Concord Visitor Center open 7 days, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit us today at 58 Main St.
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5.21.24
Half American: A Memorial Day Forum
Join Dartmouth College Historian Matthew F. Delmont for a forum on his award-winning new book Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War…
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5.25.24
Emerson-Thoreau Amble Walking Tour
Celebrate Emerson’s birthday and follow the footsteps of writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau! Enjoy the spring weather and learn about the friendship…
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6.07.24
The 35th Annual Garden Tour
Join us for a day of beauty, nature, and discovery as you visit six private gardens throughout Concord. All proceeds support the Concord Museum’s vital…
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Celebrating 250 years of revolutionary greatness
Welcome to Concord, Massachusetts where America’s roots run deep. Explore the birthplace of American independence and imagination, the town that Thoreau called “most estimable place in all the world.” Concord’s fascinating past makes it a popular tourist destination, with TripAdvisor ranking it one of the Best Places to Visit. Discover the local charm and well preserved historic places that bring visitors from around the world. Here you can retrace the steps of Revolutionary War soldiers and literary greats and learn about how “the shot heard round the world” led to America’s independence. To experience Concord is to experience the American story.
Location and Size: 25.9 square miles, nestled just outside Boston.
Famous for:
Trendiness – arts, antiques, historic and cultural district, entertainment, lectures, music, restaurants and bars.
Heritage – historic homes, national parks, museums, tours and adventure.
Outdoor life – family farms, hiking, biking, walking paths, and breathtaking natural beauty.
Why stay the night? Romantic fireside winters, spring gardens, fall leaf peeping and fall and spring harvests.
Group Bus Tours
The Town of Concord offers tours to fit every group’s needs. Whether you live local or are visiting us from another region, we welcome you to experience Concord with a tour led by one of our certified guides. Small group, private and bus tours are available year round. Tours can focus on Revolutionary History, Literary History, Little Women, cemeteries and more.
Walking Tours
Walking tours depart the Concord Visitor Center at 1:00P, daily. The 75 minute experience will introduce guests to the Downtown Concord area and will touch on Concord’s rich Revolutionary and Literary history while visiting sites such as The Milldam, Monument Square, The Old Hill Burial Ground and more.
It’s just a bang-beat, bell-ringin’, big-haul, great-go, neck-or-nothin’, rip-roarin’, ever’-time-a bull’s-eye musical to quote a tagline from the Music Man movie!
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May we show you our May walking tours? Enjoy fresh air, learn something new, meet some new friends. Reserve your space today!
New tours for May available! Women of Concord, African Americans of Concord and Indigenous People. #visitmassachusetts #concordma250 #walkingtours
Patriots’ Day might be over but we have lots going on at the Concord Visitor Center! Our April walking tours are booking quickly so reserve your spot today.
Join us for the Friends of Minute Man Winter Lecture Series. Punch bowls, and tankards, and bottles, oh my! Minute Man National Historical Park’s museum curator Nikki Walsh will present a lecture about the material culture related to drinking in the park’s collections. This lecture will focus on 18th-century drinking culture and include aspects of drink in earlier and later periods of history.
Registration is not required for this in-person event. The lecture will take place in the Goodwin Forum room of the Concord Free Public Main Library at 129 Main Street, Concord, MA.
Concord Museum members and the public are invited to view the new special exhibition What Makes History: New Stories from the Collections. This special exhibition explores what it means to make history through object collecting, preservation, and storytelling. Highlights include a sampling of the Museum’s vast collection of fans from around the world, beautifully painted fireplace bellows produced by free Black workers in Acton, MA, in the 19th century, as well as chairs, textiles, card cases, and timepieces. Many of these objects have never before been on view. At 11:00am and 2:00pm, Museum curators will lead a guided tour. No advanced registration required. With Museum admission. Members visit free.
Come see Author Talks with the Concord Women Writers: Short Stories, Wednesday, March 20, 6:00—7:30 p.m. at the Main Library 129 Main Street, Concord. During Women’s History Month, the library is showcasing authors from Concord Women Writers to share their work and experience as women creators. Join us for week three of this delightful series with essayist and short story writer Emily Rubin, and short story and creative nonfiction writer Tracy Winn. Concord Women Writers, a group of published authors from the Boston Area, have been meeting monthly for almost fifteen years to encourage one another in a field that hasn’t historically favored women.
