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Announcing the Illuminator Awards 2026

The Peale Announces the Illuminator Awards 2026 An Evening Celebrating the People and Organizations Shaping Baltimore’s Future The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, will host the...

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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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A replica portrait of Sarah Miriam Peale in a gold frame. Sarah has brown hair, tied up in curls on two sides of her head.
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Heather Shelton

Sarah Miriam Peale Studio at The Peale

Hidden Herstory! Did you know that this woman, Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885), had a studio inside the Peale building? Sarah, who was affectionately called “Sally” by her family, began coming to Baltimore to study with

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