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 […]

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 […]

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.

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? As part of the state-wide MASS Fashion […]

The Indigenous Look: attire in 18th century Massachusetts As 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. While preferences often continued for use of soft smoked deerskin, elk and textured moose for clothing and sturdy […]

Transgressing the Color Line: Depictions of Free Blacks in the Popular Press As 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 […]

Join Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a closer look at Fresh Goods: Shopping for Clothing in a New England Town, 1750-1900.  Free with Museum admission, members free.

Shift, Stays, and Pannier As 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 […]

  During 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 […]

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.   As a complement to this exhibition in the […]

  Drawing 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, […]