Concord’s unique contribution to New England culture and American history is recorded in the Concord Museum with an impressive and informative range of exhibits.
Tucked away in a colonial revival building close to the centre of the town, the Concord Museum is a great place to start your tour of Concord and it’s illustrious past.
Concord’s remarkable history is brought to life through the museum’s inspiring collection of historical, literary and decorative arts treasures. With four galleries across 2 floors, the museum recreates life in this eloquent Massachusetts town during the 1720s, 1760s, 1810s and 1820s and outlines the early history of Concord from the lives of its first inhabitants the Algonkians to its early settlers.
The Why Concord? audio tour and exhibit explains the events surrounding the Battle of Concord & Lexington, the first skirmish of the American Revolution, with stories told by characters of the day. While Concord’s literary heritage as the hub of the Transcendentalist movement is well documented among the museum’s exhibits.
These exhibits include one of the lanterns used to signal the alarm in Boston’s Old North Church, which led to Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride to warn the militia in Concord of the British advance. The museum also houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Henry Thoreau artefacts in the world, including the very desk on which he wrote Walden and Civil Disobedience. There is also the complete study of Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of America’s most influential thinkers and a native Concordian and the museum also houses an impressive collection of decorative arts made in Concord and sculptures by Daniel Chester French.
Location:
Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, Mass.
Opening times:
Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm
Sun: 12pm-5pm
Admission fees:
Adults: $10
Concessions: $8
Children: $5
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