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E Concord Museum VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
200 Lexington Rd. Tel (978) 369-9763.
Open Jan–Mar: 11am–4pm Mon–Sat, Practical Information
1–4pm Sun; Apr–Dec: 9am–5pm n 58 Main St. (978) 369-0830.
Mon–Sat, noon–5pm Sun (Jun–Aug: _ Patriots Day (Apr).
9am–5pm Sun). & 7 ∑ concordchamberof
∑ concordmuseum.org commerce.org
Begun in 1850, the Concord Transport
museum contains one of the k Boston.
oldest and best-documented
collections of Americana.
Holdings include decorative fifes. The museum is also the
arts from the 17th, 18th, and repository of the contents of
Concord’s Old Manse: home to 19th-century 19th centuries that can be Emerson’s study, and the largest
literary giants traced to original Concord collection of personal items
owners; the lantern that Paul that belonged to essayist
P The Old Manse Revere ordered hung to warn Henry David Thoreau. The
269 Monument St. Tel (978) 369-3909. of the British advance; and “Why Concord?” exhibit traces
Open mid-Apr–Oct: noon–5pm Tue– American Revolution artifacts the community from initial
Sun; call for winter hours. & 8 that include powder horns, settlement some 10,000 years
The parsonage by the North muskets, cannonballs, and ago through the 20th century.
Bridge was built in 1770 by
the grandfather of writer
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–
64) lived here as a newlywed
in 1842–45 and wrote Mosses
from an Old Manse (1846),
giving the house its name.
On view are Emerson family
possessions and period
furniture. The garden was
planted by essayist Henry
David Thoreau (1817–62) as
a wedding gift to Hawthorne. A View of the Town of Concord April 19, 1775, Concord Museum

Concord Town Center
1 Monument Square 5 Minute Man Statue
2 Minute Man National 6 The Old Manse
Historical Park
Concord River 3 North Bridge 7 Concord Museum
8 Emerson House
North Bridge Visitor Center 9 Sleepy Hollow
Visitor Centre
4 North Bridge Cemetery
North
Bridge
Minute Man
Statue
LIBERTY ST M O N U M E N T S T R E E T
The Old
Manse
Minute Man
National
Historical Park
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LONG STREET BEDFORD
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LO W E L L R O A D
Cemetery
BOW ST
MONUMENT
SQUARE
CHESTNUT STRE E T REVOLUTI O NARY RD
KEYES ROAD
62 M A I N STREET
WEST CONCORD, Orchard House,
The Wayside
MAYNARD 2A 2A LEXINGTON,
L E X I N G T ON R O A D
SUDBURY RD SLOW STREET W A L D E N S T R E E T Concord Museum BOSTON
HUBBARD STREET
House
Walden Pond
State Reservation Emerson CAMBRIDGE
TURNPIKE
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