Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, this year's conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Registration for this virtual conference is required. Please register by April 29. The Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants shortly before the event. The program will include: "Cemeteries in Cecil and Harford Counties" Presentation by Mike Dixon, historian and author Debut of the first three Coalition preservation videos - What to do When you Discover a Cemetery (Reginald Bishop) - Researching your Maryland Cemetery’s History (Tina Simmons) - Assessing Cemetery Conditions and Needs (Robert Mosko)...

From punches to bounces, syllabubs to juleps, colonists imbibed a wide variety of beverages. At Colonial Mocktails – the non-alcoholic version of our popular "Colonial Cocktails" program – you’ll get to make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture. In this session, we'll explore syllabub, a frothy cream dream with sparkling cider, and we'll also try our hands at raspberry shrub, a sweet and tangy drink that's perfect as the days get warmer. ​$20 for members and $25 for non-members. Participants must be 18+. Limited seats...

To celebrate Historic London Town and Gardens' 50th Anniversary, this year's lecture series will connect our past, present, and future. This month, we will host a lecture with Don Hyatt about the nature and history of Marshy Point Azaleas. Following the lecture, we will take a tour of the gardens with Carol Segree to see these beautiful blooms in person.​ Please note: This lecture will be held in a hybrid format. The first 30 minutes will be a Zoom lecture, which can be enjoyed in the London Town Visitor Center...

Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Shepard challenged the Soviet Union’s lead in the Space Race and advanced US prestige. His flight also gave President Kennedy the confidence to propose Project Apollo just a few weeks later. We often remember Project Apollo as a feat of science and engineering, but from the very start, it was part of a broader geopolitical strategy to build alliances, win “hearts and minds,” and secure superpower status in...

Lunchtime tour with Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg. Free. No registration required. Frank E. Schoonover (1877–1972) is known for his works found in Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, American Boy, and other publications. Schoonover—along with N.C. Wyeth, Jesse Willcox Smith, and others—was a prized student of Howard Pyle, the founder of the Brandywine School of American Illustration. Through Pyle’s encouragement, Schoonover traveled by snowshoe and dog sled across parts of Canada and North America, taking photographs of his environments that were later used as image references. This...

A tradition for over 40 years, the William Paca Garden Plant Sale provides the opportunity to take home a piece of history. HA volunteers personally raise over 8,000 plants - perennials, annuals, trees, vines, and vegetable starts - that represent the best of the old and the new. From heirloom tomatoes to Thomas Jefferson's favorite snail vine, from native Blue Mist Flower to the newly developed coneflowers "Ruby Star” and “ Sombrero Adobe Orange” you will find something here to delight.  In addition, we will be offering Columbine, Balloon Flower...

Maryland Avenue from 1811 to 1857 Walking Tour In 1811 Frances Loockerman moved into the Hammond-Harwood House with her husband and three children. Over the next forty-six years she saw the neighborhood transform. On this walking tour of Maryland Avenue, we will visit places Frances would have known, note changes she would have been aware of, and fill in the streetscape she could not have imagined. Price: $20 | Members: $10 Safety is the number one priority of the Hammond-Harwood House Museum, and the organization follows all of the local...

Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Winterthur, presents a celebration of the objects and imagery created in response to society’s love of wine! Associated with religious ceremonies as well as entertainment, the beverage has been around for some 8,000 years. This lecture, originally inspired by Grigsby’s major exhibition by the same name at Winterthur (2012), presents a selection from the incredibly broad range of wine-related materials drawn from the Winterthur collections and promised gifts. From glassware and cellarettes to song sheets and paintings, the audience will...

Turn your child into a petal-powered Picasso with this fun, hour-long program on flower arranging. Taught by Meenal Harankhedkar, London Town's Director of Horticulture, your children will have a blast learning the basics of flower arranging and will leave with their own handmade centerpiece for your table. $25 for member children or $30 for non-member children. For children ages 6 – 12. Limited seats available. Pre-registration required.​ For the safety of participants and staff, this event will be held outside with appropriate distancing, group sizes, and cleaning in accordance with...

A tradition for over 40 years, the William Paca Garden Plant Sale provides the opportunity to take home a piece of history. HA volunteers personally raise over 8,000 plants - perennials, annuals, trees, vines, and vegetable starts - that represent the best of the old and the new. From heirloom tomatoes to Thomas Jefferson's favorite snail vine, from native Blue Mist Flower to the newly developed coneflowers "Ruby Star” and “ Sombrero Adobe Orange” you will find something here to delight.  In addition, we will be offering Columbine, Balloon Flower...

This Mother's Day, why buy your mom a bouquet when you can make one together? In this hour-long class taught by Meenal Harankhedkar, London Town's Direct of Horticulture, you'll enjoy mimosas and learn how to create beautiful arrangements for bouquets, centerpieces, wreaths, and more. While enjoying time with mom, you'll each craft a stunning centerpiece to take home. $50 for members or $60 for non-member. Ages 21+. Limited seats available. Pre-registration required.​ For the safety of participants and staff, this event will be held outside with appropriate distancing, group sizes,...

