GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
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. Tours typically last 3 hours. […]
Long before the beloved novel, Little Women, was written at a small crescent-shaped desk between two upstairs front windows at Orchard House in 1868, history was being made here. Since the 1650s, courageous, empathetic, forward-thinking individuals lived on this site, caring for those in need and attempting to change society for the better. Guided tours […]
Join us for the annual Nashua International Sculpture Symposium event! Each year the Symposium invites sculptors from around the world to stay in Nashua for 3 weeks. Each artist creates a large-scale public sculpture to be permanently installed in the city. This year our visiting artists are from New Zealand/Benin, UK/France, South Korea, and the […]
From May 11th to July 24th, visitors to Concord can explore Barry Van Dusen's beautiful nature sketches displayed at both Thoreau Farm and Walden Pond State Reservation Visitor Center. Van Dusen is a Massachusetts-based artist and the author of Finding Sanctuary, in which he describes and illustrates 61 of Mass Audubon’s wildlife sanctuaries, nature centers, […]
On display is a diorama of Shirley's Depot Square with a working model train and the buildings from 100 years ago. There is also a large collection of photos picturing the railroad and surroundings. The Museum is open for visitors Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. On Saturday, May 11th at […]
On display at the Bolton Historical Society are examples of one Bolton resident's decades-long hobby of model ship building, both scratch and kit built. From the ill-fated Titanic to the Jefferson Davis, an 1853 Baltimore Clipper, these models demonstrate the patience, skills, and eye for detail of the modeler, the late Deborah Kellett. Open every […]
On display is a diorama of Shirley's Depot Square with a working model train and the buildings from 100 years ago. There is also a large collection of photos picturing the railroad and surroundings. The Museum is open for visitors Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. On Saturday, May 11th at […]
A building in North Lancaster stands alone, slowly deteriorating, but few notice. In its day, this building was very important to a special group of people. The work of these people affects us every day. Find out about places in Lancaster with connections to the Shakers, about their curious lives, and the Shaker inventions that […]
Join the Friends of Minute Man National Park for a free 45-minute tour of the Buttrick Gardens. Learn about the history and preservation of these beautiful gardens. We’ll find shady spots to view the historic plantings and discuss why the Buttrick Gardens recently received a Concord Historical Commission Landscape Preservation Award. Beginning in 1911, two […]
On display at the Bolton Historical Society are examples of one Bolton resident's decades-long hobby of model ship building, both scratch and kit built. From the ill-fated Titanic to the Jefferson Davis, an 1853 Baltimore Clipper, these models demonstrate the patience, skills, and eye for detail of the modeler, the late Deborah Kellett. Open every […]