Annual Sally Lanagan Forum The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution Join historian Zara Anishanslin and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston curator Erica Hirshler for a conversation about Dr. Anishanslin new book, The Painter’s Fire, which tells the gripping story of three revolutionary artists – Robert Edge Pine, […]

Join artist Brittney Peauwe Wunnepog Walley (Nipmuc) for a forum exploring her installation Chemacheg Menuhki: Paddle Strong at the Concord Museum. Walley will discuss her basket – woven with traditional techniques and layered with Indigenous history – and share the story of the Nipmuc people held in Concord in 1675 before their forced removal. In […]

In-person tickets are sold-out. Please tune in to watch the livestream! Maria Ressa is the co-founder of Rappler, the leading digital-only news outlet in the Philippines, known for its fearless reporting and its defense of press freedom. In awarding her the Nobel Peace Prize, the committee recognized her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which […]

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward Larson for a timely forum on his forthcoming book, Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters. As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, Larson offers a powerful reexamination of the ideas, debates, and military turning points that made independence possible. From Common Sense to the Declaration itself, and from […]

Join award-winning journalist Caleb Gayle for a conversation about his National Book Award-longlisted book Black Moses, the riveting true story of Edward McCabe, a visionary Black leader who sought to establish a self-governed Black state in Oklahoma after Reconstruction, and the forces of racism and ambition that stood in his way. Free Members | $10 […]

In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Join physicist Alan Lightman, horologist Richard Ketchen, second-generation clock dealer John Delaney, and Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a unique evening exploring one of the most precise scientific instruments to ever find its way to America in the 18th century […]

Join General and Mrs. Washington (Glenn Siner and Sandy Spector) as they take their breakfast together in spring of 1784. Listen in on their conversation about their lives thus far and what they anticipate for their lives at Mount Vernon, now that the War for Independence is behind them. Free Members | $10 Non-Members

SOLD OUT! An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams on The Glorians In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Join acclaimed nature writer and New York Times bestselling author, Terry Tempest Williams, as she discusses her newest book The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, a revelatory work of narrative nonfiction exploring […]

In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Acclaimed historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins us for an illuminating forum on her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. The conversation will explore the evolving meaning of American democracy, the Constitution, and civic life — inviting timely reflection on who “the […]

Historian Rick Bell examines the American Revolution as a global turning point in The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. This forum explores how events in North America reshaped international politics, empires, and ideas about liberty, revealing the Revolution’s far-reaching and lasting consequences. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Presidential historian Harold Holzer explores Abraham Lincoln’s views on immigration in Brought Forth on This Continent. Drawing on Lincoln’s words and actions, this forum examines how debates over newcomers, belonging, and national identity shaped the 19th century and continue to resonate in America today.  Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual