Join us for weekend events to share with your friends and family. All events are FREE or ONE DOLLAR! Maryland heritage will be celebrated at over 40 locations throughout Anne Arundel County. Visit the dedicated website, MarylandDay.org, for up-to-date information, and click on the "EVENTS" tab.
The world will honor Harriet Tubman throughout 2022, marking 200 years since her birth in Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. People from far and wide will be sharing and reflecting on her remarkable story. Join the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Banneker-Douglass Museum as we present the “Harriet Tubman Women of Courage and Maryland Day” celebration. During this virtual program we will highlight the winners of the Harriet Tubman Women’s History Month Women of Courage Video Contest and present the life and legacy of Harriet...
The Quakers—formally known as the Society of Friends—were the first group of white Christians to confront slaveholding as a religious problem that demanded social action. But in the 1600s, many Quakers were slaveholders themselves. It took energy and activism on the part of a small number of activists within this faith group to disrupt that status quo and steer their church towards an outspoken commitment to Black freedom. This lecture by historian Richard Bell tells that story, focusing in on the 1688 Germantown Protest as well the later crusades of...
Lunchtime tour of the PHOTO | BRUT: Collection Bruno Decharme exhibition with Interim Director Lucinda Edinberg.
Are you interested in exploring Foods and Recipes of the past? Would you like to learn historically accurate cooking techniques? Does cooking on an open fire appeal to you? Then sign up today for this Hands-On Workshop and learn how to cook like our ancestors! Recreate recipes from 17th, 18th and 19th century sources. Taste everything you make in class. Class size is limited so sign up early. $185 per participant (includes all materials) Pre-registration required. Space is limited. Ages 16+
This month we'll join the northward migration of Maryland's songbirds. Join us as we explore their journeys, lives, and habitats through observations and games. $8 for member children ages 6-12 (become one today!) $10 for non-member children ages 6-12
This month we'll join the northward migration of Maryland's songbirds. Join us as we explore their journeys, lives, and habitats through observations and games. $8 for member children ages 6-12 (become one today!) $10 for non-member children ages 6-12
Exhibition curator John Verdi will provide insights on visionary and outsider artists in his lecture “Art Without Irony.”
In this family-friendly activity, participants will join a tour of the house and learn how animals symbolize different things in paintings, chairs, and everyday objects. Children will go on an Easter egg hunt in the garden of the Hammond-Harwood House and then paint the wooden eggs they find. Space is limited (10 children), for reservations, please call 410-263-4683×10 or email [email protected]
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 (3-7 years) with a book reading, song, craft/art project, and free time in the garden. This Week's Book: Night Catch Military families often deal with a parent who may deploy or receive an assignment taking them away from their families. This book shares the story of a soldier who helps his son with a creative way to deal with an upcoming...