Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Revolutionary Legacies

    Featured

    Revolutionary Legacies How have we remembered April 19, 1775, and the American Revolution over the last 250 years? Featuring commemorative ephemera, unique relics, artworks and personal objects, and contemporary works that respond to the Revolution’s legacy, this special exhibition asks what we choose to remember—and what has been left out—as the public looks back to […]

  • American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

    Featured

    Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence. Drawing on his scholarship on Frederick Douglass, Blight will explore how the ideals of the Declaration of Independence have been interpreted and contested over time. Professor Blight will discuss Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is the […]

  • This Land is Your Land

    Featured

    Historian Beverly Gage discusses This Land Is Your Land, a sweeping examination of American democracy, protest, and power. Drawing on vivid stories and deep research, Gage traces how struggles over rights, […]

  • Second Annual Paul Revere’s Bike Ride

    Featured

    Join us on a ride through the historic towns of Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford, and Carlisle on the second annual Paul Revere's Bike Ride for the Concord Museum. Starting at […]

  • Emerson-Thoreau Amble

    Featured

    Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring weather and learn about the friendship of two notable observers of […]

  • The Garden Tour

    Featured

    The Concord Museum Garden Tour June 5 - 6 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Join us for a day of beauty, nature, and discovery as you visit six stunning gardens throughout Concord.In 2026, the Tour will offer a wide variety of garden styles and features, including decorative elements and vegetable beds, manicured spaces and naturalistic […]

  • Curator Spotlight Talk: Revolutionary Legacies 

    Featured

    Join Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson and Curator David Wood for a gallery talk in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies.  Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

  • Old Hill Burial Ground Walking Tour 

    Featured

    Tour Old Hill Burial Ground and learn about the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Concord’s oldest cemetery. Visit the final resting place of some of the most well-known figures from April 19, 1775 including Emerson Cogswell, Colonel Barrett, and Captain David Brown. This tour includes about 1 mile of walking on hilly, unpaved terrain. $15 Members | $25 […]

  • Concord’s Black History

    Featured

    Concord's Black History | Happy Hour History  Celebrate Juneteenth with an evening of wine, beer, and light refreshments in the Museum’s courtyard, followed by a guided tour of the galleries. Explore Concord’s rich Black and Abolitionist histories through powerful stories, images, and objects from the Museum’s collection.   Your ticket includes drinks outside in the courtyard before the tour, […]

  • Juneteenth Family Performance

    Featured

    Happy Hour History | Concord's Black History Join us for a celebratory Juneteenth performance of the History of Hip Hop Dance from Arts for Learning Massachusetts. Tracing hip hop dance styles from the late 70’s through today, this acclaimed ensemble teaches positive messages, including “Think It—Do It—Become It.” The performance celebrates the art and movement […]

  • Antislavery Walking Tour 

    Featured

    Coinciding 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.  $15 Members | […]

  • From Concord and Lexington: New Perspective on the Revolution

    Featured

    From Concord and Lexington: New Perspective on the Revolution | Robert A. Gross Award Ceremony  The Concord Museum, in partnership with Lexington History Museums, presents an engaging program highlighting new research and evolving interpretations from the communities at the center of the start of the American Revolution. This conversation brings together Curator David F. Wood, whose […]