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https://youtu.be/JbYHQ0b4dao What did the Minutemen carry with them into battle in 1775? How do you change a flint and fire a musket? Muster with living Historian Nick Johnson in this virtual program to find out! Please note that this family program is virtual. Participants will be emailed a link to watch the program live on […] |
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https://youtu.be/mTXAEo-0A28 Join us for a free virtual forum from the comfort of your home! Join Geologist and New England's foremost expert on stone walls, Robert Thorson, in a conversation on the fascinating history of Concord's signature, but often forgotten, landform - stone walls. Thorson uncovers why New England is uniquely situated to be the quintessential […] |
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In 2017, the Concord Museum was honored to receive an anonymous gift of 47 works of art by Loring Wilkins Coleman (1918-2015), a notable painter of New England landscapes. The exhibition celebrated the work of this accomplished artist who had a strong Concord connection and who explored a changing New England with a sense of […] |
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Due to new restrictions around the Coronavirus pandemic, this program has been postponed to January 2021. Please keep an eye out for a new date and registration page. Thank you! Lawrence Powers has owned and operated Powers Gallery since 1982 after taking the business over from his father. Learn the ins and outs of fine […] |
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In honor of America's first veterans, the Concord Museum is offering a sneak peek and free admission with advance registration to active military and veterans and their families to the new April 19, 1775 Galleries on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. The three new permanent galleries contain the most comprehensive collection of artifacts involved on that […]
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https://youtu.be/x0k5GAr3ZNs Board of Governors, Trustees, the Lantern Society, and Museum Members are invited to celebrate the opening of the new April 19, 1775 galleries. The event will feature words from Ralph Earle, President of the Museum's Board of Governors and a sneak peek of the galleries before you visit them in-person. This event is open […] |
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Today the Concord Museum will debut three new permanent galleries chronicling the events of April 19, 1775 and their revolutionary effect on American history! The oft-told story of the battle at Concord’s North Bridge comes to life in dramatic new and more inclusive ways to recount the fateful moment when the first shots were fired […]
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https://youtu.be/fana3gsCeFs Born on Thoreau Farm in 1926, Joe Wheeler went on to help farmers and others across the world. His idealism was forged in Concord during the Depression and World War II. Motivated to help build a war-free, prosperous world, he spent most of his life abroad assisting others through the U.S. Agency for International […] |
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https://youtu.be/ePlRaWcrq1c Join us for a virtual gallery talk from the comfort of your home! Curator David Wood and Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Associate Erica Lome introduce visitors to the newly opened permanent galleries that unveil first-person narratives of the events of April 19, 1775 that started an 8-year war for independence. The objects in the […] |
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As part of your Museum visit today, stop in the Churchill and Janet Franklin Lyceum to see the process of a watercolor painting come to life with artist Kat O’Connor, who is known for her stunning large-scale watercolors, acrylic paintings, and drawings of water, the human figure, and desert landscapes. Kat O’Connor earned a BA […] |
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In her new book, 1774: The Long Year of Revolution, Cornell historian Mary Beth Norton chronicles the revolutionary change that occurred from December 1773 to April 1775 – from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord. During those sixteen months, the term “Loyalist” was first coined […] |
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https://youtu.be/c3_7ymk4kKY Join us for a free virtual forum from the comfort of your home! Henry Adams, Professor of American Art at Case Western Reserve University and descendant of John Adams, joins us for a conversation on his former teacher and mentor, Loring W. Coleman. In reflecting on Coleman’s work, Adams addresses that “Coleman was inspired […] |
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