Events
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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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BE THOREAU: Reader
Family Train Trip to Fitchburg Join the Concord Free Public Library, Fitchburg Public Library, Massachusetts Center for the Book, and the Concord Museum for a trip to Fitchburg inspired by […]
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This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal
The bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth culminated with the opening of the most comprehensive exhibition ever created about one of the world’s most original writers and thinkers. This Ever […]
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Be Thoreau.
Throughout 2017, Concord is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of writer and thinker Henry Thoreau (1817-1862). The Concord Museum, along with program partners, has developed a year-long initiative, […]
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BE THOREAU: Thinker
A Visit from Henry David Thoreau
Encounter Henry David Thoreau on the eve of the Civil War. After a dramatic monologue, “Thoreau” will answer questions from the audience, followed by Professor Kevin Radaker responding to questions as himself. -
BE THOREAU: Worker
Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul
From award-winning filmmaker Huey comes a portrait of Henry David Thoreau and how his work has impacted generations of thinkers, activists, and environmentalists. Join producer, director, and editor Huey for a post-screening discussion of Thoreau as “worker.”