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  • What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection

    What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection The things we keep matter for the stories we tell. What objects do we choose to preserve, and who is able to collect them? Why were they once valued, and how can we continue to see them in new ways? This special exhibition explores what it means […]

  • A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Robert D. Richardson III Annual Forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlgIKlQh7BE More than two centuries after his birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in American culture. Yet his reputation as […]

  • Fan Making Workshop

    Try your hand at fan making with an experienced teaching artist from the Umbrella Arts Center.  Visit the special exhibition What Makes History to see an exquisite sample of the […]

  • Appraisal Day with Bonhams Skinner

      Do you have a family heirloom passed down through generations?  Maybe a great yard sale item or flea market find that might be a treasure? Would you like to […]

  • What Makes History Gallery Tour with the Curators

    Curators from the Concord Museum lead a guided tour of the new special exhibition What Makes History. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.  Calling Card Case (detail), late 19th […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: Emerson’s Writing Desk

    Object Spotlight Talk: Emerson’s Writing Desk This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in the At the Center of the Revolution Gallery. Concord’s famous writer, philosopher, and lecturer, Ralph […]

  • Half American: A Memorial Day Forum

    https://youtube.com/live/_NJ8qXMdCTU?feature=share Join Dartmouth College Historian Matthew F. Delmont for a forum on his award-winning new book Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home […]

  • Full! Emerson-Thoreau Amble Walking Tour

    This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program! Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring […]

  • Nummeehquantamūmun

    Nummeehquantamūmun nia holley, Nipmuc, is reintroducing corn in the Museum’s interior courtyard as a process to reawaken the mortar and return corn to this place. This mortar is one of many mortars held by the Concord Museum that have been used for a variety of purposes by Indigenous communities, including processing food, medicines, and pigments. […]

  • American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty that Shaped a Nation

    https://youtube.com/live/XhThp1SDWo8?feature=share Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old farmhouse just north of Concord, historian John Kaag takes us on a multi-generational exploration of one of America’s […]

  • Butch Heroes: A Conversation with Ria Brodell

    This forum is postponed. Please keep an eye out for a new date. Ria Brodell is a non-binary trans artist, educator, and author with a current solo exhibition at the […]