Events
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Drop-In Flower Design
Families can design their own flowers while reading Have You Ever Seen a Flower? and Welcome Flower Child: The Magic of Your Birth Flower. Learn about the different types of flowers and the symbolism behind them. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.
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Holiday Members’ Night
Celebrate the winter season with an evening of viewing Family Trees and enjoying festive libations and treats. Stop by pop-up shops throughout the Museum to find unique gifts and take advantage of discounted holiday shopping from your favorite local shops. This free special event is open to members of the Concord Museum. Please register with […]
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Patriots v. Loyalists: Our First Civil War
https://youtu.be/UpWu7pCbNg8 In his powerful new history, H. W. Brands shows the American Revolution to be more than a fight against the British: it was also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist or Patriot. Our First Civil War reminds us that before America could win its revolution against Britain, the Patriots had […]
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Loring Coleman: Artist, Teacher, Friend
Former students of Loring Coleman including Henry Adams, Professor of American Art at Case Western Reserve University and descendant of John Adams, join us for a conversation on teacher and artist, Loring Coleman. In reflecting on Coleman’s work, Adams addresses that “Coleman was inspired by different crosscurrents of emotion, and it’s the interweaving of these crosscurrents […]
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SOLD OUT! Watercolor Landscape Workshop
Thank you for your interest in our programs. The workshop is sold-out. Please consider joining us for a future program. Unleash your inner artist in a watercolor paint night at the Museum! This special evening begins with a visit to the exhibition Home: Paintings by Loring W. Coleman, where the instructor will introduce a selection […]
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
The Museum is open today! Here is a special message from Tom Putnam, Concord Museum's Executive Director: Remembering Thoreau on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day As the nation prepares to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his enduring legacy, those of us in Massachusetts can be proud of the role one of […]
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A Tribute to E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature
https://youtu.be/upapapHaGng Join Pulitzer-Prize winning historian, Richard Rhodes as he discusses his new biography of the late E. O. Wilson, long-hailed as “Darwin’s successor.” In Partnership with the Massachusetts Audubon Society. This is a free virtual event. Donations are encouraged to support the Concord Museum’s Education initiatives. This program is supported in part by the Sally […]
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Frozen Over: Boston’s Nineteenth Century Ice Age
https://youtu.be/erGL84UMx20 This program is now being held virtually. Please register below to receive a link to watch the livestream. The Boston area, and Concord in particular, became a key center of ice production and trade in the nineteenth century. As ice became a pervasive commodity, it remade everyday life in important ways. Andrew Robichaud, (Assistant […]
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Antisemitism: Then and Now
https://youtu.be/QOE-ZVnd3iI This program is now being held virtually. Please register below to receive a link to watch the livestream. Join Boston College historian, Charles Gallagher, S.J., as he discusses his new book, Nazis of Copley Square, chronicling a crucial missing chapter in the history of the American far right. He will be joined by former […]
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History in Bloom
THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY, Sunday, January 30, 2022. This is the last chance to see HISTORY IN BLOOM! This is also your last opportunity to experience the evocative exhibition of paintings by Loring W. Coleman, now in the Wallace Kane Gallery at the Concord Museum. To make your visit even more memorable and delightful, […]
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History in Bloom
THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY, Sunday, January 30, 2022. This is the last chance to see HISTORY IN BLOOM! This is also your last opportunity to experience the evocative exhibition of paintings by Loring W. Coleman, now in the Wallace Kane Gallery at the Concord Museum. To make your visit even more memorable and delightful, […]
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History in Bloom
THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY, Sunday, January 30, 2022. This is the last chance to see HISTORY IN BLOOM! This is also your last opportunity to experience the evocative exhibition of paintings by Loring W. Coleman, now in the Wallace Kane Gallery at the Concord Museum. To make your visit even more memorable and delightful, […]