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David Wood has been curator of the Concord Museum since 1985 and has conducted a series of studies of the silversmiths, clockmakers, and cabinetmakers of 18th and 19th century Concord.

Particular Areas of Study: The material culture history of Concord, Massachusetts.

Publications:

Eyewitness to Revolution: The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum (Concord: Concord Museum, 2025)

An Observant Eye: The Thoreau Collection at the Concord Museum (Concord: Concord Museum, 2006)

“The Best Workman in the Shop: Cabinetmaker William Munroe of Concord,” (Boston Furniture, 1700-1900; Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2016), 208-224

“‘An influential and useful man’: Samuel Bartlett of Concord,” (Colonial Silver and Silversmithing in New England 1620-1815; Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2001), .

“Concord, Massachusetts, Clockmakers, 1811-1831,” (Antiques, vol. CLVIII, no. 5, May 2001), 762-769.

“Concord, Massachusetts, Clockmakers, 1789-1817,” Antiques, vol. CLVII, no.5 (May 2000), 760-769.

“Cabinetmaking Practices in Revolutionary Concord: New Evidence,” (Proceedings of the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife (Boston: Boston University Press, 2000)