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 their stories. Janice Hayes-Williams is a native of the City of Annapolis and specializes in African American History in Anne Arundel County. Her talk with share with us the forgotten history of the people who...

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 at the Museum Campus (723 Second Street Annapolis, MD 21403). Pre-registration is strongly suggested as space is limited. Registration fee of $10 per person at the door – first come, first served. Free admission for...

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. Students will learn the art of collage, principles in portraiture, and Maryland history that will inspire young people of all ages. *Tour & art activity take about 1 hour to complete

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 price on second Sundays. In February, we'll celebrate Annapolis Love Stories. Explore the Museum and discover all the stories of love shared throughout Annapolis: An American Story. Engage with an educator in our Curator’s Corner (at 11...

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 workers moved to intervene. This talk, with University of Maryland historian Dr. Richard Bell, examines the plantation management strategies that produced such violent resistance. It also reveals that extent of slave uprisings in British North...

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 have the opportunity to meet and learn the personal stories of community members from Ukraine and enjoy Ukrainian honey cake! Lectures are Wednesdays at 11:30 AM and run about an hour with Q & A....

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 at the Museum Campus (723 Second Street Annapolis, MD 21403). Pre-registration is strongly suggested as space is limited. Registration fee of $10 per person at the door – first come, first served. Free admission for...

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 to hear about the history of brewing in Colonial America and enjoy tasting a colonial beer recipe brewed as close as possible to what would have been brewed in 18th Century America. In...

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 conservators identify, preserve, and bring memories from attics and basements into public collections. These documentary traces become the evidence that people can use to write histories. Free for members; $10/ non-members. All attendees must register...