Events
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Girl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement
Join us for a conversation with author Jessie Morgan-Owens, as she discusses her book Girl in Black And White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement—the story of Mary Mildred Williams, an enslaved girl who looked “white,” is little-known, but her photograph transformed the abolitionist movement. When a decades-long court battle resulted […]
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March Teddy Bear Tea
SOLD OUT! Thank you for your interest in Teddy Bear Tea at the Concord Museum. We hope you can join us for these upcoming family programs on Patriots' Day Weekend, April School Vacation Week, and for a very special hands-on program: An Old Fashioned Breakfast! Delight your child or grandchild with an afternoon for just […]
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Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture and Reception: “‘The Great Centre of Attraction’: Dolley Madison Creates the White House”
Catherine Allgor, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, presents the annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture. Dolley Madison is famously credited for "redecorating" the executive mansion. It is more accurate, however, that Dolley Madison and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe restructured the space in order to accomodate James Madison's political goals. Dr. Allgor explores the political meanings […]
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April Member Meet-Up: Davis Museum at Wellesley College
Join other Concord Museum Members for a student-led tour of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, one of the first American colleges to introduce both an art history program and modern art course. Together we'll discover the treasures of the Davis' permanent collection. This is a members-only program. If you are not yet a member, please click […]
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Patriots’ Day Weekend
Rendezvous for Revolution at the Concord Museum! Make the Concord Museum part of your Patriots’ Day tradition! Join us for a Minute Man encampment with Billerica Colonial Minute Men, gallery talks, collection spotlights, dances, music, activities, and art-making. The Rasmussen Education Center is open Saturday, April 13 through Monday, April 15 from 10:00 a.m. […]
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Patriots’ Ball
Join us for the Patriots' Ball on Saturday, April 13, 2019! All ticket sales and proceeds from this event support the Museum's education initiatives that serve nearly 14,000 students each year and teach them about the ideas of freedom, self-government and individualism and help bring our nation's history alive - Purchase tickets below! This patriotic […]
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Patriots’ Day Weekend
Rendezvous for Revolution at the Concord Museum! Make the Concord Museum part of your Patriots’ Day tradition! Join us for a Minute Man encampment with Billerica Colonial Minute Men, gallery talks, collection spotlights, dances, music, activities, and art-making. The Rasmussen Education Center is open Saturday, April 13 through Monday, April 15 from 10:00 a.m. […]
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Patriots’ Day Weekend
Rendezvous for Revolution at the Concord Museum! Make the Concord Museum part of your Patriots’ Day tradition! Join us for a Minute Man encampment with Billerica Colonial Minute Men (Saturday, April 13), gallery talks, collection spotlights, dances, music, activities, and art-making. The Rasmussen Education Center is open Saturday, April 13 through Monday, April 15 […]
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The Revolution’s Odd Couple: Sam Adams and John Hancock
Join us the night of Patriots’ Day to hear from renowned storyteller and Northeastern University historian, Bill Fowler discuss two important figures who shaped the fabric of the American Revolution and the country that it formed. Dr. William Morgan Fowler, Jr. is a professor emeritus of history at Northeastern University, Boston and a prolific author. He served as Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society from […]
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Protecting Our Planet: Earth Day Forum
On the eve of Earth Day, Join Barbara Moran, WBUR’s Senior Producer for Environmental Reporting and Boston University Professor Richard Primack, author of Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes To Thoreau’s Woods in a conversation with museum director Tom Putnam on the environmental challenges facing our times. Members $5, Nonmembers $10. This program is supported in part […]
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Frederick Douglass in Concord
Join us for a conversation with prize-winning historian Robert A. Gross and Robbins House President Maria Madison as they discuss the historical context in which Frederick Douglass spoke in this historic town in 1841 and 1844. Learn about Douglass’ visits and the key figures who met with including the leaders of the Middlesex County Antislavery […]
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Film Screening: A Revolutionary Duo
Patriots’ Day might be ending, but the Revolution is just beginning! Join the Concord Museum to wrap up Patriots’ Day with a screening of A Revolutionary Duo - two short films investigating the war-time contributions of two New England residents during the Revolutionary War. Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective and author of the Last Muster books, […]