Organization

Early Spring: Henry Thoreau and Climate Change

Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum

April 12-September 15, 2013

“Early Spring: Henry Thoreau and Climate Change,” a ground-breaking exhibition at the Concord Museum from April 12 through September 15, 2013, explores three centuries of careful observation of seasonal natural phenomena in Concord, a pool of data on the relationship between climate and biology that is essentially without parallel...

24th Annual Concord Museum Garden Tour

Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum

May 31-June 1, 2013

The Museum’s Guild of Volunteers has organized this pre-eminent garden tour, an unequalled opportunity both to share in the delights of beautiful and historic private gardens in the Concord area and to support the Museum’s Education Programs which annually serve 7,000 students from all over Massachusetts and the...

Andrea Wulf presents "Founding Gardeners"

Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum

March 19, 2013

Best-selling author Andrea Wulf will present the 2013 Mary M. Lesneski Memorial Lecture at the Concord Museum on “Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation,” on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.

Founding Gardeners offers a fascinating look at the revolutionary...

Concord Museum: Farm to Lectern Speakers Series

Presented by Concord Museum

January 17, 2013

As part of a Farm to Lectern Speakers Series, on Thursday, January 17th the Concord Museum welcomes Joel Salatin, author of nine books and full-time farmer at Polyface, a multi-generational, “beyond organic” farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The program is offered in association with the Museum’s special exhibition,...

An Afternoon with Children's Book Authors and Illustrators

Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum

December 15, 2012

The 17th annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature at the Concord Museum in historic Concord, Massachusetts gives Concord’s renowned literary tradition a creative twist. From November 21, 2012 through January 1, 2013, the Museum’s galleries are filled with 36 fanciful trees of all shapes and sizes, decorated...

Holiday House Tour

Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum

December 8, 2012

On the second annual Holiday House Tour organized by the Guild of Volunteers of the Concord Museum, seven of Concord’s most beautiful private homes will be professionally decorated in the holiday spirit by local and Boston-based interior designers. From 11:00-4:00 on Saturday, December 8th, guests will be welcomed inside the front doors...

Family Trees: A Celebration of Children's Literature

Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum

November 21, 2012-January 1, 2013

A love of books and reading is a lifelong treasure passed from adult to child, from generation to generation. The 17th annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature at the Concord Museum in historic Concord, Massachusetts gives Concord’s renowned literary tradition a creative twist. From November 21, 2012 through...