• Whose Revolution: Concord Museum Curator Spotlight Talk

    Whose Revolution: Curator Spotlight Talk With Museum admission. Members visit free. June 13 | 12:00 – 12:30 pm Take a guided tour of the special exhibition Whose Revolution with Curator David Wood to explore the many different meanings of revolution in the decade leading up to the outbreak of war in 1775.

  • Friends of the Concord Free Public Library’s 2025 Annual Book Sale June 14

    Join us for the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library’s 2025 Annual Book Sale on Saturday, June 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Main Library front lawn. The proceeds from the Friends book sales fund a wide variety of programs at the Library, museum passes, eBooks, large print and audiovisual materials, and staff professional development.The Book ...

    Free
  • Thoreau’s Birthplace – Free House Tours

    Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

    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.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about ...

    Free
  • Revolutionary War Cemetery Walking Tour

    Concord Museum Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, United States

    Concord Museum’s Revolutionary War Cemetery Walking Tour $15 Members | $20 Non-Members | Includes same-day admission June 14 and August 9 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Learn about the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Concord’s oldest cemetery – Old Hill Burial Ground – including Emerson Cogswell, Colonel Barrett, and Captain David Brown. This tour includes about 1 mile of ...

  • Porchfest 2025 West Concord

    Porchfest 2025 West Concord Saturday, June 14, 2025 · 1-5 p.m. A free, all-ages grassroots community music festival! Rain date Sunday, June 15 Dozens of live acts on your neighbors’ porches and yards, within walking distance of West Concord Village. If you’re not already on the mailing list, sign up here to stay informed! Want to play a part in this special community event? Join our ...

  • Patriots of Color Walking Tour

    North Bridge Lower Parking Lot Monument Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 – June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms between 1775 and 1783. By ...

  • Thoreau’s Birthplace – Free House Tours

    Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

    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.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about ...

    Free
  • Thoreau’s Birthplace – Free House Tours

    Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

    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.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about ...

    Free
  • Patriots of Color Walking Tour

    North Bridge Lower Parking Lot Monument Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 – June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms between 1775 and 1783. By ...

  • Juneteenth Concord

    2025 Juneteenth Events   9 AM MONUMENT SQUARE TOWN FLAG POLE CEREMONY HONORING THE RAISING OF THE JUNETEENTH FLAG ALL ARE WELCOME! 10 AM CONCORD MUSEUM JUNETEENTH FAMILY PROGRAM 1:30 p.m. CONCORD VISITORS CENTER Fight for Freedom Patriots of Color WALKING TOUR starts at Old North Bridge Lower Lot 10AM ROBBINS HOUSE OPEN FOR TOURS 12 NOON TO 3 PM ROBBINS ...

  • Juneteenth Family Performance

    Concord Museum Juneteenth Family Performance Family Program Free. Advanced Registration Required. June 19 | 10:00 – 11:00 am Join a celebratory performance with Amaya Dance & Drum. With vivid costumes and uplifting energy, the company performs traditional West African rhythm and movements with singing, drumming, and dancing. Co-sponsored by The Robbins House.

  • Concord Museum Antislavery Walking Tour

    Concord Museum Antislavery Walking Tour $15 Members | $20 Non-Members. Includes Same-day admission. June 19 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 pm Learn about the Concord women and men who played a crucial role in the abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War. This tour includes a significant amount (over 1.5 miles) of walking on hilly, unpaved ...