• A Reading and Conversation with Billy Collins

    “Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s an American treasure” writes Nick Laird.  In […]

  • Free Admission on Patriots’ Day

    Admission to the Museum is FREE on Patriots' Day! Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visit our drop-in activities to learn […]

  • An Enemy Among Us!

    When you are visiting the Museum on Patriots’ Day, beware of a Red Coat from the British Army roaming the galleries looking for Provincial rebels.  Talk with him about the […]

  • Patriots’ Day Minuteman Encampment

    “I haven’t a man who is afraid to go!” Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with […]

  • Earth Day Drop-In Program

    Build your own binoculars (without lenses) to explore birds in the sky.  But first, test your binoculars out in Alive with Birds. Environmental bonus: recycle by bringing your own toilet […]

  • Birds of Prey Wildlife Encounter

    Join the waitlist. Meet birds of prey and learn about their importance to the ecosystem with an educator from Mass Audubon.  Species may include owls, falcons, hawks, vultures and eagles.  […]

  • Power and Liberty: A Conversation with Gordon Wood

    https://youtu.be/v57quJolSvs Annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture Brown University professor, Gordon Wood, will discuss his new book, Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution, in which he distills a lifetime […]

  • The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj98x8AUUd0 Join Scott Weidensaul, naturalist and ornithologist, as he celebrates the natural world—particularly birds—in his newest book, A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds, conveying the […]

  • In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau

    https://youtu.be/pgAmjOawzLg In his new book, Six Walks, award-winning author and artist, Ben Shattuck depicts six journeys from Cape Cod to Mount Katahdin that were once taken by Thoreau.  According to […]

  • Founding Women and the Dawn of the Conservation Movement

    https://youtu.be/VAbdmY_0gFU Joan Walsh, Gerard Bertrand Chair of Field Ornithology & Natural History at Mass Audubon, and Harvard Lecturer and Curator, Reed Abigail Gochberg will speak on the role women played […]

  • A Conversation with Charlie Gibson and Timothy Johnson

    https://youtu.be/MPQYM5ajMl4 Join legendary television journalists Charlie Gibson and Dr. Timothy Johnson as they reminisce about their years at ABC News, the challenges our nation faces today, and the enduring power […]

  • FULL! Early Bird Walking Tour of Brewster’s Woods

    This program is full. Please consider joining us for other programs this spring. Walk with the warblers as they migrate through Concord. Join David O’Neill, President of Mass Audubon and […]