Generated by All in One SEO Pro v5.0.0.1, this is an llms-full.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Peale Baltimore's Community Museum ## Posts ### [News](https://thepeale.org/news/) **Published:** October 13, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Peale News The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## What's happening? Get the latest about what’s happening behind the scenes at the Peale. And, don’t forget to [subscribe to our weekly enewsletter](https://thepeale.org/subscribe/). It lands in our subscribers inboxes every Thursday night. [ ](#Top) Very historical museum. 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While the international community has yet to convict those responsible, the evidence continues to mount. The exhibition of ***We Know Who They Are… (WKWTA)*** intends to promote art as a resource for political accountability by showcasing tangible evidence of these alleged atrocities through the work of primary witnesses. ***WKWTA*** features artworks from 21 Ukrainian artists and nearly ten artifacts representing the wartime terrain and the mass devastation of civilian life. These artifacts not only document the alleged wartime atrocities committed by the Russians but also spatialize the artworks through enhanced sensory interaction. By presenting these artifacts in dialogue with the artworks, the exhibition aims to evoke a deep emotional response, providing a visceral understanding of the impact of the invasion and the resilience of the Ukrainian people. ***WKWTA* also represents a new dimension of ***Conflicted Art*** as it takes the project beyond its initial mission of promoting cultural exchange. Until now, ***Conflicted Art*** has mainly emphasized the immediate emotional and social reactions to the war, but this collection aims to thematically explore artist narratives while delving into political accountability, advocacy, and provocative expressions of the wartime experience. This collection of artists and artworks stands as both a testament to the strength of the Ukrainian spirit and a call for justice. It captures the raw emotions and lived experiences of those who have endured the conflict, offering a poignant reminder of the human cost of war. ***May their artworks and storylines reveal what they have done.*** *Visit the [WKWTA webpage](https://wkwta.com/) to learn more.* Programming in conjunction with *We Know Who They Are* is presented in collaboration with the[ Odesa and Rotterdam Sister City Committees](https://baltimoresistercities.org). ### Programming #### Opening Reception Friday, July 31, 2026 | 6-8PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-who-they-are-opening-reception-tickets-1991108224298?aff=oddtdtcreator) #### Film Screening of *Change My Mind* Friday, August 14, 2026 | 6PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996292045246?aff=oddtdtcreator) Three Czech self-proclaimed “patriots” are brought to the front line of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Seeing war first-hand, not via web, but on the ground, facing the harsh reality of the conflict. Are they able to understand what’s happening? #### Artists Panel Talk Saturday, August 15, 2026 | 2-4PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994242049654?aff=oddtdtcreator) An interactive discussion with a curator of *We Know Who They Are,* Yevgen Nemchenko, and local artists that have ties to Ukraine: ceramicist Natalia Kormeluk and photographer Elena Volkova. #### Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Afternoon Sunday, August 16, 2026 | 12-4PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1996270779640?aff=oddtdtcreator) An afternoon of activities for families and kids. Try your hand at the intricate, colorful detail of *pysanky* egg designs. Geared towards children aged 3-8 years old, but visitors of all ages are welcome to join in the fun! #### Virtual Panel Talk Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 12PM |[ RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994229251374?aff=oddtdtcreator) This virtual panel convenes museum professionals, cultural workers, and heritage advocates to explore the urgent question: How do we preserve and maintain cultural heritage in times of crisis? Centering on the ongoing war and occupation of Ukraine, this program brings together international voices to examine the role of museums and cultural institutions in safeguarding collections, protecting sites, and sustaining cultural identity during crises. The discussion will feature live-streamed presentations from speakers across multiple time zones, followed by a live, moderated Q&A session to encourage dialogue and exchange among participants. Panelists include: Milena Chorna from Association of Ukrainian Museums; Kateryna Chuyeva, former Ukrainian Vice-Minister of Culture; Kateryna Kulai from Odesa National Fine Arts Museum; Arnoud Odding, Strategic museum advisor from the Netherlands; and Ihor Poshyvailo from the Maidan Museum. Moderated by Glen Davis, retired Foreign Services Officer. #### [See all upcoming events at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) ![A drawing outlining two children holding hands. The left child is detailed with painted facial features, while the small boy on the right is left hollow.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Labeled-NeverWKWTA-666x1024.png) ### About the Curators ***Benjamin Cunningham*** is a political science and fine arts student at The George Washington University. Cunningham is an accomplished artist, having published a book of poetry, taken part in over a dozen exhibits, and, most recently, been awarded a residency at the New York Academy of Art in NYC. With the backing of a Luther Rice Research Fellowship, Cunningham intends to utilize the exhibition as a reference point for examining wartime artwork as a sociological device for stimulating activism and advocacy. ***Yevgen Nemchenko*** came to the United States from Ukraine 20 years ago and has been collecting art and antiques for over 10. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yevgen used his network in the Ukrainian art world to purchase a number of artworks by contemporary artists. Utilizing his background in professional project management, he has launched over five exhibits to date, one of which took place in the oldest private art gallery in Washington, DC. Yevgen intends to continue this endeavor in order to support artists in this time of need and give their work global exposure. ### Conflicted Art ***Conflicted Art*** is a collection of paintings, sculptures, and other artworks by Ukrainian artists created during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was conceived a few days into the war and was meant to show the war through the artists’ eyes as it was unfolding. Some works are an artist’s attitude to a specific event during the conflict, while others show an artist’s reflection on their feelings and the ongoing war. The project revealed a theme that while a certain amount of social change or even instability might be helpful for an artist to draw inspiration from, the overall conditions and situation in which an artist creates must be at the very least hospitable. Otherwise, work might stop or take unpredictable forms. **Categories:** Exhibits **Tags:** ukraine, wkwta --- ### [Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) **Published:** July 15, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper ## Francine Halvorsen ### On View June 25 – August 16, 2026 ### 2nd Floor | Latrobe and Garden View Galleries ![Gallery wall with three large abstract paintings, each with a vertical wooden edge, left-to-right blue, black, and orange-toned works with a white wall background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_6983-768x1024.jpeg) ![Abstract painting with a pale blue-gray background and two horizontal color blocks: gold on top and teal below.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-05-12-161916.png) Left: Pictured from left to right, *Luciform Blue, Luciform Black, Luciform Variegated*. Above: *Lucarne II* #### About the Artist: Francine Halvorsen is a Baltimore resident and skilled artist. A graduate of Columbia University, Halvorsen has exhibited in New York at PS 1 of the Museum of Modern Art, The Clocktower, Cooper Union, and Pace University Gallery. During her time in Baltimore, she has exhibited at Works on Paper in Philadelphia, the Walter Gomez Gallery, Gallery de Botschaft in Baltimore and the Creative Alliance. #### Halvorsen on her works: *Each painting reflects innumerable echoes and afterimages, as filled with itself as a landscape. I want to generate not only a visual impression but a place, lucid and generous, first seen in the eye/I of the painter and then by the viewer, caught unaware, as when walking you see yourself reflected in some surface that causes you to pause, stop still, and look at the view.* ![Exhibition poster for Francine Halvorsen 'Trust the Paint' with paintings and works on paper; Parallax I: oil and powdered pigment on linen. At The Peale Museum, 225 Holiday St, Baltimore, MD 21202. Opening: Saturday, June 27, 2026, 2–4pm. Showing June 27–August 16, 2026.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Trust-the-Paint-5.png) **Categories:** Exhibits **Tags:** exhibition, paintings, trustthepaint --- ### [Meet the Artist Behind MUSE: Coming Soon](https://thepeale.org/meet-the-artist-behind-muse-coming-soon/) **Published:** July 7, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # Meet the Artist Behind MUSE ## Michael Baker brings MUSE to The Peale July 25th 2026, an exciting performance bridging childhood inspiration and adult creative process. ![Poster for a music event featuring a man playing a tuba against a black background with bold red lettering and side yellow accents.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/michael-performance-768x1024.jpg) ### **The Peale is pleased to host MUSE, a recital program brought to you by Michael Baker.** **MUSE** is a recital program that explores the connection found between an artist and their inspirations. The performance combines childhood inspirations, the adult creative process, and traditions rooted in jazz-fusion, musical theater, opera, and contemporary instrumental music. The program will include never-before-heard arrangements created specifically for this event, as well as classics re-contextualized to fit the unique voice of the euphonium. **MUSE** is approximately one hour long and includes approximately forty minutes of transcriptions, arrangements, and new music for euphonium, piano, and electronics. Join us at The Peale on July 25, 2026 at 2 PM for MUSE. This event is free for all, [RSVP’s](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993481922092?aff=oddtdtcreator) are appreciated. Visit The Peale’s [Upcoming Events](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) to see what else is coming soon! ### About the Artist and Performer Michael Baker is an exciting and dynamic new solo artist in the brass world. A multi-talented euphonium player, chamber musician, arranger, educator, and brass pedagogue, he is making waves and breaking into the role of a solo performer. Beyond Baker’s recital this season at The Peale Museum, he has already found success in performance partnerships with museums, churches, and non-profits across Virginia, Maryland, and Michigan. He has been a featured soloist with bands at the high school and collegiate level. Baker’s recitals are noted for being thought-provoking and captivating, always featuring musical connections beyond those of the typical classical performer. Baker often arranges for his own performances, showcasing transcriptions of music from Jazz, Fusion, Musical Theater, and more in addition to the euphonium’s typical repertoire. With his arranging, he seeks to push the limits of the euphonium and showcase the capabilities of both the soloist and the instrument. As a versatile chamber musician, Baker has contributed to performances with a wide variety of organizations. During his time with “The Fairfax Four” tuba-euphonium quartet, the group was featured with the American Festival Pops Orchestra at the Hylton Performing Arts Center and at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts. His time with the quartet also included a performance at the US Army’s annual Tuba-Euphonium Workshop. Baker’s continued career in chamber music followed him to his studies in Ann Arbor, where he joined the award-winning Graduate Quartet of the University of Michigan. He was a member in the spring of 2026, when the quartet earned second place in the chamber music competition at the Heartland Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference. A proud product of the musical community of Northern Virginia, Baker continues the legacies of excellence passed down to him through his contributions as an educator and clinician. In addition to his classroom experience, he cultivated a studio of private students, ran clinics and masterclasses, and worked as an advisor on both low brass technique and conducting for internationally recognized programs in both Virginia and Michigan. Baker holds degrees in Euphonium Performance and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan and in Music Education from George Mason University. His mentors and teachers include David Zerkel, Ali Miserendino, Dr. Mark Jenkins, and Bobby Behrend. He will begin doctoral studies at James Madison University in Euphonium Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature with Kevin Stees in the fall of 2026. **Categories:** News, Uncategorized **Tags:** event, MUSE, Performances --- ### [The Lab Partners with Earprint](https://thepeale.org/earprint/) **Published:** June 9, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### Partnership Advances Sound-Based Storytelling [The Lab @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/lab) is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with [Earprint LLC](earprint.com) and immersive media pioneer C. Jason Reinier to explore the power of sound as a tool for storytelling, interpretation, and community engagement. The partnership marks an important milestone in the growth of The Lab @ The Peale, Baltimore’s Center for Cultural Innovation. Established to advance digital storytelling, immersive technologies, workforce development, and cross-sector collaboration, The Lab serves as a space where new ideas can be tested, refined, and brought into public practice. For more than three decades, Jason Reinier and Earprint have helped some of the world’s leading museums and cultural organizations create immersive and interactive visitor experiences. Their clients have included institutions such as the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, SFMOMA, and many others. ![Two men in a recording studio; one wearing headphones speaks into a microphone while another in a suit watches nearby.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/JasonPeterBell_MetConservation-1024x765.webp) > Earprint is dedicated to not only telling stories of people and places,...but also encouraging listening in new ways to stories, soundscapes, conversations, and dialogue with each other. This partnership gives us the opportunity to explore and celebrate current sonic stories as well as the layers of history in places all over the Baltimore area. We hope to focus on creating an innovative space for people to talk and listen within the museum, and throughout the community. > > C Jason Reinier, Co-Founder, Earprint Now, Earprint is bringing that expertise to Baltimore. As part of this collaboration, Earprint will help The Peale develop a dedicated audio storytelling and oral history recording studio that will serve as the foundation for a growing body of community-based storytelling initiatives. The first major project will support The Peale’s recently funded [***Life in Baltimore***](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/) initiative, made possible through support from the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Through this project, The Peale will work with artists, residents, historians, musicians, and community members to record oral histories that document Baltimore’s neighborhoods, creative communities, lived experiences, and cultural heritage. These stories will become part of a growing digital archive that preserves Baltimore’s voices for future generations. The new recording studio will also support podcast production, artist interviews, educational programming, community storytelling projects, and future immersive exhibitions that integrate sound, voice, and narrative in innovative ways. For The Peale, the partnership reflects a broader belief that stories are not only told through objects, photographs, and exhibitions—they are also carried through voices, memories, music, and the sounds of everyday life. ![Museum gallery with ornate tapestries and a marble fireplace; a person crouches beside filming equipment.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/getty-1024x768.webp) “Sound is one of the most powerful and underutilized tools available to museums today,” said John Suau, Executive Director of The Peale and Lead of The Lab @ The Peale. “Every neighborhood has a sound. Every community has voices that deserve to be heard. Through this partnership with Jason and Earprint, we’re creating new ways to preserve, interpret, and share Baltimore’s stories.” The collaboration will also explore future opportunities in immersive audio, spatial sound design, public art installations, podcasting, mobile interpretation, and emerging technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. Looking ahead, The Peale and Earprint envision Baltimore as a living laboratory for sound-centered storytelling—where history, culture, memory, and innovation converge. This partnership is only the beginning. As The Lab @ The Peale continues to grow, it will bring together innovators from across disciplines to help museums and cultural organizations imagine new ways of engaging audiences, preserving community memory, and telling stories that matter. To learn more about The Lab @ The Peale and upcoming storytelling initiatives, visit ThePeale.org. **Categories:** News --- ### [What We Learned from New Museum Giving Platform](https://thepeale.org/what-we-learned-from-new-museum-giving-platform/) **Published:** June 7, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## A $2,500 Surprise ### What We Learned from Piloting a New Museum Giving Platform As museums, libraries, archives, and cultural organizations continue to navigate an increasingly challenging fundraising environment, we are constantly looking for tools that make giving easier, more accessible, and more aligned with how donors want to support the organizations they care about. Recently, The Peale began piloting **[KindKiosk](https://kindkiosk.com/)** as part of [**The Lab @ The Peale**](https://thepeale.org/lab), our initiative exploring new technologies that support storytelling, engagement, accessibility, and sustainability in the cultural sector. What happened next surprised us. Within days of deploying the system, a visitor used the kiosk to make a $2,500 gift through a donor-advised fund (DAF) using KindKiosk’s integration with Chariot. For a large institution, a $2,500 gift may not seem extraordinary. For a small nonprofit museum, however, it is significant. More importantly, it highlighted something we had not fully appreciated: removing friction from the giving process matters. ![Self-service touchscreen kiosk with a white frame and teal panel bearing a white heart logo.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/kindkiosk.jpeg) It is about meeting donors where they are and making it easy for them to act when they feel inspired. Many donors now manage charitable giving through donor-advised funds. Yet most museums and cultural organizations still make accessing those funds more difficult than it needs to be. By allowing visitors to connect directly to their DAF account at the point of inspiration, KindKiosk created a pathway that was simple, immediate, and intuitive. This experience reinforced a broader lesson. The future of fundraising is not simply about asking for support. It is about meeting donors where they are and making it easy for them to act when they feel inspired. At The Peale, we view this pilot as part of a larger effort to explore how technology can strengthen the relationship between cultural organizations and their communities. Through The Lab @ The Peale, we are testing tools that can help museums and other GLAM institutions improve visitor experiences, capture community stories, expand access, and create more sustainable revenue streams. We are grateful to KindKiosk for working with us as a nonprofit partner and for supporting innovation within the cultural sector. We look forward to continuing to evaluate the platform and sharing what we learn with colleagues across Baltimore and beyond. One pilot does not establish a trend. But when a new tool generates a meaningful gift almost immediately, it deserves attention. Sometimes innovation arrives not through a major capital project or a multimillion-dollar campaign, but through a simple improvement that helps a donor say “yes” at exactly the right moment. That is a lesson worth sharing. **Categories:** News **Tags:** lab --- ### [Built to Last 2026 Winners: The Peale](https://thepeale.org/b2l2026-winners/) **Published:** June 5, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## ## Celebrating the Award Winners ### The Peale is proud to announce the award-winning artists selected for *Built to Last*, an exhibition exploring the architecture, memory, and evolving identity of Baltimore through the eyes of local artists. The exhibition brought together painters, photographers, mixed-media artists, and storytellers whose work reflects the places, landmarks, and neighborhoods that have shaped Baltimore’s past and continue to inspire its future. After careful review by an independent jury and enthusiastic participation from visitors who cast votes for their favorite works, we are pleased to recognize the following artists and artworks. **[Learn more about Built to Last and the Life in Baltimore exhibition series.](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/built-to-last-2026/)** ## Jury Selection ### First Place ## Sarah Daniels > Sarah Daniels is a Baltimore-based writer and photographer. Much of her visual work is focused on contrast and contradiction. Her work encompasses street photography, abstracts, and landscapes. The weirder the content, the better. Sarah prefers to work with tactile, analog materials. She usually shoots on film (with a strong preference for black and white) using simple, manual cameras. She hand-develops her own negatives and prefers to print the photos in her own darkroom. On the rare occasions when she leaves the house without a film camera, she will shoot on her iPhone if she sees something irresistible. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Opem-721x1024.jpg) Open (2025) by Sarah Daniels #### **Open** Silver Gelatin, 10x8" ·SOLD· When I spotted the Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church reflected in a store window on Charles Street, it stopped me in my tracks. The resulting photograph, "Open," (taken on black and white 35mm film) is an exploration of the ephemeral nature of history at the intersection of commerce and faith. Now dwarfed by its taller neighbors, the grand aging church reflected in modern plate glass speaks to the dichotomies often encountered in the modern urban landscape, most notably the tension between preservation and innovation. The hand-developed photograph is a study in high-contrast values, both visual and metaphorical. ### Second Place ## **Elise Petersen-Deitrick** > Elise Petersen-Deitrick is a Baltimore-based museum professional and artist. She currently works as Cultural Heritage Manager at Sandy Spring Museum in Montgomery County and is active in numerous local and regional museum organizations. Her creative work explores the intersection of craftsmanship, heritage, architecture, and community identity. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Petersen-Deitrick_000018_273270_122763_15806.jpg) Cosmic Tryptic (2025) by Elise Petersen-Deitrick #### **Cosmic Tryptic** Textile (Quilt), 50x108" The starry ceiling at Old St. Paul's references a Gothic motif found in sacred spaces around the world. Historically, this feature served to elevate the spiritual experience of parishioners by invoking a sense of awe and reflection on the beauty and vastness of the cosmos. My quilt reimagines this feature of Old St. Paul's in textile form. Quilts, like buildings, are the products of a sophisticated tradition of craftsmanship that demands both structural understanding and artistic vision. Both provide shelter and warmth and contribute to our sense of environmental and communal identity. In reimagining this rich visual tradition in quilted form, the artist pays homage to Old St. Paul's, to the broader architectural traditions from which it descends, and to the timeless human impulse to connect the earthly and the celestial through tactile craftsmanship and material culture. ![QR code to scan and bid for Cosmic Triptych.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cosmictryptic-736x1024.jpg) ### Third Place ## Aynex Mercado > Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aynex Mercado is an award-winning fiber artist whose work combines quilting, textile traditions, and architectural storytelling. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at QuiltCon, the International Quilt Festival, Maryland Hall, and the Delaplaine Arts Center. She was the recipient of the Maryland Governor's Disability Culture and Achievement Award in 2023. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mercado_000017_314483_163363_15806.jpg) Old Paul's Church (2025) by Aynex Mercado #### **Old Paul's Church** Fiber (Quilt), 17x21" This quilt reimagines Old St. Paul's Church as a luminous sanctuary, honoring its enduring presence in Baltimore's history. Intricate piecing and bold colors evoke the church's grand architecture and the light that has guided generations within its walls. Overhead, the "Star-Spangled Banner" is quilted into the sky, symbolizing resilience and American identity-a nod to Baltimore's role in our national story. Through fabric, the quilt celebrates both the church's spiritual legacy and the community's ongoing acts of preservation. ![QR code to bid for Old Paul’s Church; scan to bid](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/oldpaul-727x1024.jpg) ### Fourth Place ## Christian Lynch > Christian Lynch is a Baltimore-area photographer and visual storyteller whose work focuses on preserving meaningful moments through photography, videography, and cinematic imagery. Professionally, he brings experience in photography, digital marketing, brand strategy, and content creation, combining technical skill with a passion for narrative-driven visual work. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Lynch_000028_249247_097369_15806-683x1024.jpg) B&O Company Headquarters (2025) by Christian Lynch #### **B&O Company Headquarters** Photograph, 19x13" I aim to illustrate a compelling story with every photo and video. Visual storytelling is very important to me, and I want to help others share their stories and bring them to life through creative photography, videography, and cinematography. Whether it's celebrating accomplishments, documenting events, or just freezing a moment in time, I want to ensure those moments are forever preserved. ![QR code labeled 'Scan to Bid' for bidding, related to B&O Railroad Company Headquarters.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bo-596x1024.jpg) ### Fifth Place ## M. Travis Cahill > A technology product manager by day, artist by night working with oil paints and a palette knife, water color, pastels, and acrylic. Most often I paint landscapes. Sometimes you can find me drawing gay things like shirtless men. I paint the things I like, I paint what captures my attention and I don’t have a grand design behind what I’m doing. I often paint what you might find in your grandmother’s kitchen or bathroom or I suppose your guncle’s guest bedroom. