Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Participate in the performance of eastern social songs and dances. Space is limited! Registration required.
Join artist nia holley, Nipmuc, for a program about her installation that reintroduced corn in the Museum’s interior courtyard as a process to reawaken a stone mortar in that location and return corn to this place. Members Free | Non-Members $10
Explore a new special exhibition offering an intimate look at portraits from the Museum collection, highlighting poignant stories of representation and absence and inviting us to consider whose faces become a part of history. Join Concord Museum Curators for special guided tours at 11:00am and 2:00pm on opening day. Open until February 24, 2025
Join us for an evening exploring the beauty and wisdom of apple trees through words and images with artists Ellen Harasimowicz and Linda Hoffman. Linda Hoffman will share from her writin gs of conversations with an apple tree that they held over a year on her orchard Old Frog Farm in Harvard, MA. Throughout the […]
Architectural Conservator and author, Lee McColgan, joins us for a conversation on his journey saving the ramshackle Loring House in Pembroke, Massachusetts, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee dives into the unexpected challenges of restoring a New England Colonial using […]
Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk or pavement; rain or shine. $10 Member | $20 Non-Member
Explore the rich exchange of ideas between Hindu philosophy and Transcendentalist thought, and how Vedic teachings can improve our lives today. The evening will include a guided mindfulness practice, an exploration of the Museum’s Vedic Texts, and a keynote address from Thoreau biographer Laura Dassow Walls. Sponsored by the Prashant H. Fadia Foundation. Free for […]
Explore a new special exhibition offering an intimate look at portraits from the Museum collection, highlighting poignant stories of representation and absence and inviting us to consider whose faces become a part of history. Join Concord Museum Curators for special guided tours at 11:00am and 2:00pm on opening day. Open until February 24, 2025
Henry David Thoreau accumulated tools, art, and natural specimens throughout his life as a homebuilder, surveyor, and collector. Cultural historian and author Ivan Gaskell will be joined by Museum Curator David Wood to discuss Thoreau’s interactions with everyday objects. November 14 | 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Legal scholar and analyst for MSNBC and NBC News and professor at the University of Michigan Law School, Barbara McQuade, unpacks the history and tactics of disinformation, why Americans are so vulnerable to it, and real solutions for how to counter disinformation. Members Free | Non-Members $10 | Virtual Free
