Art/Culture

Drop in to the Lisa H. Foote History Learning Center during your visit to the Concord Museum to see conservators conducting a detailed survey of the Museum’s historic clothing collection. See the clothing collection in a unique setting and learn about the ongoing and important work of preserving the Museum’s collection. This program is ongoing […]

Where: deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum About the event: Explore the legacy of Thoreau and his iconic cabin with Jeffrey Cramer, Curator of Collections at The Walden Woods Project, and Sarah Montross, deCordova’s Chief Curator. They will discuss the new installation at deCordova, “Huff and a Puff” by Hugh Hayden. Texas-born and New York-based artist […]

“The perception of beauty is a moral test.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal, 21 June 1852 Over two hundred years ago, John Keats famously declared that “Beauty is Truth, and Truth Beauty.” When contemporary scientists and mathematicians refer to a theory as beautiful, they associate beauty with concision and streamlined elegance. Yet for as long […]

Concord Museum members and the public are invited to view the new special exhibition What Makes History: New Stories from the Collections. At 11:00am and 2:00pm, Museum curators will lead a guided tour. No advanced registration required. With Museum admission. Members visit free.

Who gets pockets, and why? It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? Hannah Carlson, fashion historian at the Rhode Island School of Design, joins us for a conversation on the issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power, and privilege tucked inside […]