Concord Museum

Concord Museum is a local history museum in Concord, Massachusetts focused on the town’s role in early American history and its literary heritage. The museum’s collections emphasize material culture from the Revolutionary era and artifacts connected to Concord’s 19th-century authors.

Displays include objects and documents that interpret events and people from Concord’s past and its association with figures of American literature. The museum functions as a center for interpreting local history rather than a large national institution.

The museum was established to preserve and exhibit Concord’s historical artifacts and to educate visitors about the town’s cultural and historical significance. Over time its collections have expanded to include items illustrating both civic history and literary life.

The museum sits in downtown Concord, within walking distance of historic sites such as the Old North Bridge and locations associated with Emerson, Alcott and Thoreau.

• Collections: Houses collections related to Concord's role in early American history and to local literary figures associated with the town.
• Location: Located near the center of Concord, Massachusetts, and often visited together with nearby historic sites linked to the American Revolution and 19th-century writers.