Silversmith John Inch lived in Annapolis and at one time had his home and shop near the city dock. The punch bowl he made in 1743 was a prize to […]
As I write, almost everyone is seeking air conditioned or shady spaces while we are in the thick of high temperatures and humidity–typical Maryland weather for July and August. How […]
I was going through some family linens a couple of weekends ago and re-discovered some exquisite embroidery from the early part of the 20th century. This led me to resurrecting […]
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Was there an oven in the kitchen at Hammond-Harwood House when it was built in the 1770s? This is a question frequently asked by visitors to the museum, and […]
The Hammond-Harwood House is pleased to share the news of our latest accession to the collection: an eight dollar bill printed on August 14, 1776, by a member of Maryland’s […]
We have a number of clocks in the Hammond-Harwood House and they each have their own personality—or at least I have assigned them personalities. We have the beautiful large John […]
We’re seeing some major progress on the Maryland Avenue Landscape Project this week. The crews have finished digging the drywells, which are four to five feet deep and now lined […]
One of the artifacts found by archaeologists during excavations in the front yard of Hammond-Harwood House this summer was the head of a doll – immediately identified as a “Frozen […]
Beginning this week (July 8, 2024), a team from EAC/Archaeology will be excavating in the front yard of Hammond-Harwood House. This will be archaeology in action – that is, the […]