Family Program
Events
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Early Bird Walking Tour of Brewster’s Woods
This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program this summer/ fall. Join a Mass Audubon guide in exploring birding hotspots at Mass Audubon’s Brewster’s Woods Wildlife Sanctuary in Concord. We’ll walk in the footsteps of William Brewster, sharing passages from his journals and searching for a variety of migrants on their annual […]
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Linocut Printmaking Workshop
This program is full. Please consider signing up for the newly added morning session of the workshop on Wednesday, August 31 at 10:30 a.m. Sign up here. Join us for a linocut workshop with Sherrie York, a celebrated printmaker and instructor, whose work explores the natural world, particularly birds. Sherrie’s reduction linocut Trunk Show is […]
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Coopering Demonstration with Master Cooper Ron Raiselis
Join Master Cooper Ron Raiselis for a look into the 1700s coopering trade and explore why these highly skilled craftspeople were essential to the commerce and survival of a colony. Ron has served as the resident cooper at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H. since 1985, where he maintains a traditional cooperage shop. Included with […]
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Monuments of Concord Walking Tour
This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program this fall. Join us for a guided walk of monuments in Concord’s town center. What do they commemorate? Who built them? And what is their legacy today? In the town where Daniel Chester French received his first commission, there are many monuments to explore. […]
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers
This program is full. Thank you for your interest in our programs, and I hope you can join us for a program in the future. Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and […]
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Sleepy Hollow-een Tour
This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program 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. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk […]
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Sleepy Hollow-een Tour
This program is full. Please consider joining us for the 1:30 p.m. tour. 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. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk […]
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Emerson’s Circle Walking Tour
This program is full. Please consider joining us for other programs this fall. In the 1800s, Concord was the center for American authors and thinkers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. They gathered together with other Concordians to discuss issues of the day such as slavery, war, the natural world, […]
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An Afternoon with Authors and Illustrators
Meet some of the accomplished authors and illustrators whose books are featured in Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature. Explore the decorated forest of trees throughout the Museum and visit with authors and illustrators as they sign your books. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.
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Bioblitz!: Counting Critters Drop-In Family Program
Read Bioblitz!: Counting Critters and create your own bug to take home. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.
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Holiday Members’ Night
Celebrate the winter season with an evening of viewing Family Trees and enjoying festive libations and treats. Enjoy discounted holiday shopping in the Museum’s Shop. This free special event is open to members of the Concord Museum.
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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.