Events:
January
| 1-10 | Holiday Festival of Trains: Baltimore's largest holiday celebration of toy trains and model railroading layouts. Weekend train rides with Santa through December 20 and with Frosty the Snowman through January 10. | B & O Railroad Museum |
| 14 | Served in Style: 11:30 a.m. Explore highlights of the MdHS silver collection. Enjoy special guided tour of one of our galleries and a boxed lunch. RSVP required. |
Maryland Historical Society |
| 17 | Deeds, Indentures, and Apprenticeships: 150 Years of Early Law in Baltimore County: 1:30 p.m. Anna Siebring, a Stevenson University student and HSBC intern, will present her interpretation of the historical significance of over 300 legal documents she indexed as part of her internship at the Alms House. Dating from as early as the 1780s and as recent as the 1930s, these documents provide an insight into the legal community of the late-Eighteenth and the Nineteenth centuries in the Baltimore area. |
Historical Society of Baltimore County |
| 23 | What's Your Story? Art Workshop: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. For ages 9 to 12. Maryland artist Gina Lewis guides youth through the process of storytelling and illustrating their stories using a collage. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 23 | Freedom is the Message: 2:00 p.m. Artist and art historian Dr. Floyd Coleman of Howard University discusses the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the works of Romare Bearden, the development of the Spiral group and artists in the Arts Wall exhibition, Canvasing the Movement. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 23 | Maryland German Heritage Open House: 2:00 p.m. Join us as we launch the Maryland German Heritage program at the MdHS. MdHS is proud to celebrate this new initiative on Charles Edward Hilgenberg’s 100th birthday! Please join us for cake and refreshments. Visitors will see the original bound volumes of the Der Deutsche Correspondent, compare them to the new digital files and learn about the MdHS’s plans to celebrate German history in the years to come. |
Maryland Historical Society |
| 31 | Women's Legislative Briefing: 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lilly Ledbetter, Pay Equity Advocate, is the keynote speaker. RSVP required. |
Maryland Women's Heritage Center |
| 31 | Nuclear Annihilation and You: Baltimore County in the Cold War: 1:30 p.m. Join us as we travel back to the 1960s and examine the role of civil defense in the daily lives of Baltimore County’s residents. The event will include a tour of civil defense goods stored at the Alms House during that period, an introduction to home defense shelters, and a menu of tasty treats the harried housewife could serve to her nuclear bomb sheltered loved ones. |
Historical Society of Baltimore County |
February
| 5 | Babe's Birthday Bash 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Celebrate the 115th anniversary of Ruth's birth in Baltimore and take place one day prior to the slugger's actual birthdateof February 6. In addition to celebrating Ruth's birthday, the Museum will present Baltimore Orioles' outfielder Nick Markakis and his wife, Christina, with the 2010 Babe Ruth Museum Community Service Award. |
Babe Ruth Museum |
| 7 | Great Baltimore Fire Coach Tour 1:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Guest Historian Wayne Schaumburg will give a brief introduction and slide show at the Museum before leading the tour of the downtown area destroyed by the fire. Guests will travel to three locations to grasp the fire's magnitude and how businesses were affected. A short walking tour of no more than a city block long will occur at each of the three stops. See buildings that survived and still bear the scars. Listen to the stories of individual heroism by not only the firemen but of the citizens of Baltimore. Witness how it changed Baltimore from a seaport town to a modern industrial city. |
Fire Museum of Maryland |
| 13 | Music in Sight, Reflections by a Rhythm Master: 2:00 p.m. Maryland artist and Howard University Professor, Al Smith, Jr., shares his perspective on "seeing" music and rhythms in Romare Bearden's and other African American artists works. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 13-14 | George Washington Didn't Have Wooden Teeth! Did you know that George Washington's teeth were not made of wood? Take a peek at the first president's famous choppers and find out more about his tooth troubles during President's Day Weekend. |
National Museum of Dentistry |
| 15 | All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Interpreting Slavery at Mount Clare But Were Reluctant to Ask: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. What was life like at Mount Clare and other plantation farms located close to towns and cities? How can you discuss complex topics such as names, why chattel slavery existed in our country, skin color and the particular challenges of claiming freedom if you were a man, woman or child. What can and should be discussed at Mount Clare and how does Mount Clare compare to other slave sites in Maryland and Virginia? Featuring Dr. Dianne Swann-Wright, curator of the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. |
Mount Clare Museum House |
| 22 | All you’ve Ever Wanted to Know About The Underground Railroad in Maryland & other Networks to Freedom But Were Reluctant to Ask: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. How many people actually escaped using the Underground Railroad? Who ran away and why? Where did people go? What do primary sources say about their journeys? Featuring Dr. Dianne Swann-Wright, curator of the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. |
Mount Clare Museum House |
| 27 | What's Your Story? Art Workshop 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Maryland artist Gina Lewis guides youth through the process of storytelling and illustrating their stories using a collage. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 27 | Dr. Robert Steele 2:00 p.m. Dr. Robert Steele, Director of the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park and Collector of African American prints, discusses the cultural significance of the print works by Romare Bearden and other African American artists and the process of collecting African American art prints. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
March
| 4 | Romare Bearden and Women as Agents of Change, Authority and Beauty: 6:30 p.m. Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, the museum's board chair and director of the Center for Race and Culture and at the Maryland Institute College of Art, hosts a lecture that explores the complex and vibrant role that women have played in the work of Romare Bearden. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 13 | Allen Edmunds and Mel Hardy, Traditions in Print: The Brandywine Workshop: 2:00 p.m. Join artist Allen Edmunds and arts enthusiast Mel Hardy in a discussion of the cultural impact of the Brandywine artists. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 18 | Insights on Romare Bearden with Dr. David C. Driskell: 6:30 p.m. Artist, educator and art historian David C. Driskell shares personal views on Romare Bearden, the man and his work. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
| 20 | August Wilson on Romare Bearden- Arena Players Readings and Discussion: 2:30 p.m. The Arena Players present readings and interpretations on the art of Romare Bearden as seen in the plays of August Wilson. |
Reginald F. Lewis Museum |
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