• Middlesex County Modern

    Middlesex County Modern, organized by Guest Curator Rebecca Migdal, explored modern architecture in this region and its impact on design and the community. The exhibition focused on local purpose-built modern […]

  • N.C. Wyeth’s Men of Concord

    N.C. Wyeth's Men of Concord brought together, for the first time in nearly eighty years, the twelve original panels N.C. Wyeth painted for the book, Men of Concord and Some Others, as Portrayed in the Journal of Henry David Thoreau(1936). The exhibition also included charcoal drawings, watercolors, an additional artwork related to the series, including sketches created […]

  • Women of Concord

    Editor, silversmith, social justice activist, artist, domestic, Army nurse, teacher, factory worker, author, farmer, mother, philanthropist…All describe the women of Concord – some famous, some almost invisible – featured in […]

  • The Art & Mystery of the Dollhouse

    This enchanting exhibition included some rarely-seen examples of dollhouses and their miniature contents—including dolls—drawn from an esteemed private collection and from the renowned collection of The Strong National Museum of […]

  • Anatomy of a Desk and Walden, a game

    This exhibition brought focus to two iconic desks that played a major role in America’s literary tradition. The first, a Windsor writing-arm chair, was the desk at which Ralph Waldo […]

  • Concord Museum Winter Ball: Le Bal Masqué

    The Guild of Volunteers of the Concord Museum is hosting its annual fundraiser, Le Bal Masqué, on Saturday, March 4th as a benefit for the education programs of the Museum. The […]

  • 2017 Concord Museum Winter Ball: Le Bal Masqué

    2017 Concord Museum Winter Ball: Le Bal Masqué Saturday, March 4 from 6:30 - 11:00 p.m. The Lyman Estate in Waltham, MA   The Guild of Volunteers of the Concord […]

  • Patriots’ Day 2017

    Make the Concord Museum—a gateway to Concord's history—part of your family’s 2017 Patriots’ Day tradition as we commemorate “the shot heard ‘round the world” with activities for visitors of all […]

  • Walden: Four Views – Abelardo Morell

    On the occasion of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, Abelardo Morell, guided and inspired by Thoreau’s journals and his seminal work Walden, created panoramic photographic works that suggest […]

  • Garden Tour 2017

    Celebrating 28 Years of a New England Tradition The famed Concord spokesman for individualism and self-reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote: “When I go into a good garden, I think, […]

  • Golf Tournament 2017

    Now entering its 22nd year, this premier tournament provides critical support for the Museum’s educational initiatives. The Museum’s educational programs teach children about the ideas of freedom, self-government and individualism […]

  • BE THOREAU: Neighbor

    Join us for a community forum addressing how the past can inform present social challenges and political conflict with representatives from the Concord Museum, the Emerson House, The Old Manse, […]

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