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  • Fashioning Identity: The Garrisons and African American Fashion in Photography 

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    Fashion historian Jonathan Michael Square explores the historical significance of the Garrisons' portraits in the context of African American fashion, and how these images fit into the larger narrative of how African Americans have expressed themselves through fashion.  Free for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Supported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. […]

  • Portrait Mode Curator Spotlight Talk 

    Portrait Mode Curator Spotlight Talk

    This talk will take place at 12:00pm in the Portrait Mode Gallery. Take a deep dive into some of the stories featured in the Museum’s special exhibition Portrait Mode with Associate Curator and Director of Exhibitions Reed Gochberg. In this specialty tour, you will go beyond the labels to understand whose faces become a part of history.  […]

  • 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 […]

  • February Vacation Week

    Visit the Museum during February school vacation for special family activities.    Free with Museum admission. Members visit free. 

  • A Visit with President Lincoln

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    The Museum is pleased to host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood's first-person historical interpretation, "A Visit with Abraham Lincoln," includes stories of Lincoln's early life, campaign debates, the Civil War, and concludes with a stirring reading of the Gettysburg Address.    Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis. Free […]

  • Paul Revere: The Man, the Myth, the Legacy

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    Paul Revere: The Man, the Myth, the Legacy Paul Revere’s legacy has been both elevated and obscured by his now famous ride, 250 years ago on April 18, 1775. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s dramatic poem replaced what actually happened with a much beloved romantic version. Nina Zannieri, Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association, and Robert […]

  • After Lives with Megan Marshall 

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    After Lives with Megan Marshall Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Megan Marshall turns her narrative gift to her own art, life, and the people in it in After Lives. In conversation with historian John Kaag, Professor Marshall discusses her six essays that interplay between memoir and biography as she makes palpable her driving impulse to “learn what […]

  • Eyewitness to Revolution with American Ancestors

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    Eyewitness to Revolution with American Ancestors This illustrated virtual talk will focus on the stories told by objects in the Concord Museum collection about the lead-up to April 19, 1775, and the epochal day itself. In the aggregate, these stories contribute forcefully to an understanding that the Revolution, the great turn from a monarchy to […]

  • Affectionate Friends and Humble Servants

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    Affectionate Friends and Humble Servants: Martha Washington and Mercy Otis Warren in Conversation Set in the late 18th century, this forum presents a fictional dialogue featuring Martha Washington (portrayed by Sandy Spector), the First Lady, and Mercy Otis Warren (portrayed by Michele Gabrielson), a prominent playwright and activist. In a cozy parlor setting, they discuss […]

  • Concord250 Lantern Lighting Ceremony 

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    Concord250 Lantern Lighting Ceremony Join us for a ceremonial lighting of the Concord250 Lantern, a 10-foot-tall commemorative lantern inspired by the historic signal light of April 19, 1775 housed today in the Concord Museum. The community lighting will take place on the grounds of the Museum where together we will light the way toward liberty […]

  • Open House and Reception for the 250th Student Art Show

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    Open House and Reception for the 250th Student Art Show High school students from across the Commonwealth are creating artwork inspired by the “one if by land, two if by sea” lantern at the Concord Museum as a symbol of the American Revolution and our nation’s continuing aspiration towards liberty and justice for all. All […]

  • Eyewitness to Revolution

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    Forum and Book Launch Eyewitness to Revolution Join us for the book launch of the Concord Museum’s publication Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum. Written by David Wood, the book tells the story of the Revolution through the Museum’s unparalleled collection of objects related to the early days of the […]