Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. 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.” […]
We appreciate the silent stones, memorials, and buildings of the village. The tour will also trek up to the Hill Burying Ground home of both Puritan and Revolutionary dead, and then amble its way through scenic, wooded Sleepy Hollow, a classic example of the Garden Cemetary Movement of the 19th century which romanticized death. There […]
Concord Visitor Center has walking tours for all interests, ranging from Women of Concord to Indigenous People and African American People of Concord. Our newest tour is Beyond 1775: Concord and the Massachusetts National Guard.
Colors of Concord: The Grassy Plain features artworks created by Umbrella 2022-2023 Artist-in-Residence, Ponnapa Prakkamakul. Following a year of intensive outreach to underrepresented members of the Concord community, Prakkamakul has created a series of site-specific new artworks inspired by the people and places she discovered there. The work is on view in The Umbrella’s Main […]
For over 10,000 years the indigenous people of the land knew this area as Musketaquid. The land between the grassy rivers. This tour explores the history of the first people and how they lived in a land of abundance seeking to keep and foster balance with the natural world, their mother, who sustained them always. […]
Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. 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.” […]
The Women of Concord tour gives insight into the women who lived in, or are connected to, this historic town, but who you may not have heard of. Women with significant contributions to the Revolutionary War, Transcendentalism, the fight to free Black people from slavery and to getting women the right to vote are highlighted, […]
Get out and enjoy the fall with these trail walks in the Concord/Carlisle area. Designed to get you moving while enjoying the scenery, each walk will be 3-4 miles, slightly slower than our fitness hikes. Come for the camaraderie of exploring the outdoors with like-minded people! Directions to the trailhead will be sent out each […]
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Girls Team
