“Weaving an Address” Exhibition

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

Exhibition: April 14 - June 14, 2025 Opening Reception April 14, 6PM The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the […]

Free

Fife & Drum Music Festival (Muster)

Hastings Park Hastings Park, Lexington, MA 02421, Lexington, MA, United States

Free outdoor afternoon of music, history and entertainment by two dozen fife and drum corps representing different eras including the Revolution, hosted by the William Diamond Junior Fife & Drum […]

Free

Sunday Stroll Walking Tour: Hancock Street Architecture

Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA, United States

When the Battle of Lexington was fought in 1775, Hancock Street was a country lane with just two houses. The next 150 years saw many houses built with various architectural […]

$10 – $15

Book Chat on American Inheritance by Edward J Larsonn

Munroe Tavern 1332 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States

New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery, and was the Constitution a pact with slavery […]

Free

Swept Up In Revolution Reception

Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA, United States

The 250th anniversary of April 19, 1775—the start of the American Revolution—presents an opportunity to reexamine and broaden our understanding of revolutionary Lexington. We invite you to a special free […]

Free

Doors Open Lowell

Being presented for the 20th time, Doors Open Lowell is the community's signature preservation, architecture, and design event. Presented as part of National Preservation Month, Lowell was the first city […]

Free

Hands-On History: Quill Pen Writing

Hancock-Clarke House 36 Hancock Street, Lexington, United States

Goose feathers were the perfect writing utensil of the past - about writing in the 18th century and try writing with a real quill pen! Head to the Hancock-Clarke House […]

Concord250 Event: Concord Triptych Film Screenings

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

May 17, 2025, 3PM The Umbrella Arts Center Main Stage Theater 144 Five Sisters Productions and the Tufts University Half the History Film Project return to The Umbrella Arts Center […]

Free

Sunday Stroll Walking Tour: Lexington Celebrates!

Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA, United States

Parades, pageants and pandemonium have defined the many commemorations of the 1775 Battle of Lexington and the first shots of the War for Independence. Over the centuries, thousands of people […]

$10 – $15

Colonial Dance Tunes and Love Songs

Bedford Historical Society 16 South Road, Bedford, United States

Dressed in the clothes of 18th-century itinerant musicians, Deirdre Sweeney and Al Petty will perform an extensive repertoire of historical dance music, as well as marches and laments, including 18th-century […]

Free

Happy Accident Broadsides Workshop

Museum of Printing 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA, United States

Join letterpress artist Mitch Cohen and Museum of Printing Director Operations Mitch Ahern as they put on a workshop combining experimental letterpress monoprint techniques with printing customized broadsides. This is […]

Admission

Hands-On History: Chinese Porcelain

Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA, United States

The art of making porcelain was known only by Chinese master potters in the 18th century, and prized by people in America! Drop by Buckman Tavern any time between 11:00 […]