• 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. […]

  • 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.  […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.  […]

  • 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 […]