Events
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Massachusetts Historical Society Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe4zyCADhsU In-person attendance for the ceremony is full. Please register to watch the virtual livestream. Thank you! Join us at the Concord Museum for the ceremony of the Massachusetts Historical […]
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43rd Annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture: Global Objects: A Conversation with Edward S. Cooke, Jr. and Suzanne Blier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jIqxq2_dH4 Edward S. Cooke, Jr., renowned art historian of Yale University, is joined by Harvard University art historian Suzanne Blier in a conversation on Ned’s newest book Global Objects: Towards […]
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Patriots’ Day Family Activities
Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visiting our drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. Museum admission […]
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An Enemy Among Us!
When you are visiting the Museum on Patriots’ Day, beware of a Redcoat from the British Army roaming the galleries looking for Provincial rebels. Talk with him about the experiences […]
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Made in Horn
Visit a craftsperson inside the Museum demonstrating various objects that were made of horn during the colonial period, including powder horns and everyday items like cups and combs. Museum admission […]
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Patriots’ Day Minuteman Encampment
“I haven’t a man who is afraid to go!” Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with […]
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Painting By Numbers
https://youtube.com/live/qJUb2R7bUhU?feature=share Diana Greenwald, William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and author of Painting By Numbers, joins us for a conversation on 19th […]
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Annual Earth Day Forum ~ Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabLWhx_DbQ Lauret Savoy, the David B. Truman Professor of Environmental Studies & Geology at Mount Holyoke College and a woman of African American, Euro-American, and Indigenous ancestry, joins us for […]
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Curator: A Female View of Historic American Furniture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwHTVkATjA Considerable attention has been paid to male furniture-makers and the glory of their work in museum collections like the Concord Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Women, too, […]
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The Concordians Behind the Art Walking Tour
Many of the works of art in the Concord Free Public Library’s collection and displayed at the Concord Museum were made by, of, and for Concordians. Join a Concord Museum […]
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Behind the Dial: The Anatomy of a Clock
Thank you for your interest in our programs. This program is full. Join the Concord Museum’s curator, David Wood, in a program in which participants will look behind the dial […]
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An Evening with Robert Pinsky
https://youtube.com/live/TY3lrLkheFc?feature=share Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 – 2000, joins us for a reading and conversation on writing, teaching, and poetry’s place in the world. It […]