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Cahill_000004_340244_190908_15806-763x1024.jpg) Trial and Lunch (2025) by Matthew Cahill #### **Trial and Lunch** Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18" x .5" ·SOLD· More than a decade ago, I worked at a law firm with offices at One South Street. We were steps away from the Vickers Building and often went to Werners for lunch, and yet I never really looked at the building. When I saw the call for submissions, I thumbed through the list of buildings and was surprised to see one I half recognized. I thought it would be rewarding to have breakfast at Werners so I could snag a few reference photos and take a trip down memory lane. One colleague has passed, another has dementia and remembers me, but can no longer remember the work we did. One day I may no longer remember those friends, the building, or weekly lunches. The Vickers and Werners will likely outlast me, but as I painted I had the joy of remembering time spent with friends and their legacy will stick with me. ### Jurors #### - **Catherine Arthur**, Chief Curator, Maryland Center for History and Culture - **Jo Briggs**, Jennie Walters Delano Curator, 18th- & 19th-Century Art, Walters Art Museum - **Schroeder Cherry**, Museum Curator at Morgan State University James E. Lewis Museum of Art - **Imani Haynes**, Curator, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture - **Joe Tropea**, Curator, City of Baltimore (Mayor’s Office) ## People's Choice Awards ### Sadia Aaminah ![City street with tall glass skyscrapers reflecting neighboring buildings beside a brick and stone historic facade.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Aaminah_000020_340466_191257_15806-681x1024.jpg) #### City Mirage ![QR code to bid for City Mirage — scan to participate in bidding.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/citymirage-219x300.jpg) ### M. Travis Cahill ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Cahill_000004_340244_190908_15806-763x1024.jpg) #### Trial and Lunch ·SOLD· ### Sadia Aaminah ![Black-and-white urban street scene with a tall brick building, streetlight, and a 'Road Work Ahead' sign near construction cones on the sidewalk.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Aaminah_000021_340526_191253_15806-681x1024.jpg) #### The Road Ahead ![QR code for bidding, with a rounded 'Scan to Bid' button and the heading 'The Road Ahead'](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/roadahead-218x300.jpg) ### Exhibit Catalog The project is inspired by the original [Built To Last: Ten Enduring Landmarks of Baltimore’s Central Business District](https://www.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/baltimore/1.htm) initiative, launched in 2002 by the U.S. National Park Service in collaboration with the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Maryland Historical Trust, the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), and Preservation Maryland. #### Supported by ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) ### Community Partners [ ![AIA Baltimore Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aia-balt.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/) [ ![Baltimore Architecture Foundation Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bagf.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/baltimore-architecture-foundation/) ![Baltimore Heritage logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/baltimoreheritage-logo-2014.jpg) ![bnha-logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/bnha-logo-e1762612201781-reep84kpzu03vdbuvdqloy40f1bwj7no6c44kx5vk0.jpeg "bnha-logo") ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mchc.png) ![Preservation Maryland logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/preservation-maryland_logo-color-1024x248.png) ![The red brick facade of the Peale building. The front steps are colored like the rainbow flag.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/walters.png) **Categories:** News --- ### [Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) **Published:** June 4, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ## Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts ### On View June 20 – July 26, 2026 | 3rd Floor ![Poster for an art exhibit titled "Let Them Speak Their Beauty, Our Hearts" featuring a man with long dreadlocks holding a drawing, set against a brick wall with vines and event details below.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Flyer-Let-Them-Speak-Their-Beauty-Our-Hearts-768x994.jpg) #### [West Coalition](https://westcoalition.com/) Exhibit Statement: The *Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts* art exhibit at The Peale June 20th-July 26th will highlight the impact, and humanize the victims of police brutality and corruption by letting their artistic “voices” tell others their message, and show the beauty that lies within them. Too often the narrative about what happened to victims of police brutality is dictated by the police and victims are criminalized and dehumanized in the process to support that narrative. The real story of those who lost their lives or continue to be impacted by the brutality they experienced, is told by their family members and through the art and artifacts they left behind or continue to create. This exhibit will feature the portrait art of Tyrone West, shoe art of Xavier Hill, the fashion of Donnell Rochester, and the fine art of Adiena Britt. All victims who have a story to tell. You will hear and see more about the lives we have lost and how their lives would have enriched all of us had they still been with us. The effect of police brutality and corruption well after the fact has a lasting impact on the families of those affected directly and on all of us in the community. Another piece of this exhibit will focus on that impact through statements by family members, and those that continue to struggle to get accountability for their loved ones. Through art, images, and videos, that struggle and those that have documented it will be on display to show how difficult it is to fight a system that is unwilling to hold perpetrators accountable when they are law enforcement officers. In addition, it will show the fortitude and commitment that those who are fighting the system have demonstrated. Among the artists whose work will be on display are Tawanda Jones, Analysis (the poet), Neil Norris, Son of Nun, Bill Bleich, Anson Asaka, Shorty, Joseph Mario Giardano, Bryan Robinson and Hilary Hellerbach. #### Programming: Opening Reception: Saturday, June 20 | 2-4PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990656925451?aff=oddtdtcreator) View all upcoming events [here](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/). #### The UPDATE with Sean Yoes ##### 155 Days: The Death of Tyrone West This project is funded in part by the Maryland State Arts Council ![Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) logo featuring a stylized Maryland flag puzzle emblem and the text 'maryland state arts council', with a Department of Commerce label nearby.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MSAC-Color-Horizontal-text-1.jpg) **Categories:** Exhibits **Tags:** justice, letthemspeak --- ### [The Active Power of Touch Exhibit](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/) **Published:** March 26, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TPOT-entry-1536x510.jpg) ### April 17 – August 16, 2026 2nd Floor | Old Council Chamber #### *The Active Power of Touch* celebrates the richness of touch in artistic experience – whether through sculpture, raised-lined compositions, or mixed media inviting hands-on exploration. ##### #### Twelve artists working in diverse media such as clay, plaster, stone, and textiles explore themes centered on the hand and its movement.The artworks in this show can be experienced both through touch and sight making it accessible to everyone, people who are blind, and people who are sighted. #### Artworks in this exhibit are varied in medium. What links them all is their tactile nature, encouraging visitors to experience the artworks through touch. ### Featured Artists in *The Active Power of Touch* - Nicole Buckingham Kern - Leo Louise Cunningham - Earl Elliott - Pat Halle - Stella Hamilton - Lohitha Kethu - Amaka Korie - Sebastian Martorana - Sarah McCann - Tatiana Nelson-Joseph - Malcolm Slade - Alx Velozo ### Programming and Events ##### Opening Reception | Friday, April 17, 2026 | 7PM | RSVP [Sponsored by Direct Dimensions](http://directdimensions.com) More programming for *The Active Power of Touch* coming soon. Be sure to [subscribe to The Peale’s newsletter](https://thepeale.org/subscribe/) to be the first to know when events are announced. ### Curator's Statement ## ##### Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, Curator Touch is an active sense combining movement of the hands with receptors in the skin to make observations about the size, shape, and texture of objects. Many rich and varied kinds of information can be perceived through the sense of touch. For example, touch can identify the material type – whether an object is made of ceramic, fiber, metal, paper, stone, or wood. Fingertips can distinguish texture classifying surfaces as rough or smooth, and hard or soft. Touch reveals temperature, whether a material feels hot or cold. This show celebrated the richness of touch in artistic experience – whether through sculpture, raised-line compositions, or mixed media inviting hands-on exploration. twelve artists working in diverse media such as clay, metal, plaster, stone, textiles, and wood explore the hand and its movements. Some works feature sculptures of hands, while other works include parts that visitors can move with their hands. The works in this show can be appreciated through touch and sight because artists match texture and color. Touch also makes this show accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. ### Studio Visits *Photos from curator Cheryl Fogle-Hatch’s site visits to artists studios.* **Categories:** Exhibits **Tags:** Exhibitions, tactile --- ### [The Illumination Project @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/illumination-project/) **Published:** June 1, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## ## The Peale Illumination Project ### Illuminating Baltimore Through Art, Storytelling, and Innovation. #### Kelley Bell's Inaugural Installation Illuminates The Peale's Stories ##### In May 2026, The Peale launched the Illumination Project, a new public projection arts initiative that reimagines one of Baltimore’s most historic buildings as a canvas for contemporary artistic expression, storytelling, and civic engagement. ###### Kelley Bell’s “Shadow Play,” presented by The Peale, May 22–24, 2026 The initiative debuted with a large-scale projection installation by Baltimore artist Kelley Bell, whose work transformed the façade of The Peale into a living tapestry of images, movement, memory, and place. Presented over three evenings, the installation invited visitors to experience Baltimore through light and storytelling while gathering around one of the city’s most significant cultural landmarks. More than a temporary artwork, the Illumination Project marks the beginning of a long-term effort to establish The Peale as a center for projection art, public storytelling, and creative experimentation. The initiative builds upon the museum’s unique history while exploring new ways artists can engage audiences in public space. ### Sponsored in part by ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/exelon.png) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Deutsch-foundation_facebook.png.webp) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/thepeale_secondary-logo-horiz_navy.png) ### Kelley Bell: Inaugural Artist The inaugural Illumination Project installation featured the work of Baltimore artist Kelley Bell, whose decades-long exploration of the city’s neighborhoods, people, architecture, and cultural landscape made her an ideal artist to launch the initiative. Using projection as both artistic medium and storytelling tool, Bell transformed the exterior of The Peale into a dynamic work of public art. Images moved across windows and brick surfaces, creating a dialogue between the historic architecture and the contemporary experiences of Baltimore’s communities. The installation encouraged visitors to slow down, gather together, and see familiar places in new ways. It demonstrated how projection art can transform architecture into a platform for storytelling while creating shared cultural experiences that are free and accessible to all. By bringing contemporary visual art directly into public space, Bell’s work expanded access to artistic experiences while highlighting the power of creativity to connect people across generations and communities. ![Brick building wall with a large red mural of running silhouettes, blue sky to the right, and a person with a striped umbrella at the bottom right.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Kelley-Bell-solo-1024x768.jpg) Artist Kelley Bell at the inaugural viewing of "Shadow Play," May 22, 2026 ### Public Art for a New Era Projection art has emerged internationally as one of the most compelling forms of contemporary public art. Unlike traditional exhibitions, projection-based works can engage entire buildings, streetscapes, and public gathering spaces, creating experiences that are immersive, temporary, and deeply connected to place. For artists, projection offers opportunities to work at an architectural scale. For audiences, it provides access to contemporary art outside traditional gallery settings. For cities, it creates moments of discovery and wonder that strengthen civic identity and cultural vitality. The Peale believes Baltimore is uniquely positioned to become a leader in this growing field. Located in the heart of downtown Baltimore, surrounded by cultural institutions, government buildings, historic landmarks, and vibrant neighborhoods, The Peale offers an ideal setting for projection-based public art that engages both residents and visitors. #### Illuminating Baltimore Then and Now The Illumination Project is uniquely suited to The Peale because of the museum’s extraordinary connection to Baltimore’s [history of illumination](https://thepeale.org/gaslight-at-the-peale/) and innovation. In the early nineteenth century, Rembrandt Peale helped introduce gas lighting to Baltimore through his role in establishing the Gas Light Company of Baltimore. The arrival of gaslight transformed the city, extending civic life beyond daylight hours and helping shape Baltimore into one of America’s earliest illuminated urban centers. For more than two hundred years, The Peale has stood at the intersection of creativity, science, innovation, and public life. The Peale Illumination Project continues that legacy. Where gaslight once illuminated Baltimore’s streets, the Illumination Project uses projection, digital media, and contemporary artistic practice to illuminate Baltimore’s stories. The initiative embraces light not simply as a technology, but as a medium for expression, reflection, and community connection. The Peale’s historic façade becomes more than a backdrop. It becomes an active participant in the artistic experience, linking Baltimore’s past to its future through contemporary visual culture. ### Looking Forward The success of Kelley Bell’s inaugural installation demonstrated the extraordinary potential of projection art to transform public space, spark conversation, and foster meaningful community engagement. As the Illumination Project grows, The Peale intends to commission increasingly ambitious works that celebrate Baltimore’s creativity while providing artists with opportunities to experiment, innovate, and engage new audiences. Just as The Peale helped illuminate Baltimore in the nineteenth century, the Illumination Project seeks to tell Baltimore’s stories in the twenty-first. Kelley Bell’s installation marked the beginning of that journey. ### Building a Program, Not a Single Event The Peale’s Illumination Project was conceived as an ongoing initiative rather than a one-time installation. The Peale envisions the Illumination Project as a platform through which artists can explore projection, moving image, animation, photography, sound, digital storytelling, and emerging technologies in ways that activate public space and engage broad audiences. Future projects may include: - Major projection commissions by local, regional, national, and international artists - Seasonal winter projection festivals and public art activations - Community storytelling projects developed with Baltimore neighborhoods - Artist residencies focused on light, projection, and immersive media - Sound and projection collaborations through The Lab @ The Peale - Partnerships with schools, universities, libraries, archives, and cultural organizations - Experimental projects incorporating artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and other emerging technologies By investing in artists and public-facing creative experiences, the Peale’s Illumination Project seeks to strengthen Baltimore’s cultural ecosystem while positioning the city as a destination for innovative public art. #### The Lab @ The Peale The Illumination Project is also closely aligned with the mission of The Lab @ The Peale, the museum’s research and development initiative dedicated to exploring the future of storytelling, cultural engagement, and emerging technologies. The Lab supports experimentation across disciplines, bringing together artists, historians, technologists, educators, designers, and community members to develop new approaches to public engagement. Projection art represents a natural extension of this work, combining creativity, technology, and storytelling in ways that make culture visible and accessible beyond traditional institutional boundaries. Through its Illumination Project, The Peale is exploring how historic places can serve as platforms for contemporary artistic practice while remaining rooted in community needs and local stories. ## Why the Illumination Project Matters Public projection art allows museums to engage audiences beyond their walls, activate civic space, support artists working with emerging technologies, and create cultural experiences that are free and accessible to all. At a time when cities are searching for ways to strengthen community connection, animate public space, and support creative economies, projection art offers a powerful tool for civic engagement. Through its Illumination Project, The Peale seeks to commission artists whose work explores Baltimore’s neighborhoods, history, culture, and future while creating opportunities for residents and visitors to gather around shared experiences. By investing in artists and public storytelling, The Peale’s illumination Project contributes to Baltimore’s cultural vitality and reinforces the city’s reputation as a center for creativity and innovation. ### The Peale is actively seeking philanthropic, corporate, government, and community partners to help expand the Illumination Project into a year-round platform for artist commissions, public installations, educational programs, and seasonal projection festivals. **Categories:** News --- ### [Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond](https://thepeale.org/glenn-walker-in-the-room-and-beyond/) **Published:** September 17, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GWBottle-1020x1024.jpg) ### About the Artists **Glenn F. Walker** (1927-1988) was a Baltimore painter trained at the then-Maryland Institute of Arts and a “best kept secret” among area art aficionados. Walker, who died in 1988, continues to be known for working in a breathtaking variety of media and styles including oils, pastels, watercolors, drawings, and woodcuts. He won prizes for his art from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Peale Museum, and elsewhere. Walker is remembered in part as the subject of controversy: Baltimore Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. saw a Walker painting, “In a Room”, during a 1955 Peale exhibition, and declaring it obscene and “morally objectionable,” ordered it removed. The painting showed a nude man smoking a cigarette and a woman lying on a bed. The museum’s director, Wilbur H. Hunter Jr., put the painting on display in his office, and other painters protested the mayor’s order by removing their works from the exhibition. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19480_image.png) A year later, the Baltimore Sun’s art critic, Kenneth Sawyer, called Walker “a draftsman of sensitive imagination, a technician with few peers in Baltimore.” Walker remained at the center of the city’s art scene for many years, continuing to paint and teach throughout his four-decade career. This exhibition is made possible thanks to the generosity of **Buzz Cusack**, who has preserved and championed Walker’s artistic legacy. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore works spanning Walker’s career, including the controversial *In the Room*, the 1955 painting at the center of one of Baltimore’s most infamous art censorship battles. Join us as we celebrate Walker’s fearless creativity and rediscover an artist whose work still challenges, delights, and inspires nearly 70 years later. [Artist profile compliments of Manor Mill, Monkton, MD](https://manor-mill.com/glenn-walker?rq=glenn "https://manor-mill.com/glenn-walker?rq=glenn") ### Details **Date: August 15 – October 12, 2025** **When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Special Thanks **Buzz Cusak** for his continued generosity to The Peale. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. #### Supported in part by [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) ](https://warholfoundation.org/) **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Built to Last: Exhibition Opening April 17](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-opening-april-17/) **Published:** March 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/B2L-Opening-Header-copy-e1775388910306-1024x565.jpg) Image: City Mirage (2025) by Sadia Aaminah ### April 17 – June 15, 2026 1st Floor | Moses Williams Center ### Overview Baltimore is a city shaped by what it builds—and what it chooses to preserve. *Built to Last* brings together contemporary artists and historic materials to explore the buildings that define Baltimore’s past and continue to shape its future, ![Open (2025) by Sarah Daniels](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Opem-768x1091.jpg)Open (2025) by Sarah Daniels ![The Color of Baltimore (2025) by David Gibney](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/The-Color-of-Baltimore-768x841.jpg)The Color of Baltimore (2025) by David Gibney ![Trial and Lunch (2025) by Matthew Cahill](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Cahill_000004_340244_190908_15806-768x1030.jpg)Trial and Lunch (2025) by Matthew Cahill ![B&O Company Headquarters (2025) by Christian Lynch](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Lynch_000028_249247_097369_15806-768x1152.jpg)B&O Company Headquarters (2025) by Christian Lynch ![Old Paul's Church (2025) by Aynex Mercado](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mercado_000017_314483_163363_15806-768x586.jpg)Old Paul's Church (2025) by Aynex Mercado ![Cosmic Tryptic (2025) by Elise Petersen-Deitrick](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Petersen-Deitrick_000018_273270_122763_15806-768x450.jpg)Cosmic Tryptic (2025) by Elise Petersen-Deitrick ![The Historic Gayety Theatre by Nicole Ucheya](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Ucheya_000038_310936_164552_15806-768x497.jpg)The Historic Gayety Theatre by Nicole Ucheya ### About the Exhibition Last fall, The Peale invited artists across the region to respond to a simple but powerful idea: **What do Baltimore’s buildings carry through time?** Artists were asked to interpret ten enduring landmarks—structures that have shaped the city’s civic, cultural, and architectural identity. The result is a layered exhibition that pairs historic black-and-white architectural photography with contemporary artworks created in response to them. Together, these works explore: - Preservation and loss - Adaptation and reuse - The evolving meaning of place in Baltimore #### What You’ll Experience Visitors will encounter both documentation and interpretation: - Historic photographs capturing Baltimore’s architectural legacy - Contemporary artworks reimagining these same spaces - A dialogue between past and present across ten landmark sites This is not just an exhibition—it’s a way of seeing the city differently. ### Featured Artists - Sadia Aaminah - M. Travis Cahill - Sarah Daniels - Patrick Dwyre (MAKE STUDIO) - Holly Echavarria - David Gibney - Kathleen Kotarba - Tony Labate (MAKE STUDIO) - Xyl Lasersohn - Christian Lynch - Aynex Mercado - Molly Palmer - Elise Petersen-Deitrick - Linda Press - Linda Rabben - Carl Schmidt - Madison Short - Nicole Ucheya ### Jurors - **Catherine Arthur**, Chief Curator, Maryland Center for History and Culture - **Jo Briggs**, Jennie Walters Delano Curator, 18th- & 19th-Century Art, Walters Art Museum - **Schroeder Cherry**, Museum Curator at Morgan State University James E. Lewis Museum of Art - **Imani Haynes**, Curator, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture - **Joe Tropea**, Curator, City of Baltimore (Mayor’s Office) **Built to Last |** April 17 – June 15, 2026 | The Peale | 225 Holliday Street | Baltimore, Maryland **Admission is free** [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/built-to-last-2026/) ### Programming and Events #### Opening Reception **Friday, April 17, 2026 | 6 – 8 PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986726204559?aff=oddtdtcreator)** Join artists, preservation advocates, and the community to celebrate Baltimore’s enduring landmarks. #### Closing Reception **Friday, June 5, 2026 | 6 – 8 PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990576441722?aff=oddtdtcreator)** Join exhibiting artists, organizers, and community members to celebrate Built To Last and award winners of this years exhibition. Built to Last is presented as part of **Life in Baltimore**, The Peale’s ongoing initiative to document and interpret the city’s civic and cultural life through exhibitions, storytelling, and community collaboration. ### Supported by ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) ### Community Partners [ ![AIA Baltimore Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aia-balt.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/) [ ![Baltimore Architecture Foundation Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bagf.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/baltimore-architecture-foundation/) [ ![Baltimore Heritage logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/baltimoreheritage-logo-2014.jpg) ](https://baltimoreheritage.org/) [ ![bnha-logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/bnha-logo-e1762612201781-reep84kpzu03vdbuvdqloy40f1bwj7no6c44kx5vk0.jpeg "bnha-logo") ](https://www.explorebaltimore.org) [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mchc.png) ](https://www.mdhistory.org/) [ ![Preservation Maryland logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/preservation-maryland_logo-color-1024x248.png) ](https://preservationmaryland.org/) [ ![The red brick facade of the Peale building. The front steps are colored like the rainbow flag.