Concord Museum

Celebrate Patriots’ Day at the Concord Museum as we commemorate the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord! Visitors will:
<ul><li>Enjoy free admission&nbsp;to see the original Paul Revere lantern&nbsp;and dozens of objects that witnessed the founding of our nation,</li><li>Explore the new special exhibition,&nbsp;<a href="https://concordmuseum.org/event/revolutionary-legacies/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Revolutionary Legacies</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience a living history minutemen encampment&nbsp;with the&nbsp;Billerica Colonial Minutemen and Acton Minutemen,&nbsp;</li><li>Join&nbsp;fun family activities&nbsp;and enjoy&nbsp;food trucks.</li></ul>

Local Event: Patriots’ Day

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Concord

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Patriots’ Day

Celebrate Patriots’ Day at the Concord Museum as we commemorate the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord! ...

Poet Bonney Hartley (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians) presents an original poetry reading created for&nbsp;Revolutionary Legacies. Hartley will share the commissioned poem inspired by Museum objects and discuss her broader work, offering Indigenous perspectives on memory, belonging, and the Revolution’s unfinished promises.&nbsp;
Supported in part by Mass Humanities and Concord250.
Free&nbsp;In-Person and&nbsp;Virtual&nbsp;

Local Event: Revolutionary Legacies: Between the Lines

Revolutionary Legacies: Between the Lines

Poet Bonney Hartley (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians) presents an original poetry reading created for Revolutionary...

Legal scholar Gerard Magliocca explores Justice Robert H. Jackson’s landmark concurring opinion in the Steel Seizure Case, illuminating its enduring framework for presidential power. This forum connects constitutional history to&nbsp;current&nbsp;debates, examining how Jackson’s analysis continues to shape limits on executive authority in times of crisis.
Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Local Event: Gerard Magliocca on Limitations in Executive Power

Gerard Magliocca on Limitations in Executive Power

Legal scholar Gerard Magliocca explores Justice Robert H. Jackson’s landmark concurring opinion in the Steel Seizure Case,...

Join the&nbsp;student artists featured in the new special exhibition&nbsp;Revolutionary Legacies,&nbsp;along with&nbsp;Curator David Wood and Curator and Director of Exhibitions Christie Jackson,&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;gallery talk at 11:30 am on May 1.
Free with Museum admission. Members visit free.

Local Event: Revolutionary Legacies Student Gallery Talk

Revolutionary Legacies Student Gallery Talk

Join the student artists featured in the new special exhibition Revolutionary Legacies, along with Curator David Wood and...

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence. Drawing on his scholarship on Frederick Douglass, Blight will explore how the ideals of the Declaration of Independence have been interpreted and contested over time.
Professor Blight will discuss Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech,&nbsp;“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”. Through Douglass’s words, Blight invites us to reflect on the enduring tensions between liberty and inequality, and to consider whether the nation’s founding promises remain unfulfilled.
Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Local Event: American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight for a compelling forum on the evolving meaning of American independence....

Historian Beverly Gage discusses&nbsp;This Land Is Your Land, a sweeping examination of American democracy, protest, and power. Drawing on vivid stories and deep research, Gage traces how struggles over rights, belonging, and national identity have shaped the nation and why those struggles continue to matter today.&nbsp;
Supported in part by Mass Humanities.
Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Local Event: This Land is Your Land

This Land is Your Land

Historian Beverly Gage discusses This Land Is Your Land, a sweeping examination of American democracy, protest, and power....

Join us on a ride through the historic towns of Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford, and Carlisle on the second annual Paul Revere’s Bike Ride for the Concord Museum. Starting at the Concord Museum near the historic town center, cyclists can choose to ride a 19 or 32 mile loop on paved roads, passing many Revolutionary landmarks like the North Bridge, the Lexington Green, the Paul Revere Capture Site, and much more!

Local Event: Second Annual Paul Revere’s Bike Ride

Second Annual Paul Revere’s Bike Ride

Join us on a ride through the historic towns of Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford, and Carlisle on the second annual Paul...

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.&nbsp;1-mile walk,&nbsp;uneven&nbsp;and&nbsp;unpaved terrain,&nbsp;rain&nbsp;or shine.&nbsp;Meet at the Concord Museum.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In partnership with the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association.&nbsp;
$10 Members | $20 Non-Members. Includes same-day admission to the Concord Museum.

Local Event: Emerson-Thoreau Amble

Emerson-Thoreau Amble

Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring...

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Patriots’ Day

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Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

Revolutionary Legacies: Between the Lines

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Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

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Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

Revolutionary Legacies Student Gallery Talk

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11:30 AM

Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

American Disunion: An Evening with David Blight

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7:00 PM

Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

This Land is Your Land

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7:00 PM

Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

Second Annual Paul Revere’s Bike Ride

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Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

Emerson-Thoreau Amble

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Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA

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