Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

Special Exhibition ~ Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread
2023-10-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-07 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 20 more dates | Concord Museum, Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
“Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread” highlights needlework produced by young women in New England and specifically the extraordinary collection of samplers at the Concord Museum. Featuring 30 samplers sewn in the early 1700s to mid-1800s, the exhibition explores how young women created records of their own lives and experiences, written in thread.
“Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread” explores the history of needlework and embroidery, its importance as an art form, and its significance to women in the 18th and 19th centuries. Intended to showcase young women’s accomplishments, the samplers also communicate details of their lives and education, their communities, and their families. The exhibition provides a unique view into their private lives. For most of these young women, their samplers are the only objects that survive from their lives. Many of the samplers have never been displayed before.
Learn about the education of privileged young women in the early republic and understand how wealth and enslaved labor enabled them to pursue decorative arts. Explore the materials used in constructing samplers, such as linens, dyes and silk, and how and where these materials were produced. View samplers that demonstrate how women recorded family history and the loss of loved ones through needlework. Understand how they incorporated the importance of community and a strong sense of place in their samplers.
Exhibition sponsored by The Coby Foundation.

Henry David Thoreau Walking Tour
2023-10-10 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-10-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Concord Visitor Center, Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Did you know that Henry David Thoreau was baptized David Henry Thoreau? Did you know that he willingly spent a night in jail in July of 1846 but had to be kicked out the next morning? Join us for a 90-minute, two-mile walk where we will visit some of the places that were significant during Thoreau’s life and discuss the principles he lived by. We will begin where Henry taught school after graduating from Harvard College and where he spent a night in jail. We will visit his gravesite on Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where you will learn about his family and his famous neighbors. If time allows, we will walk past the house where Henry lived the last 12 years of his life. We will also visit the Concord Public Library to view photographs and sculptures of Henry Thoreau. The tour will conclude with tea at Barrow Bookstore. Our guide will also suggest other sites important in Henry’s life that you can visit on your own. Please note that due to time and distant constraints this tour does not go to Walden Pond.
Call 978-318-3061 or email visitors@concordma.gov to schedule your tour or CLICK
Limited availability:
Saturday Sept. 23, 10 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, October 10th 10 AM
Sunday, October 22, 10 AM