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/walters.png) ](https://thewalters.org/) **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Call for Volunteers: Help During Memorial Day Weekend](https://thepeale.org/call-for-volunteers-help/) **Published:** March 9, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Call for Volunteers: Memorial Day Weekend ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371-1024x497.png) Located just steps from Baltimore City Hall, **The Peale — Baltimore’s Community Museum —** becomes an active hub during Memorial Day Weekend, hosting special exhibitions, creative workshops, storytelling programs, and community gatherings throughout the festival. To make this possible, we rely on an incredible team of volunteers who help welcome visitors, support programs, and ensure the museum runs smoothly during the busy festival weekend. If you’re looking for **volunteer opportunities in Baltimore**, we invite you to join us. #### **Why Volunteer?** Volunteering is a great way to: - support Baltimore’s arts community - meet artists and creative leaders - help visitors discover one of Baltimore’s historic cultural landmarks - gain experience working with a museum during a major arts festival - connect with others who care about Baltimore’s cultural life Whether you can help for a few hours or several days, your time and energy make a real difference. #### **Volunteer Roles at The Peale** We are looking for volunteers to assist with a variety of activities, including: - Visitor Welcome & Information - Program & Workshop Support - Gallery & Exhibition Support - Festival Operations - Event Setup & Breakdown - Photography & Social Media #### **Who Should Volunteer?** We welcome volunteers from across the Baltimore community, including: - students and young professionals - artists and creatives - educators and historians - community organizers - museum lovers - anyone who enjoys helping others and supporting the arts No prior museum experience is required. ##### **About The Peale** Founded in **1814 by Rembrandt Peale**, The Peale is the **oldest purpose-built museum building in the United States** and today serves as **Baltimore’s Community Museum**. Through exhibitions, storytelling projects, public programs, and cultural collaborations, The Peale explores Baltimore’s past while creating space for new stories and creative experimentation. During Memorial Day weekend, the museum becomes a lively gathering place where visitors, artists, and neighbors come together to celebrate Baltimore’s creativity. #### **Sign Up to Volunteer** If you’re interested in volunteering during **Memorial Day Weekend, May 22 – 25**, please complete the volunteer form here. [ Volunteer ](https://thepeale.org/volunteer/artscape-volunteer-form/#) **Categories:** News --- ### [NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/) **Published:** April 10, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # NONET ## The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting ### On View April 4 – May 31, 2026 ### Opening Reception April 11, 2026 | 3-8 PM ### 2nd Floor & 3rd Floor Galleries ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-Hoffberger-Show-Poster-1024x819.png) *Nonet* is the final thesis exhibition of the nine 2026 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. While each artist in this show has a distinct approach, working together in a shared space has resulted in often surprising visual connections and influences. The exhibition title, *Nonet,* suggests the kinds of subtle connections generated between musicians working together in a band. So with these artists, diverse bodies of works are united by proximity and collaboration. Their bond as a community is evident in the overlapping conversations, techniques, and content of their apparently diverse work. The nine also share an understanding of painting as both image and material object. In *Nonet*, the materiality of painting is explored in mediums including oil, acrylic, silkscreen, and watercolor on fabric, wood, plastic, and paper. While artists both acknowledge and confront art-historical precedent, each also related in some way to contemporary discourse: the examination of identity and personal history, intercultural connectivity, the exploration of gender and sexuality, concern for the environment, and the meaning of painting in relation to the digital age. *Nonet* is on view at The Peale in the 2nd and 3rd floor galleries from April 4 through May 11, 2026. Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 2026, 3:00 – 8:00 PM | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987162210665?aff=oddtdtcreator) Check out The Peale’s current exhibits [here](https://thepeale.org/exhibitions/). **Categories:** Exhibits **Tags:** hoffberger --- ### [People's Choice Awards: Built to Last 2026](https://thepeale.org/peoples-choice-awards-btl26/) **Published:** April 18, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### Vote for the People’s Choice Awards in *Built to Last* The Peale invites you to take part in the **People’s Choice Awards** for *Built to Last*, our current exhibition exploring Baltimore’s historic built environment through the eyes of contemporary artists. This is your opportunity to shape the outcome. #### **How to vote** As you experience the exhibition, select the **three artworks that resonate most with you**. - Choose **exactly three works** - **One vote per person** - Voting is open through **June 1, 2026 at 5 pm** At the close of voting, the **top three artworks receiving the most votes will each be awarded a $250 cash prize**, presented alongside the juried awards. #### **Why your vote matters** *Built to Last* is about how we see Baltimore—its architecture, its history, and the stories embedded in its spaces. The People’s Choice Awards ensure that the public plays a direct role in recognizing the work that resonates most. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) Supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation, these awards help provide direct financial support to artists while elevating the voices and perspectives shaping how Baltimore is seen and remembered today. Your selections help amplify the work that leaves a lasting impression. #### **How to participate** Visitors can access this ballot by scanning the QR code in the galleries. The process takes just a few minutes and gives all visitors a direct role in the exhibition. Winners will be announced in **June.** #### **Thank you for voting.** Once you’ve selected your favorites, consider taking the next step—many of the artworks are available through our online auction. Place a bid or purchase a work to directly support the artists behind *Built to Last.* [ ![Auction gallery page titled 'Built to Last' showing photos for bid, organized by Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture Inc.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-19-at-7.46.38-AM-1024x624.png) ](https://givebutter.com/c/OONTRQ/auction) Loading… #### **How to vote** As you experience the exhibition, select the **three artworks that resonate most with you**. - Choose **exactly three works** - **One vote per person** - Voting is open through **June 1, 2026 at 5 pm** At the close of voting, the **top three artworks receiving the most votes will each be awarded a $250 cash prize**, presented alongside the juried awards. #### **Why your vote matters** *Built to Last* is about how we see Baltimore—its architecture, its history, and the stories embedded in its spaces. The People’s Choice Awards ensure that the public plays a direct role in recognizing the work that resonates most. **Categories:** News --- ### [The Guild @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/the-guild-the-peale/) **Published:** January 30, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** # The Guild @ The Peale ## Building the Next Generation of Preservation Tradespeople​ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Corners_15-768x1024.jpg) The Guild @ The Peale is a paid apprenticeship program training the next generation of preservation tradespeople while creating pathways to stable, well-paying careers for Baltimore residents. Launched in 2020, the program provides hands-on experience in historic building trades including masonry repair, carpentry, window restoration, plastering, and conservation of historic materials. Apprentices work alongside experienced preservation professionals while also gaining life skills such as financial literacy and career planning. With a focus on equity and inclusion, The Guild supports people from marginalized communities who have historically faced barriers to entering the preservation trades. Graduates leave with nationally recognized skills and professional networks that prepare them for meaningful employment in a growing field. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and supported in part by the TransAmerica Foundation, the Sheridan Foundation, and the Baltimore National Heritage Area. To learn more, join the interest list, or download the program report, visit [**thepeale.org/guild**](https://thepeale.org/guild/). ### Get Involved Whether you’re interested in becoming an apprentice, learning more about the program, or supporting the next generation of preservation professionals, The Guild@The Peale welcomes you. To join the interest list or download the program report, visit [**thepeale.org/guild**](https://thepeale.org/guild/). You can also reach the team directly at **theguild@thepeale.org** or **667-222-1814**. #### Preserving Baltimore’s past means investing in its people—and The Guild @ The Peale is helping ensure both thrive together. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DOL-MasterLogo_BLUE.svg) Funded by the [**U.S. Department of Labor**](https://www.dol.gov/) and supported in part by the [**TransAmerica Foundation**](https://www.transamerica.com/about-us/aegon-transamerica-foundation), the [**Sheridan Foundation**](https://www.sheridanfoundation.org/), and the [**Baltimore National Heritage Area**](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/), The Guild @ The Peale offers a living wage, professional mentorship, and a supportive environment leading to meaningful employment. [ Learn More ](https://thepeale.org/guild/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Illuminator Awards: The Light Comes On April 16](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards-041626/) **Published:** April 1, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## The Light Comes On April 16 ### Illuminator Awards 2026 #### **April 16, 2026 | Baltimore** Celebrating Baltimore’s brightest change-makers in arts, history, and community. ##### An evening celebrating the people and organizations shaping Baltimore’s future. ### Honorees ![Afro House](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AFrohouse485-300x300.gif)Afro House ![Doreen Bolger](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Doreen-Bolger485-300x300.webp)Doreen Bolger ![Laura Gamble for PNC](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Laura-Gamble-485-300x300.webp)Laura Gamble for PNC ![Johns Hopkins](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Johns-Hopkins-pic485-300x300.webp)Johns Hopkins ![Cara Ober for BmoreArt](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Cara-ober485-300x300.png)Cara Ober for BmoreArt ##### Next week, we’ll be opening our doors for an evening that brings together many of the people who care deeply about Baltimore—its stories, its creativity, and its future. ##### On April 16, The Peale will host the Illuminator Awards. It’s our way of recognizing a group of individuals and organizations whose work is helping shape the life of this city in meaningful ways. ##### The evening will be simple and intentional. We’ll gather at The Peale, share time together over dinner, and then move into a short program where we hear directly from and about this year’s honorees. Their stories are thoughtful, personal, and rooted in Baltimore. ##### For us, this isn’t just about honoring a few people. It’s about creating a space where different parts of the city can come together—artists, neighbors, leaders, supporters—and feel connected to one another. ##### It also reflects what The Peale has always been at its best: a place for exchange, for participation, and for shared experience. If you’ve been following what we’re building here, this is a nice moment to step into it in person. ##### We’ll be finalizing arrangements early this week, so tickets will close on Tuesday. ##### We hope you’ll join us. [ Get tickets ](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Objects Made Holy - Exhibit by Gina Pierleoni](https://thepeale.org/objects-made-holy/) **Published:** February 6, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # Objects Made Holy ## Curated by Gina Pierleoni ### On View February 12, 2026 – March 29, 2026 | 2nd Floor ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gina-pierleoni-1024x640.jpg) Curated by Gina Pierleoni with a short film by Myles Banks, this exhibit brings together 40 Baltimore City residents, the objects they consider sacred, and the moving stories that transform how these items are experienced. A spoon is never just a spoon. ### Curator’s Statement Baltimore is woven together by stories that arrived in her ports, through migration, or originated here. We assume we know people’s stories. We don’t. For this exhibit, I invited 42 Baltimore residents to consider an object that held meaning for them. The participants chose based on personal significance and the accompanying story. These objects are links to culture, ancestry, history, and identity. Despite their physical appearance, they are revered, provide an emotional tether, or possess healing powers even if those powers are invisible. People often expect each other to experience and understand life’s complexities the same way; these objects and stories subvert that belief. A spoon is never just a spoon. *Objects Made* Holy invites slowing down, allowing items to transport us and transform how we see, understand, and connect with one another. Once we know someone’s story, we’re changed. And we become part of it. It’s important to remember that I curated the storytellers, not the objects. The participants form a cross section of Baltimore, span 6 decades, and are racially, religiously, socially, and ideologically diverse. Some people were born in the US, others not. Their backgrounds and careers are as varied as the objects they chose. Many have never heard of The Peale. The connective thread? Since moving to Baltimore in 1983, I have shared some sweetness with each of them, some over the course of decades, some years, others, months. Though these objects may not all have originated in Baltimore, the love that is felt for them lives here. Gathering the objects and stories all in one place is powerful and palpable. Displaying items in vitrines, glass cases or on pedestals amplifies their importance. In experiencing this exhibit, I believe participants and viewers will feel more connected to their own stories, notice overlaps with others, and perhaps feel transformed. *Objects Made Holy* is installed at The Peale specifically because its history and mission are built around Baltimore stories and community. It is the oldest purposefully built museum building in the country. Bringing together sacred objects and stories from different parts of Baltimore can be healing for the city. In every community, stories are part of our connective tissue. Thank you for experiencing these. **Gina Pierleoni** **Curator** ### Objects Made Holy Online Film Screening and Q&A Session Recording taken during the *Objects Made Holy* Online Q&A Event on March 23, 2026. ### Exhibition Programming #### In-Person Events: **Opening Reception** | February 15, 2026 1pm-3pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1980573446494?aff=oddtdtcreator) **Objects and Meaning Discussion Panel** | March 1, 2026 1pm-3pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982525663628?aff=oddtdtcreator) **Objects and Storytelling Open Mic** | March 7, 2026 1pm-3pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982526264425?aff=oddtdtcreator) **Just Make It Up Storytelling** | March 21, 2026 1pm-3pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982526748874?aff=oddtdtcreator) **Closing Reception** | March 29, 2026 1pm-3pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1980573720313?aff=oddtdtcreator) #### Virtual Events: ***Objects Made Holy* Film Screening** | February 23, 2026 6pm-7:30pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982522547307?aff=oddtdtcreator) ***Objects Made Holy* Online Q&A**| March 23, 2026 6pm-7:30pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982524111987?aff=oddtdtcreator) #### Daily Activities: **Community Wall** | Share a drawing or piece of writing about a special object you have. Materials provided. **Scavenger Hunt** | Can you find all the objects on your scavenger hunt? **Notes to Storytellers** | Leave a personalized note for the storytellers. How did your assumptions about a particular object change once you heard or read the story? ***Objects Made Holy** was made possible in part by grants from Maryland State Arts Council and The Peale Community Creators Fund. Thank you to Kim Domanski who said yes in 2024.* Explore the other exhibitions on view at The Peale [here](https://thepeale.org/exhibitions/)*.* **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) **Published:** January 13, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Founding Fossils ### When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide In 1801, Charles Willson Peale and his son Rembrandt launched what would become the first scientific expedition in U.S. history—unearthing massive bones from a New York farm that were later identified as a prehistoric mastodon. That discovery helped introduce a radical idea to the American public: species could go extinct. At The Peale—Baltimore’s Community Museum—*Founding Fossils* revisits that pivotal moment in American science and public education, connecting early natural history to the ways we learn, interpret, and share knowledge today. The story links art, archaeology, and museum innovation, inviting visitors to consider how scientific ideas move from excavation to exhibition—and into public understanding. More than two centuries later, *Founding Fossils* presents this foundational story through a contemporary, accessible lens. Conceived by archaeologist and accessibility consultant Dr. Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, the exhibition brings together history, art, and cutting-edge technology to create a multisensory, touch-accessible museum experience for sighted and blind visitors alike. Designed with inclusive interpretation at its core, the exhibition demonstrates how accessibility strengthens engagement for everyone. The exhibition features 3D-printed replicas of mastodon fossils originally collected by the Peales and early American leaders. These objects—scanned by Dr. Bernard Means and the [Virtual Curator Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University](https://vcuarchaeology3d.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/3-d-printed-replicas-and-the-founding-fossils-exhibit/)—are paired with sculptural and graphic elements inspired by *Founding Monsters*, an award-winning comic series exploring how science, politics, and archaeology intersected at the dawn of the United States. Together, these elements provide multiple entry points: tactile exploration, visual storytelling, and historical context. ##### **On view through 2026 at The Peale.** Free admission. Donations welcome. ##### For full exhibition details, collaborators, and visiting information, [explore the complete exhibition page](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-founding-fossils/). ![A young woman holds a huge 3D printed fossil over her head.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Maddie-Martin-from-VCU.png) VCU student Maddie Martin with a 3D-printed replica of a mastodon mandible once exhibited at The Peale in Baltimore beginning in 1814. By blending tactile objects, graphic narrative, and historical interpretation, *Founding Fossils* invites visitors to experience early American science in new ways—and to reflect on how knowledge is created, shared, preserved, and made accessible in museums and communities. The exhibition serves as a model for inclusive exhibit design, demonstrating how public history can be both innovative and equitable. **Categories:** Permanent Exhibit --- ### [Education Will Be Our Pride](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) **Published:** January 13, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Education Will Be Our Pride ### Education, Resistance, and the Legacy of The Peale ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1thumb.png) #### From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building played a pivotal role in Baltimore’s African American educational history. Known then as **Male and Female Colored School No. 1**, the building housed one of the city’s first grammar schools for Black students—and later became **the first high school for people of color in the state of Maryland**. ##### This chapter of the Peale’s past reflects a broader struggle for educational equity in post–Civil War Baltimore. ##### At a time when public education for African Americans was severely underfunded and restricted, the school represented both progress and persistence. Students, families, educators, and community leaders fought for expanded curricula, proper facilities, and the right to advanced education—efforts that unfolded over decades and helped shape Baltimore’s public school system. ##### ##### The story of Colored School No. 1 also highlights the Peale building itself as a site of activism. Within its walls, generations of students pursued education as a pathway to citizenship, professional opportunity, and self-determination. Graduates of the school would go on to become some of Baltimore’s earliest African American educators, reinforcing the community’s long-standing demand for “colored teachers for colored schools.” ##### Today, this digital exhibition brings together historical documents, images, audio, and scholarly research to illuminate a story that has rarely been told in full. ##### By situating the Peale within the larger fight for educational justice, *Baltimore’s Colored School No. 1* invites visitors to reflect on the enduring link between education and civil rights—past and present. ##### [Explore the full history, multimedia tours, and research behind this project on The Peale’s website.](https://thepeale.org/school-one/) **Categories:** Permanent Exhibit --- ### [Call for Artists - Life in Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-life-in-baltimore/) **Published:** February 13, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Life in Baltimore - Call for Artists ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img416edit.jpg) Photo courtesy of Josh Sinn ### The Peale is pleased to announce the opening of the Call for Artists for *Life in Baltimore*, a juried exhibition exploring the lived experience and everyday life of our city. #### About the Exhibition ***Life in Baltimore*** welcomes artists across disciplines. Documentary, conceptual, narrative, abstract, and experimental approaches are all encouraged. The exhibition is intentionally broad in theme, allowing artists to interpret “life” through personal, political, social, or poetic lenses. We are interested in work that asks: - What does daily life in Baltimore look like now? - How do communities gather, survive, celebrate, and endure? - What stories are visible — and which remain unseen? - How is the present moment shaping the city’s future? The exhibition opens in **October 2026** and will run for **1 month** at The Peale. This exhibition centers the human experience of Baltimore — its people, neighborhoods, labor, rituals, relationships, joys, and struggles. We are seeking work that reflects Baltimore as it is lived today. #### A Revitalized Tradition This initiative revives a historic program originally presented at the Peale Museum in the 1950s and 60s, when artists were invited to document life in Baltimore through their own creative lens. By reinvigorating *Life in Baltimore*, The Peale continues its legacy as a space where art and civic identity intersect. Today’s iteration expands that vision to include diverse artistic media and contemporary perspectives, reflecting the complexity and vitality of Baltimore in the 21st century. #### Supported by ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) #### Awards Supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation, the top five artists will receive a cash prize for their submissions. #### Exhibition Cycle - **Call for Artists Opens:** February 2026 - **Submission Deadline:** August 31, 2026 - **Exhibition Opens:** October 2026 - **Duration:** 1 months Selected works will be installed in The Peale’s community exhibition spaces as part of an annual cycle that documents Baltimore through both lived experience (*Life in Baltimore*) and the built environment (*Built to Last*). Together, these exhibitions form a dynamic rhythm of storytelling about the city — one focused on people, the other on place. #### Who Should Apply? - Emerging and established artists - Baltimore-based artists and artists responding to Baltimore - Artists working in photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, installation, film, digital work, performance documentation, and more We encourage submissions from artists whose work reflects the diversity of Baltimore’s communities and perspectives. #### How to Apply Submissions are being accepted through CaFÉ. Click below for full guidelines and submission details. [ Learn More ](https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16810) **Categories:** News --- ### [Sassy Toes Returns to The Peale](https://thepeale.org/sassy-toes/) **Published:** November 8, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### Come Meet Sassy Toes - The Peale’s Biggest Resident! ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Sassy-Toes-1024x768.jpg) "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 a new star at The Peale, and she’s impossible to miss. Floating gracefully through the museum’s spiral stairwell is **Sassy Toes**, a towering puppet-sculpture of a mastodon whose presence fills the space with wonder and playfulness. Sassy Toes is more than an artwork — she’s a symbol of everything The Peale stands for: creativity, curiosity, and community. Inspired by the original mastodon once exhibited by Charles Willson Peale in 1802 — the first full fossil reconstruction ever shown in America — this new interpretation brings that spirit of discovery into the 21st century. Hand-crafted by local artists and collaborators, Sassy Toes was designed to *move* people — not just in size and scale, but emotionally. Her sweeping ribs and enormous limbs seem to climb upward through the stairwell, inviting visitors to follow her path from floor to floor. Each view reveals something new: light filtering through the bones, shadows dancing on the walls, and that unmistakable feeling that history is alive and playful here. Now that she’s settled in, we invite you to come meet Sassy Toes in person. Bring your friends, family, and curiosity — she loves a good audience. Snap a selfie from the landing, share it to help us welcome this prehistoric Baltimorean to her new home. Because at The Peale, the past isn’t something we simply preserve — it’s something we play with, learn from, and bring to life. **Categories:** News, Uncategorized --- ### [Announcing the Illuminator Awards 2026](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards-2026-2/) **Published:** January 8, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### The Peale Announces the Illuminator Awards 2026 ##### **An Evening Celebrating the People and Organizations Shaping Baltimore’s Future** --- ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/header-image-1024x683.png) #### The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, will host the **2026 Illuminator Awards** on **Thursday, April 16, 2026**. ##### The event will bring together leaders from various fields for a night of celebration and storytelling. The Illuminator Awards honor people and groups that enhance Baltimore’s culture, build communities, and promote inclusivity and creativity. The honorees will be announced soon. The event serves as both a celebration and a call to action. It supports The Peale’s mission to encourage community storytelling, artistic expression, and public history. The evening will feature live performances, as well as short documentary-style video tributes. Attendees will have opportunities to directly support The Peale’s programs. These include artist initiatives, apprenticeships in the restorative arts, public exhibitions, and innovative digital storytelling projects. “The Illuminator Awards highlight the people and ideas that shape Baltimore’s identity,” said John Suau, Executive Director of The Peale. “This event allows us to honor leadership, creativity, and civic commitment while investing in the next chapter of Baltimore’s stories.” Tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and event updates are now available. Early supporters get priority access and recognition as founding supporters of the 2026 awards. **Event Details:** **• Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026** • **Host:** The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum For tickets, sponsorship, and updates, please [v](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/)[isit the event page.](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/ "visit the event page.") **Categories:** News --- ### [Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) **Published:** January 13, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-939x1024.jpg) Moses Williams silhouette ### Recovering a Master Artist’s Story [**Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles**](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-moses-williams/) brings long-overdue attention to one of the most prolific and overlooked artists of early America. Born around 1776, Moses Williams was an extraordinary silhouette artist whose finely cut “profiles” captured the likenesses of hundreds of people at a time when photography did not yet exist. In an era when portraiture often signaled status and permanence, Williams’s work offered something both intimate and radical: a quick, affordable likeness that made self-representation accessible to a wider public—while also revealing the presence of a Black artist working at the heart of the early American museum world. Williams was born enslaved to artist and museum founder Charles Willson Peale and grew up working in [**Peale’s Philadelphia museum**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peale%27s_Philadelphia_Museum). Like many enslaved people, he was compelled to labor in service of others—yet within that environment he developed an extraordinary skill and a distinct professional identity. Over time, Williams became known for his precision, speed, and sensitivity to character. He eventually earned money for his work and, in doing so, became one of the earliest documented African American artists to achieve professional success in the United States. His story complicates familiar narratives of early American art by placing a Black maker—not simply a subject or an unnamed worker—at the center of cultural production. Silhouettes may appear modest at first glance, but they sit at the intersection of craft, technology, and social life. They required mastery of tools, close observation, and the ability to translate a living face into a clean, legible outline—often in minutes. Williams’s “profiles” are not only portraits; they are records of encounter. They preserve moments of presence for people who might otherwise be absent from the historical record, and they raise questions that still resonate today: Who gets remembered? Who is credited? What kinds of labor are visible—and what kinds are concealed? This exhibition traces Williams’s work within the context of the Peale family’s museums and the early republic, while also confronting the conditions under which his talent emerged. It invites visitors to consider how museums themselves were shaped by systems of coerced labor, and how the artistry of enslaved and marginalized people helped build the cultural institutions that would later claim to represent the nation. At the same time, it highlights Williams’s agency—his professional ingenuity, his ability to earn income, and the remarkable legacy of an artist who insisted, through his work, on the value of individual lives. His story now comes full circle at The Peale in Baltimore, the museum founded by Rembrandt Peale, where his life and legacy are being re-examined and shared with new audiences. As Baltimore’s Community Museum, The Peale is committed to telling history as something living—shaped by ongoing research, public dialogue, and the communities who engage it. Williams’s work offers a powerful anchor for that approach: it is historically specific and deeply contemporary, connecting early American cultural life to enduring questions about race, authorship, visibility, and belonging. Developed in partnership with Quatrefoil Associates, this exhibition marks the first iteration of a **permanent, evolving installation** dedicated to Moses Williams. Ongoing research continues to shape and expand the exhibition, reflecting The Peale’s commitment to scholarship that grows over time—and to interpretation that remains responsive rather than fixed. Visitors may encounter new findings, rotating materials, and emerging questions as this installation develops. Through silhouettes, interpretive materials, and experimental display techniques, *Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles* invites visitors to look closely—at the artistry of the cut, at the social world these portraits reveal, and at the historical forces that nearly obscured Williams’s name. Above all, it restores visibility to an artist whose contributions were nearly lost to history, and it reframes the early American museum not as a static monument, but as a contested space where stories can be recovered, reinterpreted, and made newly present. ##### **On view at The Peale.** Free admission. Donations welcome. ##### For full exhibition details and visiting information, explore the complete exhibition page. **Categories:** Permanent Exhibit --- ### [Chamber Music Maryland with Wordsmith](https://thepeale.org/chamber-music-maryland-at-the-peale-returns-with-wordsmith/) **Published:** January 17, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** Chamber Music Maryland’s intimate concert series at Baltimore’s historic Peale Museum is returning for its third year! You will not want to miss these unique musical experiences followed by post-concert chats with the artists with wine and sweets. [Chamber Music Maryland](https://chambermusicmaryland.org/) returns to The Peale in February with Wordsmith – Bridging Worlds: Hip-Hop Meets Chamber Music. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20786_image.png) Join us on **Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM** at The Peale for an engaging, genre-blending conversation with Baltimore’s own **Wordsmith**. In this lively talk, [Wordsmith](https://wordsmithmusic.com/#home-section) will explore the evolving intersection of hip-hop and chamber music, sharing how artists today are remixing tradition, challenging assumptions, and building new space for storytelling through sound. You’ll learn about how current artists are bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary genres. Come curious – Wordsmith will open the floor for an interactive Q&A, so bring your questions and ideas about the future of genre-crossing art. Held in partnership with Chamber Music Maryland to bring amazing chamber music artists to an intimate setting in the heart of Baltimore City. This series features three exceptional chamber music recitals, each followed by an exciting Meet-the-Artists reception [ Details & Tickets ](#) **Categories:** News --- ### [Job Position: Program Manager  ](https://thepeale.org/aaa-program-manager/) **Published:** January 22, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** **Position: Accomplished Arts Apprentices** **(AAA) Program Manager** The Peale is seeking a creative problem-solver with experience in arts administration, education or workforce development to serve as the AAA Program Manager. This individual will be responsible for the overall coordination of the AAA Program, as well as provide a support system for the Apprentices. The AAA program aims to increase equity and inclusion in the arts, creative and preservation trades with specific focus on people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. Apprentices are typically aged 19-24 and receive hands-on training in exhibition installation, art handling, historic preservation, and related trades, as well as greater involvement in and appreciation for the arts and culture lifelong. **Work Schedule:** Avg. 32 hours per week from mid-March 2024 – end December 2024 with a 6-week break in the summer. Work is primarily onsite and at partner sites, Tuesdays-Fridays, 9:30am-5:30pm with occasional meetings outside of those days and hours. Some work off-site will be necessary to secure resources for the program, plan and lead field trips, and complete administrative tasks. **Responsibilities include:** - Curriculum calendar management - Instructor communication & coordination - Course resource management - Plan and lead field trips - Interviewing potential Apprentices - Apprentice skills assessment - Ensuring strong foundational learning for Apprentices - Securing support services for Apprentices - Ordering daily lunches for Apprentices - Program documentation - Coordinating program planning meetings - Apprentice work time management and reporting Qualifications: The ideal candidate for this position is an excellent communicator with experience managing multifaceted projects. The Program Manager must be a self-starter and work with minimal daily direction, but also mindful of when to request additional support from leadership and the team. Because of the dynamic nature of this program, the Program Manager must be flexible and adept at recognizing a need, and able to adapt processes to meet changing demands. Experience working with young adults as well as those who leave school early, returning citizens, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds is essential. Experience motivating individuals is highly desirable. Candidates must also have experience working within the Microsoft Office Suite, primarily Word, Outlook, Teams and Excel. **INTERESTED APPLICANTS:** Email cover letter, resume, and list of three professional references to by February 22. Please include “AAA Program Manager” in the subject line. **About The Peale** Based in the oldest museum building in the U.S., the Peale is Baltimore’s community museum and a place where anyone can contribute their story to the City’s cultural and historical narrative. The Peale is also a teaching museum and homebase for the Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) program. Learn more about The Peale by visiting ThePeale.org. [ Apply Today ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) **Categories:** Jobs --- ### [The Peale Wins a Buildy Award!](https://thepeale.org/the-peale-wins-a-buildy-award/) **Published:** March 4, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/buildy-768x576.jpg) The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) has announced The Peale as one of this year’s [Building Museums™ Symposium’s Buildy Award Winners](https://midatlanticmuseums.org/building-museums/buildy-awards/). The Buildy Award recognizes The Peale for its leadership and exemplary accomplishment through the planning, construction, and life after opening. The Buildy Award aims to increase awareness within the field and the public at large, while emphasizing the value of museums and the need for their ongoing creation, rehabilitation, and expansion to serve future generations. Projects of different scales, types and budgets are eligible, with the emphasis being on the impact of the project. The museum director must address the competing interests of staff, trustees, financial contributors, artists, architects, engineers, contractors, visitors, and other parties. Winners of the Buildy Awards have managed to guide their teams to create lasting assets for their institutions and their communities within a financially sustainable framework. The Buildy Award Committee noted several factors that contributed to The Peale’s success: - The involvement of the community in the development of the design and its programming, and the impact The Peale is making within the community through programs, including the apprenticeship program for exhibition preparation and historic preservation trades that is unique for a museum. - The remarkable and sustainable revitalization of a significant historic landmark. The Committee noted the installation of an all-electric HVAC system and the gentle refurbishment of existing building fabric and finishes that is inherently sustainable and provides for a healthy interior environment. - The beautiful rejuvenation of The Peale’s garden space and its extension into the adjacent alley. A new elevator fronting the alley provides accessibility to the building. The Peale is honored to receive this achievement, its 6th award for the renovation of the historic Peale Museum building. **Categories:** Architecture, History **Tags:** Awards --- ### [Doreen Bolger – Illuminating Leadership](https://thepeale.org/doreen-bolger/) **Published:** January 18, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** #### **Former Baltimore Museum of Art Director Dr. Doreen Bolger to Be Honored at 2026 Illuminator Awards for Transformative Cultural Leadership** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-6.59.31 PM-e1765466982981.png) DOREEN BOLGER **Baltimore, MD** – The Illuminator Awards are pleased to recognize **Dr. Doreen Bolger**, former director of the **Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA)**, for her visionary leadership and enduring contributions to the arts. Bolger served as director of the BMA from **1998 to 2015**, redefining the museum’s artistic focus on modern art and placing greater emphasis on its world‑renowned collection. During her tenure she launched major traveling exhibitions and expanded educational programs, while also eliminating general admission fees to make the museum accessible to all. Under her leadership the museum underwent a **$28 million renovation** as part of its 100th‑anniversary celebration and experienced significant growth in attendance and funding. The museum developed acclaimed exhibitions such as *Joyce J. Scott: Kickin’ It with the Old Masters*, *Painted Prints*, *Work Ethic* and *Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape* and added important works by artists including **Henri Matisse**, **Joshua Johnson**, **Henry Ossawa Tanner**, and **Nick Cave**. > “Doreen Bolger opened the doors of the BMA to everyone and championed contemporary artists long before it was fashionable,” said F. William Chickering, Board President. “Her inclusive vision and dedication to Baltimore’s creative community have inspired countless artists, curators and patrons.” Bolger has remained active as an arts and nonprofit management consultant in Baltimore, working with institutions such as Maryland Art Place, the Reynolda House Museum of American Art and the Crow Museum of Asian Art, and serves on the board of Creative Alliance. She continues to fundraise, lecture and serve on boards while advocating for Baltimore’s vibrant arts ecosystem. #### **About Dr. Doreen Bolger** Dr. Bolger is an art historian and museum leader who served as director of the Baltimore Museum of Art for 17 years. She previously held curatorial and directorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Bolger has taught at several universities, authored and edited numerous scholarly books and articles, and has received two honorary degrees and multiple awards for her contributions to the arts.Baltimore, MD – The 2026 Illuminator Awards will celebrate **Johns Hopkins**, executive director of **Baltimore Heritage**. The awards recognize his leadership in preserving Baltimore’s historic places and revitalizing its neighborhoods. Hopkins has directed the nonprofit since 2003. He has worked tirelessly to protect historic buildings. He tells the stories of the city’s diverse communities. #### **About the Illuminator Awards** This signature Peale event brings together artists, preservationists, cultural leaders, educators, donors, and neighbors. It is a celebration of Baltimore’s creativity and resilience. The Illuminator Awards benefit The Peale – Baltimore’s Community Museum, supporting arts education and historic preservation. Tickets are available online at the link below. [Learn More](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Support for IMLS: The Peale Statement](https://thepeale.org/support-for-imls/) **Published:** March 20, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** **Museums and libraries are essential to our democracy, our history, and our future. Now, more than ever, we must stand together to protect them.** **Statement from The Peale on the Proposed Elimination of IMLS** The Peale strongly opposes the proposed elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This proposal comes from the Trump administration. This move threatens the cultural and educational infrastructure of our nation. IMLS is the only federal agency dedicated to supporting museums and libraries. It has played a vital role in preserving history. It expands access to knowledge and fosters innovation in cultural institutions across the United States. The Peale, like many institutions, has directly benefited from IMLS support. This support has enabled us to preserve Baltimore’s stories. We have been able to create accessible programming for diverse audiences. It has advanced digital storytelling initiatives that connect the past to the present. Without IMLS, The Peale will face devastating funding gaps. Countless museums, libraries, and archives across the country will also face funding challenges. This is especially true for those serving underrepresented communities. These gaps jeopardize their ability to serve the public. We urge Congress to reject this short-sighted proposal and to reaffirm its commitment to sustaining America’s cultural heritage. The elimination of IMLS would send a clear signal. It would show that the federal government is abandoning its role. This role supports the institutions that educate, inspire, and unite us. **Take Action: Help Save IMLS** We call on our supporters and fellow institutions to join us in taking a stand: ✅ Contact your elected officials – Urge your Senators and Representatives to oppose the elimination of IMLS. Encourage them to support continued federal funding for museums and libraries. Find your representatives here. ✅ Sign the petition. Join national efforts to save IMLS. Add your name to petitions organized by advocacy groups. These include the [American Alliance of Museums](https://aam-us.org) (AAM) and the American Library Association (ALA). ✅ Spread the word – Share this message on social media and use the hashtag #SaveIMLS to amplify our voices. **Categories:** Advocacy --- ### [In Memory of Kim Domanski: The Peale Remembers](https://thepeale.org/in-memory-of-kim-domanski/) **Published:** March 12, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![Kim wears a green shirt-dress. She is pictured with a man who is wearing a black suit. They are standing in a room with flowers.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_7749-2-crop-1024x945.jpg) We are deeply saddened to share that our Chief Operations Officer, Kim Domanski, passed away over the weekend. Kim was not only a valued colleague but also a dear friend to many. Her infectious laugh and unwavering kindness left a lasting impression on everyone she encountered. Kim’s work for the city and its artists spanned more than two decades. She founded Baltimore’s Public Art Commission, and authored the City’s official policy for accepting and maintaining gifts of public art. She managed the Gifts of Public Art approval process. She also managed the Percent-for-Art program. She commissioned several works of public art that generations of Baltimoreans and visitors will continue to enjoy. Kim was known as co-founder of the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize and curator of the Light City exhibition. In these roles, she worked with curators and artists of national and international renown. She oversaw dozens of public art installations each year. She served on the jury of AVAM’s Kinetic Sculpture Race. Her life partner, the artist Ed Istwan, joined her from its inaugural year in 1999 to the present. Kim brought this considerable experience and network to The Peale. She contributed to all of the exhibitions and programs we presented. There were more than 100 since her arrival in the fall of 2022. A robust rental program was key to establishing The Peale’s sustainability. Many came to The Peale from Kim’s personal connections. She worked with every community partner. She ensured that their vision and aims for their presentations were realized. She made sure each program had what it needed in terms of staffing and equipment. She often suggested ways to make programs more efficient and impactful. She connected artists and curators to bring additional expertise and professional development opportunities to their projects. Kim mentored two cohorts of apprentices. She also guided Peale staff. She shared tips and best practices in exhibition installation. She provided insights into program management gleaned from some 25 years of working in the arts. Again with Ed, she created our new Curiosity Shop. It is a showcase for local artists and artisans. It also includes vintage items. This shop speaks to The Peale’s dual purpose as a platform for Baltimore’s history and contemporary creativity. In her 2.5 years with The Peale, Kim oversaw exponential growth in visitation, reaching nearly 10,000 visitors to The Peale in 2024. In reality, Kim’s contributions to the art landscape in Baltimore are too many to include. These are “just the highlights,” as her partner says. He goes on to remark, “Her colleagues and friends will remember her support. She was a humble supporter of the visual arts.” Her colleagues and friends will remember her support. She was thoughtful and tireless in her efforts here in Baltimore. Her loved ones will remember her as the fun sister and Aunt. She loved walking on the beach. She also enjoyed taking in the waves. Together we will all miss her beautiful warmth, her natural smile, and her ability to passionately shine for everyone.” **Categories:** Peale People --- ### [Meet The Artists | 2 Talks Make One Great Day](https://thepeale.org/meet-the-artists/) **Published:** February 18, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # Meet The Artists ## 2 Artist Talks – One Great Day at The Peale ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Colorful-Minimalist-Modern-Creative-Portfolio-Presentation-1024x576.png) ### Embers Held: Artist Talk #### Saturday, February 21 | 2PM | 1st Floor Explore the ideas, materials, and lived experiences behind [*Embers Held*](https://thepeale.org/embers-held/) with artist LeRease Clark. Clark will speak about working with charcoal as a material shaped by fire and restraint, and how touch, pressure, and pause allow images to surface over time. Drawing from personal experience, ancestral memory, and spiritual insight, the conversation will reflect on staying with states that resist closure. Bodies that carry history, darkness that remains charged, and intimacy that does not require exposure. This talk offers a deeper look into Clark’s decades-long practice, their role as an exhibition installer at The Peale, and the philosophy of tending rather than forcing. Clark allows each work to remain an ember, sustained through attention and care. ### Frame by Frame: A Personal Walk Through The Secret City #### Saturday, February 21 | 12PM | 3rd Floor Join photographer Joseph Mario Giordano for an artist talk turned on its head with a tour of each photograph in the exhibit. The artist will address questions such as “Why did you take this?”, “Why film?”, and “What’s with that composition?”. Get up close and personal with each piece in [*The Secret City* ](https://thepeale.org/the-secret-city-works-on-color-film/)and gain insight into what makes good composition, street photography, and breaking clichés in photography. From BMoreArt: “*The Secret City* offers a vibrant counter-narrative: a tapestry of neighborhoods defined by more than sensational headlines and plastic pink flamingos.” Read the full article on [BMoreArt](https://bmoreart.com/2026/01/j-m-giordano-and-the-secret-city.html). Experience a new type of phototalk with J.M. Giordano at The Peale. Be sure to reserve your spot for a can’t miss day at the museum. [ Register for Embers Held Talk ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982398775101?aff=oddtdtcreator) [ Register for Frame by Frame ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1983138341163?aff=oddtdtcreator) Spend the day getting to know two of The Peale’s current exhibiting artists and the intentions, themes, and lived experiences that inform their practices. Start your afternoon with a Frame by Frame tour of J.M. Giordano’s works in color film featuring Baltimore’s “unsung middle ground”. Then, head downstairs to connect with artist LeRease Clark as they share the personal insights, memories, and experiences that guide their work. Ask our team at the Visitor’s Service desk for recommendations on the best bites in the area to round out your trip to Downtown! **Categories:** News --- ### [Embers Held](https://thepeale.org/embers-held/) **Published:** February 4, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # Embers Held ## Works by LeRease Clark ### On View February 2, 2026 – March 22, 2026 ### Moses Williams Center, 1st Floor Curated by Daisy Brown, *Embers Held* gathers works made across years of Baltimore artist LeRease Clark’s life. LeRease Clark is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist and exhibit installer based in Baltimore, MD. Drawing from personal experience, ancestral memory, and spiritual insight, Clark creates work rooted in emotional truth, sacred darkness, and the power of transformation. Working with the chaos of charcoal, they dive into the depths of identity, grief, healing, and divine femininity. As part of the exhibition team at The Peale, Clark has installed major shows including the *[Sondheim Semifinalists Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-sondheim-semifinalists-2025/), [Chromafugue](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-hoffberger-show-2025/)* \[Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting\], and *[Off the Wall](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-baker-artist-portfolios/)* \[Baker Artist Awards\]. With every piece and project, LeRease brings care, depth, and a commitment to realness – making art that reflects the unseen, the remembered, and the rising. