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SUMMARY:Transformed by Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join Curator talks at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on October 3. Free with admission.  \nWhile Concord’s role in the start of the American Revolution is widely recognized\, less well known are the continued experiences of disruption and turmoil in Concord throughout the war. What was it like to be part of this war-time community? Who participated in this fight for Independence and what did freedom and Independence mean to different people? When the war ended\, how did local communities develop as part of a fragile new nation?  \nThrough eyewitness historical objects\, artworks\, and documents\, Transformed by Revolution explores what it was like to be part of this war-time community that hosted Harvard College and became a hub of military supplies for the army in Boston. The exhibition also considers who participated in this fight for Independence and the meanings of freedom for women\, the Black community\, and sovereign Indigenous nations. These stories are traced through the end of the war and into the years of the early Republic to explore shifting ideas about community\, belonging\, and what it meant to be part of the new nation.   \nVisitors will see: \n\nA rarely exhibited portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (which inspired the image on the $100 bill)\, the most accurate timepiece in America in the 1760s\, and a portrait painted by John Singleton Copley of Harvard Professor John Winthrop that illustrate how the war-time relocation of Harvard College to Concord (1775-1776) briefly connected the small town to the most cutting-edge science in the world.\nA story quilt entitled  Cumming A Freeman by contemporary artist Sharon Chandler\, a fragment of the North Bridge\, and a military camp stool captured at Saratoga will invite visitors to consider the development of a free Black community in Concord.\nHistoric clothing\, furniture\, and domestic objects illuminate the experiences of women and community building in the new Republic.\nA musket\, an engraved powder horn\, and original documents that illustrate how Concord served as a military hub\, supplying the 15-20\,000 soldiers surrounding the British Army trapped in Boston. \n\n\n\nPlan your visit.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Objects\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\nImages:Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis\, 1778.  Private Collection. \n\n\n\nStockings\, unknown maker\, New England\, 18th century. Concord Museum Collection; Per2111.1-.2. \n\n\n\nB. Cuming a Freeman by Sharon Chandler\, Groton\, Massachusetts\, 2025\, Collection of the Artist. Copyright Sharon Chandler\, image courtesy of the Concord Museum. \n\n\n\nDoll\, unknown maker\, England\, 1770-1805. Concord Museum Collection; Per1168. \n\n\n\nEmbroidered Gown\, unknown maker\, India and America\, 1798-1805. Concord Museum Collection; Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Hosmer Friedman; Cos64.14.  Image courtesy of the Concord Museum. \n\n\n\nCamp Stool\, Unknown Maker\, England\, 1765-1770. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; F2075. \n\n\n\nWine Bottle of Henry Caner\, England\, 1749. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; G179. \n\n\n\nBeam End from the North Bridge\, Concord\, MA\, 1760-1776. Concord Museum\, Gift of Hon. John S. Keyes; M411. \n\n\n\nCouch\, attributed to Joseph Hosmer\, Concord\, MA\, about 1765. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Caroline Dinsmore; 2015.8. \n\n\n\nPowder Horn of Reuben Hosmer\, New Hampshire\, May 1775. Concord Museum Collection\, Gift of Mrs. Edward Motley; A2003.1. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is made possible\, in part\, by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Decorative Arts Trust; the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism; the Americana Foundation; the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area\, and the ‘Quin House Impact Fund. Supported by WBUR.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/transformed-by-revolution/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! For the Public Benefit: The Ellicott Astronomical Regulator
DESCRIPTION:In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube.  \n\n\n\nJoin physicist Alan Lightman\, horologist Richard Ketchen\, second-generation clock dealer John Delaney\, and Concord Museum Curator David Wood for a unique evening exploring one of the most precise scientific instruments to ever find its way to America in the 18th century – the Ellicott Astronomical Regulator. \n\n\n\nPurchased by Harvard College in 1765 with help from Benjamin Franklin’s London connections\, this remarkable timekeeper was one of the most advanced scientific instruments in the world. Though it resembles a domestic clock\, its purpose was far grander: to measure tiny increments of time for astronomical observations\, including the transit of Venus in 1769. Featuring a temperature-compensating pendulum and other precision features\, the regulator contributed to a remarkable global effort that deepened humankind’s understanding of the universe. \n\n\n\nConcord minister William Emerson was permitted to place the famous regulator\, known as the “College Clock\,” in Concord’s meeting house “for the public benefit\,” where it could inspire awe at the rare planetary events it documented and pride in the advancement of experimental science during the period of the Revolution. Now\, for the first time since 1775\, it has returned to Concord. \n\n\n\nCome discover the wonder of this historic masterpiece and the stories it tells about science\, time\, and the pursuit of knowledge. \n\n\n\nArrive early to view the astronomical regulator in the special exhibition Transformed by Revolution. \n\n\n\nMembers Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/for-the-public-benefit-the-ellicott-astronomical-regulator/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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SUMMARY:Transformed by Revolution Curator Gallery Talk
DESCRIPTION:Explore how ideas about community and belonging changed during and after the American Revolution. Learn about the impact of Harvard University’s temporary relocation to Concord\, the daily experiences of families and children\, and the networks of care among Black and Indigenous families from the exhibition’s co-curators David Wood\, Curator\, and Susan Foster Jones\, Director of Education and Visitor Experience.  \n\n\n\nFree with Museum admission. Members visit free.
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/transformed-by-revolution-curator-gallery-talk-february/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Spotlight Talk
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SUMMARY:Breakfast with the Washingtons
DESCRIPTION:Join General and Mrs. Washington (Glenn Siner and Sandy Spector) as they take their breakfast together in spring of 1784. Listen in on their conversation about their lives thus far and what they anticipate for their lives at Mount Vernon\, now that the War for Independence is behind them. \n\n\n\nFree Members | $10 Non-Members \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/breakfast-with-the-washingtons/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Event Registration,Forum
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SUMMARY:February School Vacation Week
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Museum during February school vacation for special family activities. \n\n\n\nMonday\, February 16 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm: A Visit with President Lincoln \n\n\n\nThe Museum is pleased to host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood’s first-person historical interpretation\, “A Visit with Abraham Lincoln\,” includes stories of Lincoln’s early life\, campaign debates\, the Civil War\, and concludes with a stirring reading of the Gettysburg Address. \n\n\n\nFree with Museum admission. Members visit free. \n\n\n\n\nPlan your visit
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/february-school-vacation-week-2026/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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SUMMARY:A Visit with President Lincoln
DESCRIPTION:The Museum is pleased to host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood’s first-person historical interpretation\, “A Visit with Abraham Lincoln\,” includes stories of Lincoln’s early life\, campaign debates\, the Civil War\, and concludes with a stirring reading of the Gettysburg Address. \n\n\n\nFree with Museum admission. Members visit free. \n\n\n\n\nPlan your visit
URL:https://concordmuseum.org/event/a-visit-with-president-lincoln-7/
LOCATION:53 Cambridge Tpke\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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