• 2017 Concord Museum Winter Ball: Le Bal Masqué

    2017 Concord Museum Winter Ball: Le Bal Masqué Saturday, March 4 from 6:30 - 11:00 p.m. The Lyman Estate in Waltham, MA   The Guild of Volunteers of the Concord Museum is hosting its annual fundraiser, Le Bal Masqué, on Saturday, March 4th as a benefit for the education programs of the Museum. The event will […]

  • Patriots’ Day 2017

    Make the Concord Museum—a gateway to Concord's history—part of your family’s 2017 Patriots’ Day tradition as we commemorate “the shot heard ‘round the world” with activities for visitors of all ages. Explore the Concord Museum’s outstanding collection of treasures from April, 1775 including the famous “one, if by land, two, if by sea” Revere lantern; […]

  • Walden: Four Views – Abelardo Morell

    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.

  • Garden Tour 2017

    Celebrating 28 Years of a New England Tradition The famed Concord spokesman for individualism and self-reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote: “When I go into a good garden, I think, if it were mine, I should never go out of it.” This year the Concord Museum is celebrating 28 years of “going into good gardens” […]

  • Golf Tournament 2017

    Now entering its 22nd year, this premier tournament provides critical support for the Museum’s educational initiatives. The Museum’s educational programs teach children about the ideas of freedom, self-government and individualism and help to bring our nation’s history alive. The Concord Country Club is a 100 year old private club, featuring a Donald Ross designed 18 […]

  • BE THOREAU: Neighbor

    Join us for a community forum addressing how the past can inform present social challenges and political conflict with representatives from the Concord Museum, the Emerson House, The Old Manse, Robbins House, and Orchard House. This event will take place at Wright Tavern in Concord Center.

    Free
  • BE THOREAU: Reader

    Family Train Trip to Fitchburg Join the Concord Free Public Library, Fitchburg Public Library, Massachusetts Center for the Book, and the Concord Museum for a trip to Fitchburg inspired by D.B. Johnson’s book Henry Hikes to Fitchburg! Families are invited to take a special literary train ride to Fitchburg. Free.; reservations required. Snacks provided. Reservations […]

  • BE THOREAU: Thinker

    A Visit from Henry David Thoreau

    Encounter Henry David Thoreau on the eve of the Civil War. After a dramatic monologue, “Thoreau” will answer questions from the audience, followed by Professor Kevin Radaker responding to questions as himself.

  • BE THOREAU: Worker

    Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul

    From award-winning filmmaker Huey comes a portrait of Henry David Thoreau and how his work has impacted generations of thinkers, activists, and environmentalists. Join producer, director, and editor Huey for a post-screening discussion of Thoreau as “worker.”

  • BE THOREAU This Ever New Self Symposium

    Presenting a day-long symposium at the Fenn School in Concord, bringing together eight scholars to discuss what they discovered in Thoreau’s Journal, and what Thoreau’s writings mean for us today.

    Free
  • Sleepy Hollow-een 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.

  • BE THOREAU: Observer

    Gallery Talk Series

    Join each day’s presenter in the Wallace Kane Gallery at the Concord Museum for a gallery talk in This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal and her perspective on Thoreau as observer.