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SUMMARY:What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection
DESCRIPTION:What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection\n\n\n\n\nThe things we keep matter for the stories we tell. What objects do we choose to preserve\, and who is able to collect them? Why were they once valued\, and how can we continue to see them in new ways? \nThis special exhibition explores what it means to make history through object collecting\, preservation\, and storytelling. Visitors will see a variety of collections from the Museum’s holdings\, offering the rare opportunity to look closely at several kinds of a particular item. By displaying these eclectic collections together\, What Makes History encourages visitors to think about how and why these objects were saved so that we might view them decades and even centuries later. \nHighlights include a sampling of the Museum’s vast collection of fans from around the world\, beautifully painted fireplace bellows produced by free Black workers in Acton\, MA\, in the 19th century\, as well as chairs\, textiles\, card cases\, and timepieces. Many of these objects have never before been on view. \nWe invite you to come look closely at these remarkable items\, join us as we ask new questions\, and consider how we can continue to expand what makes history together. \nSupported by WBUR. \nBellow Tops\, Davis Bellows Factory\, mid-1840s\, Acton\, Ma. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Lawrence Sorli; 2022.1.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/what-makes-history-new-stories-from-the-collection/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Nummeehquantamūmun
DESCRIPTION:Nummeehquantamūmun \n\n\n\n\n\nnia holley\, Nipmuc\, is reintroducing corn in the Museum’s interior courtyard as a process to reawaken the mortar and return corn to this place. This mortar is one of many mortars held by the Concord Museum that have been used for a variety of purposes by Indigenous communities\, including processing food\, medicines\, and pigments. \nThrough the planting of corn\, Nummeehquantamūmun evokes a complex and multilayered process of remembering that includes the corn\, the mortar\, and all of us bearing witness.  \nIn collaboration with nia holley\, the Museum will be adding interpretive labels about the project in the interior courtyard later this summer. The Museum will also hold a public program with her in the fall to discuss the installation and process\, as well as to promote conversations around topics relating to memory\, food\, and relationships. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: nia holley is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is deeply influenced by what survival and healing look like within Black and Indigenous communities. Her work ranges from printmaking\, ceramics\, metalsmithing\, and traditional arts to bringing tribal communities together around food justice\, agroecology\, land\, and history. She strives to cultivate relationships across tribal borders to rebuild a more inclusive and historical process of kinship and survival. She has actively engaged with Indigenous-led grassroots organizations as an outreach and project coordinator and has participated in Nipmuc programs since before she could walk and talk. nia is a co-founder of the Eastern Woodlands Rematriation collective.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/nummeehquantamumun/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty that Shaped a Nation
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old farmhouse just north of Concord\, historian John Kaag takes us on a multi-generational exploration of one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. The Bloods explored and laid claim to the frontiers—geographic\, political\, intellectual\, and spiritual—that would become the very core of the United States. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/american-bloods-the-untamed-dynasty-that-shaped-a-nation/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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SUMMARY:The 35th Annual Garden Tour - June 7 and June 8\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:The 35th Annual Garden Tour June 7 – 8 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm\nTickets are now on sale! Use the below form to purchase your tickets. \nJoin us for a day of beauty\, nature\, and discovery as you visit private gardens throughout Concord. All proceeds support the Concord Museum’s vital education initiatives.  \nThis year’s Tour features six stunning private gardens in Concord – from a manicured garden with cultivated flower beds\, to a Japanese-inspired garden\, to a unique jewel of a low-maintenance garden (with no grass(!)\, with many rare plants along the way. Plus\, there will be an Ask the Arborist booth to provide guidance for your own gardens. \nInterested in volunteering? Sign up to receive a FREE ticket to this year’s tour.  \nPresented by the Guild of Volunteers.  \nBecome a member today to receive discounted pricing for Garden Tour tickets. \n\n\nThank you to our premier sponsors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our Garden Tour Sponsors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBandolerosConcord Printing\, LLCJane Rupley Landscape DesignLazaro Paving CorporationKitchen OutfittersPeggy Dowcett – Coldwell BankerRussel’s Garden CenterSeasons FourSenkler\, Pasley\, and Whitney – Coldwell BankerSusan Lane CateringTarget PaintingWeston Nurseries \n\n\n\nMedia Sponsors:
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-35th-annual-garden-tour-june-7-and-june-8-2024/
CATEGORIES:Annual Events
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SUMMARY:Butch Heroes: A Conversation with Ria Brodell
DESCRIPTION:This forum is postponed. Please keep an eye out for a new date.\nRia Brodell is a non-binary trans artist\, educator\, and author with a current solo exhibition at the Fitchburg Art Museum. Ria joins us at the Museum for a conversation on their ongoing series entitled Butch Heroes. Through this revelatory project of historic excavation and Queer reclamation\, they create real or imagined portraits of their subjects that recover and celebrate previously lost moments in LGBTQIA history. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. \nImage: \nJohnny Williams c. 1956 South Africa gouache on paper11 x 7 inches2022
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/butch-heroes-a-conversation-with-ria-brodell/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T080000
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SUMMARY:Antislavery Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:NEW TIME! Beat the heat with our 8:00 am walking tour. Sign up fast; only a couple of spaces are remaining.\nCoinciding with the celebration of Juneteenth\, join us for a walking tour introducing participants to the Concord women and men who played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War. This tour includes a significant amount (over 1.5 miles) of walking on hilly\, unpaved terrain. \nCo-sponsored by The Robbins House \n$10 Members | $20 Non-members. Includes Same-day admission to the Concord Museum
