The Best Workman in the Shop explored William Munroe’s (1778 – 1861) life and career through the objects he made – including some of the most beautiful clocks crafted in Massachusetts, […]

Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) is best known for his monuments of two icons of American history: the Minute Man in Concord, MA (1871-75) and the seated figure of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial […]

The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19, 1775 followed an hour-by-hour account of the actions of British Regulars and Patriots on April 19th, 1775, presenting a chronological and geographical timeline […]

Behind Closed Doors: Asleep in New England uncovered the complex role sleep has played in everyday life throughout American history, drawing upon the expertise of Consulting Curators Jane and Richard Nylander […]

The Art of Baseball explored the many ways that artists have responded to America's national pastime. Ranging from fine art to folk art and beyond, the exhibition included nearly 50 works, […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]