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During the period of time when the Concord Museum’s galleries were undergoing renovations to address infrastructure needs and provide visitors with an improved Museum Experience, the treasured historical objects that are the highlights of the Museum’s renowned collection remained on view for visitors in the new Rasmussen Education Center. Over 100 objects, including Native […] |
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Carola Domar escaped Nazi Germany in her teens and came to the States, where she married and built a new life in Concord, finding true belonging within the unique neighborhood of Conantum. In this documentary film, she and her daughter tell the story of her persistent search for community. A high-spirited, resourceful person, Domar yearned […] |
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Wellesley Professor Kellie Carter Jackson, author of Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence will discuss the tactical use of violence among antebellum black activists. Through tactical violence, argues Carter Jackson, black abolitionist leaders accomplished what white nonviolent abolitionists could not: creating the conditions that necessitated the Civil War. Force and Freedom takes […] |
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Explore a more "dressed down" part of the Museum's fashion and textile collection with Curator David Wood. You'll have the opportunity to closely examine carefully selected pieces that demonstrate the rise of sporting and leisure wear, such as bicycling outfits and gym uniforms. This program is an event of the Cummings Davis Society, which provides […] |
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SOLD OUT - Thank you for your interest in our programs. Please consider signing up for these other upcoming walking tours including Emerson-Thoreau Amble on May 25 and Antislavery on June 15. Walk with the warblers as they migrate through Concord. Led by Gary Clayton, president of Mass Audubon and Jeff Collins, Director of Conservation […] |
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Join the Concord Museum in welcoming renowned historians David Blight and John Stauffer as they discuss one of the most important people of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped enslaved man who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. 2019 PULITZER PRIZE […] |
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Experience the history of Concord while you cruise your way through town on a guided tour of Concord’s African American and Antislavery history. Meet the free and enslaved people who called Concord their home. Traverse spots along the Underground Railroad, and learn about flashpoints in Concord’s history that played a crucial role in the abolitionist […] |
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Hosted by the Concord Free Public Library as part of the 2019 Concord Community Conversation. Join Special Collections Curator Leslie Wilson and Head of Reference Barbara Gugluizza of the Concord Free Public Library for a discussion on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. This 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition was written by famous […] |
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Gear up for the Concord Museum's 30th Annual Garden Tour by joining other Members for a tour of the historic gardens at The Trustees' Long Hill in Beverly, MA. Led by Trustees Horticulturist Dan Bouchard, we will tour through the beautiful and distinct gardens that surround the Federal-style house that once belonged to the Sedgwick […] |
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SOLD OUT – Thank you for your interest in our programs. Please consider signing up for these other upcoming walking tours including Antislavery on June 15 and Emerson's Circle on July 27. Happy 216th Birthday, Emerson! Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Join a guided walk […]
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Join the Concord Museum Curator, David Wood, for a spotlight on the inner sanctum of Ralph Waldo Emerson. After recently cataloging all of the objects in Emerson’s study, David will share highlights, surprises, and insights into the remarkable man and his many visitors who shaped the course of history. Included with Museum admission; Members free.
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SOLD OUT – Thank you for your interest in our programs. Please consider signing up for these other upcoming walking tours including Antislavery on June 15 and Emerson's Circle on July 27. By popular demand! One last chance to Walk with the Authors on this sunny, spring weekend and revel in the beauty of the hidden […] |
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As the culminating event in our Frederick Douglass Community Conversation initiative, the Museum will present a screening of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, a film described as "an emotional portrait, a social critique, and a passionate plea for human equality.” Following the screening of the newly restored documentary, the filmmaker, Karen Thorsen, along with Director […] |
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Join us for the Concord Museum's 30th Annual Garden Tour on Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day, organized by the Concord Museum's Guild of Volunteers to benefit the Museum's educational initiatives. There are seven beautiful private Concord gardens on the list for this year and we […] |