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On the opening day of Mark Dion: Eccentric Collectors Like Us, join us for a unique Forum with renown artist Dion in conversation with Ruth Erickson, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, to discuss Dion’s collaboration with the Museum for his newest special exhibition. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Register

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Mark Dion: Eccentric Collectors Like Us Internationally renowned conceptual artist Mark Dion brings his notoriously humorous style to an interactive exhibit rooted in the Concord Museum’s extraordinary historical objects. Inspired by Cummings E. Davis, the visionary and eccentric Concord resident whose curiosity laid the foundation for the Museum’s collection, this exhibition explores why we collect, what we choose to save and display, and how museums transform the meaning of objects. Experience

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Participate in the performance of eastern social songs and dances. Free | Registration Required Register

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In his new book, Contested Continent, historian Peter Mancall offers a sweeping history of North America from 1000 to 1680, chronicling crucial developments to the eventual founding of the United States. Part of the Concord Festival of Authors. Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Register

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Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. This tour includes a 1-mile walk on muddy, uneven terrain; rain or shine. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members. Includes same-day admission to the Concord Museum. Register

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Nathaniel Philbrick by Kit Noble Nathaniel Philbrick will discuss his new book The Rush, in which he transforms the Gold Rush from a tale of sudden riches into the origin story of America’s modern contradictions: capital consolidated at dizzying speed, democracy in thrall to private power, xenophobia weaponized in the name of liberty—and a stubborn belief in the American experiment that refuses to die.Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Register

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Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. This tour includes a 1-mile walk on muddy, uneven terrain; rain or shine. $15 Members | $25 Non-Members. Includes same-day admission to the Concord Museum. Register

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Join Professor Willsky-Ciollo as she explores how Thoreau was enmeshed in a decades-spanning project of crafting a theology of wildness. The focus of Thoreau’s theology—wildness itself—centers on the divinity extant in every person and in every molecule of creation. In his writings, Thoreau leaves the door open to his readers, who he hoped would pick up the pen where he left off and write their own theologies of wildness.Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Register

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Joanne Freeman by Beowulf Sheehan Join historian Joanne Freeman for an exploration of the Revolutionary era and the ideas, conflicts, and personalities that shaped the founding of the United States, examining how debates over power, democracy, and citizenship continue to resonate today.Members Free | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual Register

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Ben Cosgrove is a composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described as “a sonic plein-air painter… [using] his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, Harvard University, and myriad national parks. Quintessentially American, Cosgrove is “an expert at painting sonic

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What motivates collecting, and who decides what is worth preserving? Explore multiple, creative perspectives on the work of museum collecting, past and present, with emerging scholars and keynote speaker Mark Dion. $15 Members | $20 Non-Members | College Students Free | Free Virtual Register

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