Events
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Fresh Goods Lecture Series: Transgressing the Color Line
Transgressing the Color Line: Depictions of Free Blacks in the Popular Press As part of the Fresh Goods Lecture Series, join writer and historian Jonathan Michael Square as he analyzes images of free Africans Americans in New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston that appeared in the popular press. Specifically, a series of cartoons published in the early […]
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“Fresh Goods” Gallery Talk
Join Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a closer look at Fresh Goods: Shopping for Clothing in a New England Town, 1750-1900. Free with Museum admission, members free.
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Decades of Fashion Cocktail Party
Dress in your favorite decade and enjoy a fashion-centric evening at the Concord Museum, complete with cocktails and treats inspired by the history of fashion in New England! Visit our current exhibition, Fresh Goods: Shopping for Clothing in a New England Town,and view clothing and accessories that reflect how locals experienced shopping in the 18th, 19th, […]
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Hidden Treasures: Wright Tavern Open House
Built in 1747, Wright Tavern secured its place in American history in 1774 and 1775 when the First Massachusetts Provincial Congress used it as a convening space. Then on April 19, 1775, it was used as a meeting place for the local colonial militia, and later that same day it was taken over as the […]
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Fresh Goods Lecture Series: Shift, Stays, and Pannier
Shift, Stays, and Pannier As part of the Fresh Goods lecture series, join historians and living history interpreters Linda Greene and Michele Gabrielson for an in-depth look at how women got dressed every day in the 1700s. They will explore the “ins” and “outs” of a typical 18th century woman’s dress from a common, lower […]
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Garden Tour
Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, 2018 - Celebrating 29 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 […]
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29th Annual Garden Tour
Celebrating 29 Years of a New England Tradition, the Museum's Garden Tour has become a New England tradition for garden lovers from near and far. The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 1 and June 2, rain or shine. Each of the private gardens reflects the individual interests and […]
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Ellen Garrison: Educator, Social Justice Advocate, Daughter of Concord – with Maria Madison and Kerri Greenidge
Part of our People of Concord Summer Series, in partnership with the Robbins House, Dr. Maria Madison and Dr. Kerri Greenidge will explore Ellen Garrison's life of activism, and the work they and many others at the Robbins House have done to uncover Ellen’s story. Register online here. Museum and Robbins House Members Free. Non-members $10.
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Emerson’s Circle: Concord in the 1800s
This walk meets at Wright Tavern (2 Lexington Road, Concord MA 01742). Led by a Museum educator, explore 1800s Concord and discover the impact of the anti-slavery movement and the Civil War, the lives and homes of the famous authors who lived here, and how these stories have been preserved over the generations. 1 mile […]
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At the Center of Revolution
This walk meets at Wright Tavern (2 Lexington Road, Concord MA 01742). Led by a Museum educator, take the short walk from the Tavern to the Old North Bridge. Learn about the events leading up to April 19, 1775 and the first battle of the American Revolution. Discover the stories behind the monuments at the […]
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Emerson’s Circle: Concord in the 1800s
This walk meets at Wright Tavern (2 Lexington Road, Concord MA 01742). Led by a Museum educator, explore 1800s Concord and discover the impact of the anti-slavery movement and the Civil War, the lives and homes of the famous authors who lived here, and how these stories have been preserved over the generations. 1 mile […]
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At the Center of Revolution
This walk meets at Wright Tavern (2 Lexington Road, Concord MA 01742). Led by a Museum educator, take the short walk from the Tavern to the Old North Bridge. Learn about the events leading up to April 19, 1775 and the first battle of the American Revolution. Discover the stories behind the monuments at the […]