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Friday March 22 through August 19
What Makes History? New Stories from the Collection
What Makes History? New Stories from the CollectionJoin us on opening day:March 22, 10:00am – 4:00pm Gallery talks at 11:00am and 2:00pmNo advance registration required. The things we keep matter for the stories we tell. What objects do we choose to preserve, and who is......More
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Friday March 22 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
What Makes History Gallery Tour with the Curators
Join us at 11:00am or 2:00pm for a guided tour of the new special exhibition What Makes History, led by curators from the Museum. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free. No advanced registration required. Calling Card Case (detail), late 19th century, Possibly ......More
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Saturday March 23 6:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
The Midnight Ride Party
Join us for a festive evening of food, drinks, music, and fun activities as we mark the 10-year anniversary of the Paul Revere’s Ride Fund. Get ready to paddle up and show your continued support of this unique program. With your generous contributions, the Museum commu......More
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Wednesday March 27 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
44th Annual Mary Lesneski Memorial Lecture 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 con......More
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Thursday April 11 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Concert with Landscape Musician Ben Cosgrove
Join us for a musical journey through the landscape with musician Ben Crosgrove. Straddling a line between folk and classical music, Ben performs as described by The Boston Globe “like a sonic plein-air painter”. Having performed across the country and composed music fo......More
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Monday April 15 10:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Patriots’ Day at the Museum
Enjoy free admission to the Museum and visit the immersive April 19, 1775 gallery to see the “One if by land, two if by sea” lantern hung in the North Church to signal Paul Revere on his midnight ride. During your visit, participate in drop-in activities to learn about ......More
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Thursday April 25 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Thoreau’s Pencil: Annual Earth Day Forum
Join historian Augustine Sedgewick for a deep dive into the history of the Thoreau family’s pencil manufacturing business. A story of environmental history and material culture, Thoreau’s pencils bring us to Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida where enslaved people harves......More
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Friday April 26 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
What Makes History Gallery Tour with the Curators
Curators from the Concord Museum lead a guided tour of the new special exhibition What Makes History. Free with Museum admission. Members visit free. Calling Card Case (detail), late 19th century, Possibly Europe. Concord Museum Collection, Bequest of Alice Stanwood Wi......More
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Wednesday May 1 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert D. Richardson III Annual Forum More than two centuries after his birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in American culture. Yet his reputation as the starry-eyed prophet of self-reliance has obscured a much more complicated figure who sp......More
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Wednesday May 8 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Fan Making Workshop
Try your hand at fan making with an experienced teaching artist from the Umbrella Arts Center. Visit the special exhibition What Makes History to see an exquisite sample of the Concord Museum’s vast collection of fans from around the world. Then, learn common fan makin......More