Events
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Highlights of the Concord Museum
During the period of time when the Concord Museum’s galleries were undergoing renovations to address infrastructure needs and provide visitors with an improved Museum Experience, the treasured historical objects […]
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Your Everyday Companion: Journal-Making for Families
Bring your family to learn about the man who inspired the diligent documentation of the greater Walden Woods ecosystem. Create your own hand-made journal, just as Henry David Thoreau made […]
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SOLD OUT! Reenactment of a Meeting of the Provincial Congress 1774
SOLD OUT! Thank you for your interest in our Reenactment of a Meeting of the Provincial Congress 1774 in historic Wright Tavern. Sign up for Summer Night Beer Tasting and Talk to get a taste of history in Wright Tavern! The Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre have thrown the Massachusetts Bay Colony into chaos. […]
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Summer Night at Wright Tavern: Crafty Bastards with Lauren Clark and Saltbox Kitchen Brewery and BareWolf Brewing
The region that defined Yankee ingenuity has a beer heritage in keeping with its character. Brewing in New England goes back four centuries, beginning with the Pilgrims who dropped anchor in Plymouth […]
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Film Screening: Surveyor of the Soul
Thoreau wrote that he “was born in the nick of time” in Concord, Massachusetts and went on to famously write about building a cabin and living at Walden Pond. This film tells the story of his life and his time at Walden Pond as well as the impact his writings have had on environmental issues, […]
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SOLD OUT Emerson’s Circle Walking Tour
SOLD OUT In the 1800s, Concord was the center for American authors and thinkers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. They gathered together with other […]
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An Evening with Robert Richardson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFPhFZBjwA&feature=youtu.be Join renowned scholar Robert Richardson as he shares recent reflections on Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism with responses from Bay Emerson Bancroft, Robert Gross, and Megan Marshall. Robert Richardson was […]
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Free Fun Friday
Thanks to the generosity of the Highland Street Foundation, the Concord Museum is open FREE all day from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Experience Concord's history through object-based and hands-on […]
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RESCHEDULED TO NOV. 7: Why They Marched
Why They Marched: A Conversation with Susan Ware: RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 7, 2019 For far too long, the history of how American women won the right to vote has been […]
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Art and Action for Suffrage: Women’s Suffrage Turns 100 Family Program
Explore the activism and debate around women’s suffrage in Concord. Using primary materials from the Concord Museum Collection, participants will examine the variety of printed materials from both sides of the […]
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POSTPONED: Black Devil and Gentle Cloud: Ruskin and Emerson at Odds
Program Postponed: Unfortunately, the August 15 Concord Museum Forum with Sara Atwood on Black Devil and Gentle Cloud: Ruskin and Emerson at Odds, has been postponed. We are working to reschedule […]
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Women of Concord Walking Tour
Walk through town and focus on the notable women who shaped Concord’s history. The tour highlights famous historical figures as Louisa May Alcott and Margaret Fuller, to those who are […]