https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKx95mPD7U Akhil Amar, preeminent legal scholar and author of The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, joins us for a conversation on the US Constitution. Uniting history and law through the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, Professor Amar discusses the formative decades of the Constitution after its ratification and its resonance today. […]

In-person tickets are sold out. Please reserve virtual tickets or join us for another forum this winter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-te64-jiU68 Governor Charlie Baker and his long-time associate Steven Kadish discuss their method for getting past politics and delivering results in the public and private sectors. Their new book Results is not only about getting things done, but […]

Fashion historian Jonathan Michael Square explores the historical significance of the Garrisons' portraits in the context of African American fashion, and how these images fit into the larger narrative of how African Americans have expressed themselves through fashion.  Free for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Supported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. […]

Paul Revere: The Man, the Myth, the Legacy Paul Revere’s legacy has been both elevated and obscured by his now famous ride, 250 years ago on April 18, 1775. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s dramatic poem replaced what actually happened with a much beloved romantic version. Nina Zannieri, Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association, and Robert […]

After Lives with Megan Marshall Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Megan Marshall turns her narrative gift to her own art, life, and the people in it in After Lives. In conversation with historian John Kaag, Professor Marshall discusses her six essays that interplay between memoir and biography as she makes palpable her driving impulse to “learn what […]

Eyewitness to Revolution with American Ancestors This illustrated virtual talk will focus on the stories told by objects in the Concord Museum collection about the lead-up to April 19, 1775, and the epochal day itself. In the aggregate, these stories contribute forcefully to an understanding that the Revolution, the great turn from a monarchy to […]

Affectionate Friends and Humble Servants: Martha Washington and Mercy Otis Warren in Conversation Set in the late 18th century, this forum presents a fictional dialogue featuring Martha Washington (portrayed by Sandy Spector), the First Lady, and Mercy Otis Warren (portrayed by Michele Gabrielson), a prominent playwright and activist. In a cozy parlor setting, they discuss […]

Concord250 Lantern Lighting Ceremony Join us for a ceremonial lighting of the Concord250 Lantern, a 10-foot-tall commemorative lantern inspired by the historic signal light of April 19, 1775 housed today in the Concord Museum. The community lighting will take place on the grounds of the Museum where together we will light the way toward liberty […]

Forum and Book Launch Eyewitness to Revolution Join us for the book launch of the Concord Museum’s publication Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum. Written by David Wood, the book tells the story of the Revolution through the Museum’s unparalleled collection of objects related to the early days of the […]

Doris Kearns Goodwin on the American Revolution and Its Legacy Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of the most well-regarded presidential historians of our time, comes to the Concord Museum on the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world” for a wide-ranging conversation with Rosie Rios, Commissioner of America250, on the history of the American […]

Claiming Sovereignty Elizabeth James-Perry, Aquinnah Wampanoag Culture Bearer and Artist, joins us for a conversation on the experiences of Native communities in the Massachusetts area during the American Revolution. As part of the new special exhibition Whose Revolution Elizabeth James-Perry created a Wampum choker that represents the kind of object an eighteenth-century Wampanoag soldier from […]

Revisiting the Classics with AI Philosopher John Kaag is joined on stage with fellow “Rebinders” to discuss the first AI-native publishing house that takes original commentary from the leading minds of our time and creates dynamic conversations, immersive videos, and personalized reading features, bringing classic books like Walden to life like never before. Learn more […]