Join Us at the Doors Open Baltimore 2024 Kick Off Event!

Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage are shaking up the Doors Open kick-off event. Join us for a casual evening of storytelling showcasing a variety of voices, perspectives, and special places in Baltimore as we take our letter writing campaign to the stage in the inaugural Love Letters Live!

Hosted by the Hotel Ulysses in their new event space, Swann House, the event will include light fare and wine.

RSVPs appreciated but not required! RSVP here.

Speakers will be listed soon!

One Month Away: Join Us at Our Preservation Celebration 2024

We are one month away from our Preservation Celebration 2024 at the newly refurbished Hollins Market and we hope you’ll join us! On October 10, we’ll honor our 2024 Preservation Award winners and, with your help, give out five microgrants to people working on the front lines in our historic neighborhoods. We’ll say thank you to our volunteers and honor all of their hard work this year. This gathering also acts as Baltimore Heritage’s annual meeting where we elect new board members. With food and drink from Baltimore vendors, we hope you will join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening. We hope you’ll join us on October 10!

Register here! Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $25.

–Johns Hopkins, Executive Director

September 27: Join Us at Bmore Historic 2024

We hope to see you on September 27 at the Baltimore Museum of Industry for Bmore Historic 2024! Students are free this year.

Questions? Please email us at info@baltimoreheritage.org.

Thanks,

Baltimore Heritage

What is Bmore Historic?

Bmore Historic is a participant-led unconference for people who care about public history and historic preservation in and around Baltimore. Over the course of the day, conference attendees participate in hour-long discussion sessions focused on topics that the group chooses in the morning. There are no predetermined topics or speakers. Rather, the first order of business is for participants to propose and select discussion topics. There are two blocks of discussion sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon, with lunch in between, and each discussion section typically has 20-30 people in it. Topics typically include issues relating to neighborhood revitalization, civic engagement around history and heritage, and current events and issues relating to heritage in Baltimore and across the state and country. Each discussion section is led by a volunteer participant and is designed to provide a forum to share ideas and plans around the chosen topic. One chief goal of the conference is to foster connections among participants that last beyond the day of the conference. Learn more about Bmore Historic or read our introduction to unconferences.

September 22: The Mount Vernon Place Plein Air Art Show

The best of Baltimore’s history and art come together on September 22 at one of Baltimore’s most spectacular historic places: the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. This spring and summer, artists from the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association brought their easels to Mount Vernon Place to capture its magnificent history, landscapes and architecture. On Sunday, September 22, we’ll have nearly 100 original paintings of Mount Vernon Place on display and for sale.

We hope you will join us for a chance to see…and take home!…great art by local artists capturing our city in its finest light. Doors open at 1:00 pm and the event will end at 4:00 pm.

Online registration is encouraged and pre-purchased tickets are $15! Tickets will increase to $20 at the door.

The event is a partnership between Baltimore Heritage, the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund, and the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy.

What’s Out There Weekend, September 21-22: Join Us and the Cultural Landscape Foundation!

Join us, the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) and its other partners to explore Baltimore’s unique landscape legacy during What’s Out There Weekend Baltimore on September 21-22, 2024. This event features FREE, expert-led tours of dozens of sites, including gardens, campuses, plazas, public parks, and cultural institutions.

These tours allow participants to discover the background and design history of familiar places they often overlook. Knowledgeable guides will share rich stories, personal anecdotes, and keen observations, providing behind-the-scenes expertise and insights into landscape architecture and urban development.

TCLF will produce a printed guidebook for What’s Out There Weekend Baltimore, featuring most of the tour sites. The guidebook will be available for pre-order and as a free downloadable PDF soon. Additionally, you can explore the area’s landscape legacy with TCLF’s digital What’s Out There Cultural Landscapes Guide to Baltimore, available now.