The Emerson House

Name

The Emerson House

Legal name

The Robbins House, Inc.

Website

https://robbinshouse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Historic House Museum and Cultural Heritage Education

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Historical Sites (71212)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Museum & Landmark Guided Tours (Skip-the-line/Docent-led) (THAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Historic house museum
• African American history
• Antislavery education
• Community museum programming
• Cultural heritage tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Concord

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership Programs: Revenue generated through tax-deductible donations at various giving society levels (Ellen Garrison Society $5,000, Caesar Robbins Society $1,000, Jack Garrison Society $500) and general donations. Also participates in Amazon Smile program.
2. Grants: Grant funding from institutional sources including Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Mass Humanities (including CARES Act funding), and Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Destination Capital program.
3. Event Revenue: Some events suggest a $10 suggested donation for programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Robbins House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit historic house museum and African American/antislavery interpretive center located at 320 Monument Street in Concord, MA. It offers free museum visits, interpretive tours, educational programs, walking tours, community events, and scholarship support for METCO students, all centered on the stories of the Robbins and Garrison families and broader Concord African American history from the 17th through 19th centuries.

Product overview

The Robbins House is a single-site nonprofit museum offering in-person tours, educational programs, and community events centered on Concord's African American history. The organization operates the historic house museum as its core offering, supplemented by walking tours, antislavery history programs, and an annual calendar of events including Juneteenth celebrations and Frederick Douglass readings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ellen Garrison Scholarship Fund: Scholarship established in 2024 to support METCO students at Concord-Carlisle High School pursuing higher education, honoring the life and legacy of Concord's first Black daughter Ellen Garrison.

Products and services

• The Robbins House Museum A historic house museum and interpretive center at 320 Monument Street in Concord, MA, open April–October with free admission and no reservations required for individuals. It preserves and shares the stories of Concord's African American and antislavery history from the 17th through 19th centuries, focusing on the Robbins and Garrison families.
• Self-Guided Walking Tour of African American and Antislavery History Sites A downloadable walking tour map of African American and antislavery history sites in Concord, MA, available to the public for self-guided exploration.
• Group Tours (Year-Round) Group tours offered year-round with advance reservations required for groups of six or more, providing guided interpretive experiences at the museum.
• Educational Programs and Community Events School assemblies, Juneteenth celebrations, Frederick Douglass readings, Race Amity Day, and other educational and community events focused on African American and antislavery history.
• Ellen Garrison Scholarship Fund Scholarship program administered through The Robbins House that supports METCO students at Concord-Carlisle High School pursuing higher education, honoring the life and legacy of Concord's first Black daughter Ellen Garrison.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expanded awareness of Concord's African American history
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• League of Women Voters of MassachusettscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 July 2020The Robbins House collaborated with the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts to support advocacy for four bills in the Massachusetts Legislature Supporting Black Lives.
• Essex HeritageminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2016Co-hosted Invisible Injustice: A Symposium on Slavery in the North at Salem State University with keynote speaker Joanne Pope Melish.
• Concord DEI CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating on the Black Heritage Trail Markers Project to install interpretive markers at sites across Concord highlighting Black history.
• Concord Visitor CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Black Heritage Trail Markers Project for public education and placemaking initiative.
• Concord MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration including co-sponsored events, joint programming (antislavery walking tours, Juneteenth celebrations), and support for research projects and summer interns.
• First Parish in ConcordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular co-host of events including Frederick Douglass readings, racial justice programming, Juneteenth celebrations, and community discussions on topics including slavery, civil rights, and current social justice issues.
• Mass HumanitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsored public readings of Frederick Douglass's 1852 speech, including 2019 event featured on CBS Sunday Morning.
• Tufts University Half the History ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership on the Half the History project documenting African American history.
• First Parish Racial Justice Action GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of events including Ellen Garrison's Poetics of Place and Belonging with Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams.
• Louisa May Alcott's Orchard HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsored webinar on Racism and Disenfranchisement featuring Robbins House Co-President Maria Madison.
• The Thoreau SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsored webinar on Racism and Disenfranchisement featuring Robbins House Co-President Maria Madison.
• Concord Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizing partner for Race Amity Day celebrating diversity in Concord's school district.
• Town of Concord Economic Vitality DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Black Heritage Trail Markers Project funded through Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Destination Capital program with ARPA matching funds.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Old Manse: Neighboring historic house museum on Monument Street in Concord, operated by The Trustees of Reservations; shares the same North Bridge visitor flow and is physically adjacent to The Robbins House, making it a directly comparable historic house museum peer.
• Royall House and Slave Quarters: A preserved historic house museum in Medford, MA dedicated to the stories of enslaved and free Africans in colonial New England, including antislavery history. Closest functional peer to The Robbins House in scope, mission, and operating model — small nonprofit, free admission, seasonal operation, focused on Northern slavery and African American history.
• Concord Museum: Concord's primary historical institution covering Concord history broadly; active partner with The Robbins House on joint programming, antislavery walking tours, and Juneteenth celebrations. Comparable small-to-mid museum peer serving overlapping visitor base and donor pool.

Peers

• African Meeting House / Museum of African American History (Boston & Nantucket):

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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