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Know-Thyself-2025-735x1024.jpg) ### Special Event Dates: Opening Reception | February 7, 2pm-4pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982397662774?aff=oddtdtcreator) Artist Talk | February 21, 2pm-3pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embers-held-artist-talk-tickets-1982398775101?aff=oddtdtcreator) Closing Reception | March 20, 4pm-7pm | [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embers-held-closing-reception-tickets-1982399877398?aff=oddtdtcreator) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Uncertainty-2024-802x1024.png) ### Artist Statement “*Embers Held* gathers works made across years of returning to the same questions, guided by a desire to stay close to what remains after intensity. That return has inspired both the images and the way they are made. I work primarily with charcoal, a material shaped by fire and restraint, allowing figures to emerge slowly, held in shadow and memory. Through touch, pressure, and pause, I stay with states that resist closure – bodies that carry history, darkness that remains charged, intimacy that does not require exposure. In this way, the exhibition moves away from ideas of progress or reinvention and towards tending – returning inward and staying with what emerges, allowing what has been held in shadow to settle through time and care. Each work functions as an ember, sustained through attention rather than force.” **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [The Secret City: Works on Color Film](https://thepeale.org/the-secret-city-works-on-color-film/) **Published:** January 14, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** # The Secret City: Works on Color Film ## New works from Joseph Mario Giordano ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Giordano_cornerstore_photography_2025-1024x696.jpg) #### On View: January 9, – March 29, 2026 ##### *The Secret City: Works on Color Film* features new works from Baltimore photographer, **Joseph Mario Giordano**. ##### Capturing glimpses of the lives and landscapes of Baltimore, this exhibit highlights the city’s diversity, vibrancy, and hidden rhythms that shape everyday lives. ##### Opening Reception: Friday, January 16, 2026 | 6-8 PM **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [The 2026 Illuminator Award Honorees](https://thepeale.org/2026-illuminator-awards/) **Published:** January 30, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** # Illuminator Award Honorees 2026 ## Five Forces Shaping Baltimore’s Cultural Future The Peale is proud to announce the **five honorees of the 2026 Illuminator Awards**, individuals and institutions whose work has expanded access, strengthened communities, and shaped Baltimore’s cultural life in lasting ways. Together, this inaugural group reflects the spirit of the Illuminator Awards — recognizing leadership that bridges history and innovation, creativity and civic responsibility, legacy and future impact. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/header-image-1024x683.png) ### A Collective Commitment to Baltimore The 2026 honorees span philanthropy, community building, journalism, preservation, and museum leadership. What unites them is not a single discipline, but a shared belief that culture matters — and that sustained investment in people, place, and ideas is essential to Baltimore’s future. ### The 2026 Honorees - [**Afro House**](https://thepeale.org/afro-house/) Recognized for creating vital platforms that elevate Black artists, foster creative exchange, and cultivate spaces rooted in cultural expression and community care. - [Johns Hopkins (Baltimore Heritage)](https://thepeale.org/bh-johns-hopkins/) Recognized for championing historic preservation as a living, inclusive practice — connecting Baltimore’s built environment to contemporary civic life and public memory. - [**BmoreArt (Cara Ober)**](https://thepeale.org/bmoreart-award/) Honored for independent arts journalism that has documented, challenged, and amplified Baltimore’s creative ecosystem for over a decade, shaping public understanding of local culture. - [**Doreen Bolger**](https://thepeale.org/doreen-bolger/) Honored for visionary museum leadership and a career dedicated to scholarship, public access, and the stewardship of Baltimore’s artistic and cultural legacy. - [**PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.**](https://thepeale.org/pnc-award/) Honored for its long-standing commitment to arts access, early learning, and community-based cultural investment that strengthens neighborhoods and institutions across the region. ### Why the Illuminator Awards Matter The Illuminator Awards were created to shine a light on those who often work behind the scenes to sustain Baltimore’s cultural fabric — and to invite them into a deeper, shared relationship with The Peale and its mission as **Baltimore’s Community Museum**. Each honoree will be celebrated through a short biographical film, public recognition, and participation in a broader civic moment that looks not only at past accomplishments, but at what comes next. ### Looking Ahead to April 16, 2026 The **Illuminator Awards Gala**, taking place on **April 16, 2026**, will bring together artists, civic leaders, philanthropists, and community members to honor this remarkable group and to support The Peale’s work in storytelling, apprenticeship, digital innovation, and community-driven programming. This inaugural class sets the tone for the Illuminator Awards in years to come — bold, inclusive, and rooted in Baltimore. **Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are now available.** Join us in celebrating the people and institutions illuminating Baltimore’s future. [ Get Tickets ](https://givebutter.com/c/OONTRQ) **Categories:** News --- ### [The Peale Announces New Advisory Board](https://thepeale.org/the-peale-announces-new-advisory-board/) **Published:** January 28, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## The Peale Announces New Advisory Board The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, is proud to announce the formation of a new Advisory Board—an engaged group of leaders, thinkers, and practitioners who will help guide the museum’s next chapter of community-centered storytelling, creative programming, and civic engagement. The Advisory Board is designed to complement the work of The Peale’s Board of Directors by providing strategic advice, subject-matter expertise, and ongoing dialogue with staff—particularly around programs, partnerships, and emerging opportunities. Members are invited based on their active engagement with The Peale’s mission and their willingness to contribute insight, experience, and perspective to the museum’s evolving work. As The Peale continues to expand its role as a platform for community-led exhibits, artist programs, public art, educational initiatives, and experimental digital storytelling, the Advisory Board will serve as a sounding board and thought partner—helping ensure that our work remains responsive, inclusive, and deeply connected to Baltimore. ### Welcoming Our Advisory Board Members We are honored to welcome the following individuals as founding members of The Peale’s Advisory Board: - **Kelley Bell –** [Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)](https://art.umbc.edu/visual-arts-at-umbc/faculty-staff/kelley-bell/) An artist, educator, and curator whose work bridges contemporary art, public engagement, and critical social practice. - **Johns Hopkins –** [Executive Director, Baltimore Heritage](https://baltimoreheritage.org/about/staff/) A leader in historic preservation and public history, bringing deep knowledge of Baltimore’s built environment and community advocacy. - **Lee Kappelman –** [Co-Founder & Board Chair, CaringOn](https://caringon.org/about-us/) A longtime Baltimore resident and nonprofit leader with expertise in governance, organizational development, and mission-driven leadership. - **Elgin L. Klugh –** [Professor and Chairperson; Coordinator for Social Sciences and Anthropology, Coppin State University](https://www.coppin.edu/applied-social-and-political-science-department/elgin-klugh) An academic leader with deep expertise in social sciences, anthropology, and community-engaged scholarship in Baltimore. - **Allison McElheny –** [Senior Associate / Senior Architect, Quinn Evans](https://www.quinnevans.com/people/allison-mcelheny) An architect specializing in preservation, adaptive reuse, and civic-focused design, with strong alignment to The Peale’s architectural and urban storytelling initiatives. - **Ron Masotta –** [Principal, SMP Architects](https://smp-architects.com/firm/) The Peale’s project architect, offering continuity, institutional knowledge, and strategic guidance around facilities, planning, and long-term vision. - **Nancy Proctor –** [Director, Parkway Theatre](https://snfparkway.org/) A nationally recognized leader in digital cultural storytelling, immersive interpretation, and experimental public history. Nancy brings deep experience at the intersection of museums, technology, film, and community engagement, and plays a key role in shaping The Peale’s digital, experiential, and future-facing initiatives. - **Michael Raphael** Founder & CEO, [Direct Dimensions](https://dirdim.com/) 3D Scanning Pioneer; Museum & Preservation Advisor - **Crickett Woloson –** [Director, Elbow Fund](https://philanos.org/Philanos-Blog/13472221) A longtime supporter of The Peale with deep institutional memory, transitioning from board service to continued engagement through the Advisory Board. ### Looking Ahead The creation of the Advisory Board reflects The Peale’s commitment to collaboration, transparency, and shared leadership. Advisory members will engage with staff on program development, partnerships, and strategic thinking—helping the museum remain a dynamic civic space that reflects the voices, creativity, and histories of Baltimore. We are grateful for their willingness to lend their time, insight, and energy, and we look forward to the ideas and collaborations ahead. #### [Please join us in welcoming The Peale’s new Advisory Board.](https://thepeale.org/board-of-directors/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Grit Fund 2026 Is Open Apply Now](https://thepeale.org/grit-fund-2026/) **Published:** January 30, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** # Grit Fund 2026 Is Open ## Apply for Project Grants or Serve as a Juror *Grit Fund is now accepting applications for 2026 Project Grants and welcoming applications from community members interested in serving as jurors for the upcoming grant cycle. Together, these opportunities support Baltimore’s vibrant creative ecosystem—by funding collaborative artist-led projects and engaging local leaders, artists, and organizers in the grant-making process itself.* ### Get Involved #### 2026 Grit Fund Project Grants Grit Fund will award **up to $60,000** in total project grants in 2026, with individual awards of **up to $10,000**. These grants support **collaborative, artist-led projects** that contribute to the cultural life of Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Eligible projects may be led by: - Visual and performing artists - Cultural organizers - Collectives and collaboratives - Artist-run spaces Funded projects should bring creatives and community members together to explore **shared space, place, and cultural connection**. **Application Period:** Applications are accepted **January 30 – May 1, 2026** All applications must be submitted online via Submittable. Questions about Project Grants may be directed to: **gritfund@thepeale.org** #### Call for Jurors: Help Shape Grit Fund 2026 Jurors play a vital role in ensuring a thoughtful, community-informed grantmaking process. We welcome individuals with experience in the arts, culture, community work, or related fields who are interested in supporting Baltimore’s creative sector. **Juror Responsibilities Include:** - Reviewing all grant applications (Stage One – approximately 4 weeks) - Reviewing top applicants (Stage Two – approximately 1 week) - Participating in scheduled virtual meetings Applicants may not apply for Grit Fund Project Grants or participate in funded projects during the 2026 cycle. **Juror Application Deadline:** **March 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST** Questions about serving as a juror may be directed to: **gritfund@thepeale.org** Whether you’re proposing a collaborative project or lending your perspective as a juror, Grit Fund offers meaningful ways to support and strengthen Baltimore’s creative community. [ Learn More ](https://gritfund.org/2026/01/30/now-accepting-applications-for-2026/) **Categories:** News --- ### [PNC to be Honored with Illuminator Award](https://thepeale.org/pnc-award/) **Published:** January 29, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## PNC – Illuminating Community, Arts ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Laura-Gamble-Headshot-1-681x1024.jpeg) Laura Gamble for PNC ### PNC to be Honored at the 2026 Illuminator Awards for Championing Education, Economic Development and the Arts **Baltimore, MD** – The Illuminator Awards, a signature fundraising event celebrating leaders who amplify Baltimore’s cultural landscape, will recognize The [PNC Financial Services, Group, Inc.](https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/corporate-responsibility/philanthropy/pnc-foundation.html), on April 16, 2026. [**PNC** ](https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/corporate-responsibility/philanthropy/pnc-foundation.html)is a champion of Baltimore’s cultural community, renowned for its leadership in expanding arts access and education. Guided by the belief that engaging with the arts enriches lives and builds vibrant communities, PNC’s approach reflects its core mission of ensuring that the arts in Baltimore thrive across the city and region. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit [www.pnc.com](http://www.pnc.com/). > “The Illuminator Awards celebrate those who invest in Baltimore’s future,” said F. William Chickering, chair of the Illuminator Awards Committee. “PNC’s commitment to early learning and the arts strengthens the fabric of our city and we are proud to honor their impact.” #### About the Illuminator Awards This signature Peale event brings together artists, preservationists, cultural leaders, educators, donors, and neighbors. It is a celebration of Baltimore’s creativity and resilience. The Illuminator Awards benefit The Peale – Baltimore’s Community Museum, supporting arts education and historic preservation. Tickets are available online at the link below. The 2026 Illuminator Awards will take place April 16, 2026. Tickets and sponsorship packages are on sale now. Proceeds benefit The Peale – Baltimore’s Community Museum, supporting arts education and historic preservation in Baltimore. For more information, visit [thepeale.org/illuminate](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/). [ Lean More ](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Afro House to Receive Illuminator Award for Innovation](https://thepeale.org/afro-house/) **Published:** January 14, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Afro House to Receive Illuminator Award for Innovation ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-6.59.42 PM-e1765466849307.png) AFRO HOUSE **Baltimore, MD** — The 2026 Illuminator Awards are proud to honor **[Afro House](https://www.afrohouse.org/)**, a Baltimore-based arts organization known for creating immersive performances that bring together music, dance, film, theater, and visual art. Afro House’s work invites audiences into shared, live experiences that are bold, collaborative, and grounded in cultural storytelling. Founded in 2011, Afro House explores how performance can imagine new futures while remaining deeply connected to community and place. Drawing on a wide range of musical traditions—including classical, soul, and rock—their projects often reflect Afrofuturist ideas, using movement, sound, and narrative to explore themes of humanity, possibility, and transformation. Under the artistic leadership of co-founder **Scott Patterson**, Afro House has developed ambitious and original works such as the opera-ballet *Cloud Nebula* and the Afro House Concert Series, which celebrates Baltimore’s creative “maker” culture through live performance. **Managing Director Alisha Patterson** has played a key role in expanding the organization’s reach by building partnerships with cultural institutions and securing support from local and national foundations. > “Afro House challenges our understanding of what performance can be and invites audiences to experience art in new and unexpected ways,” said **F. William Chickering**, Board President. “Their fearless creativity and commitment to community reflect exactly what the Illuminator Awards were created to celebrate.” The 2026 Illuminator Awards gala will feature performances by local artists and raise critical funds to support arts education, community programming, and historic preservation in Baltimore. Afro House will join fellow honorees in celebrating the city’s vibrant and evolving cultural landscape. Ticket and sponsorship information will be announced at **[thepeale.org/illuminate](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/)**. ### About Afro House Founded in 2011 by composer and pianist Scott Patterson and Managing Director Alisha Patterson, Afro House is a collective of musicians, dancers, designers, and writers dedicated to creating immersive, genre-defying performance work. Afro House has presented projects at venues including Artscape, The Walters Art Museum, and The Peale, and has received support from the T. Rowe Price Foundation, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, and other philanthropic partners. **Categories:** News --- ### [Peale Fine Art Framing Is Now Open](https://thepeale.org/peale-fine-art-framing-open/) **Published:** January 19, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** #### We’re excited to announce the launch of **Peale Fine Art Framing**, a new professional framing service now available inside **The Peale** in downtown Baltimore. #### Peale Fine Art Framing offers museum-quality custom framing, conservation framing, and archival mounting for artists, collectors, families, and organizations. Whether you’re preparing work for an exhibition, preserving a family heirloom, or upgrading an existing frame, our studio brings a museum standard of care to every project. ### Museum-quality framing, open to the public As Baltimore’s community museum, The Peale has long been committed to preservation, craftsmanship, and access. Peale Fine Art Framing extends that commitment beyond exhibitions by offering professional framing services to the public—using archival materials and best practices appropriate for works on paper, photography, textiles, and objects. ![A person uses a circular saw in a workshop.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220128_204735-apprentices-building-work-benches-with-the-help-of-their-instructor-David-Gibney-29January2022-DaisyBrown-SMALL-1024x683.jpg) ### Our services include: - Custom framing for artwork, prints, and photographs - Conservation framing with archival materials - Matting and archival mounting - Shadowboxes for objects and memorabilia - Textile framing (jerseys, flags, needlework) - UV-filter glazing options - Reframing and upgrades from non-archival frames ### Supporting preservation skills in Baltimore Peale Fine Art Framing is part of The Peale’s broader restorative arts ecosystem. In addition to delivering high-quality framing services, the studio supports hands-on training and skill development in preservation and conservation practices. Every project helps sustain the knowledge and care that go into protecting cultural materials for future generations. ### How to get started Framing appointments are available by request. During an appointment, we’ll review your item, discuss presentation goals, and recommend framing options that balance aesthetics, protection, and budget. Clear estimates and timelines are provided before work begins. **Request an appointment:** framing@thepeale.org **Phone:** 667-222-1814 **Location:** 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 We look forward to working with artists, neighbors, and organizations across Baltimore—and to helping meaningful works get the care and presentation they deserve. [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/framing/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Baltimore Heritage’s Johns Hopkins to Be Honored](https://thepeale.org/bh-johns-hopkins/) **Published:** January 12, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-6.59.52 PM-e1765466825895.png)JOHNS HOPKINS Baltimore, MD – The 2026 Illuminator Awards will celebrate **Johns Hopkins**, executive director of **Baltimore Heritage**. The awards recognize his leadership in preserving Baltimore’s historic places and revitalizing its neighborhoods. Hopkins has directed the nonprofit since 2003. He has worked tirelessly to protect historic buildings. He tells the stories of the city’s diverse communities. He leads Baltimore Heritage’s popular tours and advocacy efforts. He engages with the community to promote a deeper understanding of the city’s rich history and cultural significance. Additionally, he serves on the boards of **Civic Works**. This is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing community service opportunities. These opportunities strengthen neighborhoods and foster social change. In his capacity at **Coppin Heights Community Development Corporation**, he actively participates in initiatives aimed at revitalizing the local community and enhancing the quality of life for its residents. Furthermore, he contributes his expertise to the **Garrett Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund**, ensuring the preservation of this historic landmark for future generations. He is also actively involved with **Friends of Clifton Mansion**, working to maintain and promote this architectural gem, and the **Evergreen House Foundation**, advocating for the importance of public engagement with art and history through innovative programs and events that inspire and educate the public. > “Johns has transformed Baltimore Heritage into a dynamic advocate for our city’s past and future,” said F. William Chickering, Board President. “His work reminds us that preserving history isn’t just about buildings—it’s about people and communities.” Hopkins and his family live in an 1870 rowhouse in Bolton Hill. This models his commitment to historic preservation in everyday life. #### **About Baltimore** Heritage **[Baltimore Heritage](https://baltimoreheritage.org/)** was established in 1960. It is a nonprofit organization. It is dedicated to preserving and promoting Baltimore’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. **Under the leadership of Johns Hopkins, the organization has introduced several initiatives. These include Five‑Minute Histories, Centennial Homes, numerous guided tours, and advocacy campaigns.** These efforts aim to protect the city’s architectural heritage. #### **About the Illuminator Awards** This signature Peale event brings together artists, preservationists, cultural leaders, educators, donors, and neighbors. It is a celebration of Baltimore’s creativity and resilience. The Illuminator Awards benefit The Peale – Baltimore’s Community Museum, supporting arts education and historic preservation. Tickets are available online at the link below. [Learn More](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/) **Categories:** News --- ### [BmoreArt Founder Cara Ober to Be Honored at Illuminator Awards 2026](https://thepeale.org/bmoreart-award/) **Published:** January 9, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-7.08.50 PM-e1765466904610.png)CARA OBER for BMOREART **Baltimore, MD** – The Illuminator Awards will recognize **Cara Ober**, artist, arts writer and founding editor of [**BmoreArt**](https://bmoreart.com/). She is being honored for her tireless advocacy. Her storytelling on behalf of Baltimore’s arts community is also being recognized. As executive director of BmoreArt, Ober has spent over a decade building a local audience for art and culture. She has also built a national and international audience. She has raised public awareness and significant funding for the organization. She collaborated with museums, colleges, businesses, and government agencies. They created opportunities for collective success. Under her leadership, BmoreArt has grown from an online publication into a multifaceted publisher. It became an art gallery, collecting initiative, and curatorial consultant. The platform produces print journals. It also creates award‑winning art books. The platform hosts panel discussions and exhibitions. It advocates for Baltimore as a site of significant cultural production. BmoreArt was named “Best of Baltimore” by *Baltimore Magazine* in 2024, 2017 and 2014. > “Through **BmoreArt**, Cara has amplified the voices of artists and challenged institutions to do better,” said F. William Chickering, Board President. “She has built a community where artists, organizations and audiences come together to enact positive change in Baltimore.” #### **About Cara Ober & BmoreArt** Founded by **Cara Ober** in 2007, **BmoreArt** is a leading resource for contemporary art and culture in the Baltimore region. The platform includes a digital publication, biannual print journal, art books, gallery, community events and curatorial consulting services. Its mission is to build relationships, stimulate discussion and catalyze support for artists and arts organizations across the region. #### **About the Illuminator Awards** This signature Peale event brings together artists, preservationists, cultural leaders, educators, donors, and neighbors. It is a celebration of Baltimore’s creativity and resilience. The Illuminator Awards benefit The Peale – Baltimore’s Community Museum, supporting arts education and historic preservation. Tickets are available online at the link below. [Learn More](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/) **Categories:** News --- ### [Where Light City Began](https://thepeale.org/where-light-city-began/) **Published:** December 4, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### 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. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GaslightSmaller-1024x803.jpg) Baltimoreans crowd around the Peale Museum in an artist's rendering of the 19th-century gaslight demonstrations. Image courtesy of BGE. #### Visitors pressed close to the windows of the Peale building, whispering, pointing, and shielding their eyes from a brightness unlike anything they had ever seen. #### What they witnessed was nothing short of revolutionary. Inside, Rembrandt Peale—artist, scientist, and visionary founder of the museum—had done something no American institution had dared to try. #### He illuminated his galleries with manufactured [**gas light**](https://thepeale.org/gaslight-at-the-peale/), making Baltimore the **first city in the United States** (and one of the first in the world) to be lit this way. #### The Peale didn’t just host a moment of technological wonder — **it sparked an energy infrastructure that would help power a growing nation.** ### A Museum Becomes a Powerhouse ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg) Image courtesy UMBC Imaging Research Center Rembrandt Peale wasn’t content to merely astonish an audience. In 1817, he founded the **Baltimore Gas Company**, manufacturing gas in a modest shed behind the museum and pumping it through hollowed-out wooden pipes to street lamps across the city. That company grew, evolved, and eventually became **Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE)**—today one of the oldest natural gas utilities in the world. Think about that for a moment: A museum—**your** museum—helped change how entire cities lit their streets, homes, and businesses. ### Why This Story Still Matters More than 200 years later, The Peale is still doing what Rembrandt Peale did best: using creativity, innovation, and community to illuminate Baltimore. Today, we shine that light through: - Digital storytelling and oral history labs - Artist and community-made exhibitions - Restorative Arts apprenticeships - Performing arts and cultural programming - Experimental media, public art, and AR/VR projects The tools have changed, but the purpose hasn’t: to help Baltimore tell its stories. ### A Light That Still Needs Fuel Just as gaslight needed a steady source to burn, The Peale needs the support of people who believe in the power of community storytelling. When you make a year-end gift, you aren’t just supporting a historic building—you’re fueling: - Free programming - Accessible exhibitions - Space for Baltimore artists and creators - Jobs, training, and opportunities for apprentices - The preservation of the oldest purpose-built museum in the U.S. You’re helping keep Baltimore’s brightest ideas switched on. ### Let’s Keep the Light Burning Rembrandt Peale lit the first flame. Generations of Baltimoreans kept it glowing. Now it’s our turn. **Make a year-end gift to The Peale today and help Baltimore tell its stories.