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A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library

Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, United States

In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th anniversary, the Concord Museum and the Library have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects will include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. Wyeth, May Alcott Nieriker, Charles Hovey Pepper, Alicia Keyes, and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, among other artists, as well as […]

Free with museum admission
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Middlesex Community College Spring Student Art Show

LexArt 130 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA, United States

LexArt will host the Middlesex Community College spring student show Hue from April 15 – May 7, 2023, as part of our ongoing commitment to community partnerships in the arts.  Hue will feature the latest, most exciting work of students majoring in Middlesex Community College's Art & Design program. Join us at the Nye Gallery for this […]

Free

Molasses: From the Slave Trade to the Great Molasses Flood

Bedford Historical Society 16 South Road, Bedford, MA, United States

Noted historian and author Anthony Sammarco will trace the influence of molasses in the “Triangle Trade,” the 18th-century world economy involving rum, slaves, and sugar cane, and its important connection to Massachusetts.  Sammarco, who has written 70 books, will be remembered for his crowd-pleasing presentation a couple of years ago: “The Baker Chocolate Company.” This […]

Free

Stroll Through Historic Westford Center with Kate Hamlin & Fred Fisher

Westford Historical Society & Museum 2 Boston Road, Westford, MA, United States

Step back in time and start your audio tour of historic Westford Center as it was prior to the Civil War. Your tour guides are Kate Hamlin (1847-1937) and Fred Fisher (1855-1941). Enjoy their remembrances of the town they grew up in and your stroll through historic Westford Center. Narrated by: Ellen Harde, Barbara Seavey […]

Glacial Features Self-Guided Walk

Gray Reservation Hudson Road and Old Lancaster Road, Sudbury, MA, United States

Enjoy a self-guided tour of the glacial features at Gray Reservation in Sudbury. This property offers excellent examples of how we can view evidence left behind by the glacier covering our region around 10,000 years ago. Using your mobile device, follow the signposts for the Glacial Features Trail. Each stop has a scannable QR code […]

Free

The Treasured Collections of Herbert H. Hosmer, Jr.

Prescott Building 701 Main Street, Lancaster

The Lancaster Historical Society will make tours by appointment available of the collections of “Herbert H. Hosmer Jr.: A Lancastrian Original” through August 31, 2023. The Exhibit Room is on the second floor of the Prescott Building at 701 Main Street in Lancaster. (Use rear entrance.) Born in Lancaster, MA, Hosmer lived the majority of […]

Free

Tours of The Frederick Collection of Historical Pianos

Historical Piano Study Center 30 Main Street, Ashburnham, MA, United States

Tours of the Frederick Historical Piano Collection, on which the concerts are based, are available by appointment, on non-concert days. The collection focuses on the kinds of pianos owned and played in concert by the great composers, letting modern musicians and listeners hear the music in its exciting true colors. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Call 978-827-6232 or […]

Free

“To Touch and Lift the Heart” – The Exuberant Creativity of May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House 399 Lexington Road, Concord

The artistic talent of May Alcott (later Nieriker) is abundantly on display at Orchard House for visitors to appreciate each year -- from her fledgling attempts to create within Orchard House itself, to serious study in Boston, and eventuating in diligent practice and notable exhibitions in Europe. In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s […]

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Monday Morning Walks in Dunstable

Town of Dunstable 511 Main Street, Dunstable, MA, United States

Join us Monday mornings for a guided walk to explore a different Town of Dunstable Conservation Area or a Dunstable Rural Land Trust property. Meet promptly at 9am at the Dunstable Town Hall, 511 Main Street to caravan in your own vehicle and drive to park at the destination property of the week. Wear proper […]

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Celebrating 100 Years of Concord Art and our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts

Concord Art Association 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA, United States

We're celebrating 100 years of Concord Art! Our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871-1927), was not only a dedicated philanthropist, but a talented artist as well. This May, we invite you to visit Concord Art during gallery hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm) to see the paintings and etchings of […]

Free
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Middlesex Community College Spring Student Art Show

LexArt 130 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA, United States

LexArt will host the Middlesex Community College spring student show Hue from April 15 – May 7, 2023, as part of our ongoing commitment to community partnerships in the arts.  Hue will feature the latest, most exciting work of students majoring in Middlesex Community College's Art & Design program. Join us at the Nye Gallery for this […]

Free
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Celebrating 100 Years of Concord Art and our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts

Concord Art Association 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA, United States

We're celebrating 100 years of Concord Art! Our founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871-1927), was not only a dedicated philanthropist, but a talented artist as well. This May, we invite you to visit Concord Art during gallery hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm, and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm) to see the paintings and etchings of […]

Free