Emerson-Thoreau Amble Walking Tour

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Celebrate Emerson’s birthday (May 25) 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 […]

American Inheritance: A Conversation with Edward Larson

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson joins us for a conversation on his new book American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795, in which he […]

Grave Detectives Walking Tour

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Tour the first burial ground in Concord dating to c. 1636 learning about past Concordians with a Museum educator. Explore the classic iconography of New England headstones that feature winged […]

Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Vanderbilt political historian and best-selling author Eli Merritt reveals the deep political divisions that almost tore the Union apart during the American Revolution. Despite their differences, the nation’s founders united […]