** [ Donate ](https://givebutter.com/peale2025) **Categories:** News --- ### [Spark VII: Industrial Afterglow](https://thepeale.org/spark-vii-industrial-afterglow/) **Published:** November 11, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Industrial-Afterglow-bmoreart-homepage-banner-1500x500-at-300-copy-1024x341.jpg) *Industrial Afterglow* is a multimedia exhibition exploring the afterlives of industry, technology, and environmental memory through the lens of contemporary art. Curated by **Liz Faust**, the show brings together 22 artists working across sculpture, video, installation, photography, textiles, and ecological media. Baltimore’s legacy as an industrial and cultural hub makes it a powerful backdrop for this exhibition. *Industrial Afterglow* invites public reflection on the city’s post-industrial transformations and highlights artists envisioning new models of ecological repair, technological ethics, and speculative futures. Organized in collaboration with Spark: Baltimore Arts & Innovation, UMBC, Towson University, PNC Foundation, and The Peale. ***Industrial Afterglow* is on view on The Peale’s second and third floors now through December 7, 2025.** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Untitled-design4-682x1024.png) ### Events: - **Opening Reception**: November 6, 5-8 PM | An evening of art, conversation, and celebration. - [**Panel Discussion**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1956655983719?aff=oddtdtcreator): November 8, 2PM | Residual Light - **Online Panel Discussion**: November 16, 11AM | Rewilding Futures - [**Film Screening**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1956662322679?aff=oddtdtcreator): November 21, 3PM | Light, Memory, and Imagined Futures - [**Panel Discussion**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1956666966569?aff=oddtdtcreator): November 21, 6PM | Kinship & Entanglements - [**Artist-Led Workshop**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1956680186109?aff=oddtdtcreator): November 22, 11 AM | Listening to Data - [**Lecture**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1956670988599?aff=oddtdtcreator): November 22, 3PM | Timothy Nohe & Charles Ichoku - **Online Panel Discussion**: December 6, 11:30 AM | Dreaming Forward **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Founding Fossils: When Science Met Imagination](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils-science-meets-imagination/) **Published:** November 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sassytoes-768x1024.jpg) "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 excavation, unearthing the bones of a prehistoric mastodon — a discovery that changed how we understand the natural world. #### His Philadelphia-born son Rembrandt Peale would later found The Peale Museum in Baltimore, illuminating the city with gaslight and curiosity. #### Their legacy lives on in *Founding Fossils*, a multisensory exhibition conceived by Dr. Cheryl Fogle-Hatch and produced in collaboration with Dr. Bernard Means and the VCU Virtual Curation Lab. #### Visitors can touch 3-D printed replicas of fossils first collected by the Peales — the same specimens that introduced the concept of extinction to the American imagination. #### The exhibition also features student-created sculptures and panels from the *Founding Monsters* graphic-novel series, connecting early scientific discovery with today’s visual storytelling. ### Accessible to sighted and blind visitors alike, *Founding Fossils* reawakens the sense of wonder that defined America’s first museum of art and science. ### Plan your visit → [thepeale.org/exhibition-founding-fossils](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-founding-fossils/) **Categories:** News --- ### [The Light of Discovery: From Mastodons to Modern Makers](https://thepeale.org/light-of-discovery-mastodons-to-modern-makers/) **Published:** October 30, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Image-3-768x1024.jpeg) "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 — from **Charles Willson Peale’s** 1801 excavation to **Rembrandt Peale’s** Baltimore Museum in 1814, where gaslight and fossils inspired generations of explorers. Today, that lineage continues. The newly installed *Sassy Toes* chandelier glows above The Peale’s grand staircase, while *Founding Fossils* invites visitors to handle 3-D printed relics of that very same Ice Age creature. Together, they symbolize The Peale’s rebirth as a living laboratory for Baltimore’s artists, apprentices, and technologists. ### From mastodons to makerspaces, The Peale remains the home of light and learning — a place where Baltimore’s creative future rises on the bones of its past. #### **Come see what’s taking shape at 225 Holliday Street → [thepeale.org/visit](https://thepeale.org/visit/)** **Categories:** News --- ### [The Return of the Mastodon](https://thepeale.org/the-return-of-the-mastodon/) **Published:** October 27, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Image-2-1152x1536.jpeg) ### 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 Incredible Musaeum Presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos*, this larger-than-life mastodon puppet — affectionately known as *The Ice Beast* — once roamed The Peale’s darkened halls in a world where art, science, and imagination collided. Now reborn as a luminous **chandelier installation in The Peale’s main staircase**, *Sassy Toes* embodies the same spirit of curiosity and innovation that fueled **Rembrandt Peale’s 1816 Gas Light Museum**, where Baltimore first saw the light — literally. The mastodon’s journey from attic to atrium mirrors **The Peale’s own revival** as Baltimore’s Community Museum — a place where art, science, and story once again share the same light. ### Visit **The Peale** to see *Sassy Toes* and explore our related exhibition [***Founding Fossils***](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-founding-fossils/), on view through 2025. **Categories:** News --- ### [Intersections](https://thepeale.org/intersections/) **Published:** October 29, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ### On View: October 29, 2025 – January 18, 2026 ***Intersections*** is the inaugural exhibit curated by the [Fund for Educational Excellence’s](https://ffee.org/) *Curation Club*, a group of Baltimore City Schools students who spent the summer translating more than a decade of the Fund’s qualitative research into public storytelling and visual narrative. Through original artwork and multimedia pieces, students share their lived experiences and perspectives on belonging, community, and the everyday impact of Baltimore’s public transit system on education access. The exhibition will be on view at the Peale Museum from October 29, 2025 – January 18, 2026. Visitors are invited to experience these powerful student perspectives firsthand and hear from the young artists who reflect on their sense of connection, belonging, and the ways they navigate systems that shape their daily lives. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/not-in-service-naim-768x456.png) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Intersections_DigitalAssets_Yellow-04-819x1024.jpg) ### Details: **On View:** 10/29/2025 – 1/18/2026 **When:** Open during normal museum hours, Thursdays – Sundays. **Location:** The Peale | 225 Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202 ### Collaborators Co-curated by members of the Fund for Educational Excellence’s Curation Club: Christian Holmes • Kamara Booker • Kalkidan Mintesnot • Amelia McLean • Maya Perez • Shaelyn Kaysen • Maria Monterrosa • January Harrison With support from **Kwane Wyatt**, Program Director of Analysis & Engagement at the Fund for Educational Excellence, and **Gabby Whitehurst**, graduate student in MICA’s Curatorial Practice Program. ### Donations Cost: Free | Donations Welcome Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help Support Exhibitions ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Chamber Music Maryland Returns to The Peale](https://thepeale.org/chamber-music-maryland-returns-to-the-peale/) **Published:** October 29, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ### An Evening of Romantic Viruosity with Peter Sirotin & Ya-Ting Chang Chamber Music Maryland returns to The Peale! We are delighted to welcome the acclaimed husband-and-wife duo **Peter Sirotin** (violin) and **Ya-Ting Chang** (piano) for an unforgettable evening of Romantic-era gems – music filled with soaring lyricism, expressive drama, and dazzling dance-like flair. Sirotin and Chang’s musical partnership began during their studies at the Peabody Conservatory, where their artistic connection took root. Since then, the duo has built an extraordinary career, performing **more than 600 concerts across the globe,** recording **15 acclaimed CDs –** including the complete Haydn piano trios – and premiering new works by composers **Ching-Ju Shih** and **Jeremy Gill.** In addition to their work as performers, the pair has made a lasting impact on the cultural life of Central Pennsylvania. As co-directors of **Market Square Concerts** in Harrisburg since 2011, they have introduced world-class artists to regional audiences and created innovative educational programs that reach thousands of students each year. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-12.28.09 PM.png) This beautifully curated program highlights expressive and beloved works of the Romantic period. Join us for a concert that celebrates Romantic expression at its finest – performed by two artists whose musical partnership is as inspiring and the music itself. This is an evening sure to delight longtime classical music lovers and newcomers alike. **We hope to see you there!** [ Get Your Tickets Here ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chamber-music-maryland-sirotin-chang-duo-poise-and-passion-tickets-1899653718409?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sirotin-Chang-DUO.jpg) ### The Program: **Amy Beach (1867–1944)** *Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23* **Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)** *Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Minor, Op. 45* • Allegro molto ed appassionato • Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza • Allegro animato **Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)** *“Grand Adagio” from Raymonda, Op. 57* **Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)** *Polonaise de Concert in D Major, Op. 4* **Edward Elgar (1857–1934)** *Salut d’Amour, Op. 12* **Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)** *Introduction et Tarentelle, Op. 43* *This project is made possible by the support of William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund and John J. Leidy Foundation.* **Categories:** News --- ### [Arco Belo at The Peale - Tickets on Sale Now!](https://thepeale.org/arco-belo-at-the-peale-tickets-on-sale-now/) **Published:** October 28, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2160-x-1080-1024x512.png) ### Experience Arco Belo: A Genre-Defying Musical Journey If you’re looking for a concert experience that pushes the boundaries of genre and sound, **Arco Belo** is not to be missed. Praised by *JazzTimes* as “music that truly synthesizes traditions rather than simply flirting with them…ego-less, genre-agnostic, and without expectations; it’s the sound of the future, today,” this electrifying ensemble is reshaping what contemporary performance can be. Led by pianist, accordionist, and composer **Simone Baron,** Arco Belo weaves together avant-garde chamber music, creative jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and Jewish diasporic influences into a rich, immersive sonic tapestry. Their music moves with ease from lyrical string passages to gritty grooves, stitches together with daring improvisation and unexpected bursts of color. Each performance feels like a journey – bold, curious, and full of surprise. Since their founding, Arco Belo has captivated audiences across the U.S., with performances at renowned venues such as the Kennedy Center and Strathmore. they have earned national recognition through arts grants and released an acclaimed debut album celebrated by both *DownBeat* and *JazzTimes.* This is your chance to experience the ensemble that critics and audiences are calling the future of genre-defying music. Following the performance, guests are invited to stay for a brief reception with light refreshments and the opportunity to meet the musicians. **Join us for an evening that expands the possibilities of live music.** [ Reserve Your Spot Now ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/simone-baron-arco-belo-tickets-1899074526029?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/headshots-with-simone-1024x341.png) **Categories:** News --- ### [Built to Last: Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last/) **Published:** October 16, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## ### An archival exhibition inspiring a new generation of artists On view at The Peale beginning Friday, October 18, 2025 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD ### About the Exhibit The Peale presents *Built to Last: Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks*, an archival exhibition celebrating ten of the city’s most iconic historic buildings — each a testament to Baltimore’s resilience, ingenuity, and architectural heritage. Developed originally through a partnership between the U.S. National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Maryland Historical Trust, Preservation Maryland, and the City of Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), *Built to Last* documented Baltimore’s most significant structures in large-format black-and-white photography and historical research. This exhibition showcases selections from that original documentation project, revealing how these buildings — from churches and banks to theaters and corporate headquarters — helped shape the city’s skyline and civic identity. ### Inspiration for a New Generation The archival display of *Built to Last* is being reinstalled as a companion to The Peale’s upcoming juried art exhibition of the same name, opening in spring 2026. Artists from across Baltimore are currently invited to create original works inspired by these same landmarks — connecting the legacy of preservation with new visions of creativity and community storytelling. 📅 *Call for Artists open through November 3, 2025.* 👉 [Submit your artwork here.](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last/) ## ### Featured Buildings [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale-1024x646.jpg) ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg) Peale Museum [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2.jpg) Monument Square & Battle Monument [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Alex-Brown.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Alex-Brown.jpg) Alex. Brown & Sons Building [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BO.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BO.jpg) B&O Railroad Company Headquarters Building [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Penn-RR.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Penn-RR.jpg) Pennsylvania Railroad District Office [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Old-St-PAuls.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Old-St-PAuls.jpg) Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Mercantile.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Mercantile.jpg) Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gayety.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gayety.jpg) Gayety Theatre [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BmoreTrust-e1753371849144.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BmoreTrust-e1753371849144.jpg) Baltimore Trust Company Building [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-21-at-10.06.39 AM.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-21-at-10.06.39 AM.png) Vickers Building ### Visit the Exhibit Admission: Free and open to the public Hours: Thursday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Location: The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD Explore the city’s enduring spirit through photographs that remind us what makes Baltimore *Built to Last.* **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/escape-room/) **Published:** October 15, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** #### 🎃 HALLOWEEN @ THE PEALE ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Peale-Escape-Room-Flyer-Page-1-No-Text-939x1024.jpg) ### Dates & Times October 25 & 26, 2025 | Limited Timed Entries Available | [Reserve Your Experience Here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1803450030589?aff=oddtdtcreator) #### Each session runs approximately 60 minutes. Please arrive 15 minutes early to your session to check-in. #### #### Can you solve the mystery and help Baltimore see the light? #### Shadows of The Peale: A Time Travel Escape Room **Location:** The Peale Museum, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 **Duration:** 1 hour **Ages:** All ages welcome (best for 10+) **Refund Policy:** Refunds up to 7 days before event ### About the Experience It’s **1816 in Baltimore**, and inventor **Rembrandt Peale** has just received a **$5,000 patent** from his father and brother to bring revolutionary **gas lighting** to his museum—and to the entire city. But instead of following their plans, Rembrandt hides the precious patent, determined to forge his own path. Now, time travelers (**that’s you!**) must explore Peale’s 1816 museum—searching through fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities—to **recover the missing patent** before Baltimore’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ### Event Highlights - Immersive, story-driven **escape room inside the historic Peale Museum** - Perfect for **groups of 4–8 players** (teams encouraged) - Fun for **families, friends, and team-building** - Limited Halloween-season run — **reserve early!** [ Reserve Your Spot ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1803450030589?aff=oddtdtcreator) **Categories:** News --- ### [Final Call: Built to Last](https://thepeale.org/final-call-built-to-last/) **Published:** October 16, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/B2L-Warhol-683x1024.jpg) ### 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 **Novem****ber 3, 2025** — giving artists, photographers, students, and city lovers two more weeks to submit their work. So far, over twenty Baltimore artists have joined the call to celebrate our city’s architecture — from the Gayety Theatre and Old St. Paul’s Church to The Peale itself — through original artwork. But we know there are many more stories, perspectives, and creative voices still waiting to be seen. ### Awards & Recognition A total of $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded: - Grand Prize – $2,500 - Second Place – $1,000 - Third Place – $700 - Fourth Place – $500 - Fifth Place – $300 #### *Whether you’re a professional artist, an architecture enthusiast, or someone who just loves the look and feel of Baltimore’s historic buildings, we invite you to show your vision of what makes this city Built to Last.* ### Selected works will be featured in The Peale’s spring 2026 exhibition and highlighted across our media channels and community partner networks. ### How to Submit Artists 18+ who live in Baltimore City or Baltimore County are eligible to apply. All 2D media are welcome — painting, illustration, photography, printmaking, and mixed media. Final Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025 Apply through CaFÉ: [thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last) Don’t miss this last chance to showcase your creativity, celebrate Baltimore’s architecture, and be part of the city’s living legacy. **Categories:** News --- ### [Nellie Bly and the Lunatic's Ball | A Girl Mad as Birds](https://thepeale.org/nellie-bly-and-the-lunatics-ball/) **Published:** October 10, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ###### ### September 25 – November 2, 2025 ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5-Portrait-of-Lucy-jpg.jpg) The Peale is proud to present *Nellie Bly and the Lunatic’s Ball | A Girl Mad as Birds*. This exhibition by artist Cheryl Parry explores the 19th-century belief that women were predisposed to madness, a notion that led to the misdiagnosis, institutionalization, and silencing of countless women. the installation brings together portraits, poetic objects, preserved bird skins, nests, and text to evoke the lives of women confined to asylums – sometimes for illnesses we would recognize today as minor, or even for behaviors as harmless as reading too much. The portraits are loosely based on photography by Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, who in the 1850s used the new medium of photography to record female patients, convinced their features revealed signs of mental illness. While his theories were later discredited, his images remain as some of the only surviving visual traces of women erased from history. The exhibition also looks to journalist Nellie Bly, who in 1887 courageously feigned insanity to gain entry into Blackwell’s Island Asylum in New York. Her exposé, *Ten Days in a Madhouse*, revealed the horrific mistreatment, starvation, and abuse faced by the patients, and brought public attention to the inhumanity of the asylum system. Within this context, *The Lunatic’s Ball* – a surreal, tragic tradition in which doctors, attendants, and patients all danced together for one night – becomes both an emblem of irony and a fragile glimpse of shared humanity. Through the recurring metaphor of birds – caged, winged, longing for flight – Parry re-imagines the voices of women forced into silence. The title, drawn from Dylan Thomas’s poem Love in the Asylum, captures this yearning for freedom: “a girl mad as birds.” In conjuring these stories, Parry’s exhibition asks us to bear witness to forgotten lives and consider how art might awaken what history has left unsaid. ### Featured Artists Cheryl Parry is a visual artist whose work brings hidden histories and overlooked voices to light through painting, installation, and multimedia projects. Raised in Pennsylvania in a working-class Italian- and Irish-American family, Parry was captivated by images from an early age – first through storybook illustrations and religious art, and later through the transformative power of painting. This early fascination with pictures as carriers of meaning continues to inform her practice. In Parry’s words, “the ability to transmute matter from the chemical substance of paint into illusions on canvas that bedazzle and convey meaning is magical. It has always been the way for me to bring back early experiences in childhood of a deep and visceral engagement with the world. It has also been a way for me as an adult to speak to what it is like in this time when the natural world is under serious threat…”. Her recent projects include *Nellie Bly & The Lunatic’s Ball*, a series inspired by the trailblazing journalist who exposed abuses in women’s asylums, and *A Girl Mad as Birds*, which draws on poetry and surreal imagery to re-imagine the lives of women silenced by institutionalization. Both bodies of work reflect Parry’s ongoing exploration of art as a way to imagine what those rendered mute would say if they could. ### Details **Date: September 25 – November 2, 2025 When:** Open during regular Thursday – Sunday hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured: [Cheryl Parry](https://cherylparry.wordpress.com/)** Funding has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/puffin-logo-better-150x150.png) ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) ### Related Events **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Closing Reflections: Glenn Walker](https://thepeale.org/closing-reflections-glenn-walker/) **Published:** October 8, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** 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 city’s most fascinating and fearless artists. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GWTwoFigures-744x1024.jpg) Nearly seventy years after Glenn Walker’s work was censored by Baltimore’s mayor, his art returned to The Peale to inspire conversation, reflection, and pride. Over the past month, visitors from across the region have rediscovered Walker’s bold humor, his eye for character, and his love for everyday Baltimore life. ### A Successful Exhibition and a Living Legacy We’re thrilled to share that several of Walker’s paintings have found new homes with collectors and supporters who value preserving his legacy. Interest in his work has been strong, and we anticipate additional sales in the days ahead. Each purchase helps ensure that Walker’s art continues to live on — not only in the homes of collectors but in the programs and initiatives of The Peale itself. Proceeds from these art sales directly support The Peale’s community-driven exhibitions and storytelling initiatives, helping us continue to provide a platform for Baltimore’s diverse voices, past and present. ### Continuing the Story We are deeply grateful to Buzz Cusak for his generosity and partnership, and to everyone who visited, shared, or purchased artwork in support of this important moment in Baltimore’s cultural history. ### Stay Connected Thank you for helping make *Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond* a success. To stay informed about upcoming exhibitions, public programs, and opportunities to support The Peale, visit [thepeale.org](https://thepeale.org) and subscribe to our newsletter. **Categories:** News --- ### [Just Announced - EARTH SEED Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/just-announced-earth-seed-film-screening/) **Published:** October 2, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** The Peale is delighted to present a special screening of EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality on Friday, October 17. Brought to you by filmmaker Fox Nakai and the [People’s Kitchen Collective](https://peopleskitchencollective.com/), this feature-length documentary invited viewers to envision and enact a collective future. People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC), based in Oakland, California, works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. EARTH SEED centers a pilgrimage through California from Los Angeles to Mendocino Woodlands that happened between March and June 2023. The collective visited with people and places, building models for survival and our collective future. EARTH SEED is a project rooted in Octavia Butler’s *Parables* series, the legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, and the diaspora of the global south. The film and greater project enacts radical hospitality as a survival practice by deepening relationships with BIPOC activists, artists, educators, farmers, youth, and elders. These themes resonate strongly in Baltimore, where community organizing, mutual aid, and cultural activism have long been powerful tools for resilience and transformation. The film offers both reflection and inspiration for how we might continue building collective futures grounded in care and solidarity. The Peale is excited to host a screening of EARTH SEED, along with a Q&A Discussion with the filmmakers and special guests. Join us for this timely conversation that bridges art, activism, food, and community. Head to our [Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-seed-film-screening-tickets-1766516190479?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl) page for full event details! ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FilmPoster-691x1024.png) **Categories:** Uncategorized --- ### [Two Weeks Left to Submit to Built to Last](https://thepeale.org/two-weeks-left-to-submit-to-built-to-last/) **Published:** October 1, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![The Peale Museum (Ai image)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ChatGPT-Image-Oct-1-2025-09_11_06-AM.png) 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**. This special juried exhibition invites artists to create original 2D works inspired by ten iconic historic landmarks in Baltimore’s Central Business District, including The Peale Museum, Monument Square & Battle Monument, Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Gayety Theatre, and more. ### How to Apply Submissions are managed through **CaFÉ**. Artists may submit up to three works, with an entry fee of $25. Additional images are $10 each. **Apply now**: [https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last/](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last) Don’t miss your chance to be part of this city-wide celebration of Baltimore’s resilience, creativity, and history. **Categories:** News --- ### [Know Before You Go](https://thepeale.org/know-before-you-go/) **Published:** September 18, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Excerpt:** What you need to know to prepare for your visit this weekend to The Peale during Charm City Live 2025. **Content:** Baltimore’s one-day music festival, ***Charm City Live***, will be held *Saturday, September 20, 2025 from noon to 9 p.m*. The Peale is located within the festival’s footprint, and will be open and hosting fun activities for the whole family! Here is your guide to navigating Downtown this weekend. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-819x1024.jpg) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2-819x1024.jpg) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/3-819x1024.jpg) Find us situated within the Kids Zone footprint of the festival. All of our exhibits will be on view, including *Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond*, *It’s a Snap!* photo contest brought to you by [Baltimore National Heritage Area](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/), and the last weekend of Jann Rosen-Queralt’s *One Chiliad*. Create your own VR avatar in [Second Life](https://thepeale.org/the-peale-in-second-life/)! We will have kiosks out for guests to create their own avatars in Second Life and take a tour of “The Virtual Peale”. Come explore our tactile exhibit, *Founding Fossils*, and then find some of your own! Finding Fossils is The Peale’s very own sensory dig site. Kids of all ages can dig to find their very own fossils, dinosaur eggs, and geodes! We look forward to seeing you for a fun-filled day in Downtown Baltimore! Visit [here](https://charmcitylive.baltimorecity.gov/) for more information about Charm City Live, and we recommend using [Waze](https://www.waze.com/live-map) for real-time traffic updates to help you navigate! ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/4-819x1024.jpg) **Categories:** News --- ### [Final Chance](https://thepeale.org/final-chance/) **Published:** September 18, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### See and Collect Glenn Walker’s Art at The Peale #### Exhibit closes October 12, 2025 ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19613_image.jpg) --- Time is running out to experience a rare chapter of Baltimore’s art history. This exhibition offers something truly rare: the chance to view — and purchase — original works by Glenn Walker. Once the show closes on **October 12, 2025**, many of these pieces may never be seen by the public again. The Peale is hosting *Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond*, an exhibition honoring the Baltimore artist whose work once sparked one of the city’s earliest censorship battles. In 1955, then-Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. ordered Walker’s painting removed from The Peale, calling it obscene. Nearly 70 years later, his art returns to the very place it was silenced. “Walker’s story is more than art history — it’s Baltimore history,” said John Suau, Executive Director of The Peale. “This is a final opportunity to rediscover his work and, for some, to bring it into their own collections.” --- ### Exhibition Details 🖼️ *Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond* 📍 The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 📅 On view through October 12, 2025 Don’t miss this chance to witness — and take part in — a rediscovery nearly seven decades in the making. 👉 Learn more: [Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond](https://thepeale.org/glenn-walker-in-the-room-and-beyond/ "Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond") ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GWAtTheExhibition-796x1024.jpg)![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GW-Headstand-805x1024.jpg)![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GWTwoFigures-744x1024.jpg)**Media Contact** John Suau, Executive Director 📧 **Categories:** News --- ### [Rediscovering Glenn Walker: Baltimore’s Hidden Master](https://thepeale.org/rediscovering-glenn-walker/) **Published:** September 16, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ##### In the heart of Baltimore’s art history lies a story of talent, controversy, and rediscovery. Glenn Walker, a painter whose works captured the grit, humor, and humanity of everyday Baltimore life, is finally receiving the recognition he deserves. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GWBottle-1020x1024.jpg)The Peale is proud to present ***Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond*** (compliments of Buzz Cusack) an exhibition that shines a light on this hidden master. For decades, Walker’s art has been known mostly to those who lived alongside him. Now, his bold wit, sharp observations, and Baltimore roots are back in focus — and available for the public to experience. **Why Glenn Walker Matters** Walker’s paintings reveal slices of life in mid-20th century Baltimore. His works combine everyday beauty with an artist’s eye for critique and humor. And while he was celebrated in small circles, he never achieved the wide recognition his work merits — until now. **A Rare Opportunity** This exhibition is more than a look back. It may also be the **final chance to view and purchase Walker’s original works** before they return to private hands. Prices offer both seasoned collectors and first-time buyers a chance to own a piece of Baltimore’s cultural legacy. “Glenn Walker’s story is one of resilience and rediscovery,” says John Suau, Executive Director of The Peale. “We’re honored to bring his work back into the public eye, and to give Baltimoreans the opportunity to connect with him in a meaningful way.” **Exhibition Details** 🖼️ *Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond, compliments of Buzz Cusack* 📍 The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 📅 On view through October 12, 2025 👉 Don’t miss this rare chance to rediscover a Baltimore original and bring home a piece of history. For more information, visit [The Peale’s Glenn Walker page](https://thepeale.org/glennwalker/) or contact: **Media Contact** John Suau, Executive Director **Categories:** News --- ### [It's a Snap: What Makes Baltimore Beautiful](https://thepeale.org/its-a-snap-what-makes-baltimore-beautiful/) **Published:** September 17, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Horses carry jockeys in colorful shirts along a racetrack as the background blurs with speed.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Grand-Prize-Determination-by-Deborah-Davis-1024x574.jpeg) ## It's a Snap: What Makes Baltimore Beautiful ### June 28, 2025 – September 29, 2025 ![A young boy makes a silly faces as other look toward a speaker on stage off to the side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Honorable-Mention-Eye-of-the-Beholder-by-Marcus-Clinton.jpeg) “Eye of the Beholder” by Marcus Clinton ![A Fells Point waterway with three boats in the harbor](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Honorable-Mention-Fells-Point-in-the-Snow-by-Keith-Newman.jpeg) “Fells Point in the Snow” by Keith Newman ![A large American flag waves on a hillside as a woman and a girl look at it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Honorable-Mention-Fortified-by-Kitty-Kouwenhoven.jpeg) “Fortified” by Kitty Kouwenhoven Each year, the [Baltimore National Heritage Area](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/) (BNHA) administers the *It’s A Snap!* photo contest. In 2024, they solicited responses to the theme “What makes Baltimore beautiful?” The diverse array of submissions captured by Baltimoreans over the course of the contest reflect the unique beauty of the Baltimore National Heritage Area boundaries and the multifaceted perspectives on this great city. The Peale is proud to present this year’s winners, in conjunction with BNHA! A team of artists, arts administrators, and BNHA staff comprised the jury and selected our winners: - Grand Prize: “Determination” by Deborah Davis (pictured in banner) - First Place: “Ice Towers” by Eric Sussman - Second Place: “Horseshoe Falls” by Leon Brown - Third Place: *Baltimore’s “*Industrial Heritage” by Mark Chopper - Honorable Mentions: Marcus Clinton, Keith Newman, Kitty Kouwenhoven, Linda Rabben, Greg Ketterman, Marc Sussman, Chuck Steenburgh **“Every year I’m astonished at the images submitted for It’s a SNAP! Baltimore contest,**” says BNHA Executive Director Shauntee Daniels, “Photos tell the story of Baltimore in so many ways, and our photographers were able to capture what they thought made Baltimore beautiful. I can only say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. I hope everyone gets a chance at some point to see this year’s winning photos.” ### Details **Date:** June 29, 2025 – September 28, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Photographers **Featured Photographers:** Deborah Davis, Eric Sussman, Leon, Brown, Mark Chopper, Marcus Clinton, Keith Newman, Kitty Kouwenhoven, Linda Rabben, Greg Ketterman, Marc Sussman, Chuck Steenburgh, and others. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Deadline Extended: Call for Artists](https://thepeale.org/deadline-extended-call-for-artists/) **Published:** September 15, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## *Built to Last* Exhibition at The Peale September 15, 2025 Baltimore artists: there’s still time to make your mark! The Peale is excited to announce that the submission deadline for *Built to Last: A Juried Art Exhibit of Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks* has been **extended to October 15, 2025.** This extension gives even more artists the opportunity to join this landmark exhibition celebrating the city’s rich architectural heritage. ### About the Exhibition ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Untitled-2-1024x665.jpg)Monument Square & Battle MonumentWhat do a concert hall, a synagogue, and an old newspaper headquarters have in common? In Baltimore, they stand as silent witnesses to the city’s evolution—testaments to architectural resilience, civic imagination, and layered histories. *Built to Last* invites artists to bring these stories to life through original 2D artworks inspired by ten iconic Baltimore landmarks, including The Peale Museum, Monument Square & Battle Monument, and the Baltimore Trust Company Building. Selected works will be featured in a gallery exhibition opening in **April 2026**, in tandem with The Peale’s Illuminator Awards weekend. Jurors include leading curators and cultural voices from Baltimore’s museums and archives. ### Prizes & Opportunities Artists will compete for **$5,000 in awards**, including a $2,500 Grand Prize. Works will be juried by a distinguished panel and showcased at The Peale, with opportunities for sale and ongoing recognition. ### Submission Details - **Who:** Artists 18+ living in Baltimore City or County - **What:** Up to three original 2D artworks - **How:** Submit via CaFÉ (CallForEntry.org) - **Deadline:** **October 15, 2025** - **Fee:** $25 for the first work, $10 for each additional image (up to 3 total) ### Partners & Support This exhibition is supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, with additional partners including Baltimore Heritage, AIA Baltimore, the Maryland Center for History & Culture, the Walters Art Museum, and Preservation Maryland. 👉 Learn more and apply: **Categories:** Artists, Community Events, History, News --- ### [Nearly 70 Years After Being Censored, Glenn Walker’s Art Returns to The Peale](https://thepeale.org/glennwalker-pressrelease/) **Published:** September 15, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** #### *Baltimore, MD – Monday, September 15, 2025* ![Artists protest removal of Glenn Walker’s painting “In the Room” from the 1955 Peale Museum exhibition.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/thumbnail_IMG_1059.jpg-1024x858.webp)Artists protest removal of Glenn Walker’s painting “In the Room” from the 1955 Peale Museum exhibition.In 1955, Baltimore’s mayor ordered Glenn Walker’s painting removed from the galleries of The Peale, marking one of the city’s earliest free-speech controversies in the arts. Today, The Peale is bringing Walker’s work back into the spotlight with [Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond](https://thepeale.org/glennwalker/), a month-long exhibition that may be the last chance for the public to view — and own — these historic works. Walker’s paintings, which capture both the humor and grit of everyday Baltimore, remain as relevant today as they were in the 1950s. With works available for sale starting at just $25, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to collect original art tied to Baltimore’s cultural history. “Glenn Walker’s story is one of resilience and rediscovery,” said John Suau, Executive Director of The Peale. “This is more than an art show — it’s about reclaiming a voice once silenced and giving Baltimoreans a chance to bring that history into their homes.” The exhibition runs through October 12, 2025. Visitors can view and purchase works during The Peale’s regular hours. **Media Contact:** John Suau, Executive Director Exhibit made possible through the generosity of Buzz Cusack. **Categories:** News --- ### [Announcing $5,000 in Prizes for Built to Last](https://thepeale.org/announcing-prizes-b2l/) **Published:** September 16, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** #### The Peale is thrilled to announce the prize structure for *Built to Last: A Juried Art Exhibit of Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks*! Thanks to support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, five outstanding artists will be recognized with cash awards totaling **$5,000**. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/header.gif)This juried exhibition invites artists to create 2D works inspired by ten of Baltimore’s most iconic historic buildings. A panel of distinguished jurors from Baltimore’s cultural community will review submissions and select prize recipients. ### Awards Breakdown - 🥇 **Grand Prize** – $2,500 - 🥈 **Second Place** – $1,000 - 🥉 **Third Place** – $700 - 🎖️ **Fourth Place** – $500 - 🎖️ **Fifth Place** – $300 These awards highlight the creativity and vision of artists who bring new life to Baltimore’s architectural treasures. ### Submissions Open Through October 15 Artists living in Baltimore City and County are invited to apply through **CaFÉ (CallForEntry.org)** by **October 15, 2025**. Up to three works may be submitted per artist. [Learn More](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last) #### Join us in celebrating Baltimore’s resilience, creativity, and enduring landmarks through art. **Categories:** News --- ### [One Chiliad by Jann Rosen-Queralt](https://thepeale.org/one-chiliad-by-jann-rosen-queralt/) **Published:** September 17, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Black-and-white image of an underwater scene that shows a hill or volcano, as fish swim around the feature.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/JRQ_10_ASFC_VII-copy_Peale-2-1024x695.jpg) ## One Chiliad ### June 26 – September 21, 2025 *One Chiliad* is inspired by the fact that our cultural legacy is determined by the relationship we have with the land and water of our environment. One’s sense of place is derived from merging personal geography with our ecological landscape. The title of the exhibition references the global conveyor belt which is measured not in length but in time. To complete a full cycle, a parcel of water is estimated to take one chiliad (or 1,000 years) to travel the entire loop. Inspired by and exploring themes of environmental concern, preservation, and wonder, the exhibition is complemented by [*Toxic Overburden*](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepeale.org%2Fexhibition-toxic-overburden%2F&data=05%7C02%7Conline%40thepealecenter.org%7Cd2f30318e0f7427bbc7708dd99584b55%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638835326734275823%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3dk3Xwl%2FkH42Ez%2Fs4IkxLZcf3CfSUOw1HbU3kAFQ3FQ%3D&reserved=0), an exhibition at The Peale about social justice and the environment in Curtis Bay. Together, the works present the viewer with opportunities to re-contextualize their experience of nature and our waterways through wonder, curiosity and action. The creation of the work in *One Chiliad* was supported by a Marcella Brenner Grant for faculty development and research to study western landscape photographs at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson Arizona, and an exploratory art and research residency in the Arctic Circle, as well as numerous self-funded and directed dive trips over a period of years. The exhibition is made possible by an Individual Artist Project Award from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, a pending grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. *One Chiliad* showcases three photographic series by Jann Rosen-Queralt. Each provides a distinct portal into either marine or arctic worlds, reflecting the far reaches of environmental loss, impact, and potential for change while connecting to the local and global struggles for environmental justice and conservation. The artwork was developed over the course of the past five years, with photographs originating from many dive trips, a residency, and grant supported research. The work includes underwater photographs from *A Sparrow on the Floor of A Cathedral* (ASFC) and *Witnessing the Pool of Time (WPT)*. ASFC is a collection of black-and-white images addressing the wonder and frailty of the underwater world paired with specific location information, and *WPT* is a collection of dimensional diptychs offering a portal to imagine ones place within the natural world via the contrast between a mirror-like surface and one of velvety depth. The third series, *Shifting Baselines*, is a grouping of diptychs focused on gradual changes in the environment through presenting the monumental and diminutive within the arctic landscape. The three series are distinct from one another but are unified by their direct connection to the global water cycle and time-based threats from climate change. ### Details **Date: June 26, 2025 – September 21, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artist: Jann Rosen-Queralt** ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) **Categories:** Exhibits --- ### [Built to Last Exhibition Call for Artists](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-call-for-artists/) **Published:** July 29, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/header-1024x403.gif) What do a concert hall, a synagogue, and an old newspaper headquarters have in common? In Baltimore, they stand as silent witnesses to the city’s evolution—testaments to architectural resilience, civic imagination, and layered histories. Now, The Peale invites artists to bring these stories to life. *Built to Last: A Juried Art Exhibit of Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks* is now accepting submissions through September 15, 2025. The exhibit, opening in April 2026, will present a powerful fusion of visual art and architectural storytelling. Artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit up to three original 2D works that interpret ten iconic Baltimore buildings. Why this project, and why now? “These buildings aren’t just backdrops to our lives,” says John Suau, Executive Director of The Peale. “They are vessels of memory. Some are beautifully restored, some are on the edge of being forgotten. All are part of Baltimore’s cultural DNA.” Artists selected by a jury of renowned curators and preservationists will be featured in a gallery exhibition at The Peale, with their works also eligible for sale during a closing art auction. Jurors include Catherine Arthur, Chief Curator at the Maryland Center for History & Culture, and Jo Briggs, Curator of 18th- and 19th-century Art at The Walters Art Museum. The exhibition is supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and a growing list of cultural partners including Baltimore Heritage, AIA Baltimore, and Preservation Maryland. Entry is $25 for the first image and $10 per additional submission (limit of 3). Apply through CaFÉ: Explore the full list of buildings and submission guidelines at: Got questions or want to get involved as a sponsor or partner? Contact The Peale at . **Let the city inspire you. Let your art help preserve what is Built to Last.** **Categories:** Artists, Community Events, History --- ### [UMD Intern Works to Process Digital Collections](https://thepeale.org/digital-collections-news/) **Published:** May 12, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** At The Peale, community voices are at the heart of everything we do. Housed in the oldest purpose-built museum building in the United States—built in 1814 by artist and inventor Rembrandt Peale—[The Peale has lived many lives](https://thepeale.org/history/ "History"). Over the centuries, it has been Baltimore’s City Hall, the [first public high school for students of Color](https://thepeale.org/school-one/ "School One"), a mattress factory, a sign shop, and for much of the 20th century, a municipal museum. After falling on hard times in the late 1990s and closing its doors, it took years of preservation work, vision, and community effort to bring The Peale back to life. In 2022, the building reopened not just as a museum, but as a platform: a community museum dedicated to elevating the voices, ideas, and creativity of Baltimoreans. That mission began taking shape in 2016-17, when The Peale—then just beginning the building’s restoration process—started collecting stories through a collaboration with the [MuseWeb](https://www.instagram.com/museweb/) Foundation. The project, *Be Here: Baltimore* ([now housed on SoundCloud at *Be Here Stories*](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories)), invited local storytellers to document the history and cultural life of their neighborhoods in their own words. Participants were given a small stipend and the freedom to tell stories that went beyond headlines and stereotypes, capturing a more honest and nuanced narrative of the city. [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-of-Peales-Channel-2025-1024x669.png)](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories) That early success launched a wave of story collecting. With support from the [Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program](https://museumonmainstreet.org/), The Peale helped maintain and further develop the already successful Stories from Main Street iOS app. Launched back in 2011, this story recording tool allowed users to record their short responses to prompts like, “What does living in a small town teach you?” and “What recipes are passed down in your family?” The innovative part at the time was that there was little moderation of the content. Yes, stories were reviewed upon submission, but there was no editorial judgement. All stories were valued equally, whether they were 10 seconds or 10 minutes, whether they covered a serious, thought-provoking topic or meandered on about cruising with friends on a Friday night. Even more revolutionary for a museum at that time, the content went live immediately. At one point, the Stories from Main Street app was a Top 25 educational pick in Apple’s App Store—offering users a simple, accessible way to record and share personal stories about their hometowns. Naturally, we piggybacked on the platform’s potential and used it to invite Baltimoreans to contribute. (We’re now using the [WebApp version of that initial Stories from Main Street](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/listen) platform, accessed through The Peale’s website). From there, our archive grew rapidly. Through partnerships with [Maryland Humanities](https://www.mdhumanities.org/), [Lexington Market](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Market), and the [Town Creek Foundation](https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/fdo-grantmaker-profile/?key=TOWN002), The Peale coordinated storytelling initiatives across the region, capturing hundreds more oral histories. The result: a rich, ever-growing archive of voices and experiences from across Baltimore. But with all that storytelling came a big challenge. Like many small museums, we were trying to do more than our staff capacity reasonably allowed. We were managing events, exhibitions, communications—and now, an expanding digital archive of community stories. We had secured a low-cost DAMS (digital asset management system), but didn’t have the time to keep up with the pace of new content. We found ourselves asking: How do we make this process sustainable? How could we manage our growing collection in a way that didn’t require a dedicated archivist—or a custom-built system we couldn’t afford? That’s when we discovered the [Permanent](https://www.permanent.org/) Legacy Foundation, whose [Byte4Byte program](https://www.permanent.org/byte4byte/) offered both free digital storage and the chance to host an intern to help us tackle our backlog. It was exactly the kind of practical, people-centered solution we needed: affordable, accessible, and easy to use without heavy onboarding. In the section below, you’ll hear from Nicholas Lizarralde, a graduate student in the Library Science Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Nicolas joined us in January 2025 to work directly with a specific collection—making sense of what we had, organizing it, and helping us imagine what a more sustainable archival process might look like for a museum like The Peale. Because we believe that preserving community stories shouldn’t just be a luxury for large institutions—it should be a shared responsibility we all can take part in. **Nicolas Lizarralde**: The Peale’s Out of the Blocks collection (OOTB) is an online compilation named after and containing a series of interviews co-created by sound engineer/photographer Wendel Patrick and producer Aaron Henkin and aired on Baltimore’s WYPR radio station from 2015 to 2021. Said interviews are held with a wide sampling of Baltimore’s people of all colors, classes, and creeds on topics as profound as the meaning of life and as mundane as the realities of daily life and are set to bespoke music by Patrick as Henkin converses with his subjects. They represent Baltimore in a way tales of great generals and politicians fail to do so: they are stories of the common people. The Peale currently hosts this collection on its website, each interview matched with an appropriate image and PDF transcript and organized by the street they were hosted. As an intern, I was tasked with going through each interview, recording its details, and determining appropriate metadata tags and standards for the collection based on the details with the goal of tagging the interviews and uploading them to Permanent.org to make these newly-tagged interviews publicly available. [![Screenshot of the Out Of the Blocks project website, highlighting the about section.