MCHC welcomes Richard Bell, PhD, for an evening lecture event highlighting his most recent publication, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Through this book, Dr. Bell reframes America’s war of independence as a transformative international event, one that upended the lives of millions of people on every continent and fundamentally transformed the way the world works; disrupting trade, restructuring penal systems, stirring famine, and creating the first global refugee crisis.

Enjoy a day of free admission at MCHC in celebration of Maryland Day.

Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary! Meet the skilled needleworkers creating Maryland’s collaborative hand-embroidered panel and practice your stitching skills with local Hall-of-Fame Quilter Mimi Dietrich. Maryland’s panel is one of thirteen panels—one for each colony—that will be featured in the final exhibition, America’s Tapestry. Historical associations from across the states have volunteered to collaborate on the panelsߴ historical imagery and have generously agreed to host the stitchers as they work.

Celebrate the public opening of the WayFinder Wing at MCHC with free museum admission all day. Join us for a playful and creative ribbon-cutting to officially open the WayFinder Wing to the public. Throughout the day, explore WayFinders: Making Sense of Our World, a new hands-on, sensory-rich exhibition designed especially for children ages 5–11 and their families.

Celebrate the public opening of the new WayFinder Wing with creative workshops designed for families, members, and the community.

Participate in family art-making, explore the exhibition, and attend one or all of our workshops. Ideal for ages five and above. Enjoy free Museum admission between 1 and 4 pm. Registration required.

1–1:45 pm Olfactory Art with artist Laure Drogoul
2–2:45 pm Sensory Walk
3–3:45 pm Paper Shadow Puppets with artist Annie Howe

This talk will sketch a brief history of what is now the Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) from its 1853 founding in downtown Baltimore to its relocation outside of the city in the early 1900s. MCHC’s 2026 Lord Baltimore Research Fellow Amanda Stuckey, PhD, tells this history through what can be pieced together of individual students’ experiences as they appear in MCHC collections.

On the first Thursday of every month, explore the Maryland Center for History and Culture with extended Museum hours until 8 pm.

Enjoy FREE Museum admission all day.

Learn to stitch celestial bodies recorded in the astrological journal of Benjamin Banneker in the MCHC collection. Basic and beginner level, Ideal for adults. Sponsored by PNC.