a century. I am one of the many who believe that the place to find the real historical Thoreau is in his journal\, and this exhibition is the first ever to successfully view it in that light.” David Wood\, Concord Museum Curator
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/this-ever-new-self-thoreau-and-his-journal/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170920
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20170503T165920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214226Z
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SUMMARY:Walden: Four Views - Abelardo Morell
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth\, Abelardo Morell\, guided and inspired by Thoreau’s journals and his seminal work Walden\, created panoramic photographic works that suggest fresh new angles from which to look at Walden Pond.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/walden-four-views-abelardo-morell/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170910
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20170503T165238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214304Z
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SUMMARY:Anatomy of a Desk and Walden\, a game
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brought focus to two iconic desks that played a major role in America’s literary tradition. The first\, a Windsor writing-arm chair\, was the desk at which Ralph Waldo Emerson penned his first book\, Nature. The second\, the humble green desk of Henry David Thoreau\, became no less a literary star as it accompanied Thoreau from the schoolroom where he taught with his brother to the pond where he drafted his most influential work\, Walden. These two desks from the Concord Museum collection were exhibited side by side in the gallery.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/anatomy-of-a-desk-and-walden-a-game/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170116
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20170509T205204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214308Z
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SUMMARY:The Art & Mystery of the Dollhouse
DESCRIPTION:This enchanting exhibition included some rarely-seen examples of dollhouses and their miniature contents—including dolls—drawn from an esteemed private collection and from the renowned collection of The Strong National Museum of Play\, as well as from the family of Tasha Tudor\, one of America’s best-known and most beloved illustrators.  The Art and Mystery of the Dollhouse delighted thousands of visitors\, young and old\, realists and dreamers\, and all those who collect\, make\, and play (or have played) with dollhouses.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-art-mystery-of-the-dollhouse/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160926
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171024T225757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214315Z
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SUMMARY:Women of Concord
DESCRIPTION:Editor\, silversmith\, social justice activist\, artist\, domestic\, Army nurse\, teacher\, factory worker\, author\, farmer\, mother\, philanthropist…All describe the women of Concord – some famous\, some almost invisible – featured in this special exhibition.  Each portrait\, needlework\, or piece of furniture\, carefully preserved by succeeding generations and now by the Concord Museum\, makes it possible to create meaning from the lives of ordinary citizens as well as prominent residents. \nHer face is shiny enough to light up my life.\n-David Jiang
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/women-of-concord/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160919
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171024T224156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214313Z
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SUMMARY:N.C. Wyeth's Men of Concord
DESCRIPTION:N.C. Wyeth’s Men of Concord brought together\, for the first time in nearly eighty years\, the twelve original panels N.C. Wyeth painted for the book\, Men of Concord and Some Others\, as Portrayed in the Journal of Henry David Thoreau(1936). The exhibition also included charcoal drawings\, watercolors\, an additional artwork related to the series\, including sketches created by Andrew Wyeth as illustrations for the book. \nThe exhibition was presented in collaboration with the Concord Free Public Library’s William Munroe Special Collections\, which featured From Thoreau’s Seasons to Men of Concord: N.C. Wyeth Inspired in the Library Art Gallery. This exhibition explored N.C. Wyeth’s fascination with Henry David Thoreau – in Wyeth’s words\, “the springhead for almost every move I can make” – by tracing the evolution of the book men of Concord from Wyeth’s initial inspiration for it in 1918 to its long-delayed but triumphant publication in 1936.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/n-c-wyeths-men-of-concord/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160321
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171024T224000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214319Z
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SUMMARY:Middlesex County Modern
DESCRIPTION:Middlesex County Modern\, organized by Guest Curator Rebecca Migdal\, explored modern architecture in this region and its impact on design and the community. The exhibition focused on local purpose-built modern neighborhoods such as Conantum in Concord and iconic buildings such as Gropius House in Lincoln\, as well as key agents in the spread of modern architecture\, including the Harvard Graduate School of Design\, The Architects’ Collaborative (TAC)\, and Design Research\, architect Ben Thompson’s “lifestyle store.” \nClick here to view the online exhibition for Middlesex County Modern. \nI’m pretty sure they skinned a polar bear to make that chair. 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/middlesex-county-modern/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150921
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171024T223854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214323Z
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SUMMARY:The Art of Baseball
DESCRIPTION:The Art of Baseball explored the many ways that artists have responded to America’s national pastime. Ranging from fine art to folk art and beyond\, the exhibition included nearly 50 works\, including paintings\, sculpture\, photography\, furniture\, textiles\, and the decorative arts. Above all\, the show celebrated baseball’s immediacy\, accessibility\, and all-American fun! Doris Kearns Goodwin served as Honorary Curator of the exhibition. Drawn primarily from an exceptional private collection in New York\, the show featured works by acclaimed American artists — including John Marin\, Robert Rauschenberg\, John Sloan\, and William Zorach — who were clearly inspired by baseball. Additional highlights included Boston Red Sox artifacts — the bat used by Jim Rice to hit his 301st home run\, a mask worn by Carlton Fisk\, a cap worn by Carl Yastrzemski\, a glove used by Ted Williams\, and three Red Sox World Series rings — courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and a private collection. \nClick here to view the online exhibition for The Art of Baseball. 
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-art-of-baseball/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150323
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171024T223618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T214610Z
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SUMMARY:Behind Closed Doors: Asleep in New England
DESCRIPTION:Behind Closed Doors: Asleep in New England uncovered the complex role sleep has played in everyday life throughout American history\, drawing upon the expertise of Consulting Curators Jane and Richard Nylander and their groundbreaking research to explore the material culture of sleeping\, as well as the Concord Museum’s exceptional collection. Dressing tables\, necessary chairs\, washstands\, high chests\, coffins\, cradles\, and adult cradles from the Concord Museum’s decorative arts collection and from the collections of Historic New England\, Old Sturbridge Village\, and other New England institutions were on display. \nClick here to view the online exhibition for “Behind Closed Doors: Asleep in New England“
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/behind-closed-doors-asleep-in-new-england/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140922
DTSTAMP:20260505T081854
CREATED:20171024T223429Z
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SUMMARY:The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19\, 1775
DESCRIPTION:The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19\, 1775 followed an hour-by-hour account of the actions of British Regulars and Patriots on April 19th\, 1775\, presenting a chronological and geographical timeline of the day and representing many of the communities surrounding Boston – Lexington\, Concord\, Lincoln\, Arlington (Menotomy)\, and Cambridge – whose militias played a prominent role in the day-long engagement. Organized by Concord Museum curator David Wood and militaria expert Joel Bohy\, the exhibition drew from the Museum’s important collection\, as well as a number of private and institutional collections. \nClick here to view the online exhibition for The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19\, 1775.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-shot-heard-round-the-world-april-19-1775/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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