As a Trustee member, I am so happy that this park is included on my membership. I enjoy walking…read morearound and exploring the sculptures and going for a walk. You might want to make sure that they are open for regular hours before heading out there. There was one time we drove there and were informed that they were closing early because of a wedding was taking place. We weren't even allowed to do a quick drive around although they were closing in an hour and there were many visitors around. Lesson learned and I planned ahead by checking their website for future visits.

Im bummed that it too this long for us to visit, but Im so glad we did! A very easy drive from…read moreBoston, we got there early on a fall Saturday morning. You pay your entrance fee, park your car, get your map from the giftshop and your off to explore the grounds and the art it contains. We spent about 2 hours wandering and it was such a fantastic experience. Im glad the items were tagged so we could learn more about each piece and the artist. The pictures just dont do justice to the beauty, serenity and scope of the grounds. The staff was very friendly. There is a small gift shop and café on the grounds. It never felt crowded. Will definitely be back!

I was originally skeptical, I didn't like Little Women, and wasn't sure a house tour was a good use…read moreof my time. But honestly the building of the house itself is an interesting story and amazing it's held up so well. The Alcott's themselves interesting people, and you don't have to like the book to love the tour. The house has air conditioning, thankfully. Any ghosts must love it. The furnishings are beautiful, and theres original artwork. They ask for no pictures during the tour, but the grounds and gift shop are very pretty.

My mom and I toured Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House last weekend when we spent a day in Concord…read more The house is where Louisa May Alcott wrote the first book of her Little Women. The family moved into the house around 1857 and stayed there for 20 years. When you tour the house, a docent walks your group around the house, telling you the history of the house, the family, and the famous book (which is mostly auto-biographical, about Alcott's family). There weren't any major structural changes to the house after the Alcott's time in the house, and around 80% of the furnishings in the house were owned by the Alcotts. A highlight of the tour is seeing Louisa's "shelf-desk," a desk built specifically for her by her father, who encouraged her writing. The house is only accessible by guided tour, but our tour guide was wonderful. The house is tight, but she did her best to guide us through quickly while answering our questions and the house and family. If you're a fan of Little Women, it's a treat to tour this house and learn about how it and Louisa's family life influenced and inspired Little Women! The tours can sell out, so I'd recommend buying tickets ahead of time online if you want to make sure you can tour the house!

My mom and I visited the Gropius House when we spent a day in Concord a week or so ago, and it was…read moreincredible. Walter Gropius was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. He founded the Bauhaus, a German art, design, and architecture school in 1919. It's incredible how influential Bauhaus was and continues to be, considering it only lasted until 1933 (when it was closed by the Nazis). Gropius left Nazi Germany in 1934 and arrived in the United States in February 1937, with his wife and 12-year-old daughter. Gropius became a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and built this house in Lincoln, Massachusetts, for himself and his family. Gropius lived in the house until his death in 1969, and his wife lived in the house until own death in 1983. The house opened to the public in 1985, operated by Historic New England. I arranged a tour in advance for my mom and me, and about 5 other people joined our tour. Our tour guide Christine showed us around both floors of the house. She was great and so was the tour! The house is really incredible. It features design elements of Gropius and Bauhaus, but Gropius also featured design elements inspired by New England (the exterior's vertically-oriented white planks and stone elements). The house is just cool - an incredible staircase in the entry hall, an open coatroom, glass blocks, and more. On the tour, you can enter every room of the house, and there's so much to say about each one. The furniture is incredible, and so is the art. The Gropiuses had famous and talented friends that stayed at the house, and the house is filled with art and mementos from those friends. The tour is incredible. If you're at all interested in architecture, this house is a must visit!

Beautifully executed house by Gropius is a must see for architects or anyone interested in…read moremodernism. It is very well maintained, and the guides are well informed.

I don't have kids but I went with my mom, sister and nephew. It was so cool to see what kinds of…read morebusinesses and opportunities there are for kids to receive enrichment beyond the home & classroom (e.g. daycare). It sounds like this is a popular place in the winter given its wide range of indoor activities. It's organized very well and provides different types of stimuli for children to choose from. The staff inside support and encourage parents & guardians to utilize the Discovery Museum's facilities to the best their kids are able to. The outdoor areas & trails seemed fun, as well as the giant chair and swing set.

The Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum for families that opened in Acton, Massachusetts in 1982…read more It was founded by math teacher and naturalist Donald B. Verger. The museum blends science, natural and play. A second museum building opened in 1987. After an $8.8M expansion and renovation, the museum reopened as a single-building museum in March 2018. A 550 -square-foot tree house and accessible nature playscape were also added to the campus in July 2016. The current museum now has twice the exhibit space of the original museum and includes significant galleries for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) experiences including water, air, tinkering, design, engineering, early brain development, math, light and color, and sound. My family and I recently visited the Discovery Museum while we were visiting the area. We visited a local brewery for lunch and my wife and I were interested to see if there was a place nearby that we could take our sons. The museum came highly recommended. We're glad that we heard about it because we all had a blast. The whole campus was beautiful! There are a variety of different interactive exhibits devoted to topics such as math, airplay, water, music & sound, illusions, simple machines, light & color, and Leonardo da Vinci. My sons never wanted to leave. After exploring the museum, we all headed outside to explore the Discovery Woods. My sons really liked checking out the tree house, the nature playscape, Adventure Hill, the slap-a-phone, the outdoor da Vinci exhibits, and Bessie the Dinosaur. Overall we had an excellent experience at the Discovery Museum and we highly recommend it to families who are visiting the area!

The house was closed for the season when we visited in November, but we were able to walk and look…read morearound the outside. I had read descriptions of the home and had seen photos, but seeing it in person was so satisfying, even without going inside. There is on street parking if you want to stroll though the neighborhood and the Concord museum is right across the street from the home.

I loved this authentic, real experience. Note: this is not a perfectly funded, government-run…read morefacility. This is totally different--in a good way. First, the women who run this home are there because they love it, and they provide a real New England experience. As a Tennessean, I loved meeting them. They were helpful and knowledgeable and kind. Second, the whole place would have been recognizable to RW Emerson himself. Amazing! We even saw the robe his wife handmade for Emerson, and it was hanging there like it was no big deal! Emerson's hat was hanging on a hat hook, and the telephone case used by the family still sat by the front door. And none of it behind glass or removed from visitors. Truly remarkable! If you need a sterile, perfect museum experience, you may not appreciate this. But if you want to see something Emerson would have recognized as familiar to his own life, GO! I loved my time there, and will recommend it to everyone visiting Concord.