Baltimore's annual unconference on people, places, and the past will be held in-person at the Baltimore Museum of Industry on Friday, September 23, 2022! Bmore Historic is a participant-led “unconference” for people who care about public history, historic preservation and cultural heritage in the Baltimore region. Bmore Historic brings curious and committed people together and asks them to set the agenda. Historians, preservationists, museum professionals, archivists, librarians, humanities scholars, students, volunteer activists, Main Street board members, educators, and anyone interested in exploring the intersections between people, places, and the past in Baltimore and Maryland.

Bmore Historic is a participant-led unconference at the Baltimore Museum of Industry for scholars, students, professionals and volunteers who care about public history, historic preservation and cultural heritage in the Baltimore region. As always, Bmore Historic is a unique opportunity to spend a day with friends, neighbors, and colleagues interested in exploring the connections between people, places and the past in Baltimore and Maryland. Bmore Historic is a place where many kinds of participation are welcoming: enthusiastic speaking out and careful listening; practicing hands-on skills and struggling with big issues. Expect thoughtful conversations but no academic papers or boring slideshows.

We hope to see you on September 19 at the Baltimore Museum of Industry for Bmore Historic 2025! Students are free this year. 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.