Category: Tours

A full weekend of heritage tours from Annapolis to Fell’s Point

What better way to spend the weekend than by joining us on two upcoming heritage tours? On Saturday morning we’re visiting the richly restored Annapolis State House Senate Chamber where George Washington resigned his military commission and affirmed that civilians would control the new United States. And on Sunday we’re stretching our legs on a walking tour in Fell’s Point with local historian Dean Krimmel to discover more about this historic waterfront neighborhood and its colorful immigrant past.

George Washington’s fellow revolutionary Benjamin Franklin once said:

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

We invite you to come and get involved through these upcoming tours!

Join us for Baltimore by Bike and out-of-town tours this fall

We love Baltimore best but even we have to admit stunning architecture and incredible history can be found in communities all across Maryland. This month, we’re  offering two tours that take us beyond the city: a repeat of our sold-out spring walking tour of Lutherville and a look at the newly restored and reopened Senate Chambers at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Michael Day is personally leading our Senate Chambers tour which includes the opportunity to stick around for lunch and hear more behind-the-scenes stories of this incredible restoration project.

Of course, you’ll still see us rolling around Baltimore on our two upcoming bike tours: Baltimore Meets Florence and Black and Jewish Civil Rights Heritage by Bike. We’ll also be strolling down the narrow alleys of Fell’s Point (and dreaming of fish dinners) with historian Dean Krimmel on a tour of Baltimore’s immigrant past organized in partnership with the Preservation Society. We hope you can join us!

Mount Vernon, Antietam and Patterson Park Cannons

With August almost over, we’ve turned our attention to the fall and have lined up some great new heritage tours. On September 12, Civil War historian and Preservation Maryland director Nicholas Redding is kindly leading a car caravan tour of Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg. That same morning, we are also taking a walk around Mount Vernon Place and the collections of the Maryland Historical Society to explore “the cradle of American philanthropy.” On September 26, we are getting our bikes tuned up for the Baltimore Meets Florence bike tour to eat gelato and explore Italian architecture.

Finally, we are pleased to celebrate the continued stewardship of Patterson Park’s War of 1812 history with the Friends of Patterson Park. As we searched for buried fortifications during our archaeological dig in the park last spring, the Friends led an effort to restore Observatory Hill’s row of memorial cannons. It is a year later, the restoration is complete and the cannons are back in park! Join us on September 13 to celebrate Defender’s Day and the the rededication of this iconic memorial including a Battle of Baltimore tour up the Observatory led by Eli Pousson.

We hope you can join us on a tour next month!

New Sunday tours of the restored Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Place

With the reopening of Baltimore’s Washington Monument on July 4, Baltimore Heritage is pleased to start offering tours of the monument and surrounding historic squares beginning on Sunday July 19 and every third Sunday of the month through November. After extensive renovations, the 200-year-old monument looks great and visitors are again allowed inside.

Join us and our partner, the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy, on a tour to hear the stories behind the monument and see some of the landmarks of Baltimore’s grandest historic neighborhood. If your legs are strong, climb the monument’s stairs for a birds-eye view of central Baltimore! Learn more and register today.

We hope you can also join us on some of our other Sunday morning Monumental City Tours. Each tour in the series begins at 9:30 a.m. and lasts about an hour.

 

Ending spring at the Irish Railroad Workers Museum and starting summer with Bakeries by Bike

As we enter the final weeks of spring before the first official day of summer (June 21), we hope you can join us on some upcoming tours and at our Preservation Awards Celebration at the wonderfully renovated Chesapeake Shakespeare Theater.

Our newest tour is the Irish Railroad Workers Museum will host us on June 16 for a tour in their Lemmon Street alley houses to learn about and see first-hand the immigrant experience in Baltimore. We are also looking forward to our June 13 walking tour of historic Lutherville with town historian Ralph Welsh – rain or shine as always.

You can still pedal with us in June on our Bakeries by Bike tour with guide Ralph Brown but we just rescheduled our Vacant Houses by Bike ride from June 14 to August 9 to avoid a conflict with the wonderful Tour dem Parks Ride and always amazing Kinetic Sculpture Race. Enjoy Tour dem Parks then come on a bike tour this summer!