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  • Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum Annual Garden Tour

    The Concord Museum Guild of Volunteers is thrilled to present their Annual Garden Tour on June 5 and 6, 2026.

    In 2026, the Tour will offer a wide variety of garden styles and features, including decorative elements and vegetable beds, manicured spaces and naturalistic plantings, native species and showstopper plantings. Each offers an approach to creating gardens that blend seamlessly with the surrounding landscape, complement the architectural features of the home, and offer delightful settings for everyday living. This year’s gardens also showcase expansive patios, immaculate pools and water features, hand-cut fieldstone walls, winding paths, and terraces.

    All proceeds benefit the Museum’s vital school programs that serve over 15,500 K-12 students across the Commonwealth each year.

    The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 5 and June 6, rain or shine. The tour is self-guided and self-paced, beginning each day at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m. Tickets are good for either or both days, but each garden may only be visited once.

    Please note we are unable to refund tickets once they are purchased.  No photography is permitted at the gardens.
    To purchase online, visit https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-garden-tour-2026/

  • Friday, June 6 & Saturday, June 7, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – The Concord Museum Garden Tour

    Join The Concord Museum for a day of beauty, nature, and discovery as you visit six stunning gardens throughout Concord. All proceeds benefit the Museum’s vital school programs that serve over 14,000 k-12 students across the Commonwealth each year. The event takes place Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7 from 10 – 4. Tickets are available at https://concordmuseum.org/event/the-garden-tour/

  • Friday, June 3 & Saturday, June 4, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum’s 33rd Annual Garden Tour, Live

    Friday, June 3 & Saturday, June 4, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum’s 33rd Annual Garden Tour, Live

    After two years of watching spring’s beauty through windows and screens, the time has come re-experience the outdoors! The Concord Museum Guild of Volunteers are thrilled to present the 33rd Annual Garden Tour in an in-person format.

    As it always has, this event will highlight carefully selected private gardens throughout Concord and provide critical support to the Museum’s education initiatives. This year there are six unique gardens that reflect the individual interests and passions of the owners and will delight amateur landscapers and experienced horticulturists alike.

    A return to an in-person Garden Tour means a return to the sensory experiences that make this event so special. While strolling through each exceptional garden you can look closely at the vibrant purples of petals and verdant greens of stems. You can smell the delicate fragrance of a flower in bloom. You feel the warm spring sunshine as it falls over your shoulders and sets the landscape alight.

    The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 3 and June 4, rain or shine. The tour is self-guided and self-paced, beginning each day at 9:00 a.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m. Garden-goers should arrive at the Museum to pick up their maps prior to starting out. Tickets are good for either or both days, but each garden may only be visited once.  No refunds; no photography.

    Purchase your tickets before May 29th and save $5. Become a member of the Concord Museum and save $10! Purchase at https://concordmuseum.org/events/33rd-annual-garden-tour/

  • Friday, December 6, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Fete: Family Trees, A Celebration of Children’s Literature

    Enjoy an evening at the newly renovated Concord Museum with cocktails and hors d’oeuvre to celebrate the 24th annual display of Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature. This event is organized by the Concord Museum’s Guild of Volunteers and helps support the Museum’s educational initiatives. Pre-Registration required. For pricing and tickets visit http://concordmuseum.org

  • Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – 30th Annual Concord Garden Tour

    Attend the Concord Museum’s 30th Annual Garden Tour on Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day, organized by the Concord Museum’s Guild of Volunteers to benefit the Museum’s educational initiatives.  There are seven beautiful private Concord gardens on the list for this year and we look forward to sharing their elegant designs and inspiration with you!

    Tickets are valid for both days, but each garden may only be visited once.  Rain or shine; no refunds; no photography.

    Early-bird tickets through May 26, 2019:

    Concord Museum Members $30; Non-Members $40 (After

    Please register at https://concordmuseum.org/events/30th-annual-garden-tour/

  • Saturday, December 1, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum Holiday House Tour

    On Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., seven of Concord’s most beautiful private homes will be professionally decorated in the holiday spirit by local and Boston-based interior designers.

    Guests will be welcomed inside the front doors of these gracious, private residences to visit the charming ground floor rooms. From Colonial to Victorian to Shingle Style and more, each house will be decorated in a different holiday theme.  The Concord Museum also welcomes you to spend the day in Concord, a small town with a big history, to enjoy the elegant streets, charming cafés and shops, and the many historic homes. The Guild of Volunteers organizes this event as a benefit for the education initiatives of the Museum.

    Tickets may be purchased online, at the Museum, or by phone. Tickets and maps must be picked up on the day of the tour. Early bird tickets are available, now: $40 Members, $45 Non-Members. Click on http://www.concordmuseum.org/Holiday-House-Tour-2018.php to purchase your tickets.

    Regular tickets purchased on or after November 31st are: $45 Members, $50 Non-Members. The 2018 Holiday House Tour is made possible by Cambridge Savings Bank.

