Curators from the Concord Museum and the Concord Free Public Library lead guided tours of the special exhibition "A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library." Last chance for this special exhibition, which closes September 4th! No advanced registration necessary. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.
Friday 3-6 Saturday 10-5 This week's adventure will take us to a variety of places outside of our usual VINTAGES stomping grounds. Like beloved troubador Yusuf Islam/fka Cat Stevens once said, it is indeed a "wild world." There's certainly a magic to those who operate outside of the "norm" in their unique little corners of […]
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 […]
Our certified town guide leads an interactive hike that follows a meandering natural path similar to the one Emerson and Thoreau strolled as they walked from the town center to Walden Pond and Henry’s cabin site. Reflect on the power of the natural world and how it influenced both Henry David Thoreau and the world […]
About Join us for our annual Corn & Tomato Festival! Admission includes corn and tomato samples as well as a trip through our corn and tomato tasting tent, which features dishes made in our farm kitchen highlighting our delicious corn and tomatoes. Come enjoy live music by Charlie Frailer and the Flailers, delicious food and […]
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.” […]
Concord’s women have always been leaders, fighting for justice and creating a uniquely American vision in literature and art. This tour discusses the stories of these remarkable women, and see the places where they made their mark.
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 […]
The Concord Players' Shakespeare troupe, The World's A Stage Players, will present Richard II outdoors at the Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA. This lesser known, but beautifully poetic play, follows the deposition of Richard by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV) and begins an inherently dramatic series of events that […]
Learn about Concord's African-American residents on this 90-minute walking tour. The tour will visit sites highlighting Concord's history around enslavement, the first generation of self-emancipated African-Americans, and the growth of Abolitionism. We see how these families strived to support themselves on the land and in the town and worked to shape their own destinies as […]
