In Concord, we often say, there is history on every street corner.  And at the Concord Museum, we take that literally. How and when were today’s streets named? The answers […]

This special exhibition showcased over 100 pieces of porcelain used by American presidents from Washington to Lincoln and Roosevelt to Reagan as they entertained the world’s heads of state, distinguished […]

This juried exhibition of furniture, jewelry, musical instruments and fine bookbindings was crafted by 55 distinguished alumni of the renowned North Bennet Street School in celebration of the 125th anniversary […]

The Concord Museum celebrated the 375th anniversary of the founding of the town of Concord with a special exhibition, "into your hands…" featuring objects that have been passed down in Concord’s families […]

Rarely exhibited, the quilts on view in this special exhibition ranged from doll size to full size, and included bold geometrics, traditional patchwork, signature quilts and crazy quilts, most dating […]

When Duty Whispers: Concord and the Civil War featured objects from the Concord Museum collection—some never before exhibited—including uniforms, accoutrements, arms, swords, flags, broadsides, portraits, correspondence and newspapers. The exhibition also […]

In the fall of 2011, the Concord Museum marked the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1886. Pulitzer-prize winning author, historian, and Concord resident Doris Kearns […]

This innovative exhibition explored treasures from the Massachusetts Historical Society from a variety of perspectives—as items associated with important historical figures or events; as objects of beauty; as exceptional survivals […]

Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage charted a new direction for one of America’s best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs […]

In Concord, farmers, educators, planners, environmental activists, food distributors, health professionals, parents, and policymakers engage in community-wide discussions about building local food connections. The town’s agrarian heritage and historic farmland […]

Early Spring explored three centuries of careful observation of seasonal natural phenomena in Concord, a pool of data on the relationship between climate and biology that is essentially without parallel in […]

The Best Workman in the Shop explored William Munroe’s (1778 – 1861) life and career through the objects he made – including some of the most beautiful clocks crafted in Massachusetts, […]