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Thursday April 25 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Thoreau’s Pencil: Annual Earth Day Forum
Join historian Augustine Sedgewick in conversation with Robert A. Gross, author of Transcendentalists and Their World, for a deep dive into the history of the Thoreau family’s pencil manufacturing business. A story of environmental history and material culture, Thoreau’......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
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Wednesday May 15 1:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Appraisal Day with Bonhams Skinner
Do you have a family heirloom passed down through generations? Maybe a great yard sale item or flea market find that might be a treasure? Would you like to know what it is worth? Bring your special items to Bonhams Skinner appraisers Vice President and Director of Hi......More
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Friday May 17 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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Tuesday May 21 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Half American: A Memorial Day Forum
Join Dartmouth College Historian Matthew F. Delmont for a forum on his award-winning new book Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. More than one million Black soldiers served in World War II in segregated units ......More
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Saturday May 25 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Emerson-Thoreau Amble Walking Tour
Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring weather and learn about the friendship of two notable observers of nature from a museum interpreter. 1-mile walk, mostly flat terrain, rain or ......More
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Tuesday June 4 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty that Shaped a Nation
Inspired by the discovery of a mysterious manuscript in an old farmhouse just north of Concord, historian John Kaag takes us on a multi-generational exploration of one of America’s first and most expansive pioneer families. The Bloods explored and laid claim to the fron......More
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Friday June 7 through June 9
The 35th Annual Garden Tour - June 7 and June 8, 2024
The 35th Annual Garden Tour June 7 and June 8, 2024Tickets are now on sale! Use the below form to purchase your tickets. Join us for a day of beauty, nature, and discovery as you visit six private gardens throughout Concord. All proceeds support the Concord Museum’s vit......More