Join the Concord Museum to celebrate the 28th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature opening to the public on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 through Monday, January 1, 2024. Admire 36 fancifully decorated trees and wreaths inspired by acclaimed works of children’s literature. This year’s event features picture book classics, books that will make […]
Join the Concord Museum to celebrate the 28th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature opening to the public on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 through Monday, January 1, 2024. Admire 36 fancifully decorated trees and wreaths inspired by acclaimed works of children’s literature. This year’s event features picture book classics, books that will make […]
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian Katherine Howe joins us to discuss her new novel A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself. Set in Boston during the Golden Age of Piracy, A True Account takes us on one young woman’s adventure as one of the most terrifying sea […]
Join us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for a morning of service hosted by the Concord Museum Contemporary Leaders. In collaboration with Open Table, we’ll be assembling and decorating food pantry bags to support our local community. After you register, stay tuned for follow-up instructions on specific food items to bring or donate. Let’s […]
Visit the special exhibition Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread with the Museum’s curator to learn about the Museum’s exemplary collection of needlework samplers. As part of the program, participants will have the opportunity to view samplers not included in the exhibition and look closely at the technique and construction of these fine works of […]
Drew Gilpin Faust, President Emerita of Harvard University, joins us for a special evening reflecting on her instant New York Times bestselling memoir, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury. Professor Faust reflects on the formative experiences of her youth during the turbulence of the 1950s and 60s – including her time as a student at […]
Music historian Judith Tick takes on a music-filled journey through the life of American music titan, Ella Fitzgerald. In the first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, Professor Tick draws on deep archival research, family interviews, and newly available recordings and concert footage to show how the musician fused a Black vocal aesthetic with mainstream popular […]
Leila Philip, professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, highlights how beavers played an oversized role in American history and how they can play an important role in its future. Beaverland is a poignant personal narrative, a startling portrait of the secretive world of the contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological […]
The Museum is pleased to again host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Wood’s first-person historical interpretation includes stories of Lincoln’s early life, campaign debates, the Civil War, and concludes with a stirring reading of the Gettysburg Address. Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis. No advanced registration required. Free […]
Visit during school vacation to immerse yourself in the colonial home as a living historian demonstrates quilting a petticoat. Learn about the process of quilting and how it was often a community effort. No advanced registration required.
