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  • Thoreau & Philosophy

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    Join the editors and essayists of Thoreau & Philosophy for a conversation exploring Thoreau as one of America's most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s work […]

  • An Evening with Mark Dion

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    On the opening day of Mark Dion: Eccentric Collectors Like Us, join us for a unique Forum with renown artist Dion in conversation with Ruth Erikson, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, […]

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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    Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers  Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  Participate in the performance of eastern […]

  • Contested Continent

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    In his new book, Contested Continent, historian Peter Mancall offers a sweeping history of North America from 1000 to 1680, chronicling crucial developments to the eventual founding of the United […]

  • Sleepy Hollow-een Walking Tour 

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    Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. This tour includes a 1-mile walk on muddy, uneven terrain; rain or shine. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members. Includes […]

  • An Evening with Nathaniel Philbrick

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    Nathaniel Philbrick will discuss his new book The Rush, in which he transforms the Gold Rush from a tale of sudden riches into the origin story of America’s modern contradictions: […]

  • Sleepy Hollow-een Walking Tour 

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    Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. This tour includes a 1-mile walk on muddy, uneven terrain; rain or shine. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members. Includes […]

  • Wildness and Henry David Thoreau

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    Join Professor Willsky-Ciollo as she explores how Thoreau was enmeshed in a decades-spanning project of crafting a theology of wildness. The focus of Thoreau’s theology—wildness itself—centers on the divinity extant […]

  • Joanne Freeman on the Revolutionary Era

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    Join historian Joanne Freeman for an exploration of the Revolutionary era and the ideas, conflicts, and personalities that shaped the founding of the United States, examining how debates over power, […]

  • Topograph: An Evening with Ben Cosgrove

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    Ben Cosgrove is a composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described as “a sonic plein-air painter… his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands […]

  • Mark Dion Symposium: Calling All Eccentrics

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    What motivates collecting, and who decides what is worth preserving? Explore multiple, creative perspectives on the work of museum collecting, past and present, with emerging scholars and keynote speaker Mark […]