Fruitlands Museum - Bronson Alcott and the Divine Spark - presentation - United Woman's Club of Concord

Fruitlands Museum will be the topic of the United Woman’s Club of Concord (UWCC) meeting on Thursday, January 19th, at noon, at the West Concord Union Church.

Bronson Alcott and the Divine Spark: Radical, Reformer, or Revolutionary?

This illustrated lecture chronicles the life of the New England educator and philosopher, Bronson Alcott. Often introduced as Louisa May Alcott’s father, Alcott would be known by his contemporaries as the embodiment of transcendentalism and ”one of the most thoughtful men of America; more nearly resembling Confucius or Socrates in his devotion to wisdom than any of his contemporaries.” Discover how his cutting-edge educational methods made him the most radical educator in 19th century Boston. Learn about Alcott’s “con-Sociate family” at his experimental community in Harvard, MA. Find out about Transcendentalism and Alcott’s friends Thoreau, Fuller and Emerson, too.

Contact Lisa Mankita Fay for additional information at lisamankitafay@yahoo.com.

About Fruitlands Museum:

Fruitlands Museum, founded in 1914 by Clara Endicott Sears, takes its name from an experimental utopian community led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane which took place on this site in 1843.
The Fruitlands campus includes:

• The Fruitlands Farmhouse, the site of the experiment in communal living led by Alcott and Lane in 1843
• The Shaker Museum, the first Shaker museum in the country and home to the largest archive of Harvard Shaker documents in the world, housed in an historic building moved here from the Harvard Shaker community.
• The Native American Museum, which houses a significant collection of artifacts that honor the spiritual presence and cultural history of the first Americans including New England Native culture and a survey of culture in the Plains, Southwest and Northwest.
• The Art Museum, including a collection of over 100 Hudson River School landscape paintings and over 230 nineteenth century vernacular portraits, the second largest collection in the country along with a variety of rotating exhibits throughout the year.
• The Wayside Visitor Center, exhibiting information on Fruitlands’ landscape and environment and providing classroom space for education programs and classes.

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