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  • Virtual Opening of April 19, 1775

    https://youtu.be/x0k5GAr3ZNs Board of Governors, Trustees, the Lantern Society, and Museum Members are invited to celebrate the opening of the new April 19, 1775 galleries.  The event will feature words from Ralph Earle, President of the Museum's Board of Governors and a sneak peek of the galleries before you visit them in-person. This event is open […]

  • April 19, 1775 Galleries open today!

    Today the Concord Museum will debut three new permanent galleries chronicling the events of April 19, 1775  and their revolutionary effect on American history! The oft-told story of the battle at Concord’s North Bridge comes to life in dramatic new and more inclusive ways to recount the fateful moment when the first shots were fired […]

  • Film Screening: The Making of Joe Wheeler: A Concord Story

    https://youtu.be/fana3gsCeFs Born on Thoreau Farm in 1926, Joe Wheeler went on to help farmers and others across the world. His idealism was forged in Concord during the Depression and World War II. Motivated to help build a war-free, prosperous world, he spent most of his life abroad assisting others through the U.S. Agency for International […]

  • Copy after Amos Doolittle's 1775 -The Engagement at the North Bridge in Concord

    April 19, 1775 Curator Gallery Talk

    https://youtu.be/ePlRaWcrq1c Join us for a virtual gallery talk from the comfort of your home! Curator David Wood and Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Associate Erica Lome introduce visitors to the newly opened permanent galleries that unveil first-person narratives of the events of April 19, 1775 that started an 8-year war for independence. The objects in the […]

  • The Life of a Watercolor: Artist Demonstration

    As part of your Museum visit today, stop in the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum to see the process of a watercolor painting come to life with artist Kat O’Connor, who is known for her stunning large-scale watercolors, acrylic paintings, and drawings of water, the human figure, and desert landscapes. Kat O’Connor earned a BA […]

  • 1774: The Long Year of Revolution 

    In her new book, 1774: The Long Year of Revolution, Cornell historian Mary Beth Norton chronicles the revolutionary change that occurred from December 1773 to April 1775 – from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.  During those sixteen months, the term “Loyalist” was first coined […]

  • Conversation on Loring Coleman and the New England Landscape

    https://youtu.be/c3_7ymk4kKY Join us for a free virtual forum from the comfort of your home! Henry Adams, Professor of American Art at Case Western Reserve University and descendant of John Adams, joins us for a conversation on his former teacher and mentor, Loring W. Coleman. In reflecting on Coleman’s work, Adams addresses that “Coleman was inspired […]

  • Family Program with Honorary Chair Nicole Tadgell

    Join us for a free virtual event from the comfort of your home! What do you want to be when you grow up? Annie dreams of being an astronaut who flies to outer space! Join Family Trees Honorary Chair and Award-winning illustrator of Astronaut Annie, Nicole Tadgell, in a creative program that’s out of this […]

  • A Virtual Weekend with Authors and Illustrators

    Join us for a free virtual event series from the comfort of your home! Meet some of the accomplished authors and illustrators whose books are featured in the 25th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature in a series of virtual programs. Watch videos, read stories, and participate in art-making and story-telling activities all […]