Free Community Day!

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us for free admission on Community Day—our Thank You to the community as we celebrate our 40th anniversary! In the morning, we'll kick off the festivities by making one-of-a-kind noisemakers. Then, join us on a celebratory parade to our cake-cutting ceremony at 11:00am, led by a special guest from the Maynard Public Library. You […]

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Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy. […]

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