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  • Friday, June 1 & Saturday, June 2, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum Garden Tour

    Friday, June 1 & Saturday, June 2, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum Garden Tour

    The famed Concord spokesman for individualism and self-reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote: “When I go into a good garden, I think, if it were mine, I should never go out of it.” This year the Concord Museum is celebrating 29 years of “going into good gardens” on the annual Concord Garden Tour.

    The Museum’s Guild of Volunteers has organized this pre-eminent garden tour, an unequaled opportunity both to share in the delights of beautiful and historic private gardens in Concord and to support the Museum’s Education Programs which annually serve over 12,000 students from 85 Massachusetts communities and 22 states.

    The Museum’s Garden Tour has become a New England tradition for garden lovers from near and far. The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 1 and June 2, rain or shine. Each of the private gardens reflects the individual interests and passions of the owners and their families and will inspire both new gardeners designing their first perennial bed and accomplished landscapers with acres of “garden rooms.”

    The tour of Concord-area gardens is self-guided and self-paced, beginning each day at 9:00 a.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m. Garden-goers should arrive at the Museum to pick up their maps prior to starting out. Tickets are good for either or both days, but each garden may only be visited once. No refunds; no photography.

    Early Registration Tickets are available online at http://www.concordmuseum.org/special-events-garden-tour.php : $30 Concord Museum Members, $40 Non-Members. Tickets purchased after May 28 or at the door are $35 Concord Museum Members, $40 Non-Members.

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  • Saturday, December 2, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Museum Holiday House Tour

    On Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., several of Concord’s most beautiful private homes will be professionally decorated in the holiday spirit by local and Boston-based interior designers. Guests will be welcomed inside the front doors of these gracious private residences to visit the charming ground floor rooms. From Colonial to Victorian to Shingle Style and more, each house will be decorated in a different holiday theme. The Concord Museum welcomes you to spend the day in Concord, a small town with a big history, and enjoy the elegant streets, charming cafés and shops, as well as the many historic homes.

    The Guild of Volunteers is organizing this event as a benefit for the education initiatives of the Museum. Tickets may be purchased online at http://www.concordmuseum.org/special-events-house-tour.php, at the Museum, or by phone. Tickets and maps must be picked up at the Museum the day of the tour. Sponsors include Barrett/Sotheby’s International Realty, Coldwell Banker, McWalter Volunteer Insurance Company, William Raveis, W by Worth, and Kistler $ Knapp Builders, Inc.

    Advance discount tickets available online now through November 30: $40 Museum Members, $45 Non-Members. December 1st or day of: $45 Members, $50 Non-Members.

  • Wednesday, October 11, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal

    Every private journal tells the story of a self, and Henry David Thoreau kept one of the most faithful, thoughtful, and provocative journals in American history. His everyday companion, the journal was an essential tool for mindful living, and grist for one of the world’s most influential books, Walden, or Life in the Woods. Two hundred years after Thoreau’s birth, his thoughts on the value of introspection, simple living, and self-sufficiency continue to challenge and inspire us.

    On Wednesday, October 11 beginning at 7 pm at the Arnold Arboretum, David Wood, curator of This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal, will discuss how the first major exhibition devoted to the life of one of America’s most influential citizens will bring contemporary audiences face to face with a man whose life continues to impact our modern world. The lecture is free but registration is necessary. Call 617-384-5277, or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu.

    This Ever New Self, a joint exhibition with The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, will be on view at the Concord Museum through January 21, 2018.

  • Friday and Saturday, June 2 – 3, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Concord Garden Tour

    The famed Concord spokesman for individualism and self-reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote: “When I go into a good garden, I think, if it were mine, I should never go out of it.” This year the Concord Museum is celebrating 28 years of “going into good gardens” on the annual Concord Garden Tour.

    The Concord Museum’s Guild of Volunteers has organized this preeminent garden tour, an opportunity both to share in the delights of beautiful and historic private gardens in Concord and to support the Museum’s Education Programs which annually serve over 12,000 students from 85 Massachusetts communities and 22 states.

    The Museum’s Garden Tour has become a New England tradition for garden lovers from near and far. The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 2 and June 3, rain or shine. Each of the private gardens reflects the individual interests and passions of the owners and their families and will inspire both new gardeners designing their first perennial bed and accomplished landscapers with acres of “garden rooms.”

    The tour of Concord-area gardens is self-guided and self-paced, beginning each day at 9:00 a.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m. Garden-goers should arrive at the Museum to pick up their maps prior to starting out. Tickets are good for either or both days, but each garden may only be visited once. No refunds; no photography.

    Tickets: $30 Concord Museum Members, $35 Non-members; online or at the front desk of the Museum before May 28.

    Tickets purchased after May 28 or at the door, $35 Concord Museum Members, $40 Non-Members.

    Visit http://www.concordmuseum.org/Garden-Tour-2017.php to purchase tickets online.