Materials selected from MHS collections, presented in a narrative context
Materials selected from MHS collections, presented in a narrative context
Mapping Maryland
Maryland, colony and state, features prominently in the history of America's mapping. One of the earlier colonized regions, it has appeared on maps (in varying degrees of detail) for over 350 years. This exhibit traces the visual depiction of Maryland from its pre-colonial times through the mid-nineteenth century.Maryland Firsts
This page is a potpourri of "firsts" from all across the state offering interesting and fun facts, with related images, about events that occurred first in Maryland - some of national or international significance, some of purely local interest.Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now
Baltimoreans past and present have endowed their "Monumental City" with a priceless "built heritage," but each generation diminishes its patrimony of buildings and monuments as readily - sometimes even more readily - than it adds to its list of bequests. The documentation of this process of simultaneous addition and subtraction has always been part of the mission of the Maryland Historical Society.More than Meets the Eye: History of Maryland Through Prints, 1750-1900
Maryland, and especially Baltimore, were fortunate to attract a number of highly accomplished lithographic artists. The resultant prints pleased their contemporaries and make real the state's past. Few can resist the desire to look at pictures, and thousands of words, in truth, cannot replace their visual effect. The craftsmanship of prints conveys an absolutely infectious pleasure. Few will be able to resist poring over them....Maryland in Focus: Photographs of Maryland, 1845-1970
Who takes the photographs in your family? Who keeps them? Are they carefully arranged in albums or packed away in shoeboxes? Eventually each of us becomes the curator of a collection of photographs that document our life. How do you choose forty photographs to display from among 400,000? The wealth of material available poses the problem of what to leave out, not what to include. This documentary is the end result. These are not necessarily the Maryland Historical Society’s forty best photographs, or forty most historically important, or forty most popular. This does include forty excellent photographs that we hope will interest, educate, and entertain you.Neighborhood Histories
An adventure in learning about neighborhood histories using the Internet. Students research their school community history and culminate their research in a museum type exhibition mounted at their school.
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