Celebrate Maryland Emancipation Day with a wreath laying at the graveside of Smith Price. Join the walk from Asbury United Methodist Church to St. Anne's Cemetery.
From punches to bounces, syllabubs to juleps, colonists imbibed a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. At Colonial Cocktails, you’ll get to make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture. In this session, you’ll whip up some fall favorites: Lamb’s Wool and Hot Buttered Rum, two warm drinks sure to keep you toasty as the leaves start to fall. Participants must be 21+. For the safety of participants and staff, this event will be held outside with appropriate distancing, group sizes, and cleaning in accordance with CDC and...
Join presenter Tony Zecca for an overview of Colonial Period American furniture. He will show what a wealthy patron should expect when ordering furniture from a cabinetmaker's shop. You will look at the different Directors, or design books, that would have been used in the period and compare examples that appear in the book and in current collections. Tony enthusiastically shares his experiences as a collector, and education volunteer at Mount Vernon. Registration required. Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members and Volunteers
Maryland Avenue from 1811 to 1857 Walking Tour In 1811 Frances Loockerman moved into the Hammond-Harwood House with her husband and three children. Over the next forty-six years she saw the neighborhood transform. On this walking tour of Maryland Avenue, we will visit places Frances would have known, note changes she would have been aware of, and fill in the streetscape she could not have imagined. Safety is the number one priority of the Hammond-Harwood House Museum, and the organization follows all of the local and federal recommendations regarding COVID-19...
Join the Muddy Creek Artists Guild for an evening of art-making with MCAG's first virtual DoArt Painting Party! Learn how to create a mixed media acrylic painting of an angel just in time for the upcoming holidays using paint, collage, and stenciling techniques. Fine art painter and printmaker Patsy Card will guide participants, sharing tips and tricks in achieving different affects and texture. Sign-up with friends, or sign-up solo and make some new friends for the evening—all while staying safely at home! This 90 minute demonstration is FREE for all!
While unprecedented social restrictions make CBF's bimonthly Brock Environmental Center Learning Series impossible to do in-person for the time being, the issues remain as important as ever. So we have moved this popular series online, increasing the number of available seats—and making the program monthly! The Chesapeake Bay region is steeped in the history of its indigenous tribes. Considering the essential role American Indians have played in the Chesapeake Bay, the importance of understanding that history cannot be overstated. Many different tribes live in the Chesapeake region, and their social,...
On-site tour of the house that compares the customs and social graces of the Loockerman family, who lived in the Hammond-Harwood House in the early 19th century, with those of characters in Jane Austen novels. Price: $10 | Members: Free
The William Paca House is famous for its reconstructed eighteenth-century garden. A place for leisure, experimentation, artistry, and the production of food and medicine, William Paca’s garden—and gardens elsewhere in Annapolis and the British Atlantic World—were integral to everyday life. Join Bethany McGlyn as she explores several eighteenth-century Annapolis gardens, their construction and design, and the stories of the enslaved and servant gardeners whose expertise maintained them. Registration required. Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members and Volunteers
From punches to bounces, syllabubs to juleps, colonists imbibed a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. At Colonial Cocktails, you’ll get to make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture. In this session, we'll be getting into the holiday spirit with Rumrousal, a sweet milk punch, and Mulled Wine, the precursor to our modern Wassail. New Wintertime Location! This month, our Colonial Cocktails program will be held at the Historic Gresham Estate. Information and directions will be sent to registrants prior to the program. Please note: this...
The Art of the Game: Cards, Horse Racing, and Tavern Life in the Early Chesapeake The fourth annual Collectors’ Day will be a virtual lecture series with an optional onsite reception. Lectures (via Zoom, to be accessed at attendees’ homes) will feature the taverns, game rooms, race tracks, and forested hunting grounds of America’s sporting past. Beginning in the 18th century, the Chesapeake region developed a sporting culture similar to England’s—with card games and horse racing as the central activities. Fortunes were gained and lost during card games. While the...