Join living history sailors to try your hand at knots and seamanship. Learn how sailors lived day to day, and experience the art and science of navigation. Free costume rentals are available for children. Admission: Free, included with general admission.
Join the Paca Girlfriends for a night of food, fine wine, friendship, flowers and fun you won’t want to miss! Experience the charm of the William Paca House and indulge in culinary creations donated by the area’s premier chefs. Stroll through the reconstructed 18th-century pleasure garden, filled with beautiful rose bushes, holly, summer blooms, an endearing fish-shaped pond and other garden features – all while sipping a signature Pacatini. Proceeds benefit Historic Annapolis’s educational programs and activities.
The first block of West Street (from Church Circle to Calvert Street), located in the heart of the Arts District, will be closed to traffic on Wednesday evenings and filled with cafe tables reminiscent of the open-air cafes in France, Spain and Italy. Visitors and area residents are invited to dine, stroll and shop along West Street while enjoying live music beneath a canopy of lights.
Charles Zimmermann: "One of the most popular and best known citizens of Annapolis“ (The Evening Capital, 1908) This experience will be an adventure back to America’s Gilded Age focusing on the life of Charles Zimmermann. Discover why he earned the admiration and respect of the body of Midshipmen. Learn the connections he had through historic events with Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. This new multimedia presentation features recently gathered items from the archival collections throughout the Annapolis-New York City-Washington D.C. area. A highlight of the presentation will include...
June 22-The Shatners The Tides & Tunes Summer Concerts Series offers ten weeks of popular music from rock to folk to jazz with the incomparable backdrop of the Chesapeake Bay. Concerts are free; however, donations are requested. Food and spirits are available. The concerts are sponsored and supported by the popular Annapolis radio station WRNR.
Explore Annapolis – a Museum without Walls – on this new architectural tour that connects the city’s most notable homes and buildings to its history. Join a professional architect on a two-hour walking tour. Learn about some of the most notable 17th- and 18th-century architecture in Annapolis. An unforgettable narrative and leisurely trek awaits. Highlights of the tour include the Shiplap House, Patrick Creagh House, Maryland State House, Hammond-Harwood House and Chase-Lloyd House. Admission: $22/Adults; $14/Children; 2 and under free Tour departs from Information Booth at City Dock
As a smart and wily STEAM detective, campers learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math throughout history. By exploring wide-ranging topics such as medicine and hygiene, archaeology, forensics, sustainability, cooking, and art, campers come into Mysteries of History: STEAM Detectives as normal kids and leave with a keener eye, more discerning critical-thinking skills, and a lot of fun under their belts. This camp offers children the opportunity to explore the past in an engaging, interactive, and incredibly fun way! Make new friends, experience new things, and have a memorable...
This interactive tour takes children on a journey through the museum, exploring the collection of Peale paintings and making connections to their own lives. The tour will also highlight different aspects of Charles Willson Peale's life including his discovery of a mastodon skeleton and the founding of one of the nation's first museums. Children will then have the opportunity to create a portrait and paint a dinosaur like Peale. Program is 90 minutes long and includes the cost of a craft. $15 per family.
June 28: Jason Morton of Chesapeake Sons (www.reverbnation.com/chesapeakesons) In conjunction with Naptownmusic, MTPA is celebrating local performers and artists this summer with Artists in the Park. This FREE series offers families a chance to enjoy good music and good food in the great outdoors. Guests should bring a chair or blanket to enjoy the music!
The first block of West Street (from Church Circle to Calvert Street), located in the heart of the Arts District, will be closed to traffic on Wednesday evenings and filled with cafe tables reminiscent of the open-air cafes in France, Spain and Italy. Visitors and area residents are invited to dine, stroll and shop along West Street while enjoying live music beneath a canopy of lights.