Special tours and programs geared to families with children are scheduled throughout the year.
Activity Totes
Suitable for children 3 to 10, these totes are chock full of fun puzzles, games, and crafts. Borrow one from the Hammond Square Gift Shop and go play in the garden!
Sensory Tours for Kids
Scheduled throughout the summer, these tours will open kids’ eyes to art, their noses to the fragrance of herbs, and their ears to stories about life in the olden days of Annapolis.
Annual Pumpkin Walk
Kids wear their costumes and join in the fun activities like face painting, candy in the haystack, scary witch storytelling, and more.
Annual Kids’ Holiday Program
Learn about holidays for the 10 Loockerman children who lived at Hammond-Harwood House in the 1820’s, create a take-home art piece, enjoy holiday treats.
Upcoming Events for the Whole Family
Message In A Bottle
We invite you to write a virtual message in a bottle using our Contact Us page. The messages will be printed and stored in our archives for future generations to read and get a snapshot of what the museum community was doing during 2020. Participants will receive a special New Year’s Eve e-mail from the museum at the end of 2021.
Digging up the Past at Hammond-Harwood House
Summer Storytime Calling all pre-historic creature lovers! Did you know that Hammond-Harwood House has a connection to one of the earliest pre-historic excavations in America? Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a famous painter who grew up in Annapolis, and many of his painting are in the Hammond-Harwood House. Peale was more than just a painter,…
A Dutch American Christmas
Families are invited to the mansion for a day of holiday stories and crafts.