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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, share some of his favorite finds, and describe the joys of the “hunt” for rare books.  Following the forum, Ken will give free verbal appraisals […]

  • 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 cheerfully led tours of revolutionary battle sites and examines why we find ourselves living in an increasingly doubtful nation strained by bleak racial and economic […]

  • 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 that he lived in other homes in Concord throughout his life?  Take a tour of the domestic side of Thoreau’s wholly human life visiting the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 skulls or “death’s head”, urns, willows, and others.

  • 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 a friend in 1869, remembering her friends, the Alcott girls.  Join us for a walking tour highlighting the objects and homes of remarkable women of […]

  • 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 a must-see up on the big screen and under the stars before the fall 2022 release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Bring a blanket, lawn […]

  • 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 […]

  • Linocut Printmaking Workshop

    This program is full. Please consider signing up for the newly added morning session of the workshop on Wednesday, August 31 at 10:30 a.m.  Sign up here. Join us for a linocut workshop with Sherrie York, a celebrated printmaker and instructor, whose work explores the natural world, particularly birds.  Sherrie’s reduction linocut Trunk Show is […]

  • Linocut Printmaking Workshop

    Sold Out!  Thank you for your interest in our programs.  We hope you can join us for programs this fall. Join us for a linocut workshop with Sherrie York, a celebrated printmaker and instructor, whose work explores the natural world, particularly birds.  Sherrie’s reduction linocut Trunk Show  is in Mass Audubon’s collection and currently exhibited in […]

  • Coopering Demonstration with Master Cooper Ron Raiselis

    Join Master Cooper Ron Raiselis for a look into the 1700s coopering trade and explore why these highly skilled craftspeople were essential to the commerce and survival of a colony. Ron has served as the resident cooper at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H. since 1985, where he maintains a traditional cooperage shop. Included with […]