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  • A Visit with President Lincoln

    A Visit with President Lincoln is on a first-come basis. Please arrive early to ensure a seat.  The program will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. The Museum is pleased to again host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood's first-person historical interpretation, "A Visit with Abraham Lincoln," includes stories of Lincoln's early […]

  • Sweet History: Colonial Chocolate

    Immerse yourself in the colonial home as a living historian grinds cocoa beans, adds spices and concocts delicious treats by the winter hearth.  Read a colonial recipe or “receipt” and decipher the steps to cooking rare delicacies in colonial Concord. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • Last Chance to View The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated

    This weekend is the last weekend to view our special exhibition, The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated. This exhibition explores the planning and construction of the Lincoln Memorial through illustrations, sculpture, archival materials, and ephemera, and it traces its role as a symbolic site in illustrations, political cartoons, and popular culture. The exhibition features works by numerous […]

  • No Right to an Honest Living: A Conversation with Jacqueline Jones and Kellie Carter Jackson

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRqbk9vciBs Jacqueline Jones, professor emerita from the University of Texas and past president of the American Historical Association joins us for a conversation on her newest book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston Black Workers during the Civil War Era with historian Kellie Carter Jackson. Highlighting the everyday struggles of ordinary […]

  • A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library

    In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th Anniversary, the Concord Museum, the Concord Free Public Library, and the Concord Free Public Library Corporation’s William Munroe Special Collections have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. Wyeth, May Alcott Nieriker, Charles Hovey Pepper, […]

  • A Perpetual Invitation Opening Day

    Concord Museum members and the public are invited to view the new special exhibition curated in collaboration with the Concord Free Public Library, A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library.

  • A Perpetual Invitation Gallery Tour with the Curators (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.)

    Curators from the Concord Museum and the Concord Free Public Library lead guided tours of the new special exhibition A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. No advanced registration necessary.  Free with Museum admission.  Members visit free.

  • A Perpetual Invitation Gallery Tour with the Curators (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.)

    Curators from the Concord Museum and the Concord Free Public Library lead guided tours of the new special exhibition A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. No advanced registration necessary.  Free with Museum admission.  Members visit free.

  • Massachusetts Historical Society Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe4zyCADhsU In-person attendance for the ceremony is full.  Please register to watch the virtual livestream.  Thank you! Join us at the Concord Museum for the ceremony of the Massachusetts Historical Society’s 2022 Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize awarded to Robert A. Gross for his book The Transcendentalists and Their World, published in 2021 by […]