Banneker-Douglass Museum

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

Join Banneker-Douglass Museum for their 2022 Kwanzaa celebration! This year’s festivities will focus on the creativity (Kuumba) of the people of the African Diaspora. We will highlight the museum’s current exhibit, The Radical Voice of Blackness Speaks of Resistance and Joy, while presenting live African dance and storytelling performances, Black-owned businesses, and delicious food.

You are invited to join us as we celebrate the museum’s newest exhibit, The Radical Voice of Blackness Speaks of Resistance and Joy. In collaboration with world renowned curator,  Myrtis Bedolla, the Banneker-Douglass Museum will feature works by fifteen Black Maryland-based artists and portraits from BDM’s Fine Art collection. On this day attendees will enjoy art, music, light fare, the museum’s permanent exhibits and of course, each other!

In Partnership with Baltimore Read Aloud, Lambda Delta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and the Bowie State University Department of Fine and Performing Arts On June 11th, we invite you to join us for Part III of the series From 1619 to Today as we create a community mural at the Banneker-Douglass Museum (BDM)! Youth and community members, led by Chanel Compton, Executive Director of BDM, and Gina Lewis, professor of art at Bowie State University, will create a mural of Harriet Tubman (in celebration of Tubman’s year-long 200th...

Join us for our latest exhibit celebrating Black women’s art, HONOR. Honor: high respect, great esteem. For centuries, art has been used as a way of expression. We honor the expression of six Black Maryland-based women artists with HONOR, an exhibition co-curated by the Banneker-Douglass Museum and ArtFarm Studios.

This year’s Banneker-Douglass Museum’s Kwanzaa program will celebrate the first principle “Unity” (Umoja) which is a commitment to building, developing, and defending African American and Diasporic communities.

Families are welcome to join BDM for an afternoon of art, education, and fun as we learn about the life and contributions of Maryland’s great native son, Benjamin Banneker. Visitors will also experience a lively Harambe filled with dancing, celebratory cheers, and uplifting chants, led by our Director of Programs, Sabriyah Hassan.

We are back! Come join us on Saturday, September 18th for a Grand Re-Opening Block Party! BDM has been closed since March of 2020 and we are re-opening with a brand new exhibit; Freedom Bound: Runaways of the Chesapeake, which explores resistance and freedom from the past, present, and future. Enjoy music, food, shop local Black-owned businesses and much more! This event is FREE to the public. Click here to register.

Celebrate the seven principles of Kwanzaa through musical performances, games, crafts, and more! #BDMKwanzaa

Join historians, artists, and educators to explore the history of African Americans and the vote in the State of Maryland. This virtual experience includes: A virtual tour of The Black Vote Mural Project “We the People” Presentation by Cheryl McLeod, MCAAHC Anti-Racism PSA Educational Workshops Interview with Eddie Brown, Brown Capital Management “Black Economics and the Vote” ” The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Battle for the Black Vote” by Lopez Mathews, MCAAHC and Howard University Keynote Message by Dr. Ida E. Jones, Morgan State University Musical Performances and much...