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Website. www .mdhistory .org. The Maryland Center for History and Culture ( MCHC ), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), [6] founded on March 1, 1844, [1] is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. The organization "collects, preserves, and interprets objects and materials reflecting Maryland's diverse heritage".
This list of museums in Maryland encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The recorded history of Maryland dates back to the beginning of European exploration, starting with the Venetian John Cabot, who explored the coast of North America for the Kingdom of England in 1498. After European settlements had been made to the south and north, the colonial Province of Maryland was granted by King Charles I to Sir George ...
Hampton National Historic Site. Hampton National Historic Site, in the Hampton area north of Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th-century estate, including a Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds, and the original stone slave quarters. The estate was owned by the Ridgely family for seven generations, from 1745 ...
Government House, also known as the Governor's Mansion, [ 1 ] is the official residence of the governor of Maryland. It is located on State Circle in Annapolis, Maryland, adjacent to the Maryland State House complex. [ 2 ] The residence has been the home of the Governor since 1870; before that, from 1777 until 1870, the Jennings House was the ...
The Peale is a community museum in Baltimore, Maryland, which opened in 2022 after a 5-year renovation. It occupies the first building in the Western Hemisphere to be designed and built specifically as a museum. Rembrandt Peale's original museum was open from 1814 until 1829.
39°16′22″N 76°36′01″W. / 39.27270°N 76.60027°W / 39.27270; -76.60027 ( BALTIMORE (Tug)) City of Baltimore. Oldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States. 4. Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum and Mount Clare Station. Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum and Mount Clare Station.
Designated. 1987. The Baltimore Museum of Art ( BMA) in Baltimore, Maryland, is an art museum that was founded in 1914. The BMA's collection of 95,000 objects [ 1] encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the Cone Collection of modern art, as well as one of the nation's finest holdings of prints, drawings, and photographs.