Join Historic Annapolis for a Virtual Lecture with historian Glenn Campbell! Lafayette’s time in Annapolis totaled less than a fortnight spread out over five decades, but that was enough for the French nobleman and the city to develop a mutual admiration for one another. The first two times he came to Maryland’s capital in 1777 […]
It’s about time! Join guest presenter Steve Sieracki for a full discussion and demonstration of Early American Mantle Clocks! This lecture will reveal the common stylistic and mechanical changes in the explosive youth of the American clock industry. We will discuss how changing resources and advances in technology coupled with American style and ingenuity, led to […]
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. […]
Dig into local history at the Anne Arundel County Archaeology Lab for Maryland Day Weekend! View a wide variety of artifacts from recent excavations across Anne Arundel County, from a 75-year-old bicycle seat to a 13,000-year-old spear point. Try your hand at sorting artifacts, get your hands dirty at the artifact washing station, or learn […]
Dig into local history at the Anne Arundel County Archaeology Lab for Maryland Day Weekend! View a wide variety of artifacts from recent excavations across Anne Arundel County, from a 75-year-old bicycle seat to a 13,000-year-old spear point. Try your hand at sorting artifacts, get your hands dirty at the artifact washing station, or learn […]
Historian Dr. Glenn F. Williams addresses the events that led to, and the outbreak of, the armed conflict known as the Revolutionary War. Starting with resistance to British colonial policies that Americans perceived as arbitrary and violations of their liberty, and efforts to seek a redress of grievances, the Colony of Massachusetts Bay was declared […]
Join Historic Annapolis to celebrate Preservation Month as Rachel Robinson, the new Vice President of Preservation at Historic Annapolis, examines the styles of architecture found in the city and introduces many of the outstanding examples of these styles among buildings you may know well or may not have noticed before. This talk will also introduce […]
Our historic house and museum reopen for the summer on Sunday, June 4th. We will be open regularly on Sundays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm through the end of August. Admission is free. Explore three centuries of Chesapeake Bay history within our 19th century house, boat house, and rain gardens. Our grounds are open to the […]
Join Historic Annapolis and historian Dr. Richard Bell for a special virtual lecture. Over the course of four years, enslaved people worked to turn the Civil War into a freedom war. Slowly but surely, they pushed President Abraham Lincoln and his commanders in the field toward embracing emancipation as a war aim and to compel […]
Our historic house and museum reopen for the summer on Sunday, June 4th. We will be open regularly on Sundays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm through the end of August. Admission is free. Explore three centuries of Chesapeake Bay history within our 19th century house, boat house, and rain gardens. Our grounds are open to the […]
Our historic house and museum reopen for the summer on Sunday, June 4th. We will be open regularly on Sundays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm through the end of August. Admission is free. Explore three centuries of Chesapeake Bay history within our 19th century house, boat house, and rain gardens. Our grounds are open to the […]
“The Despot’s Heel” tells the story of the secession crisis in Maryland in the early days of the American Civil War. Both the state, as well as the city of Baltimore, experienced tensions caused by the divided loyalties of its citizens. These differences erupted into a riot in the streets when a pro-secession mob attacked […]
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