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Three Maryland Maritime Museums You Can Tour Today…Virtually

Three Maryland Maritime Museums You Can Tour Today…Virtually

Here are three ways to explore Maryland's maritime culture, virtually: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum maintains historic vessels, like floating artifacts, at their dock in St. Michael's. Their collection represents many of the types...

“Harriet” Movie Celebrates Strength of Maryland Heroine

“Harriet” Movie Celebrates Strength of Maryland Heroine

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and led dozens of people to freedom over several trips back to Maryland. Released in November 2019, Harriet, is the first feature-length film depicting Harriet's heroism. NOW SHOWING HISTORY After a...

Structural Work on Iconic Phillips Packing Stacks Nears Completion

Structural Work on Iconic Phillips Packing Stacks Nears Completion

International experts are nearing completion of structural repairs to the iconic smokestacks of the Phillips Packing House in Cambridge, Maryland visible all the way from Route 50. This August, Preservation Maryland toured the active preservation-site of the Phillips...

Made in Maryland: Maryland’s Brewing History

Did you know!? Maryland’s first brewery was established in the Annapolis area in 1703. Preservation Maryland teamed up with University of Maryland graduate student, Emma Schratz to share a brief history of Maryland's brewing history for the Maryland Humanities...

Preservation Maryland Receives State Grant for LGBTQ History Study

Preservation Maryland Receives State Grant for LGBTQ History Study

Late in December 2018, Preservation Maryland was awarded a substantial research grant from the Maryland Historical Trust in the Department of Planning to begin a first-of-its-kind in Maryland project to research historic places across the state important to LGBTQ...

Main Street Maryland Certifies Two New Historic Communities

Early this month, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development designated two new Main Street communities into the statewide economic development program, the Town of New Market and the City of Laurel. There are now 30 Main Streets across Maryland with...

Six-to-Fix Update: WUSA Tells History of Mt. Hope Baptist Cemetery

Six-to-Fix Update: WUSA Tells History of Mt. Hope Baptist Cemetery

The intact cultural landscape of the Mt. Hope Baptist Church and Cemetery in Charles County was the focus of a recent feature about forgotten cemeteries by WUSA Channel 9. Reporter John Henry brought to a large audience the area's important African American history...

Update: Baltimore’s Arch Social Club wins Preservation Funding

Baltimore's Arch Social Club is in the running to receive funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Partners in Preservation and Vote Your Main Street programs. The ca. 1905 building is one of the oldest, continuously operating African American men's...

Tour Recap: Exploring the Historic Mills of Baltimore’s Jones Falls

Tour Recap: Exploring the Historic Mills of Baltimore’s Jones Falls

On Friday, September 7, 2018, the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the international Society for the Preservation of Old Mills toured the mills of the Jones Falls in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore City. Members of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills chartered...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Roof Repairs at the Friend Family Association

The Town of Friendsville in Garrett County, Maryland was a recipient of a Heritage Fund grant to repair and replace the roof at the ca. 1900 headquarters of the Family Friend Association, an international genealogical resource to the Friendsville community and the...

Video Resource: Maryland Cemetery Conference

Through a Six-to-Fix partnership, Preservation Maryland is pleased to offer video recordings of the annual conference of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites that was was held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Shepard-Pratt Conference Center in Baltimore...

Conference Session: The Future of Digital Archiving is Now

The future of digital archiving is now! Museums and historical societies have started to amass large collections of digital images, video files, and documents. There are many established and grassroots resources now available for organizations of all sizes to care for...

Conference Session: Increasing Museum Accessibility Inside & Out

Conference Session: Increasing Museum Accessibility Inside & Out

Starting from the outside in, this Old Line State Summit session focused on all the ways that museums, historical societies, and historic sites can increase accessibility and access to their collections — all in support of fulfilling their missions of education and...

Event Recap: College Park Aviation Museum Happy Hour

Event Recap: College Park Aviation Museum Happy Hour

For Preservation Month, the College Park Aviation Museum invited Meagan Baco, Director of Communications at Preservation Maryland, to their monthly happy hour to serve as the guest-of-honor — and literally, as the guest bartender. [gallery columns="2" size="full"...

  • Phoenix Rising 2024

    Each fall Preservation Maryland comes together with the greater preservation community to celebrate ...

    October 17 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Events

Preservation Maryland participates in and hosts many events in and around Maryland. Take a look at our upcoming events to see where we’ll be next.