Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided […]
In 1835, 12-year-old Ellen Garrison marched in the Concord bicentennial parade, the only person of color to participate, launching her into a life of civil rights activism. Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist Life, the latest Half the History film from Five Sisters Productions and Tufts University, highlights key moments in Garrison’s career, from the […]
Exhibition Reception Date: Thursday June 13th at 5:30pm Exhibition Opening: Saturday June 1, 2024 Exhibition End Date: Sunday June 30, 2024 irst known to be used as a term in 1893, a Boston marriage referred to “a long-term loving relationship between two women” according to Merriam-Webster. So describes the relationship between Concord Art’s founder Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts and Grace Keyes; […]
