Join us for an upcoming heritage tour! We ride bikes, climb scaffolding, and walk up and down hilly streets on our tours of Baltimore’s historic buildings and neighborhoods all across the city. Have a question? Look through our FAQ page. Check out our calendar of events below!

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Steel, Glass, Plants and History: Behind the Scenes at the Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory 3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, MD, United States

Established in 1888 as the Druid Hill Conservatory and modeled after London’s famous Kew Gardens, today’s Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens has grown from its original Palm House and Orchid Room to include three greenhouses, two display pavilions, and outdoor gardens. Join us as we stroll through the second oldest steel framed-and-glass building in the country to learn about its history and its botanical collection.

$15

The Gwynns Falls Neighborhood

3041 Stafford Street, Baltimore, MD, 21223 3401 Stafford Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Join us for a 4 block tour of the Gwynns Falls neighborhood. Before 1977 this neighborhood was known as Carroll Station and until 2020 was home to the Maryland brush Company. We will start at Mighty Park, a former illegal dump that the community purchased and transformed into a vibrant green space! We will also walk on a portion of the Gwynns Falls Trail, established in 1998, along the proposed Baltimore Short Line Trail, which would connect the Baltimore City Trail Network and the Baltimore County Trail Network. Come be inspired by the work that has been done and encouraged to support continued revitalization efforts.

$10 – $15

South Baltimore Learning Center: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour

28 E Ostend St, Baltimore, MD 21230 28 E Ostend St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Embark on an architectural tour of the South Baltimore Learning Center, housed in a historic former police station in Federal Hill. The building seamlessly blends the charm of its original structure with internal updates, including classrooms designed to support adult educational practices. Visitors will explore how the adaptive reuse of this iconic building preserves its historical character while providing a dynamic learning environment for one of Baltimore's most vulnerable populations. The tour highlights the innovative ways the space combines old-school architecture with new-school design, creating a unique setting for education and community engagement. "

We will be joined by Executive Director Melissa Smith and Board Director at Large Barry Blumberg who will give us the tour of the building both in its historic uses and current functions.

$10 – $15

A Walking Tour of East Baltimore’s Historic American Indian “Reservation”

South Broadway Baptist Church 211 South Broadway, Baltimore, United States

The place now known as Baltimore, like the rest of what is now known as the United States, has always been home to Native peoples. Baltimore is part of the ancestral homelands of the Piscataway and the Susquehannock, and a diverse host of American Indian folks from other nations have passed through or lived here at different times — and still do! In the mid-twentieth century, thousands of Lumbee Indians and members of other tribal nations migrated to Baltimore City, seeking jobs and a better quality of life. They settled in Upper Fells Point and Washington Hill and created a vibrant, intertribal American Indian community, which they affectionately referred to as “the reservation,” in its heyday. In the decades since the community has gradually moved away from the area. Recent generations never experienced “the reservation” as such. Today, most Baltimoreans are surprised to learn that it ever existed. On September 4, join historian and artist Ashley Minner Jones to learn about places and spaces important to American Indian history and heritage in the city, with a focus on East Baltimore’s Historic American Indian “Reservation” in the 20th century.

$10 – $15