This tour will look into the furniture collection at the Hammond-Harwood House including chairs, sideboards and desks/bookcases. The tour will highlight some of John Shaw’s finest pieces and discuss the world in which Shaw lived in late 18th century Annapolis. The tour will be led by Robert Biddle, Hammond-Harwood House Trustee and Docent Director.
Join artist and gardener Jean Brinton-Jaecks for a talk about her painted memoir and journal chronicling her pollinator garden, Paint Like a Butterfly
Local celebrities in Irish music--Peter Brice on button accordion, Tess Hartis on fiddle, and guest pianist Donna Long-- are featured in a concert of 18th and 19th century music from Maryland and Ireland.
In celebration of the women who shaped the early American republic, this concert spotlights the music associated with the wives, daughters, and salon hosts of America’s founding leaders.
Participants will enjoy a 60-minute guided tour of the house that compares the customs and social graces of the Loockerman family, who lived in the Hammond-Harwood House in the early 19th century, with those of characters in Jane Austen novels.
This walking tour with Hammond-Harwood House Curator, Lucinda Dukes Edinberg, will focus on the businesses, and the history of homes and their owners on Maryland Avenue between the late 18th century and mid-19th century.
Jean Brinton Jaecks will inspire students to paint the spring garden at the beautiful Hammond Harwood House.
St. Anne’s has almost always had a cemetery since its establishment in 1692. This tour will focus on these families and the recognition of St. Anne's Cemetery as a commemoration for art and historical association.
ONLINE TICKET REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE GO TO 100 MARKET STREET ON SATURDAY, JUNE 6 OR SUNDAY, JUNE 7 TO PURCHASE DAY-OF TICKETS Saturday, June 6 from 12 to 5 pm Sunday, June 7 from 12 to 5 pm – Tickets valid for both days This year’s tour showcases the secret gardens in the residential […]
Join us for a lecture by the noted author and architectural historian Willie Graham who will speak about the nature of brick architecture in Maryland prior to the American Revolution. Reception to follow.
In the historic open-hearth kitchen of Hammond-Harwood House, Joyce White, author of "Cooking Maryland's Way: Voices of a Diverse Cuisine," will discuss the Black cooks who developed and prepared the signature dishes of early Maryland. One such talented cook was Sybby Grant, enslaved by the Thomas family who lived at One West Mount Vernon Place in […]
Resident Horologist Stephen Sieracki maintains and repairs a variety of late 18th and early 19th century case, wall, and cabinet clocks at the Hammond-Harwood House. While each clock has unique features, there are mechanisms and repairs that are common to all clocks. Mr. Sieracki will demonstrate some of the metal working skills used by clock […]