Historic Clifton Mansion
2025-07-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-23 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Clifton Mansion, 2701 Saint Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Join us for a tour inside Clifton Mansion, the unique Italianate country house that has overlooked Baltimore City for over 200 years! At one time the summer home of War of 1812 captain Henry Thompson and then philanthropist Johns Hopkins, the story of Clifton Estate is one about two prominent businessmen, enslaved & free Black people, and more. You’ll see the latest restorations made possible by the Friends of Clifton Mansion and Civic Works. You will also be invited into unrestored spaces that are brimming with stories to tell! And the tour wouldn’t be complete without climbing the tower and taking in one-of-a-kind views of Clifton Park and our surrounding city. We hope to see you there.

Fell's Point
2025-07-13 09:30 - 10:30 | 821 S Broadway, 821 S Broadway, Baltimore, 21231, United States
Join us to see how Fell’s Point developed in the 1730s to become one of Baltimore’s premier waterfront communities. Great wealth through trade was created here for the likes of Johns Hopkins, George Peabody, and William Walters. These shores were the first place over a million immigrants started their American dream, yet also where enslaved people either arrived in bondage or were shipped south in chains. As we walk, we’ll point out historic homes and industrial heritage, like the country’s first Black-owned shipyard, and share some of the rich stories that this 300-year-old waterfront neighborhood has to offer.

Hopkins Egyptian Antiquities Archive
2025-07-16 17:30 - 18:30 | Gilman Hall, 150 Gilman Hall, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, 21218, United States
Please join Baltimore Heritage for a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Col. Mendes Israel Cohen Collection of Egyptian Antiquities Archive at the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum. Discover rare ancient Egyptian artifacts (including some not seen by the general public) and explore the fascinating story of Col. Cohen’s 19th-century collecting adventures. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to uncover history and learn how experts are preserving these treasures for future generations.

Brewer's Hill: Where Immigrants Brewed a Community
2025-07-19 10:00 - 11:00 | The Knotty Pine, 801 S Conkling St, Baltimore, 21224, United States
Discover how Brewer’s Hill grew from rural farmland into a vibrant immigrant and industrial neighborhood at the heart of Baltimore’s brewing history. This one-hour, one-mile guided walking tour explores historic rowhouses, neighborhood history, and the legacy of local breweries like National Bohemian and Gunther. Join us as we uncover stories of beer, bricklayers, and the communities who built this corner of the city.

Federal Hill
2025-07-20 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-08-17 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-09-21 09:30 - 10:30 | Federal Hill Park (Southwest Corner), 301 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Baltimoreans celebrated atop Federal Hill when we ratified the U.S. Constitution. We used it to defend the city from the British in the War of 1812 and to make sure we stayed in the Union in the Civil War. We have even tunneled under it to quarry minerals. Join us on a tour of Federal Hill and the neighborhood around it to learn about this waterfront community’s rich history, including stops at one of the last wooden houses in the city, the oldest house in Federal Hill, and the wonderful alley houses along Churchill Street.

Mount Vernon Place
2025-07-27 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-08-24 09:30 - 10:30 | Washington Monument (South Entrance), 699 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore’s rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garrett family, owners of the B&O Railroad, the Walters, founders of the Walters Art Museum, and the Thomases, owners of Mercantile Bank, are among the families that built handsome mansions along the four parks that surround the Washington Monument. Join us on a tour to hear the stories behind the landmarks of Baltimore’s grandest historic neighborhood.

Baltimore by Boat
2025-08-02 09:30 - 22:45 | Harborplace Watertaxi Stop, 201 E. Pratt St, Baltimore, 21202, United States
Join us for our Baltimore by Boat tour starting at 9:30 am to beat the heat! Join us to discover America’s history on Baltimore’s water with our new Inner Harbor boat tours! America defeated the British here. Frederick Douglass escaped from here. Today we are pioneering watershed restoration here. Join us for 300 years of history on a live-narrated tour of Baltimore’s world famous Inner Harbor. Come see how Baltimore’s wonderful waterfront connects the past with the present and Baltimore to the rest of the world.

