Recent Updates
Our 2026 Spring Lecture Series at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion
February 17, 2026Join us for an exciting lecture series this spring at the historic Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, also known as the Engineers Club. One Sunday afternoon each month from March through May, join us for an in-depth talk by a subject matter expert all the while sitting in a gorgeous Gilded Age mansion.… Read more
2026 Baltimore By Boat Tours
February 17, 2026In 2026, we are expanding our live-narrated Inner Harbor boat tours and offering them almost every Saturday from March through October! We hope you will join us to discover America’s history on Baltimore’s water. America defeated the British here. Frederick Douglass escaped from here. And today we are pioneering watershed restoration here.… Read more
Baltimore Heritage Needs a Few Good Quilters!
January 15, 2026If you are an experienced sewist who would like to use your skills and talents to join other volunteers in creating a group project that celebrates Baltimore, this post is for you. Baltimore Heritage would like to submit a quilt to the 2026 Homage to Baltimore Quilting Competition, https://www.homagetobaltimorequiltingcompetition.com, and… Read more
January 28: Heritage Happy Hour at the Brewer’s Art
January 7, 2026Join Baltimore Heritage for our very first Heritage Happy Hour! Come enjoy a casual get-together at The Brewer’s Art and connect with fellow history lovers, preservation enthusiasts, friends of Baltimore’s past, and Baltimore Heritage’s own Executive Director, Johns Hopkins. Drop in, share a drink, and meet others who care about… Read more
What Are We Planning for 2026? And why we need your support to make it happen.
November 13, 2025With thanks to those who have already donated, we wanted to share what we’re planning for next year and ask again for help in making it happen by joining or renewing your membership! We are a small organization so a gift of any size – from $5 to $500 – will… Read more
Announcing our New WYPR Weekly Segment!
November 4, 2025We are delighted to be partnering with WYPR 88.1 FM on a weekly radio segment called “Five Minutes of Baltimore History” hosted by our executive director, Johns Hopkins! Not all of Baltimore’s history is easy or straightforward, but all of it is important. Frederick Douglass escaped his enslavement from here;… Read more