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Annapolis to Host Historic House Museum Symposium
Maryland will host a national symposium on the future direction of historic house museums using Annapolis as a real-world class-room, and bringing together keynote speakers on enlivening collection, interpreting the whole story, and creative community outreach....
Project Spotlight: Sky Stage Art Installation in Frederick
We recently learned about a cool adaptive reuse project underway in historic downtown Frederick. Sky Stage is scheduled to open in September. It will temporarily transform a boarded-up historic building into an open-air theater that will host arts and cultural...
Local History Books Supported by Preservation Maryland
Love local history? Check out these three books highlighting historic communities around the state, published with the help of Preservation Maryland’s support: HISTORIC ST. MICHAEL'S ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Historic St. Michaels: An Architectural History...
Ellicott City Buildings Once Feared Lost Receive Emergency Stabilization
Preservationists from around the state are cautiously optimistic about the future of two historic buildings after the Structural Group completed the first round of emergency stabilization. The historic buildings, which some research suggests may date to the early...
Get Connected to the Maryland Preservation Forum
Preservation Maryland welcomes voices from across Maryland to head to the Facebook group, Maryland Preservation Forum to take part in discussions, to share ideas and events, and ask questions and offer solutions about preservation in the Old Line State! MARYLAND...
Historic Context of the Ellicott City Flood
European settlement of the area today known as Ellicott City began as early as 1766 when James Hood built a grist mill along the banks of the Patapsco River. One of the earliest recorded floods in 1768 destroyed the original mill, which his son Benjamin Hood...
Survey: How does Heritage and History Support Maryland Tourism?
The Maryland heritage and cultural tourism network has an opportunity to assure that our priorities are well represented in an current study by the Maryland State Office of Tourism Development, they're calling DestinationNEXT. Here's more about the survey and the...
After Destructive Flood, Help Historic Ellicott City Recover
Like all Marylanders, we here at Preservation Maryland watched with shock and sadness as photos documented the disastrous flooding in Ellicott City, one of our state’s crown jewels of history and heritage. The raging floodwaters, which inundated some buildings to...
Preservation Go: How To Engage Visitors with Pokémon Go
So you work at a historic site and want to take advantage of Pokémon Go, but you have no idea where to start. Maybe you’ve never tried to integrate an app with your exhibits, or perhaps your Pokémon knowledge is so slight you don’t know a Mankey from a Magnemite -...
Historic Road Trip: Maryland’s “Horses and Hounds” Scenic Byway
If you have time on a weekend, and you enjoy historic sites, you absolutely must drive along some of Maryland’s eighteen Scenic Byways each with their own unique sights and stories. One of our Waxter Interns, Ben Israel, decided to explore the Scenic Byway nearest...
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.