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  • An Evening with Tiya Miles on Harriet Tubman

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxvSmNSWWo National Book Award–winning author Tiya Miles, joins 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner Jacqueline Jones for a revelatory conversation on the myth and the truth behind Harriet Tubman, one of the most famous Americans ever born who few really understand. A figure more out of myth than history, Harriet Tubman becomes an even clearer and sharper […]

  • Full! A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord

    A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord This program is full. Please join us for another program this summer. When we think of Henry David Thoreau, we picture him during the two years he spent living at Walden Pond.  But did you know that he lived in other homes in Concord throughout his life?  Take a unique […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: Vedic Texts

    This talk will take place at 2:30pm in the Thoreau Gallery. An English traveler and writer, Thomas Cholmondeley (pronounced “chumly”), gifted Henry David Thoreau 44 volumes of sacred texts of India’s Vedic literary tradition. On his death, Thoreau bequeathed half of the volumes to Ralph Waldo Emerson and half to Bronson Alcott. This spotlight talk takes a […]

  • We Were Friends

    Episode One: Two Years In: Birthdays Advanced ticket sales are now closed. Please purchase tickets at the door. Award-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends, a playful reimagining of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound friendship set in today’s world. In this 12-part series (two episodes of which are being performed at the Concord […]

  • Curator Spotlight Talk: What Makes History?

    Take a deep dive into highlights from the special exhibition What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection with Concord Museum curator, David Wood.  Rather than an extensive tour of the exhibition, this spotlight talk will delve into the history and artistry of a selection of objects in the exhibition including fireplace bellows, chairs, and […]

  • History Learning Cart

      Stationed in the April 19, 1775 gallery, the History Learning Cart encourages visitors of all ages to explore touchable objects and expand on the topics presented in the galleries. You can hold a replica powder horn, examine a canteen and tin cup, and feel the weight of a musket ball in your hand. Free […]

  • FULL! Grave Detectives Walking Tour

    This program is full. Please join us for another program this summer! Tour the first burial ground in Concord dating to c. 1636 learning about past Concordians with a Museum educator. Explore the classic iconography of New England headstones that feature winged skulls or “death’s head”, urns, willows, and others. This tour includes about 1 […]

  • 250 Days to the 250th Community Day

    Enjoy free admission and family activities as we begin the countdown to the 250th anniversary of April 19, 1775. While you are at the Museum, see the lantern that was used as a signal on the night of Paul Revere's midnight ride along with other objects that witnessed this pivotal day in history. From 5:30 […]

  • We Were Friends Play

    Episode: And Then: Late Night This program is full. At-the-door registration is closed, and there will be no tickets for sale at the door.  Because of inclement weather, this program is now being held inside the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum at the Concord Museum. Award-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends, a playful reimagining […]

  • 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. See the clothing collection in a unique setting and learn about the ongoing and important work of preserving the Museum’s collection. This program is ongoing […]

  • Object Spotlight Talk: Sewing Table

    This talk will take place at 2:30pm in the To Set This World Right Gallery. This sewing table was likely used by Cynthia, Helen, and Sophia Thoreau in their home when making quilts for antislavery fundraising fairs hosted by the Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society. Female antislavery activists faced many challenges including not having the right to vote […]