The history of Annapolis and the U.S. Naval Academy are intertwined. Our past and our future are connected! Join Tracie Logan, Senior Curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, for this presentation about the upcoming exhibit, “175 Years of the U.S. Naval Academy." She will share how the Academy Museum researched, created, and built their new exhibition celebrating 175 years of Naval Academy history. Ms. Logan will explain how the exhibit items were selected to represent the rich history of the U.S. Naval Academy. Registration required. Cost: Free, with a suggested...

This month is for the birds! We’ll go searching for the pollinators both large and small that keep our garden beautiful. Along the way, we’ll discuss the importance and conservation of pollinators, and you’ll help us enhance our pollinator habitat. ​$8 for member children, grades 1 – 4 or $10 for non-member children, grades 1 – 4. Pre-registration is required. Limited availability.

Back by popular demand! Dine al fresco at the William Paca Garden, the crown jewel of Annapolis. Experience a four-course dinner with a specially curated menu as you enjoy the beauty of our picturesque English Garden. Extravagant food and wine, along with the unparalleled service of Ken’s Creative Kitchen, will create an unforgettable evening. Registration required by May 5. Limited seating available. Seatings will be available for parties up to 6 per table. You will be contacted closer to the event date to arrange your seating preferences. Doors will open at 5:30 pm; dinner service starts promptly...

Asia was known for centuries in Europe, and the British were keen to profit off the exotic goods through commerce. This trade was far from a one-sided exchange, it was a dialogue between two very distinct cultures. Goods, ideas, and people flowed through trade routes established by the British East India Company and reached as far as the 13 colonies (soon, the nascent United States). These goods, and yes, even people, arrived as distant foreigners in a strange land, but left an indelible mark that has only recently been uncovered....

Hosts: Presented by The Maryland State Archives in collaboration with The Enoch Pratt Free Library and The Maryland Four Centuries Project Speaker: Dr. Rob Schoeberlein, Acting Baltimore City Archivist Want to know more about the largely untold story of Maryland’s Women and the Civil War home front? Please join us for an overview of their wartime roles as Rob Schoeberlein, the Acting Archivist of Baltimore City, recounts activities that range from nursing care and charitable work to smuggling and spying, with a few female soldier stories added as well. Lots...

Part of Cathleen H. Farr Lecture Series Among the more colorful residents of the Hammond-Harwood House over the years was William Oliver Stevens, who rented a wing from the Harwood sisters in 1904-1905. A recently hired instructor of English at the Naval Academy, Stevens was to play a lively role in Annapolis culture and politics over the next twenty years. He published and illustrated satirical alphabets on Maryland social mores; he wrote the first naval textbooks on sea power; he became an authoritative commentator on naval affairs; and he and...

This month is for the birds! We’ll go searching for the pollinators both large and small that keep our garden beautiful. Along the way, we’ll discuss the importance and conservation of pollinators, and you’ll help us enhance our pollinator habitat. ​$8 for member children, grades 1 – 4 or $10 for non-member children, grades 1 – 4. Pre-registration is required. Limited availability.

Enjoy a traditional Chinese tea ceremony in the garden followed by a short tour inside the museum on the Hammond-Harwood House’s Chinese export porcelain collection.  In the late 18th and early 19th century, Annapolitans had a profound desire for durable decorative Chinese porcelain used for tea, coffee, and home decor. The majority of the museum’s porcelain collection dates to the late 18th century when American trade began with China and traditional artisans shifted their designs to cater to a Western audience. This curator-led tour will focus on how the objects...

In our culinary cook-along class, we will make unique recipes using exceptional local and organic foods with a focus on the importance of eating locally. Most ingredients may be picked up at a local farmers market when available. Join Chef Alba as we prepare a variety of simple and delicious recipes. Menu: Pasta with Zucchini and Mint, Sausage with Broccoli or Broccoli Raab, and Green Beans with Golden Breadcrumbs and Basil. This class is live, virtual and interactive - Class Limit is 30 devices. $25.00 per device

A tradition for over 40 years, the William Paca Garden Plant Sale provides the opportunity to take home a piece of history. HA volunteers personally raise perennials, annuals, trees, vines, and vegetable starts that represent the best of the old and the new. We're pleased to bring you an online plant sale once more this year, with easy online ordering and curbside pickup! Whether you need basil and tomatoes for your vegetable garden or you're searching for everyone's favorite Hyacinth Bean Vine, you will find something here to delight. All proceeds of this...

Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Winterthur, presents a celebration of the objects and imagery created in response to society’s love of wine! Associated with religious ceremonies as well as entertainment, the beverage has been around for some 8,000 years. This lecture, originally inspired by Grigsby’s major exhibition by the same name at Winterthur (2012), presents a selection from the incredibly broad range of wine-related materials drawn from the Winterthur collections and promised gifts. From glassware and cellarettes to song sheets and paintings, the audience will...

Speakers: Elizabeth Marks, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) and Dr. Dennis J. Timlin, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Elizabeth Marks serves as a biologist for the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) in the Hudson Valley (New York). A certified Holistic Management educator, she works with landowners to improve soil health and biological diversity on their farm and forest. In 2020 she spent a year on a special assignment as the NRCS liaison to...

On-site tour of the house that compares the customs and social graces of the Loockerman family, who lived in the Hammond-Harwood House in the early 19th century, with those of characters in Jane Austen novels. Reservations are required. Please call 410 – 263 – 4683 ext.10 or email [email protected]

Let’s celebrate Beautiful & Delicious gardens everywhere! Annapolis Green's Here We Grow initiative introduces a modern-day Victory Garden project to encourage people to value the land and nature by installing, developing or updating their gardens to provide beauty, food, and pollinator habitat everywhere you can. Meeting Annapolis Green's overall organizational mission this program resonates with many people who are doing two things during this crisis: gardening and cooking! Together, let's get excited about the bounty of a summer garden, share ideas, tips and tricks. Speakers are Anna Chaney of Honey's...

Join a Clean-Up Day for Tanyard/Franklin Cemetery. See more information in the flier below.  

Explore 300 years of architecture in historic Annapolis, the museum without walls, with an architectural historian during this varied and informative walking tour. Highlights of the tour include the Shiplap House, the Paca House, Patrick Creagh House, Hammond Harwood House, and the Chase Lloyd House. Cost: $22 Adults; $10 Child (11 and under) Architrex Tours are presented in partnership with Watermark.

It’s about time! Join guest presenter Steve Sieraki, HA Volunteer Educator and Curatorial Researcher Tony Zecca, and Robin Matty, HA Curator of Collections for a full discussion and demonstration about tall case clocks! This three-part program begins with a short presentation by HA Curator Robin Matty on the remarkable Faris-Shaw-Chisholm tall case clock held in Historic Annapolis’s collection. Created by three of Annapolis’s most well-known craftsman, this clock provides a glimpse into their detailed art. Next, Steve Sieracki explores the history of the American tall case clock. Steve will discuss the...

From punches to bounces, syllabubs to juleps, colonists imbibed a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. At Colonial Cocktails, you’ll get to make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture. In this session, we'll be exploring a punch with a wonderfully colonial name, "A Pleasant and Grateful Sort of Punch." This lime variation on punch is sure to please. We'll also try our hands at strawberry juleps, a sweeter variety of the more familiar mint julep.​ $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Participants must be 21+....

Join Annapolis Green for a fun-filled trivia and comedy night as their six-month EV education program continues! Test drive your electric vehicle knowledge and play Fact or Fiction with questions brought to you by Kick Gas! Grand prize winner of Comedy Central’s national stand-up competition, comedian Robert Mac will be joining for a set! Robert Mac’s humor is described as clever jokes for clever folks! You are not going to want to miss this informative and entertaining EV event! There will also be EV experts on hand to help answer...

Join MHT Director Elizabeth Hughes for a listening session on Friday, June 4 at 9:30am! MHT invites cultural heritage organizations and others involved in preservation around the state for a chat about the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the road to recovery. Feedback and the peer-to-peer exchange will help inform MHT's programs and technical assistance in the coming year. Space is limited so please register in advance.

The only thing more fun than eating your favorite food is growing it in your garden! Children will learn how to plant and care for their own miniature garden. Each child will leave the workshop with a hand-decorated pot containing plants to harvest for family dinners. You can select from two favorite foods: Pizza Garden: Basil, Oregano, Thyme Taco Garden: Cilantro, Chive, Jalapeno Pepper ​$25 for member children or $30 for non-member children. For children ages 6 – 12. Limited seats available. Pre-registration required. For the safety of participants and...

SGT Returns! Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 from noon to 5 pm  The 2021 tour features private gardens in the Historic District. Murray Hill, the area between West Street and Spa Creek, holds a beautiful collection of homes built in various periods and architectural styles. The 130-year-old community with its tree-lined streets is the perfect setting for an afternoon of garden exploration. All the gardens featured in 2021 epitomize the goals of the home gardener: to have a beautiful space filled with flowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, and other...

SGT Returns! Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 from noon to 5 pm  The 2021 tour features private gardens in the Historic District. Murray Hill, the area between West Street and Spa Creek, holds a beautiful collection of homes built in various periods and architectural styles. The 130-year-old community with its tree-lined streets is the perfect setting for an afternoon of garden exploration. All the gardens featured in 2021 epitomize the goals of the home gardener: to have a beautiful space filled with flowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, and other...