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...
Actor, writer, and historian, Annapolis' own, Chris Haley, will read poems by renowned poets such as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay and Audre Lourde. African American literature has existed and flourished throughout our nation's history. In spite of living through often oppressive and racially violent times, people of color penned their stories of love, loss, joy and pain, and the challenge and fight for equality. Haley, a nephew of famed author Alex Haley, will deliver poems which exemplify these themes as penned by some of America's...
Join members of the Mitchell Gallery Book Club for a discussion of Welcome to Marwencol by Mark Hogancamp and Chris Shellen, led by curator John Verdi. Free. Registration required. Contact the gallery for book purchase. Location to be announced.
Join us for a tour of Annapolis’s historic district, where early American painter Charles Willson Peale’s world has been preserved. The tour starts at the Old Treasury Building on the grounds of the Capitol. Participants will also receive a half-price admission to the Hammond-Harwood House, which includes the special exhibition ”Ambition: Charles Willson Peale in Annapolis” featuring Peale’s Annapolis commissions chronologically with twenty-five portraits, including nine loans.
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: Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn “Lola, Lola how extraordinary, how does your garden grow? With flower seeds and shells and beads and happy friends all in a row!” After Lola reads a book of garden poems, she desires to create her very...
Back by popular demand and because the community has asked! The presentation "A Historical Profile of Life on Churchton's Broadwater Creek: Tracing a family, their farms and their community" will be presented on Tuesday, April 19, 7pm at the Main Hall of the Ministry Center, Cedar Grove United Methodist Church in Deale, Md. Join us for this recently updated and expanded look at the history of the Deale Churchton area! AND The winner of the Green Wing Teal Duck Decoy by Deale's own Joe Caldwell will be selected following the...
Participants will enjoy a 90-minute guided 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. Make it extra special with Tea and a Tour! Hammond- Harwood House is proud to partner with Reynold’s Tavern of Annapolis. Reynold’s Tavern offers an extensive afternoon tea menu – a perfect pairing to enjoy before or after the Jane Austen Tour. Tours and tea are booked separately.
Watermark and Historic Annapolis are excited to celebrate their respective 50th and 70th anniversaries in 2022. As two pillars of Annapolis, both organizations are eager to share this special year with the community that made their achievements possible. Enjoy a spring evening in the picturesque William Paca Garden to kick off a year of festivities with a toast to these incredible milestones. Partake in creative appetizers from the area's best caterers and enjoy a glass of bubbly as you stroll the hidden oasis of an English garden. All proceeds benefit...
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 ready for the races with two versions of juleps: strawberry & mint. Participants must be 21+ Pre-registration required. Space is limited. $25 for members (become one today!) $33 for non-members