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Where Light City Began

The Night Gaslight Changed Everything at The Peale On a fall evening in 1816, people gathered along Holliday Street, drawn by a strange new glow...

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Sassy Toes

Come Meet Sassy Toes – The Peale’s Biggest Resident! “Sassy Toes” was created by artist Francisco Benavides for Submersive Productions’ 2017 immersive theater experience “H.T....

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John Suau

Where Light City Began

The Night Gaslight Changed Everything at The Peale On a fall evening in 1816, people gathered along Holliday Street, drawn by a strange new glow coming from inside a museum.  Baltimoreans crowd around the Peale

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John Suau

Sassy Toes

Come Meet Sassy Toes – The Peale’s Biggest Resident! “Sassy Toes” was created by artist Francisco Benavides for Submersive Productions’ 2017 immersive theater experience “H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum Presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos” There’s

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John Suau

Founding Fossils: When Science Met Imagination

“Sassy Toes” was created by artist Francisco Benavides for Submersive Productions’ 2017 immersive theater experience “H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum Presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos” In 1801, artist-scientist Charles Willson Peale led America’s first scientific

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John Suau

The Light of Discovery: From Mastodons to Modern Makers

“Sassy Toes” was created by artist Francisco Benavides for Submersive Productions’ 2017 immersive theater experience “H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum Presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos” The mastodon has always been part of The Peale’s story

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John Suau

The Return of the Mastodon

From Attic to Atrium Once banished to the attic, the great “Sassy Toes” has returned — this time, to soar. Originally created by artist Francisco Benavides for Submersive Productions’ 2017 immersive theater experience H.T. Darling’s

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John Suau

Built to Last: Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks

An archival exhibition inspiring a new generation of artists On view at The Peale beginning Friday, October 18, 2025225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD About the Exhibit The Peale presents Built to Last: Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks, an

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John Suau

Final Call: Built to Last

Entry Deadline Extended to November 3   Good news for Baltimore’s creative community! The Peale has extended the deadline for Built to Last: A Juried Art Exhibit of Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks through November 3, 2025

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John Suau

Closing Reflections: Glenn Walker

As Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond comes to a close, The Peale celebrates the impact this exhibition has had on Baltimore’s arts community — and the renewed attention it has brought to one of the

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John Suau

Two Weeks Left to Submit to Built to Last

The Peale Museum (Ai image) Artists have just two weeks left to apply for Built to Last: A Juried Art Exhibit of Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks, presented by The Peale. Submissions close on October 15, 2025.

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