We partner with the Baltimore Water Taxi to use their vessels. This tour starts and ends at the Baltimore Water Taxi stop at Harborplace (behind 201 E. Pratt St). This is the water taxi stop next to the USS Constellation and the Harborplace pavilions. We do the tours rain or shine.
Tickets are $25. Boat tours are 75 minutes long.

The New Lexington Market & Exploring the Neighborhood Around It
2025-08-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Lexington Market (Paca St Entrance), Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
For over 200 years, Lexington Market’s wooden sheds and concrete stalls have been a gathering place for Baltimoreans. And the market is still evolving! In October 2022, the new Lexington Market opened in a brand new building. On this tour we’ll first explore the area immediately surrounding the market to discover how Baltimore emerged as a leading industrial and economic city in the 19th century. Immigration, slavery, commerce and major changes in transportation were all part of the mix here in Baltimore and the country as a whole. We’ll see the original wagon curbstones with their vendor stall numbers and discuss underground tunnels. We’ll end at the new market to see its wonderful public art and, of course, its merchants (new and old).

Patterson Park
2025-08-03 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-09-07 09:30 - 10:30 | 28 S Patterson Park Ave, Baltimore, MD 21231, 28 S Patterson Park Ave, Baltimore, 21231, United States
Join us to walk through Patterson Park and through time starting back when it was officially created in 1827. During the War of 1812, the park saw action defending Baltimore. And during the Civil War, troops here made sure Maryland didn’t secede from the Union. The park has been used for strolling, fishing, hockey, swimming, festivals and even as a beef market. Over its 198-year history, it has grown from 6 acres to 137 acres, partially thanks to the famous Olmsted Firm. Discover the history of Patterson Park, which is in many ways the story of Baltimore itself, and see how it really is “the best backyard in Baltimore.”

Jonestown: A Walking Tour
2025-08-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Carroll Mansion, 800 Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Jonestown is one of Baltimore’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods. Both groundbreaking industry and vibrant communities have thrived here. On this tour, we will see the vestiges of its Eastern European Jewish residents as we pass Corned Beef Row. We hope you’ll join Baltimore Heritage and tour guide Bev Rosen as we stroll past a series of firsts: the McKim Free School, the city’s oldest education building from 1833, the Lloyd Street Synagogue, the first synagogue in Maryland and the third oldest in the country, and the 1808 home of Charles Carroll, the longest living signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The Catacombs Under Westminster: Two Hundred Years of Tombs and Edgar Allan Poe’s Gravesite
2025-08-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, 519 W Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join us to explore the eerie catacombs underneath Baltimore’s First Presbyterian Church, now called Westminster Hall, and the graves that surround it, including the final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe. The burial ground predates the church, which was built on arches above the gravesites, so that the graveyard and its tombstones lie both underneath and around the building. We bet you will also recognize more than a few Baltimore street names as we walk among the patriots and civic leaders buried at Westminster including Calhoun, Hollins, Gilmore, and Bentalou. All told, the compact cemetery next to the University of Maryland School of Law is the final resting place for over 1,000 individuals. We can’t wait to see you “Where Baltimore’s History Rests in Peace!”

Fell's Point
2025-08-10 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-09-14 09:30 - 10:30 | Broadway Market, 637 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States

Historic Green Mount Cemetery
2025-08-23 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-09-06 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-09-13 09:30 - 11:30 | Green Mount Cemetery, 1501 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Inherited from the great Baltimore historian Wayne Schaumburg, join Baltimore Heritage to tour Baltimore’s historic Green Mount Cemetery.
Opened in 1839, Green Mount is an early example of an urban-rural cemetery, that is, a cemetery with a park-like setting located close to the countryside. Green Mount is the final resting place of some of Maryland’s most famous, and infamous, figures including Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt, William and Henry Walters, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, Betsy Patterson, A.S. Abell, John H. B. Latrobe, John Wilkes Booth, and Elijah Bond, who patented the Ouija Board!
Accessibility: Although there are some paved pathways, we will be walking over mostly uneven grassy terrain and cobblestones.

