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  • Free Admission for February School Vacation Week

    February School Vacation

    Free Admission for February School Vacation Week Looking for family-friendly activities during February School Vacation week? The Concord Museum is offering FREE ADMISSION to all visitors February 15 - 23. Bring the whole family to explore the immersive April 19, 1775 galleries to learn more about Concord’s remarkable revolutionary history. See the original lantern from […]

  • Conservation in Action: Historic Clothing Collection

    Drop in to the Lisa H. Foote History Learning Center during your visit to the Concord Museum to see conservators conducting a detailed survey of the Museum’s historic clothing collection. See the clothing collection in a unique setting and learn about the ongoing and important work of preserving the Museum’s collection. This program is ongoing […]

  • What Makes History Gallery Tour with the Curators

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    Join us at 11:00am or 2:00pm for a guided tour of the new special exhibition What Makes History, led by curators from the Museum. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free. No advanced registration required.  Calling Card Case (detail), late 19th century, Possibly Europe. Concord Museum Collection, Bequest of Alice Stanwood Willoughby; Per775aaf.

  • The Midnight Ride Party

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    Join us for a festive evening of food, drinks, music, and fun activities as we mark the 10-year anniversary of the Paul Revere’s Ride Fund. Get ready to paddle up and show your continued support of this unique program.  With your generous contributions, the Museum community has expanded access to educational resources for tens of […]

  • Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

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    44th Annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture https://youtube.com/live/J2SDh6yMVWI?feature=share Who gets pockets, and why? It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? Hannah Carlson, fashion historian at the Rhode Island School of Design, joins us for a conversation on the issues of gender politics, […]

  • Concert with Landscape Musician Ben Cosgrove

    Join us for a musical journey through the landscape with musician Ben Cosgrove. Straddling a line between folk and classical music, Ben performs as described by The Boston Globe “like a sonic plein-air painter”. Having performed across the country and composed music for NASA and Acadia National Park, Ben now joins us here in Concord […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: The North Bridge Beam

    Object Spotlight Talk: The North Bridge Beam This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in the April 19th, 1775 gallery. The North Bridge was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. Although the appearance of the bridge and landscape has changed over the years it continues to […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: The Barrett House Door

    Object Spotlight Talk: The Barrett House Door This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in the April 19th, 1775 gallery. On April 19, 1775, many women in Concord evacuated to safety, but Rebecca Barrett was at home when 100 British Regular soldiers marched to her doorstep ready to search for military supplies. Rebecca’s husband, […]

  • Patriots’ Day at the Museum

    Enjoy free admission to the Museum and visit the immersive April 19, 1775 gallery to see the “One if by land, two if by sea” lantern hung in the North Church to signal Paul Revere on his midnight ride. During your visit, participate in drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: Thoreau’s Desk

    Object Spotlight Talk: Thoreau’s Desk This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in in the Thoreau gallery. This simple green desk made in Concord accompanied Henry David Thoreau from the school room where he taught with his brother to Walden Pond, where he drafted some of his most influential works and journaled observations of […]

  • Thoreau’s Pencil: Annual Earth Day Forum

    https://youtube.com/live/SDq2sXpri9I?feature=share Join historian Augustine Sedgewick in conversation with Robert A. Gross, author of Transcendentalists and Their World, for a deep dive into the history of the Thoreau family’s pencil manufacturing business. A story of environmental history and material culture, Thoreau’s pencils bring us to Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida where enslaved people harvested red cedar and […]

  • What Makes History Gallery Tour with the Curators

    Curators from the Concord Museum lead a guided tour of the new special exhibition What Makes History. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.  Calling Card Case (detail), late 19th century, Possibly Europe. Concord Museum Collection, Bequest of Alice Stanwood Willoughby; Per775aaf.