Events

News of battles at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill has reached Annapolis. War is no longer distant—it has begun. Stop by Pinkney Street and meet the First Maryland Regiment of today.  Join the conversation, hear the news…as the people of Annapolis in August 1775 face an uncertain future. Will the shot heard ’round the world […]

The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse will celebrate its 150th anniversary this year with a special celebration on August 9, 2025. The Anniversary Celebration is a call to action because the lighthouse faces an existential threat from sea levels rising. Since 2023, the landing dock has been damaged repeatedly by numerous serious storms and higher than […]

The Annearrundell County Free School was established in 1723. It is perhaps the oldest remaining one-room schoolhouse in Maryland. Guests of all ages visiting the Free School Museum can experience educational practices from the 1700’s, when books and paper were scarce, and educational practices from the 1800’s, when Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic were the basics […]

Native Americans did not disappear from colonial history in the 18th century. On the contrary, throughout the 1700s, Native Americans exerted decisive influence on the American colonies encroaching all around them. But how, why, and at what cost? How did Native people navigate the rapid changes to the balance of power between themselves and the […]

If birds can sing and foxes can talk, can fungi make a joke? Join us to learn and listen to the music that our gardens and everything in it (including you) can make! For children aged 6-12. Reserve your spot today! London Town Members, $9.00. Non-Members, $11.50.

If birds can sing and foxes can talk, can fungi make a joke? Join us to learn and listen to the music that our gardens and everything in it (including you) can make! For children aged 6-12. Reserve your spot today! London Town Members, $9.00. Non-Members, $11.50.

Participants will enjoy a 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. Price: $15 | Members: Free  

Join Hammond-Harwood House Curator, Lucinda Dukes Edinberg in the last lunchtime lecture on the current exhibition In the Shadow of a Legacy: The Peale Women Painters. Learn about the women artists in the family, their training and their subjects including miniatures, still lifes and portraits created between 1823 and 1885. These women are recognized as […]

Come and drink to tales of the misadventures of those in and around London Town on the run from the long arm of the law with gin and tonic and bumbo, two drinks that come with some sordid history attached. $25 members/ $33 non-members plus $1 booking fee.

The Tides & Tunes Summer Concert Series located at the Museum’s waterfront McNasby campus (723 Second St., Annapolis) offers 10 weeks of popular music–from rock to folk to blues–with the incomparable backdrop of the Chesapeake Bay. Concerts are free; however, donations are gratefully accepted. Food (food trucks onsite) and spirits are available for purchase. ZERO […]