Museum sights in Concord
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Concord Museum
Southeast of Monument Sq, Concord Museum brings together the town’s diverse history under one roof. The museum’s prized possession is one of the ‘two if by sea’ lanterns that hung in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston as a signal to Paul Revere. It also has the world’s largest collection of Henry David Thoreau artifacts, including his writing desk from Walden Pond.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson House
Within a mile of the town center is the Ralph Waldo Emerson house where the philosopher lived for almost 50 years (1835–82).Emerson was the paterfamilias of literary Concord, one of the great literary figures of his age and the founding thinker of the Transcendentalist movement.
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Museum of New Hampshire History
The Museum of New Hampshire Historychronicles the history of the Granite State in more depth.
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Canterbury Shaker Village
A traditional Shaker community from 1792, Canterbury Shaker Village maintains the Shaker heritage as a living-history museum. Interpreters demonstrate the Shakers' daily lives, artisans create Shaker crafts, and walking trails invite pond-side strolls. The greening of America has deep roots here - for more than two centuries the Shakers' abundant gardens have been turning out vegetables, medicinal herbs and bountiful flowers the organic way. If you're ready for a soulful diversion you could easily spend half a day here on the farm, which covers nearly 700 acres. Take a little wholesomeness home with you - there's a store selling Shaker handicrafts, a farm stand and a supe…
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Pierce Manse
Pierce Manse, the home of Franklin Pierce (1804-69), the only US president to hail from New Hampshire, can be toured in summer.
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