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Baltimore’s Municipal Buildings with Meg Fairfax Fielding

Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, United States

Baltimore is a city filled with a wide range of architectural treasures. For this in-person lecture, Meg Fielding will show us a variety of Baltimore’s municipal buildings like pumping stations, fire houses, and beautiful government buildings that house the infrastructure and people that keep Baltimore going. We hope you'll join Baltimore Heritage and the Baltimore Architecture Foundation at the Garrett Jacobs Mansion for this fascinating talk!

$10

Can Baltimore Save the Planet?: A Talk by Charlie Duff

Garrett-Jacobs Mansion 11 W. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, United States

Have you ever thought about how people like us in Baltimore can help to reverse climate change and species extinction? After decades of thinking and writing about how cities function, most recently with his book, The North Atlantic Cities, historian and author Charlie Duff will tackle these and other daunting questions. In this one hour talk, Mr. Duff will share the insights he's reached with a seriousness of global purpose as it relates to Baltimore.  

$10 – $15

Baltimore Turning the Century: A Talk by Historian Jack Burkert

Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, United States

The 19th century had been good to Baltimore, business was booming, the port, shipbuilding, needle trades and food processing were bigger than ever. Immigrants continued to arrive in the city. But disaster came early as the Great Baltimore Fire had consumed the city center. Rebuilding the city became the task of the decade. Women’s suffrage, slum housing, sweatshops, racial discrimination, public health, and child labor were to be addressed. Despite the challenges, Baltimoreans enjoyed electrified amusement parks, attendance at vaudeville theaters, and neighborhood life. Join Baltimore Historian Jack Burkert to learn about this story of challenges, new beginnings and better living at turn of the century Baltimore. 

$10 – $15

Baltimore, President-Making City: A Talk by Author Stan Haynes

Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, United States

Baltimore was once the primary American city for hosting presidential nominating conventions. Six presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson, were nominated here. With the 2024 conventions on the horizon, join Baltimore Heritage and the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion for an informative discussion, presented by Stan Haynes, of the intrigue, hoopla, and drama of the Baltimore conventions.

$10 – $15