American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2016 Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo Thursday, May 26th – Sunday, May 29th The IMLS conference is timed with the AAM Annual meeting to encourage grantees to attend this largest gathering of museum professionals in the world. The program is jam-packed with opportunities to hear diverse perspectives on a wide range…
American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2016 Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo Thursday, May 26th – Sunday, May 29th The IMLS conference is timed with the AAM Annual meeting to encourage grantees to attend this largest gathering of museum professionals in the world. The program is jam-packed with opportunities to hear diverse perspectives on a wide range…
July 12 @7:00 pm In his Journals, Thoreau often wrote about Concordian George Minott, who lived with his sister Mary, a tailor, in a house atop the ridge overlooking Lexington Road. Minott was one of Thoreau’s models for a self-sufficient man who never went to market; Mary, meanwhile, labored regularly for pay. Of course, Thoreau…
July 12 @7:00 pm In his Journals, Thoreau often wrote about Concordian George Minott, who lived with his sister Mary, a tailor, in a house atop the ridge overlooking Lexington Road. Minott was one of Thoreau’s models for a self-sufficient man who never went to market; Mary, meanwhile, labored regularly for pay. Of course, Thoreau…
July 19 @7:00 pm Join Robbins House Advisor Dr. Lois Brown at the Concord Museum for a talk about the African American presence on and beyond the land of Concord. Dr. Brown moves between Concord’s African American histories, Thoreau’s New England writings, and N.C. Wyeth’s richly textured portraits of Concord life as she addresses matters…
July 19 @7:00 pm Join Robbins House Advisor Dr. Lois Brown at the Concord Museum for a talk about the African American presence on and beyond the land of Concord. Dr. Brown moves between Concord’s African American histories, Thoreau’s New England writings, and N.C. Wyeth’s richly textured portraits of Concord life as she addresses matters…
In 2016, the Robbins House opened a new exhibit: Ellen Garrison – Educator, Social Justice Advocate, Daughter of Concord
In 2016, the Robbins House opened a new exhibit: Ellen Garrison – Educator, Social Justice Advocate, Daughter of Concord
July 26 @7:00 pm Born in Concord, Mary Moody Emerson (1774-1863) grew up in near by Malden, Massachusetts, but her connection to her native town remained close throughout her life. The aunt of Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mary Emerson was a brilliant intellectual in her own right. Not only did Bronson Alcott and Henry Thoreau…
July 26 @7:00 pm Born in Concord, Mary Moody Emerson (1774-1863) grew up in near by Malden, Massachusetts, but her connection to her native town remained close throughout her life. The aunt of Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mary Emerson was a brilliant intellectual in her own right. Not only did Bronson Alcott and Henry Thoreau…
