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On this special day, Mount Clare Museum House offers half-priced admission tours for mothers, mothers-in-law, grandmothers or any other special mother-figure in your life. The tour will conclude with tea and cookies.

Come learn about the history and changes to Mount Clare’s architecture and grounds! See where Margaret’s terraced gardens were and the last remains of Baltimore’s colonial road. Learn about the changing outward appearance of the house and much more! Take this guided walking tour separately or in conjunction with an interior tour. Weather permitting. No reservations required.

Admission:
Walking Tour only:
Adults: $5
Seniors and Students: $4
Children: $3
House and Walking Tour:
Adults: $12
Seniors and Students: $10
Children: $8

Free for B&O Members and Mount Clare Annual Pass Holders

Join AIA Baltimore, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore for the first in a series of Downtown Baltimore Tours. First up is 2Hopkins, a conversion of the 1969 Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building into contemporary offices and apartments.

The tour will include a presentations by Charlie Brickbauer, the building’s original architect, and Scott Foster, AIA, principal architect of the renovation with BCT Architects. Three models will be available to see on the tour along with amenity spaces. Afterwards, we will convene for reception sponsored by 2Hopkins on the 21st floor with drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

Who was Josiah Henson? How has history forgotten this man?

Josiah Henson, born in Maryland, spent 41 years as a slave. He was a dynamic man with unyielding principles who overcame incredible odds to escape with his family to Canada. His story inspired the main character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book that made people realize the brutal reality of slavery and fanned the flames of the Civil War. Yet despite his notable achievements and contribution to abolition, Henson’s story has been largely lost to history. Until now.

Including interviews with leading experts and Henson descendants, JOSIAH is a 39-minute documentary that traces Josiah Henson’s harrowing journey from slavery in Maryland and Kentucky to freedom in Canada.

Watch the trailer at www.josiahhenson.com, and please join us for a local screening of JOSIAH, where you’ll get to know more about this exceptional man and what he stood for.

Light refreshments will be served. Free parking on site.

The Oblate Sisters of Providence, established in Baltimore in 1829, were the first order of African American nuns. They have given over 180 years of community service, primarily as pioneers in Catholic education. The Order established an exceptional school for girls of color in the early 19th century, known today as St. Frances Academy. Willa Banks, a staff member at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, will share her research on this pioneering order.

Part of our Sunday Speakers Series. Admission: $5 / free to HSBC members. Please pre-register to ensure a seat by following the event link. Doors open at 1:15 pm.

Preservation Maryland’s Best of Maryland awards will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore City. This celebratory event recognizes some of Maryland’s best projects, programs, and people protecting Maryland history and heritage. All are welcome to enjoy and explore the Flag House with people that love Maryland as much as you do.

Meet the 2018 Best of Maryland Awardees

Join us on this year’s Negro Leagues Day for a speaker program celebrating the important contributions and lasting legacy of Negro League Baseball in Maryland.

Bring the family and spend the evening at The Fire Museum of Maryland. See more than 40 mighty pieces of fire apparatus. Kids love our interactive Discovery Room. Weather permitting, we’ll have rides around the parking lot in one of our real, antique fire engines! Members are free. Not a member? Come to our Open House and check us out. Special discount on Family Memberships during the Open House. 

See the power of working steam engines! Join us as we fire up our magnificent 1899 Steamer. See demonstrations of hand and horse-drawn fire apparatus. Percheron draft horses, antique models, kids’ contests. Take a ride on a real fire hose wagon. Free admission to the Museum during the Steam Show. Sponsored by the Citizens of Baltimore County.

Clifton Mansion Plein Air Painting Wet Canvas Sale & Reception

3-4PM Presentation on Historic Paint and Mural Conservation at Clifton and tours

4- 6PM Paintings will be on display in Clifton’s Grand Salon.
Enjoy live music, light refreshments and a cash bar. Meet the artists and purchase your favorite piece of artwork! All paintings on display will be for sale, priced individually by the artist.