Events
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Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread
Our current special exhibition, Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread, highlights needlework produced by young women in New England and specifically the extraordinary collection of samplers at the Concord Museum. […]
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28th Annual Family Trees
Featured28th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature begins on November 22, 2023 through January 1, 2024! Concord’s literary legacy is given a creative twist as dozens of trees […]
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A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ow0uuCVv10 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian Katherine Howe joins us to discuss her new novel A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself. […]
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Object Spotlight Talk: Lock and Key from Concord Jail
Learn about the story behind the Lock and Key from the Concord jail where Henry David Thoreau spent a night in protest of a government that supported the evil of […]
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MLK Day of Service
"Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Join us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for a morning of service hosted by the Concord […]
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Beyond the Exhibition: A Close Look at Needlework
A Lisa H. Foote History Learning Center Program Visit the special exhibition Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread with the Museum’s curator to learn about the Museum’s exemplary collection of […]
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Object Spotlight Talk: Silk Shoe in the April 19th gallery
Learn how a fancy silk and wool shoe connects to the important role women played in boycotting goods from England during the American Revolution. In the 18th century, American milliners often imported fancy […]
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An Evening with Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University President Emerita
https://youtube.com/live/jRaZSeFPcsI?feature=share Drew Gilpin Faust, President Emerita of Harvard University, joins us for a special evening reflecting on her instant New York Times bestselling memoir, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury. […]
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Object Spotlight Talk: Louisa May Alcott’s Tea Kettle
Learn about the story behind the tea kettle that Louisa May Alcott used while serving as a nurse for the Union Army in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. Alcott […]
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Cancelled- Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
We regret to share that this event has been cancelled. We hope to see you at another program soon!
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Object Spotlight Talk: Jack Garrison’s Walking Stick
Jack Garrison lived as a free man in Concord during the first half of the 19th century. He’d been enslaved in New Jersey until he fled to Massachusetts in 1810. […]
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Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH3ulITG5ok Leila Philip, professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, highlights how beavers played an oversized role in American history and how they can play an important […]