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  • Memory Jars Drop-In Family Program

    Read the book Memory Jars, explore its Family Tree, and add to the Concord Museum’s memory jar. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • Costume Character Day

    Come by the Concord Museum to meet the Grinch! Your heart will grow three sizes when you meet Dr. Seuss’s famous holiday character! Visitors can meet the Grinch and hear the story How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • February School Vacation Week Family Activities

    Visit the Museum on Presidents' Day and drop by the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum for family activities. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • A Visit with President Lincoln

    A Visit with President Lincoln is on a first-come basis. Please arrive early to ensure a seat.  The program will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. The Museum is pleased to again host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood's first-person historical interpretation, "A Visit with Abraham Lincoln," includes stories of Lincoln's early […]

  • Sweet History: Colonial Chocolate

    Immerse yourself in the colonial home as a living historian grinds cocoa beans, adds spices and concocts delicious treats by the winter hearth.  Read a colonial recipe or “receipt” and decipher the steps to cooking rare delicacies in colonial Concord. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • Patriots’ Day Family Activities

    Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visiting our drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. Museum admission is free on Patriots' Day thanks to the generosity of the Highland Street Foundation. Rain or shine!  Please note that roads into Concord center are […]

  • An Enemy Among Us!

    When you are visiting the Museum on Patriots’ Day, beware of a Redcoat from the British Army roaming the galleries looking for Provincial rebels. Talk with him about the experiences of the Redcoats on April 19, 1775. Museum admission is free on Patriots' Day thanks to the generosity of the Highland Street Foundation. Please note […]

  • Made in Horn

    Visit a craftsperson inside the Museum demonstrating various objects that were made of horn during the colonial period, including powder horns and everyday items like cups and combs. Museum admission is free on Patriots' Day thanks to the generosity of the Highland Street Foundation. Please note that roads into Concord center are closed from 8 […]

  • Patriots’ Day Minuteman Encampment

    “I haven’t a man who is afraid to go!” Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing. This program is free and open to the public thanks […]

  • FULL! Juneteenth Family Program

    This program is full.  Please consider joining us for another program. Join us for a celebratory Juneteenth performance with Illstyle & Peace Productions.  The group creates work rooted in West African Dance, contemporary and old school hip hop blended with an eclectic mix of dance and performance disciplines including tap, ballet, DJing, and beatboxing. Illstyle […]