Join a day of discussions about endangered cemeteries and the challenges that they face. Presentations by: Elinor Thompson and Dr. Elgin Klugh Some featured cemeteries include: Laurel-Defunct, Loudon Park, Mt. Harmony, Simon Hill, St. Anne's, Tanyard/Franklin Cemetery and more.... This event is FREE! Registration is REQUIRED ! TO REGISTER - CONTACT: [email protected]  

Free Admission to Historic Goshen Farm’s 8th Annual Fall Open House includes the following: Birds of Prey - Raptor's Eye Eye in the sky - Unmanned Aerial System -Drone with Tim Tumelty of AACC Soil Pit with Dean Cowherd Broadneck Community Library - Story Walk Tours of 1783 House and Hoop House will be virtual due to COVID Restrictions Visit the many Gardens including the Pollinator Garden and Monarch Waystation, Sharing Garden, Henson-Hall Slave Garden and the Wildlife Pond. Learn the sweet Pleasures of Beekeeping Lunch will be available for...

We are back! Come join us on Saturday, September 18th for a Grand Re-Opening Block Party! BDM has been closed since March of 2020 and we are re-opening with a brand new exhibit; Freedom Bound: Runaways of the Chesapeake, which explores resistance and freedom from the past, present, and future. Enjoy music, food, shop local Black-owned businesses and much more! This event is FREE to the public. Click here to register.

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.

Part of the Mitchell Gallery's newest exhibit, A Season of Shakespeare: Bronze Works by Greg Wyatt, this interview, followed by a Q & A period, will offer insights on Wyatt’s inspirations as seen in his sculptures of Shakespeare’s characters, as well as the collaboration and production of bronze sculptures. This event is free to attend.

Four Rivers Heritage Area invites you to our 2021 “Fall Summit” meeting for heritage area site directors and managers (plus key partners) on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 9:30 a.m, via Zoom. These summit meetings, held annually since 2004, are important opportunities for representatives from our regional heritage-related sites and organizations to exchange information about new programs and products, learn about potential funding sources and collaborative partnerships, and to propose and discuss ideas for future heritage initiatives. In addition to the traditional round-table information exchange, the agenda includes the Fall Mini-Grant Opportunity, the Annual Heritage...

Join us on select Tuesday mornings for storytime and fun activities in the William Paca Garden, a secret treasure in the Historic District of Annapolis. Each program is designed for little ones (4-7 years) with a book reading, song, craft/art project, and free time in the garden. Did you ever wonder where the food comes from that is in your lunchbox? Some foods come from above or below ground. We will look at where the food comes from in our lunchboxes and then we will visit Farmer Ben in Mr. Paca’s Garden, where we will...

The full story of the American Revolution requires us to look beyond the famous lives of Washington, Hamilton, Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson. Join University of Maryland historian Richard Bell as he focuses on all the things you might not have learned in high school or college about this great struggle for independence. We will probe unexpected corners of this sprawling, eight-year war and expands its cast of characters substantially to include the typhoid-ridden immigrant corset-maker who wrote the pamphlet that gave colonists the confidence to believe they could beat Britain;...

Mandatory for all applicants for the Four Rivers Heritage Area Fall Mini-Grants. This grant round is expected to be highly competitive; partial funding awards are likely. Don't miss the chance to learn more about how to apply. This workshop will be held over Zoom. Please send an e-mail to [email protected] to register.

September 23 Rickshaw Lizard (Sax Driven Jam Band) The Tides & Tunes Summer Concert Series continues the fun of the sumer with 4 weeks of great music–from rock to funk to hip-hop–with the incomparable backdrop of our Park Campus. Concerts are free; however, donations are gratefully accepted. Beer and wine are available for purchase. Beverage sales support the Museum’s education program. No outside alcohol permitted. Food trucks will be on site. Bring a chair for seating.