The William Paca House is famous for its reconstructed eighteenth-century garden. A place for leisure, experimentation, artistry, and the production of food and medicine, William Paca’s garden—and gardens elsewhere in Annapolis and the British Atlantic World—were integral to everyday life. Join Bethany McGlyn as she explores several eighteenth-century Annapolis gardens, their construction and design, and […]

David Gendell, a lifelong Annapolis sailor, will walk through the history of Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse including the rise of the port of Baltimore, the early lighthouses on the peninsula, and the construction of the screwpile on the shoal. The presentation will include a look at noteworthy keepers and an overview of the current state […]

We have added two more dates to audition for the Spring Semester! Friday Jan 9 and Monday Jan 11 from 3-5 pm via Zoom. Interested parents should please email us directly to schedule at [email protected]. We still have spots open in our beginner choir starting January 2021 for children currently in Kindergarten through second grade. […]

Two hundred fifty years ago, Annapolis had been Maryland's capital for 75 of the province's 136 years. No one knew it yet, but the countdown was already on to the end of the colonial era, the start of the Revolutionary War, and the rise of an independent American nation. Glenn E. Campbell, Senior Historian of […]

Planting an Empire is the only modern, comprehensive history of the Chesapeake colonies, but writing it wasn’t a simple task. While two colonies shared a geographic region, they differed in a number of fundamental ways, yet together they formed a prosperous and politically important region in British North America. Trying to balance two dissimilar narratives […]

Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for their 4th week of the Winter Lecture Series featuring speaker Pete Lesher, chief curator at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Pete will walk us through Maryland’s rich heritage of wooden shipbuilding over the course of three centuries developed with regionally specific designs, materials, & techniques. He will also review the […]

An uplifting virtual event! Athletes for the Arts is an inspiring and entertaining evening of stories, live performances, and a chance to bid on a carefully curated silent auction of exclusive items. Support the arts, celebrate our youth and spend a night with celebrated professional athletes! Athletes for the Arts features former Navy, Washington Football […]

Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for their 5th lecture of the 2021 Winter Lecture Series, featuring speaker Jesse Iliff, River Keeper of South, West, and Rhode Rivers. The oyster has been a linchpin Bay’s ecosystem for millions of years and has impacted the politics and economy of the State of Maryland for centuries. Jesse will explain […]

The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates,20210202-Pirates the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are intimately tied to a fascinating […]

Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for the 5th lecture of the 2021 Winter Lecture Series, featuring speaker Dr. Susan Langley. Learn about our Nation’s newest National Marine Sanctuary which encompasses more than 100 vessels constructed by the civilian U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. to ferry supplies to Europe during WWI, presenting the largest fleet of […]

Monarch Academy Annapolis, a public contract school serving pre-K to fifth grades in partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools, will hold a free, virtual Family EdCamp conference for school families and the community to help them support their children’s education. The conference will provide an opportunity for families to collaborate with Monarch Academy Annapolis […]