Concord Museum Has Something for Everyone This Holiday Season

Be sure the Concord Museum is part of your plans the first week in December!

FIRST DIBS at the Concord Museum Shop: Tuesday, December 1

5th Annual Holiday House Tour: Saturday, December 5

Author & Illustrator Day: Sunday, December 6

First Dibs at the Concord Museum Shop! Enjoy an evening of shopping at the Concord Museum Shop on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served and gift-wrapping will be available on-site. Concord Museum members always receive a 10% discount at the Concord Museum Shop. Books, jewelry, decorative accents for the home and a great selection of scarves and ties. All the books featured in the 20th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature are available for purchase.

5th Annual Holiday House Tour: Saturday, December 5, 2015 On Saturday, December 5, 2015, several of Concord’s most beautiful private homes will be professionally decorated in the holiday spirit by local and Boston-based interior designers. Guests will be welcomed inside the front doors of eight gracious private residences to visit the charming ground floor rooms. From Colonial to Victorian to Shingle Style and more, each house will be decorated in a different holiday theme. The Concord Museum welcomes you to spend the day in Concord, a small town with a big history, and enjoy the elegant streets, charming cafés and shops, as well as the many historic homes. Complimentary morning coffee and donuts will be provided by Dunkin’ Donuts of Concord. Complimentary hot beverages and cookies will be provided by the Colonial Inn. Boxed lunches are available for purchase only when pre-ordering tickets online.

The Guild of Volunteers is organizing this event as a benefit for the education initiatives of the Museum. The House Tour Co-Chairs are Kelly Benkert, Aura Bruce & Karla Slade. Tickets may be purchased online, at the Museum, or by phone through December 3: $40 Members, $45 Non-members; after December 3 or day of: $50. No refunds; no photography. Tickets and maps must be picked up at the Concord Museum the day of the tour.

An Afternoon with Authors and Illustrators: Sunday, December 6, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Meet some of the talented authors and illustrators whose books are featured in the 20th Annual Family Trees at the Concord Museum. Stroll through the galleries to enjoy the trees and visit with authors and illustrators as they sign your books.

Current Authors & Illustrators Day*

Linda Booth Sweeney, When the Wind Blows

Liza Gardner Walsh and Hazel Mitchell, Where Do Fairies Go When It Snows?

David A. Kelly, The Fenway Foul-Up

Heather Lang, The Original Cowgirl: The Wild Adventures of Lucille Mulhall

Deborah A. Locke, Mr. Bull and the Amazing Grape

Richard Michelson, S is for Seaglass: A Beach Alphabet

Ilse Plume, The Bremen Town Musicians

Barbara Purchia and E. Ashley Rooney, Fairy Homes and Gardens

Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen, You Nest Here With Me

*subject to change

Books are available for purchase in the Museum Shop. 1:00-4:00 p.m.; free with Family Trees admission, Concord Museum Members free.

About the Concord Museum: The Concord Museum is where all of Concord’s remarkable past is brought to life through an inspiring collection of historical, literary and decorative arts treasures. Renowned for the 1775 Revere lantern and Henry Thoreau’s Walden desk, the Concord Museum is home to a nationally significant collection of American decorative arts, including clocks, furniture and silver. Founded in 1886, the Museum is a gateway to historic Concord for visitors from around the world and a vital cultural resource for the town and the region. Call 978 369 9763 or visit www.concordmuseum.org or at facebook.com/concordmuseum or @concordmuseum on twitter.