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  • Colonial Quilting: A Living History Demonstration

    Visit during school vacation to immerse yourself in the colonial home as a living historian demonstrates quilting a petticoat.  Learn about the process of quilting and how it was often […]

  • Conservation in Action: Historic Clothing Collection

    Drop in to the Lisa H. Foote History Learning Center during your visit to the Concord Museum to see conservators conducting a detailed survey of the Museum’s historic clothing collection. […]

  • What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection

    What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection The things we keep matter for the stories we tell. What objects do we choose to preserve, and who is able to collect them? Why were they once valued, and how can we continue to see them in new ways? This special exhibition explores what it means […]

  • What Makes History Gallery Tour with the Curators

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    Join us at 11:00am or 2:00pm for a guided tour of the new special exhibition What Makes History, led by curators from the Museum. Free with Museum admission. Members visit […]

  • The Midnight Ride Party

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    Join us for a festive evening of food, drinks, music, and fun activities as we mark the 10-year anniversary of the Paul Revere’s Ride Fund. Get ready to paddle up […]

  • Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

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    44th Annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture https://youtube.com/live/J2SDh6yMVWI?feature=share Who gets pockets, and why? It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and […]

  • Concert with Landscape Musician Ben Cosgrove

    Join us for a musical journey through the landscape with musician Ben Cosgrove. Straddling a line between folk and classical music, Ben performs as described by The Boston Globe “like […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: The North Bridge Beam

    Object Spotlight Talk: The North Bridge Beam This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in the April 19th, 1775 gallery. The North Bridge was the site of the first […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: The Barrett House Door

    Object Spotlight Talk: The Barrett House Door This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in the April 19th, 1775 gallery. On April 19, 1775, many women in Concord evacuated […]

  • Patriots’ Day at the Museum

    Enjoy free admission to the Museum and visit the immersive April 19, 1775 gallery to see the “One if by land, two if by sea” lantern hung in the North […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: Thoreau’s Desk

    Object Spotlight Talk: Thoreau’s Desk This talk will take place at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm in in the Thoreau gallery. This simple green desk made in Concord accompanied Henry David Thoreau from […]