• Town Hall Meeting with Congresswoman Lori Trahan

    https://youtu.be/rqdEkotayCc Join Congresswoman Lori Trahan in a virtual town hall as she takes questions from area high school students about the pressing issues of our times. This program coincides with the special exhibition Every Path Laid Open: Women of Concord and the Quest for Equality.  Book your timed-entry ticket to visit the exhibition at concordmuseum.org. Donations are encouraged […]

  • The Quest for Equality: Progress or Retreat?

    Thank you for watching! If you wish to submit questions to the speakers, please do so on our YouTube channel or by emailing ashilling@concordmuseum.org. https://youtu.be/QlY_sa8JUm8 As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment – how far has our nation and our world come in creating an equitable world?  Join Margaret […]

  • Telling Women’s Stories: StoryCorp DIY

    Tell a story about a woman in your life; tell a story with a woman in your life.  Participate in the Museum’s oral history program recording stories about the important women in our lives.  The recordings will become part of the StoryCorps Archive through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, preserving your […]

  • FULL! Emerson-Thoreau Amble Walking Tour

    Thank you for your interest in our programs.  We hope that you consider joining us for another program soon! Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring weather and learn about the friendship of two notable observers of nature from a museum interpreter. 1-mile […]

  • Emerson and Concord: America Discovers Idealism

    Thank you for watching.  Please submit your questions for the speaker on our YouTube channel or by emailing ashilling@concordmuseum.org. https://youtu.be/r-Ryu0L0mSU Join the Concord Museum and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association for the first annual Robert D. Richardson III Lecture to mark Emerson’s birthday featuring author and philosopher, Richard Geldard.   Dr. Geldard, the author of […]

  • Telling Women’s Stories: StoryCorp DIY

    Tell a story about a woman in your life; tell a story with a woman in your life.  Participate in the Museum’s oral history program recording stories about the important women in our lives.  The recordings will become part of the StoryCorps Archive through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, preserving your […]

  • The Letters of Ellen Garrison

    Thank you for participating in our virtual forum! Please submit your questions and comments on YouTube or by emailing ashilling@concordmuseum.org. https://youtu.be/rTCUOj3LEo0 Ellen Garrison, the daughter and granddaughter of men who had been enslaved, spent her life educating newly freed people and fighting for their civil rights. Born and raised in Concord, she followed in her […]

  • Outdoor Film Screening: Little Women

    The Concord Museum and the Orchard House celebrate Louisa May Alcott and the film adaptation of her famous novel Little Women! Bring the whole family for an outdoor movie under the stars on the Museum lawn. Pre-film activities begin at 7:30 p.m.  Come with your blankets, chairs, snacks, and an intrepid spirit and participate in […]

  • Outdoor Film Screening: Harriet

    The Robbins House partners with the Concord Museum in a screening of Harriet on the eve of Juneteenth to celebrate and continue the conversation raised by Harriet Tubman’s life.  This award-winning Own Voices film directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Cynthia Erivo expands our understanding of this well-known, and almost mythical, figure and puts her […]

  • FULL! Antislavery Walking Tour

    Thank you for your interest in our programs.  We hope you can join us for more walking tours this summer! 19th century Concord was teaming with activists and intellectuals who cultivated the beginning of the antislavery movement.  Coinciding with the celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, this […]