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The Museum continues to add to its collection through the gifts and bequests of generous friends, as well as through purchases funded by supporters of the Museum.

The Concord Museum adds depth and breadth to the collection by focusing on objects made in or associated with Concord, Massachusetts. These objects are given a home, preserving them for future generations and making them accessible to all.

We thank all our donors for enabling us to continue to develop and enhance our collections in meaningful ways. Some recent acquisitions include:

• A powder horn used by minuteman Willard Parks during the battle at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775
• A set of porcelain dinner plates commissioned by Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant, for a banquet in Concord attended by Grant to commemorate the centennial of the battle at the North Bridge
• A collection of the papers, account books, and pencils made by William Munroe, a cabinetmaker and pencil maker in Concord in the early 19th century who worked with his brothers making cases for eight-day clocks
• An ornate silver tea service, made about 1850 and used by the Damon family of Concord
• An artillery driver's saddle, bridle, and leg protector issued to the Concord Artillery Company for use during the Civil War

To learn more about gifts and bequests to the Concord Museum, please contact (978) 369-9763 or cm1@concordmuseum.org.