• Henry David Thoreau: A Conversation with Lawrence Buell

    https://youtube.com/live/poS-IHi-F2A?feature=share Lawrence Buell, Harvard University Professor Emeritus of American Literature, joins us for a conversation on his new book Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently.  Professor Buell details the complexities and […]

  • FULL! Basic Embroidery Workshop

    Thank you for your interest in our programs. Please consider joining us for another program this fall. This workshop is designed to be a fun and informative introduction to embroidery. […]

  • Postponed: An Evening with David Hackett Fischer

    Due to an unexpected health issue, this program will be postponed.  Thank you for joining us for another program this fall. Pulitzer Prize winning historian, David Hackett Fischer, joins us […]

  • Music & Folklore

    The Purse and the Person: A Century of Women’s Purses

    Concord Museum and Concord Conservatory of Music partner to present Music & Folklore, musical evocations of the tales and characters of oral folk traditions from around the globe. The ancient […]

  • Emerson’s Circle Walking Tour

    In the 1800s, Concord was the center for American authors and thinkers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. They gathered together with other Concordians to […]

  • Family Halloween Celebration and Pumpkin Decorating

    Join the Concord Museum Contemporary Leaders for a festive fall morning of pumpkin decorating at the Museum.  Pumpkins and decorating supplies will be provided along with Halloween treats! Tickets are […]

  • Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through […]

  • Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    Sleepy Hollow-een Tour

    Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk or pavement; rain or shine.   $10 Member | $20 Non-Member In-Person Walking […]

  • Black Girls and Their Needlework in Early America

    11th Annual Sally Lanagan Lecture https://youtube.com/live/xnwa6HdHAUM?feature=share Dr. Kelli Racine Barnes joins us to discuss the lives and experiences of Black girls during the late 1700s and early 1800s in the northeastern United States by examining the needlework they created.  By using material culture as primary evidence, the needlework provides valuable clues about the lives of […]