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The Crownsville Hospital Center was a psychiatric hospital located in Crownsville, Maryland. Alternatively titled ‘the Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland’, it was in operation from 1911 until 2004. This talk will focus on the research process on the hospital and recovering the names of those buried there, as well as sharing some of […]
The Annapolis Maritime Museum holds its annual Winter Lecture Series over eight consecutive Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. from mid-January through early March. You will be challenged to question and to learn by engaging speakers on diverse topics including maritime history, local history, science, and maritime art. The 2023 series will be held in person […]
Join us for a Portrait and Collage Activity with Executive Director and Artist, Chanel C. Johnson. Families with children of all ages can drop-in to explore the museum’s Black history exhibitions and engage in a hands-on portrait and collage activity that celebrates Maryland Civil Rights leaders such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Thurgood Marshall. […]
Visit the Museum of Historic Annapolis on the second Sunday of every month for Hands-On History Days. Drop in any time between 10 am and 2 pm for special family activities - a new theme each month means you and your family will want to visit again and again! Activities are included with Museum admission, which is 1/2 […]
In December 1752, Thomas Thistlewood, a white Jamaican planter, caught one of an enslaved man named Congo Sam, trying to run away. When Thistlewood challenged him, Congo Sam pulled a machete and ran at him. “I will kill you. I will kill you,” he shouted. Thistlewood screamed for help but none of his watching Black […]
Understanding Ukraine and Russia: Conflict, Refugee Crises and Prospects for Peace Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America Maryann Cusimano Love is an associate professor and the IPR Fellow of International Relations at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Cusimano Love will examine the ongoing Ukraine-Russian crisis. Attendees will also […]
The Annapolis Maritime Museum holds its annual Winter Lecture Series over eight consecutive Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. from mid-January through early March. You will be challenged to question and to learn by engaging speakers on diverse topics including maritime history, local history, science, and maritime art. The 2023 series will be held in person […]
Join us for a panel discussion with selected exhibiting artists from the current exhibition, The Radical Voice of Blackness Speaks of Resistance and Joy. Panel discussion moderated by Myrtis Bedolla, exhibit guest curator and renowned owner of Galerie Myrtis.
Join the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn for our first installment in our Hopped Up! Series. This inaugural event celebrates FeBREWary and welcomes Chesepiooc Real Ale Brewery of Crofton on Saturday, February 18th with your choice of sessions starting at 1PM, 3PM or 5PM. Tickets are $45 per person or $80 per couple. Come […]
Join us for a lecture with Maria Day, Senior Director of Special Collections, Conservation, and Library Services at Maryland State Archives. How do old documents, books, and photographs find their way into an archive where people can discover and request them? This presentation will take you on a behind-the-scenes journey to demonstrate how archivists and […]
"The Real First President of the United States" explains and answers the question on whether Maryland's own John Hanson, as the first president of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, should or should not be considered the nation's "first president" rather than George Washington. In addition, it will also present the argument why […]
Deadly Gamble Kathy Bergren Smith, Maritime Reporter and Photojournalist Kathy Bergren Smith returns to chronicle the harrowing tale of the Levin J. Marvel schooner and the Chesapeake Bay's worst maritime tragedy in the modern era. Smith constructs her story from eye-witness accounts of survivors and rescuers, a miraculously recovered diary, as well as newspaper coverage […]