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  • SOLD OUT! For the Public Benefit: The Ellicott Astronomical Regulator

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    In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Join physicist Alan Lightman, horologist Richard Ketchen, second-generation clock dealer John Delaney, and Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a unique evening exploring one of the most precise scientific instruments to ever find its way to America in the 18th century […]

  • Transformed by Revolution Curator Gallery Talk

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    Explore how ideas about community and belonging changed during and after the American Revolution. Learn about the impact of Harvard University’s temporary relocation to Concord, the daily experiences of families and children, and the networks of care among Black and Indigenous families from the exhibition’s co-curators David Wood, Curator, and Susan Foster Jones, Director of […]

  • Breakfast with the Washingtons

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    Join General and Mrs. Washington (Glenn Siner and Sandy Spector) as they take their breakfast together in spring of 1784. Listen in on their conversation about their lives thus far and what they anticipate for their lives at Mount Vernon, now that the War for Independence is behind them. Free Members | $10 Non-Members

  • February School Vacation Week

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    Visit the Museum during February school vacation for special family activities. Monday, February 16 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm: A Visit with President Lincoln The Museum is pleased to host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood's first-person historical interpretation, "A Visit with Abraham Lincoln," includes stories of Lincoln's early life, campaign debates, […]

  • A Visit with President Lincoln

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    The Museum is pleased to host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood's first-person historical interpretation, "A Visit with Abraham Lincoln," includes stories of Lincoln's early life, campaign debates, the Civil War, and concludes with a stirring reading of the Gettysburg Address. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • SOLD OUT! An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams on The Glorians

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    SOLD OUT! An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams on The Glorians In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Join acclaimed nature writer and New York Times bestselling author, Terry Tempest Williams, as she discusses her newest book The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, a revelatory work of narrative nonfiction exploring […]

  • SOLD OUT! An Evening with Historian Jill Lepore on the U.S. Constitution

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    In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Acclaimed historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins us for an illuminating forum on her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. The conversation will explore the evolving meaning of American democracy, the Constitution, and civic life — inviting timely reflection on who “the […]

  • Curator Gallery Talks in Revolutionary Legacies 

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    Join Curator David Wood and Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson for gallery talks in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on March 27. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • Curator Gallery Talks in Revolutionary Legacies 

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    Join Curator David Wood and Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson for gallery talks in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on March 27. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • Art in Bloom Collaborative Drawing

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    Drop-In the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum at the Concord Museum to join Art in Bloom Collaborative Drawing! Open to all ages and skill levels, this free event is an opportunity to create art, connect with others, and celebrate community. Participants are invited to draw or paint a plant or flower that holds personal or […]

  • The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

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    Historian Rick Bell examines the American Revolution as a global turning point in The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. This forum explores how events in North America reshaped international politics, empires, and ideas about liberty, revealing the Revolution’s far-reaching and lasting consequences. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

  • Harold Holzer on Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

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    Presidential historian Harold Holzer explores Abraham Lincoln’s views on immigration in Brought Forth on This Continent. Drawing on Lincoln’s words and actions, this forum examines how debates over newcomers, belonging, and national identity shaped the 19th century and continue to resonate in America today.  Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual