Events
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Revolutionary Family Activities
Participate in drop-in activities outside in the Museum’s courtyard inspired by the Revolution. Try your hand at using a feather quill and ink to write like a revolutionary; make and […]
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Emerson, Thoreau, and Frost: A Conversation with Jay Parini
https://youtu.be/tsvqIAeaRqs Join poet, novelist, biographer, and critic Jay Parini in a wide-ranging discussion of three granite figures of New England and American literature: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and […]
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FULL! Brewster and the Birds Walking Tour
Thank you for your interest in our programs! We hope that you consider joining us for other events this spring. A young William Brewster and his childhood friend Daniel Chester […]
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Anna Malaika Tubbs on The Three Mothers
https://youtu.be/wDkNdtquhOM On the eve of Mother’s Day, join biographer Anna Malaika Tubbs as she discusses her new book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X, […]
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Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling
https://youtu.be/Dzg8vofPwwk Join former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift; Pulitzer-Prize winning Boston Globe columnist, Eileen McNamara; and former Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong, as they discuss the successes earned and challenges faced by […]
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Every Path Laid Open: Women of Concord and the Quest for Equality
In 1845, feminist Margaret Fuller described the ultimate goal of women’s suffrage: “We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man.” Spoken seventy-five years before American women had the legal right to vote in national elections, Fuller’s rallying cry inspired a movement for women's equality that continues today. In […]
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Telling Women’s Stories: StoryCorp DIY
Tell a story about a woman in your life; tell a story with a woman in your life. Participate in the Museum’s oral history program recording stories about the important women in our lives. The recordings will become part of the StoryCorps Archive through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, preserving your […]
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Women in Our Future: Drop-In Family Program
Every Saturday in May, stop by the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum to participate in an activity that celebrates women’s fight for civil rights and equity throughout history, and all that is to come for women’s achievement. The future is female, and we want to hear your hopes for our future! With Museum admission; Members […]
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Full! A Walk with Louisa and Ellen
Thank you for your interest in our programs! I hope consider joining us again this spring. Join us for a walking tour highlighting the objects and homes of remarkable women […]
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A Bridge to the Future: Thriving at Work Beyond Covid
Join us for a virtual presentation and networking breakfast to discuss the challenges women face in the workplace, and the bridges we can build to the future as we emerge […]
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Conversation with Sara Seager
https://youtu.be/bskIcGfeWIw Join Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and a professor of planetary science at MIT, as she discusses her memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe, in which she recounts her […]
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Courageous Women Leaders in Turbulent Times
https://youtu.be/aoXOCfWfalY In her recent book, Forged in Crisis, Nancy Koehn, historian at the Harvard Business School, examines the pivotal role that Rachel Carson played in the development of the modern […]