Concord: The Old Manse

Included admission free with the card.

Description

Replete with its original 18th and 19th century furnishings, the Old Manse is located adjacent to Concord’s Old North Bridge, where on April 19, 1775 Minutemen fired the shots ‘heard 'round the world.’ Built by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s grandfather in 1769, this atmospheric parsonage not only witnessed America’s birth, but also nurtured the American Renaissance within its walls and on its beautiful grounds. Here Emerson drafted Nature, Nathaniel Hawthorne established his literary career, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau tended the land. In addition, woman’s rights activist Margaret Fuller, pioneer educationist Horace Mann, and abolitionist John Brown paid regular visits. The Old Manse remained in the Emerson family until 1939, when Massachusetts’ leading conservation organization, the Trustees of Reservations, purchased the property and opened it as a house museum. Do not miss this very special place!

Cost without the card:

Adult $8.00, Child $5.00

Hours:

April 13–October 31: Daily, Monday–Saturday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm;
Sundays and holidays, 12:00 pm–5:00 pm (Last tour leaves by 4:30 pm. 
By guided tour only.)

November 1–April 12: Thursday and Friday, 2:00 pm–5:00 pm;

Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 pm–5:00 pm (Last tour leaves by 4:30 pm. By guided tour only.)

Closed

Mondays through Wednesdays from 11/1–4/12 and during severe weather conditions. May be closed major U.S. holidays.

Driving:

From Boston, take I-95/128 north to Exit 30 (2A W). Stay on 2A W and at the second flashing yellow light stay right onto Lexington Road. Sign reads 'Concord.' Follow this to the center of Concord. Go straight into the small rotary (Monument Square), then turn right onto Monument Street. Old Manse is 1/2 mile ahead on the left.

Please read: important instructions on how to use your card.

Redemption Instructions:

Included admission with the Go Boston Card

The Go City Card is accepted until 5:30pm unless otherwise noted; during all other times standard admission will apply.