Celebrate Henry David Thoreau’s 205th birthday! Meet “Henry David Thoreau,” portrayed by Richard Smith. Discuss his adventures and daily life at Walden Pond. At the Thoreau house replica, by the main parking lot.
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, […]
Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights legacy and Henry David Thoreau’s legacy at the Walden Pond Visitor Center. Join an interactive panel led by Concord historian Richard Smith and The Robbins House President Nikki Turpin to discuss the influence of Thoreau’s essay Civil Disobedience on activists King and Gandhi and current acts of […]
Talk 11am-12pm; optional short-guided walk to pond 12pm-12:30pm both are at Visitor Center. Join historian and expert ice harvester Dennis Picard at the Walden Pond Visitor Center for a program on the 19th-century ice industry. See antique tools of the trade, like those used at Walden Pond to harvest 180 tons of ice during Thoreau’s […]
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