Events
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Sketching Workshop with Live Songbirds
Just as William Brewster put down his gun to study living birds, in this workshop, students will trade-in photographs for living songbirds to inspire their art. After touring the exhibit Alive with Birds with teaching artist and Conservation Biologist, Becky Harris, students will try their hand at capturing the essence of birds as they sketch […]
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The Future of Our Democracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXiNHs3mFI As debates rage over which rights are guaranteed by the Constitution— join E.J. Dionne, Randall Kennedy, Renee Loth, and John Shattuck in a spirited discussion of the challenges facing […]
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Mindfulness in Nature
This program is full. Please consider participating in another program this summer. In partnership with Be Well Be Here, join us for a walk and activity at Mass Audubon Brewster’s Woods Wildlife Sanctuary in Concord. Be Well Be Here Founder and Executive Director, Lara Wilson, will lead participants on a woodland walk based on the […]
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Old and Rare Books Forum and Appraisals with Ken Gloss
https://youtu.be/opHzYYRr5E8 Ken Gloss, proprietor of the internationally known Brattle Book Shop in Boston and frequent guest appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, will discuss the value of old and rare books, […]
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A Conversation with Bill McKibben
In his new book—The Flag, The Cross, and The Station Wagon —award-winning author, activist, and educator, Bill McKibben looks back at his adolescent years growing up in Lexington where he […]
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A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord
This program is full. Please join us for another program this summer! Henry David Thoreau is known for the two years he spent living at Walden Pond. Did you know […]
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The Birds: Outdoor Film Screening
Hitchcock’s terrifying and memorable masterpiece The Birds exemplifies how birds have made their way into all aspects of the human experience, including art and culture. While the special exhibition Alive with Birds celebrates the species and conservation of their habitat, our avian subjects are cast in a more treacherous light in the 1963 classic film […]
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Grave Detectives Walking Tour
Tour the first burial ground in Concord dating to c. 1636 learning about past Concordians with a Museum educator. Explore the classic iconography of New England headstones that feature winged […]
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A Walk with Louisa and Ellen
This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program this summer and fall. "To spend the day at their house was a rapturous event," Ellen Emerson wrote to […]
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Black Panther: Outdoor Film Screening
Join us for an outdoor film screening of Black Panther, Marvel’s 2018 release staring the late Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa a.k.a. the Black Panther. This action-packed, Black-led superhero film is […]
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Alive with Birds Family Weekend
Drop by to learn about bird nests through a craft activity.
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Early Bird Walking Tour of Brewster’s Woods
This program is full. Please consider joining us for another program this summer/ fall. Join a Mass Audubon guide in exploring birding hotspots at Mass Audubon’s Brewster’s Woods Wildlife Sanctuary in Concord. We’ll walk in the footsteps of William Brewster, sharing passages from his journals and searching for a variety of migrants on their annual […]