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/antislavery-walking-tour-6/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration
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SUMMARY:FULL! Juneteenth Family Program
DESCRIPTION:This program is full. Please consider attending another program with us this summer!\nJoin us for a celebratory Juneteenth performance with Benkadi Drum and Dance Company. With vivid costumes and uplifting energy\, the multicultural company performs traditional West African rhythm and movements with singing\, drumming\, and dancing. Participate in the dancing and learn West African traditions. \nThis program is free and open to the public. We kindly request that you register in advance with the form below\, as participation is limited. \nCo-sponsored by The Robbins House. \nThis program was made possible with the support of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/juneteenth-family-program-2/
CATEGORIES:Event Registration,Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T173000
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SUMMARY:Interpreting the Queer Past
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Concord Pride\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Matt Champagne for a discussion on queer history and how it is represented at historic sites.  \nThe lives of famous people like Friedrich Wilhem von Steuben\, James Buchanan\, Ma Rainey band others provoke serious questions about how to appropriately discuss the queer past\,   The intense bonds some historic figures formed with members of the same sex\, the homoerotic ways some historic figures expressed themselves artistically\, the eccentric belongings some historic figures held dearest\, the flamboyant character traits with which some historic figures became synonymous\, and the special ways some historic figures supported themselves lead some historians to posit that these elements show queer people and queer networks existed prior to the gay rights movement that emerged in the twentieth century.  \nProfiled in Champagnes’ upcoming book Things Not Allowed in the House: Interpreting the Queer Past at Museums and Historic Sites are institutions responsible for interpreting the legacies of such people and their networks. For these individuals and their acquaintances\, rumors abound and contradictory evidence exists because they either lived in an age before the advent of positive terms to describe queer identities or they kept their comfortability with such affirming terms closely guarded secrets. These figures and their networks will never be able to ‘come out’ nor ‘set the record straight.’ This begs the question: how should museums and historic sites interpret such historic figures and the circles to which they belonged? \nWhile using modern terms to describe the experiences of these individuals and their closest companions arguably constitutes historical inaccuracy\, so too does the tradition of trivializing queer historic figures as ‘confirmed bachelors’ or their relationships as those of ‘just good friends.’ Things Not Allowed in the House refrains from making any definitive determinations regarding the rumors that surround queer people and queer networks. Instead\, as a work of public history\, this research lays bare the ways museums and historic sites use interpretation to extinguish or facilitate dialogue around the queer past. Through an analysis of interpretive approaches deployed at a variety of museums and historic sites where queer people once lived\, Thing Not Allowed in the House shows the implicit and explicit ways institutional homophobia and transphobia plague traditional public history theory and practice. It also highlights some institutions that confront these problematic approaches; through which\, Things Not Allowed in the House shows how some museums and historic sites are made into safe places for queer people to seek out their past. \nMore About Dr. Champagne  \nDr. Matthew Champagne graduated from the Public History Ph.D. program at North Carolina State University (NC State) after graduating from Pace University in New York City. At the end of his undergraduate experience\, Champagne received degrees in Classics\, history\, and theater. He also earned the academic accolades of the Benjamin T. Ford Award in history and the Charles H. Dyson Award\, while at Pace. At NC State\, Champagne received first place in the humanities category at the 2022 Graduate Student Research Symposium. He also represented NC State at the James A. Barnes Conference in 2017\, the annual meeting of the National Council on Public History in 2019\, and the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association in 2021. Additionally\, at NC State\, Champagne autonomously taught undergraduate courses on United States history\, public history\, and sexuality history. \nOver the last decade\, Champagne also served in a variety of leadership roles at historic sites and nonprofits. Through his experiences in the field\, Champagne developed educational programs for Eagle Project in New York\, New York; the Fairbanks House Museum in Dedham\, Massachusetts; the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary\, North Carolina; and the Surratt House Museum in Clinton\, Maryland. Additionally\, he is a dedicated world traveler\, both as a tourist and academic\, and participated in events hosted at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand\, the Dramatic Arts Center in Iran\, and the University of Essex in England. Based on his work in the field of public history\, with fellow graduate students Katie Schinabeck and Sarah A. M. Soleim\, Champagne recently co-authored “Free History Lessons: Contextualizing Confederate Monuments in North Carolina” for Teachable Monuments: Using Public Art to Spark Dialogue and Confront Controversies. \nPlease contact dei@concordma.gov with any questions regarding this event.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/interpreting-the-queer-past/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tiya Miles on Harriet Tubman
DESCRIPTION: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 signal from the past\, thanks to Tiya Miles’s characteristic tenderness and imaginative genius. \nTiya Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is a public historian\, academic historian\, and creative writer whose work explores the intersections of African American\, Native American and women’s histories. \nFree for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \nRegister using the form below. \nSupported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/tiya-miles-on-harriet-tubman/
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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