Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Winterthur, presents a celebration of the objects and imagery created in response to society’s love of wine! Associated with religious ceremonies as well as entertainment, the beverage has been around for some 8,000 years. This lecture, originally inspired by Grigsby’s major exhibition by the same name at Winterthur (2012), presents a selection from the incredibly broad range of wine-related materials drawn from the Winterthur collections and promised gifts. From glassware and cellarettes to song sheets and paintings, the audience will...

Speakers: Elizabeth Marks, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) and Dr. Dennis J. Timlin, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Elizabeth Marks serves as a biologist for the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) in the Hudson Valley (New York). A certified Holistic Management educator, she works with landowners to improve soil health and biological diversity on their farm and forest. In 2020 she spent a year on a special assignment as the NRCS liaison to...

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. Reservations are required. Please call 410 – 263 – 4683 ext.10 or email [email protected]

Let’s celebrate Beautiful & Delicious gardens everywhere! Annapolis Green's Here We Grow initiative introduces a modern-day Victory Garden project to encourage people to value the land and nature by installing, developing or updating their gardens to provide beauty, food, and pollinator habitat everywhere you can. Meeting Annapolis Green's overall organizational mission this program resonates with many people who are doing two things during this crisis: gardening and cooking! Together, let's get excited about the bounty of a summer garden, share ideas, tips and tricks. Speakers are Anna Chaney of Honey's...

Join a Clean-Up Day for Tanyard/Franklin Cemetery. See more information in the flier below.  

Explore 300 years of architecture in historic Annapolis, the museum without walls, with an architectural historian during this varied and informative walking tour. Highlights of the tour include the Shiplap House, the Paca House, Patrick Creagh House, Hammond Harwood House, and the Chase Lloyd House. Cost: $22 Adults; $10 Child (11 and under) Architrex Tours are presented in partnership with Watermark.

It’s about time! Join guest presenter Steve Sieraki, HA Volunteer Educator and Curatorial Researcher Tony Zecca, and Robin Matty, HA Curator of Collections for a full discussion and demonstration about tall case clocks! This three-part program begins with a short presentation by HA Curator Robin Matty on the remarkable Faris-Shaw-Chisholm tall case clock held in Historic Annapolis’s collection. Created by three of Annapolis’s most well-known craftsman, this clock provides a glimpse into their detailed art. Next, Steve Sieracki explores the history of the American tall case clock. Steve will discuss the...

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 exploring a punch with a wonderfully colonial name, "A Pleasant and Grateful Sort of Punch." This lime variation on punch is sure to please. We'll also try our hands at strawberry juleps, a sweeter variety of the more familiar mint julep.​ $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Participants must be 21+....

Join Annapolis Green for a fun-filled trivia and comedy night as their six-month EV education program continues! Test drive your electric vehicle knowledge and play Fact or Fiction with questions brought to you by Kick Gas! Grand prize winner of Comedy Central’s national stand-up competition, comedian Robert Mac will be joining for a set! Robert Mac’s humor is described as clever jokes for clever folks! You are not going to want to miss this informative and entertaining EV event! There will also be EV experts on hand to help answer...

Join MHT Director Elizabeth Hughes for a listening session on Friday, June 4 at 9:30am! MHT invites cultural heritage organizations and others involved in preservation around the state for a chat about the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the road to recovery. Feedback and the peer-to-peer exchange will help inform MHT's programs and technical assistance in the coming year. Space is limited so please register in advance.