Not "Too Far Gone:" A Tour Showcasing Lexington Market & Our Charming City
2025-08-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Lexington Market (Paca St Entrance), Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
You may have seen recent comments by the president calling Baltimore “too far gone.” We couldn’t disagree more. Join Baltimore Heritage’s Executive Director Johns Hopkins to learn how wonderful our city is with a special tour of Lexington Market and the neighborhood around it. For over 200 years, Lexington Market’s wooden sheds and concrete stalls have been a gathering place for Baltimoreans. And the market is still evolving! In October 2022, the new Lexington Market opened in a brand new building. On this tour we’ll first explore the area immediately surrounding the market to discover how Baltimore emerged as a leading industrial and economic city in the 19th century. We’ll see the original wagon curbstones with their vendor stall numbers and discuss underground tunnels. We’ll end at the new market to see its wonderful public art and, of course, its merchants (new and old).

Baltimore by Boat
2025-09-06 10:30 - 23:45, 2025-09-20 10:30 - 23:45 | Harborplace Watertaxi Stop, 201 E. Pratt St, Baltimore, 21202, United States
Join us to discover America’s history on Baltimore’s water with our new Inner Harbor boat tours! America defeated the British here. Frederick Douglass escaped from here. Today we are pioneering watershed restoration here. Join us for 300 years of history on a live-narrated tour of Baltimore’s world famous Inner Harbor. Come see how Baltimore’s wonderful waterfront connects the past with the present and Baltimore to the rest of the world.

We partner with the Baltimore Water Taxi to use their vessels. This tour starts and ends at the Baltimore Water Taxi stop at Harborplace (behind 201 E. Pratt St). This is the water taxi stop next to the USS Constellation and the Harborplace pavilions. We do the tours rain or shine.
Tickets are $25. Boat tours are 75 minutes long.

Explore Transportation History at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum
2025-09-10 17:30 - 18:30 | streetcar museum, 1911 Falls Road, Baltimore, 21211, United States
Step back in time and experience the golden age of urban transportation at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum! Join us to see how generations of Baltimoreans traveled through the growing metropolis and beyond. The museum’s vast collection features authentic Baltimore streetcars alongside streetcars from other cities, including Philadelphia and Newark, NJ. Attendees will enjoy an unforgettable ride aboard fully restored, authentic streetcars, allowing you to see and feel history come to life! From the rich archive materials and historical artifacts to the streetcars themselves, the Baltimore Streetcar Museum offers a fascinating look into an American city’s transportation history. Don’t miss your chance to connect with Baltimore’s past and take a step into history on wheels!

Masonville Cove Community Shoreline Clean-Up
2025-09-13 13:30 - 14:30 | Masonville Cove, 1000 Frankfurst Ave, Baltimoe, 21226, United States
Baltimore Heritage is delighted to be partnering with historic Masonville Cove for a trash clean-up! Join our Executive Director, Johns Hopkins, to make Captain Trash Wheel proud and help clean up the shoreline. Student service learning hours opportunity. Thank you for support from National Park Service Chesapeake Gateways.

The Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour
2025-09-17 14:45 - 15:45 | M&T Bank Stadium (Ravens Stadium), 1101 Russell St, South East Lobby across from LOT D, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Discover the home of the Baltimore Ravens with a tour at M&T Bank Stadium, a unique opportunity to explore the spaces that bring game day to life. This 60-minute tour takes you behind the scenes giving you a closer look at the stadium’s design and the atmosphere that defines Baltimore football. From the luxury of the suite level to the team’s locker room, we will see the spaces where players and fans alike experience the excitement of game day. We hope you’ll join us for an inside look at one of Baltimore’s landmarks.

Discover BLISS Meadows: A Family-Friendly Farm Tour Experience
2025-09-20 10:00 - 11:00 | 5111 Plainfied Ave, Baltimore, MD 21206, 5111 Plainfield Ave, Baltimore, 21206, United States
Join us for an immersive experience at BLISS Meadows, hosted by Backyard Basecamp, where nature, community, and belonging come together. Atiya Wells, founder of Backyard Basecamp, will lead us on an Urban Farm Tour, to showcase how this organization reconnects families in Baltimore, especially families of color, to local outdoor spaces. We’ll begin at the charming historic farm house, the heart of their operations, before venturing out to the land they steward. We hope you’ll join us to walk through this wooded sanctuary and for a chance to meet and feed their goats and sheep! This tour includes a complimentary coffee & tea bar. Don’t miss a chance to explore BLISS Meadows – a peaceful retreat in Baltimore City.
