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The MHAA Program Administrator, Jennifer Ruffner, has let us know that MHAA staff seek new members for the MHAA Grant Review Panel for the coming year's grant round. In addition to geographic and human diversity, they also try to have members whose expertise reflects a diversity of subject matter areas on the panel. Topics such as archeology, agriculture, cemeteries, ethnic and cultural studies, and oral histories are underrepresented.   The call for panelists is open year round, so if you know someone who might be able to help fill some of these gaps, please...

We have been informed that the Summer issue of our quarterly Newsletter, Currents, has been delayed at the printer due to paper shortages related to COVID-19. This issue has timely information about our Rebranding project, recent grants, and more, so please download your copy and read it today! Thank you! Summer-newsletterDownload ...

We know it's October when Annapolis starts its ghost tours! Prepare to be spooked! You can stay busy this Saturday with Odenton Heritage Society's Annual Open House, the Arts in the Park event at the Chesapeake Arts Center, or combine art and wellness at Hammond-Harwood House's Stretch and Sketch. This week we have something for everyone! Click on the event title for more information. Mr. Paca’s Garden Storytime: “A Rainbow of Friends” Date: Tuesday, September 28Time: Program, 10 – 11 am; Garden Time, 11 – 11:30 amLocation: William Paca House and Garden, 186...

Please find useful information below on the SHARP Recovery Grants from Maryland Humanities. These grants are specifically targeted towards museums, historic sites, preservation and historical societies, and community and cultural organizations with a significant humanities focus. Maryland Humanities is now accepting applications to its $910,000 Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Recovery Grants Fund. The goal of this new opportunity is to sustain Maryland’s public humanities infrastructure and to ensure that organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 can continue to provide opportunities for Maryland’s communities to access and...

Enjoy these events from our partners this week, including two from new partners, Historic Linthicum Walks and Historic Goshen Farm. We're also excited to share the news about Banneker-Douglass Museum's grand re-opening and much more! Click on the event title for more information. Pop-Up Butterfly Lecture Date: Tuesday, September 14Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Historic Linthicum Walks, 2295 Davidsonville Road, GambrillsHost Organization: Historic Linthicum Walks Join a Pop-Up Lecture on “How our Butterflies Came to Be” and “How to Get Them Back Again.” Guest speaker Dick Arnold will explain the “Flight of the Monarchs.” Stroll...

Exciting news from our friends at the Hammond-Harwood House. We're thrilled to congratulate them on this new addition to their collection, which is the only painting by a female member of the Peale family on display in the city of Annapolis! Read the Press Release below: Annapolis Museum Acquires Important Work by Early Female Artist Contact: Rachel Lovett, Curator31 August 2021 410-263-4683, Ext. [email protected] The Hammond-Harwood House museum on Maryland Avenue in Annapolis has acquired the still life painting Peaches and a Pear on a Plate by American artist Margaretta Angelica Peale (1795-1882), niece of...