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeA23xfdJf5ah4ZrQVGD59eiKQD7Tq306SwAIjmdUlNBeI_wSKod8OqLgD8w55fG7vgk0rOrxaVQJlGzDZuwMgc6L9z2PW0dPMT6KMdez4u0t9LdxtCBGOn2jB9DdhO4HfDr9ue?key=sKQgqJR4vVFLdUXHXjLcZ48Z)](https://ootb.thepeale.org/) There are dozens upon dozens of OOTB interviews hosted by The Peale, and after surmising that downloading every interview’s files by hand would take hours, I instead wrote a script in the Microsoft PowerShell scripting language that would automatically download each file and organize the files by street into folders in a matter of seconds. With that out of the way, I could focus instead on the meat of the project: the metadata.I would first listen to the interviews and write down their details (ID, interviewee name, etc.) in a shared Microsoft Excel file, one row for each interview, after which I would upload their image and audio files onto Piction.com, a content management system in the vein of Permanent.org, to determine the metadata. Then, I would upload the same files onto Permanent.org, where I would place interviews files into folders by street, then, within each street folder, create folders for each interview, which would contain the interview’s tagged image and audio files. I would finally completed my work on these interview files by attaching the metadata to each file as I had done on Piction, and The Peale would follow up by making the files publicly available, as seen here: [![A screenshot of the public archive for the Out of the Blocks archive on Permanent.org. It shows a description for the archive as well as folders for each of the interviews.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfXIPExc-z_C166gvcvKHY_ba8-rU2RoM1kjQwgF6qLT07sa7wA9-X_gDBkQklpLThcK2bj2u-v0BwaCWyzuquLEayvhYVaRKWNknAo9CUNhm1QeWiU5gwArzbzmOkQb_I1PE4Xag?key=sKQgqJR4vVFLdUXHXjLcZ48Z)](https://www.permanent.org/p/archive/0551-0000/0551-01h8/1611361) I was pleasantly surprised to see how intuitive Permanent was to use. Its clean interface makes it a breeze to navigate, and its feature set is broad enough to meet a wide array of metadata-creating needs, going so far as to include connectivity with Google Maps in a section for addresses. I also interacted frequently with their staff members, who were amicable, knowledgeable, and quick to respond, demonstrating a deep passion and understanding of their line of work. Unfortunately, I was unable to finish creating metadata for each interview, as it would have taken much more time than I initially expected, but I have greatly enjoyed using Permanent over the past three months in support of the community archives atThe Peale. The workflow: ![The workflow created by Nicolas as part of his internship at the Peale. ](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdP3nrduAtUSsLyeSdjk61Ad_-tk2QPCGwW97YjNR-qnOs7kmZgHQHw8DZlIvv-OkLAvt0bFxN5bKwY5Xjv7gH_xUQI_lNM2fEnqZvvhX84kz8jBaLohQu3xYfrb4BtdTHw0ar-cw?key=sKQgqJR4vVFLdUXHXjLcZ48Z) Now, back to the outcomes of the internship from The Peale’s point of view. Again, as a small museum with fewer resources, we greatly appreciated Nicolas’ time and enthusiasm to tackle this project. It was a small but important test case for us. The idea was to determine whether or not the process Nicolas used was sustainable for us in the long run. With Nicolas’ help, we figured out approximately how long it takes to ingest and add metadata to each story, so a “time per story” ratio that will help us establish legitimate time/cost estimates for future grant efforts and potential internships. We now know that it takes about one hour per story, if at least some of the metadata is known and the transcripts for the files have already been reviewed. The time per story could be 1-3 hours should all of the metadata need to be assembled and the transcriptions acquired and approved. That’s a significant difference in cost and one that may color how we prioritize various collections. Nicolas also helped us think about which steps were redundant and could be eliminated, if possible. We’re still working mapping that out. We initially wanted to be sure that we had collections in multiple repositories, to safeguard against the catastrophic failure of one platform, whether it was a tech malfunction or the spontaneous collapse of a company. The mantra is “will it be easy to get your content out?” That assessment is still ongoing, but it’s wonderful to think that we have an objective view of what’s working and what could be improved! It’s just one step for us, but the internship helped us think about maximizing what we can do today rather than dreaming about the perfect scenario. **Categories:** Digital Preservation, Storytelling --- ### [The New Curiosity Shop!](https://thepeale.org/the-new-curiosity-shop/) **Published:** April 14, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![A black graphic that says, Curiosity Shop, in a gold type. Includes The Peale logo.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MicrosoftTeams-image-1024x1024.png) The Peale, in collaboration with [Dear Globe Coffee](https://dearglobecoffee.com/), presents the Curiosity Shop! Opening in mid-June 2023, this local shop will be managed by Dear Globe Coffee and be filled with goods from local artisans and vintage vendors, along with other items of a curious nature. As with everything at The Peale, we welcome the community to join in the fun. If you are an artist, artisan, or vendor who would like your wares to be considered for sale in our Curiosity Shop, please let us know! If you miss the spring deadline, we will be periodically opening a new call for entry throughout the year! Please contact Kim Domanski at for more information. [ Apply to be included! ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGzOE69E1tUjEu_Bx16BDh_cefAoXpBr_lIjBKVrm-LPH2qg/viewform) **Categories:** Artists, Community Events **Tags:** Shop --- ### [Sarah Miriam Peale Studio at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/sarah-miriam-peale-studio-at-the-peale/) **Published:** January 25, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![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.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SarahMiriamPeale-Small-839x1024.jpg)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 her cousin Rembrandt when she was 17 years old. The cousins used several rooms on the third floor as their painting studios. The rooms needed extra tall doors to move large canvases in and out. The oversized window (now in the restroom on the third floor) is north facing, which would have provided the perfect light for the painting studio before the building was added next door. > “. . . you will be surprised to see how much Sally is improving. Consequently she will become more industrious and I think it is very probable that she will find employment in Baltemore \[sic\].” > > Rembrandt Peale, letter to his father Charles Willson Peale, Dec. 16, 1819 Bringing Sarah’s story to today . . . a still life that Sarah painted in 1822 just sold at auction for $277,200–a record for Sarah, one of the first professional women artists in the United States. (See the embedded story below). She’s still making history! The original portrait is at the [National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution](https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.84.178). We have a replica portrait (seen above) in the Peale Gallery, here at the museum! You can learn more about the Peale family and the architecture of the building in this [audio tour, narrated by WYPR’s Aaron Henkin](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/tour-of-the-peale-americas). > [A Still Life by Sarah Miriam Peale, the First Professional Female Painter in the U.S., Has Set a New Auction Record for the Artist](https://news.artnet.com/market/sarah-miriam-peale-auction-record-christies-2246316) **Categories:** Artists, History, Women's History --- ### [Host a Meeting at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/host-a-meeting-at-the-peale/) **Published:** March 15, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![A group of people meet together in a room in a museum.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2876-1024x768.jpg) Looking for a downtown space to get together with your local club or colleagues? Through May 2023, Peale members at the [Storyteller level and above](https://thepeale.org/membership/) are invited to reserve galleries at the museum for their meetings of up to two hours in duration – for free! [Become a member today!](https://thepeale.org/membership/) Book the Moses Williams Center, the Storytelling Studio, or a large gallery on the second floor. Spaces accommodate 10-50 people. Chairs are provided at no cost; tables can be rented at $5 each. A modest cleaning fee will be charged if food is served, but feel free to bring your own non-alcoholic beverages. What are the next steps? Just click the button and select your day and time! And as your thoughts turn to spring and getting outside, remember that The Peale’s garden offers a peaceful, green oasis during our regular opening hours and is also free to visit. [ Book a Meeting Space ](https://calendly.com/pealemeetings) ### [Become a Peale Member!](https://thepeale.org/membership/) Now, more than ever! Support the Peale while gaining special access to our innovative programs and events, online and in person, year-round! From jazz and concerts to lectures, workshops, theater and more, you’ll be the first to hear Baltimore stories, as told by its residents. **[Start your membership now!](https://thepeale.org/membership/)** **Categories:** Community Events, Members **Tags:** Community Events --- ### [Welcome to the Community Advisory Team](https://thepeale.org/welcome-to-the-community-advisory-team/) **Published:** December 20, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** The votes are in! Congratulations to our inaugural Community Advisory Team (CAT). New members include: - **Nia Redmond** - **Iya Jackson** - **Kayenecha Daugherty** - **Timothy Nohe** - **Natasha Jordan Bailey** Elected by Baltimore community members, the purpose of the group is to ensure that the programs and exhibitions hosted by The Peale online and in its historic building continue to be driven grassroots-up, by Baltimore’s storytellers and creators. Abegail Baguio, Catherine Sansone, and Marguerite Woods will also participate in the CAT as alternates for the five-person leadership team. Stay tuned for further details and opportunities to contribute as the CAT gets up and running in the new year. Thank you to everyone who voted and participated in the planning meetings this fall. We look forward to continuing to work with you on the CAT and programs at The Peale! **Categories:** Community Events --- ### [Praise Song by Mama Linda Goss](https://thepeale.org/praise-song-by-mama-linda-goss/) **Published:** October 5, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** **Dedicated at the Reopening of the Peale on August 13, 2022** [Hear Mama Linda](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/praise-song-for-the-garden-at-the-peale) sing the Praise song, recorded by [Aaron Henkin](https://www.wypr.org/people/aaron-henkin), with music by Scott Patterson of [Afro House](https://www.afrohouse.org/). My Bells are Ringing! My Soul is Singing! In the Center of the Universe In the Center of Charm City In the Middle of Baltimore is a place called The Peale Center. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I want to go to a Garden of Ideas. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I WANT TO GO TO A GARDEN OF LIVING DREAMS! I AM THE SUN. I AM THE WIND. I AM THE BOBCAT. I AM THE MUSKRAT. I AM THE RAINBOW. I AM THE SKY. I AM THE CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY! There is so much Education. You can use your Imagination. There is a Path of Talking Bricks. Let’s wonder then have a picnic. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I want to go to a Garden of Ideas. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I WANT TO GO TO A GARDEN OF LIVING DREAMS! I AM THE RAVEN. I AM THE RAIN. I AM THE ORIOLE. I AM THE SQUIRREL. I AM THE SUNFLOWER. I AM THE BEAR. I AM A SYCAMORE FROM BALTIMORE! In the Garden You can be your favorite flower. You can become your favorite bird. You can become your favorite tree. You can be whatever you want to be! I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I want to go to a Garden of Ideas. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I WANT TO GO TO A GARDEN OF LIVING DREAMS. I AM A TERRAPIN. I AM A DEER. I AM A BULLFROG. I AM A BULLDOG. I AM A DIAMOND. I AM A BEE. A GARDEN IS A JEWEL IN THE COMMUNITY. Garden walls tell ancient stories. Architectural Discoveries. Revealing Histories. Uncovering Mysteries. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I want to go to a Garden of Ideas. I want to go to the Garden at The Peale. I WANT TO GO TO A GARDEN OF LIVING DREAMS. I AM A CHIPMUNK. I AM A FOX. I AM A COTTONTAIL. I AM A SNAIL. I AM A BLUECRAB. I AM A BLUEJAY. HAVE A HOLIDAY ON A STREET CALLED HOLLIDAY. My Bells are Ringing! My Soul is Singing! I am dancing in the Garden at The Peale! (Aside) I am a Tiger. I am a Hawk I am a Sea Hawk. I am the Sea Gull. I am the Sea. I am me. I am a Gopher. I am a Greyhound. I am an Eagle. I am the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. I am a Gator — See you later at The Peale! Mama Linda Goss Copyright © 2022 by Linda Goss ![A historic garden with stone relief sculptures of reclining figures on a wall.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GardenSculpture-PhotoByHeatherShelton-16August2022-3-SMALL-1024x683.jpg) **Categories:** Community Events, Storytelling --- ### [Moses Williams: A History](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams/) **Published:** November 25, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-939x1024.jpg) Moses Williams was an accomplished silhouette artist and entrepreneur born to an enslaved couple who were traded to Charles Willson Peale, Rembandt’s father, in payment for a pair of portraits he had painted while living in Maryland. Although the senior Peale had voted in favor of Pennsylvania’s Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery while serving in the state assembly in 1780, provisions in the law meant Williams grew up in the Peale household in a sort of indentured status, remaining with the Peales after his parents were emancipated. Unlike Peale’s biological children, Williams was not taught to paint, but he did learn silhouette cutting and sold silhouettes to visitors to the Peales’ Philadelphia Museum. From his creative business, he earned enough to be manumitted a year before Pennsylvania law required at the time, purchase a home, and start a family. His entrepreneurial spirit, talent, and success in the face of systemic racism and injustice make Moses Williams a relevant and exemplary historical figure for the apprentices in the [Accomplished Arts Apprentices](https://thepeale.org/apprentices/) workforce development program. Their teaching gallery at the Peale Museum in Baltimore is named after him to put this important history at the heart of the 1814 museum building and the stories that visitors will learn about it and the Peale family. Learn more about Moses Williams in [this seminal article](https://www.thepealecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gwendolyn-DuBois-Shaw-on-Moses-Williams-APS-149-1-Mar-2005.pdf) by [Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw](https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/people/gwendolyn-dubois-shaw), originally published in the [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, March 2005.](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4598906) On the Peale family’s history with slavery see [Sarah Fling’s article](https://www.whitehousehistory.org/charles-willson-peale) for the “Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood initiative.” [![A delicate silhouette of a man with short hair and a long nose.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Raphaelle-219x300.jpeg)Raphaelle Peale (1774 - 1825) c. 1805 Moses Williams, American, 1777 - c. 1825. Portrait of Raphaelle Peale, American, 1774 - 1825. Made at Peale's Museum, Philadelphia. Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Raphaelle.jpeg) [![A delicate silhouette of a man with close-cropped hair and a cravat.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CWP-245x300.jpeg)Charles Willson Peale (1741 - 1827) After 1802 Moses Williams, American, 1777 - c. 1825. Made at Peale's Museum, Philadelphia. Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CWP.jpeg) [![A delicate silhouette of a woman with a bun.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Angelica-251x300.jpeg)Angelica Peale Robinson, After 1803, Moses Williams, American, 1777 - c. 1825. Made at Peale's Museum, Philadelphia. Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Angelica.jpeg) **Categories:** Artists, History --- ### [Vote for Community Advisory Team Members](https://thepeale.org/vote-for-community-advisory-team-members/) **Published:** November 15, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** We are looking for 5 members to serve for 1 year to guide The Peale’s programming and decision-making process. The aim is to ensure that the programs and exhibitions hosted by the Peale online and in its historic building continue to be driven grassroots-up, by Baltimore’s communities and creators. The candidates introduced below have been nominated to join the Community Advisory Team (CAT) this year. You are invited to help elect the inaugural Community Advisory Team of five members. After reviewing the candidates, please vote for 5 team members. ### Iya Jackson ![Iya has a white shirt and eyeglasses.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IyaJ_PealeCAT-iya-jackson-1-1-150x150.jpg) Most of my community arts experience in Baltimore is underground & there’s an entire community of young Black people who have been creating spaces for ourselves. The people I have witnessed in these spaces deserve the opportunity to have exhibitions, pop ups & features for their CV too. Spaces like these are largely inaccessible to those of us who haven’t received a “traditional” arts education. I would make it my personal mission as a member of the CAT to make space for artists from truly diverse backgrounds, experiences, & identities. ### Nikiea Redmond ![Nikiea has a jeans jacket and sits in a red chair.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bio-nikiea2022-Nikiea-Redmond-1-150x150.jpg) I’d happily offer my experience in historical research for families in East Baltimore as well as a passion for preserving community and personal history. My bio shares that I have offered consulting services for self-published authors since 2009. In my experience as a liaison bringing together political organizations, community groups and stakeholders in East Baltimore, I’ve assisted with documenting historical footage of legendary East Baltimore artists, politicians, and community activists through the East Baltimore Historical Library. Also have supported various artists working in East Baltimore; through connecting residents to resources in the community. For over 11 years I have served as a Community Representative on the board of the Harbor Bank of Maryland’s Harbor Bankshares Community Development Entity. Proudly have received her Bachelors in Corporate Communication from the University of Baltimore in 2011. For over 15 years, I’ve served as a marketing specialist for various non-profit organizations, schools and other entities. Today I’m the Co-Director and Co-Producer of the award winning feature-length documentary, Anatomy of Wings. Professionally I provide communications consulting specializing in marketing, social media, self-publishing and graphic design. The Afro-American Newspaper presented me with the Sam Lacy Award for Youth Leadership in 2004. I’m grateful to also be a 2015 recipient of the Black Wall Street Journal Award for my Graphic Design work in Baltimore City. ### Kayenecha Daugherty ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/KD-Bio-2022-Creative-Nomads-150x150.jpg) I am the Founder and Executive Director of Creative Nomads, an arts nonprofit. I have had a career in art and entertainment for over 20 years. As a person who works in the schools and in the community with families, particularly with young children, I think I bring a perspective to the table of families and people that are not always represented in spaces like museums and art institutions. ### Timothy Nohe ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/tim-nohe.jpg) I am a UMBC professor, longtime resident of the city, interdisciplinary practice across visual arts, animation, music, dance and theater. Community engaged work with kids, scientists, urban foresters. \[I want\] To be of service to this community and The Peale, an unique institution with a vital mission for ALL of Baltimore. ### Marguerite Woods ![Marguerite wears sunglasses and has gold earrings.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Marguerite-Woods-bio-Cheryl-Fogle-Hatch-2-150x150.jpg) After becoming blind as an adult, I soon realized if I were to move forward in my life, I would have to discover a way to make peace with this newest aspect of my very Being. Because of my heightened revelation that none of my characteristics needed to be the end of my story , I was inspired to look for ways to soothe my anxieties. Out of that asking,I developed a passion for learning which included the Law of Attraction and Practice. Additional life empowering skills were gained which helped me to manage blindness. In 2011, I attracted an Amazing opportunity to travel to Southern India where I resided for one year. While there, I had a chance to put my hands in the clay and knew Immediately that my former style of appreciating art was about to expand. The thrill of creating my own art caused me to want this experience to be available to all blind people . Eagerly, I began to chat up the idea with everyone who would listen by saying,”what if every individual who is interested in creating Art (no matter the disability) can do so because of the plethora of avenues that are accessible”? This would be life affirming for All involved . For me, The Arts are such a powerful part of Civilization and Culture for they provide a Holistic Approach to Life and foster Wellbeing!! ### Catherine Sansone ![Catherine has long gray hair and a collared shirt.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/resume-ctsansone-Catherine-Battaglia-1-150x150.jpg) I graduated in 2021 from University of Maryland Baltimore County, with a 3.183 GPA in history and a minor in public history. I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in historical studies, at the same university. I am a member of Phi Alpha Theta. I am proficient in many software programs and social media apps. I am highly organized and detail oriented. Over my career I have developed skills for fostering positive public relations. I am energetic, motivated, focused, and regard my maturity as an asset. ### Roxcelanna Nia Redmond ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Biography-for-Nia-Redmond-Bmore-Truthful-150x150.jpg) As the Cofounder of the East Baltimore Historical Library, a displaced and/or impacted residents response to the EBDI/JHU’s 88 acre redevelopment project, North of the hospital, I consider myself an ‘accidental” citizen-historian. It has taken our small group of committed resident-volunteers 19 yrs, negotiating with EBDI/JHU to manifest a sacred space to honor the history, culture and traditions of over 750 black families involuntarily displaced to create what is now, Eager Park. Lessons learned from the experience have been hard learned, yet well received. The largest lessons learned was the importance of strategic “silent” mentors, who for whatever reason, chose to share much appreciated advice on how to navigate the endless hurdles and stumbling blocks, our team, experienced to stay at the table with one of the most formidable stakeholders in our city, and perhaps, region. However, the experience has actually provided me with real life experiences to honed skill sets, I never imagined I would need;while at the same time, has introduced me to many from other ethnic groups, who silently, but richly enhanced my learning experiences. In all honesty, being a gifted creative, my strong suite is probably the wealth of imagination fueled creativity, i can channel to mitigate challenging situations. ### Abegail Baguio ![Abegail has long black hair and a rosy, pink top on.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Baguio_Abegail_Peale-Museum_CAT-Responses-1-150x150.jpg) I migrated to the United States with my family at the age of 10 and we settled in in the suburbs of Southern California, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. I attended college in Northern California and received my B.A. in Anthropology. I spent about a decade living in the northeast part of Los Angeles and in 2015, moved to Portland, Maine for a job opportunity. In December 2019, I moved to the Bolton Hill neighborhood in Baltimore. I’ve dedicated my entire career to the nonprofit field. I have comprehensive experience in nonprofit administration and operations, with an expertise in fund development, special events, board relations, volunteer mobilization, and communications. The first decade of my career was spent at two of the of the largest arts venues in Los Angeles County, followed by nearly three years at a major art museum in Maine. I had a short stint fundraising for a private liberal arts college and have spent the last three years fundraising for immigrant advocacy organizations. ### Natasha Jordan Bailey ![A woman with bright, red eyeglasses and curly black, shoulder-length glasses.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NJ-Profile-Pic-150x150.jpg) Natasha Jordan is a nonprofit leader with more than 20 years of experience in national and international nonprofit organizations. She currently leads centralized support of administrative and operational activities and workflows for the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at George Washington University. She is a seasoned nonprofit administrator with extensive experience leading, developing, and designing strategic and operational processes. Natasha is a servant leader who is passionate about developing cross-cultural, multi-generational teams and environments. She is an advocate for diverse voices and enjoys reading, volunteering with youth, festivals, and exploring new ideas and expressions of being. [ Vote for Up to 5 Candidates for our CAT Team ](https://forms.gle/DdNHBHe2gAs6pjJZA) **Categories:** Community Events --- ### [JOB: AAA Program Manager and Youth Services Professional](https://thepeale.org/job-aaa-program-manager/) **Published:** October 26, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** - [ October 26, 2022 ](https://thepeale.org/2022/10/26/) - 4:18 pm The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, is recruiting for two part-time positions in its Accomplished Arts Apprenticeship (AAA) Program team, which could be filled by one or two people: 1. **The AAA Program Manager (PM)** is responsible for the overall coordination of the AAA program, including managing the team and its communications; instructor communications and coordination; execution of the daily agenda as assigned by Instructors/Program Lead; curriculum calendar management; facilities and course resource management; and monthly reporting. **20 hours/week @ $35/hour** 2. **The Youth Services Coordinator (YSC)** is a natural mentor and specialist in youth development, responsible for the well-being of the apprentices and coordinating support services that ensure their ability to participate in the program, including financial and health services. The YSC is responsible for timekeeping for the apprentices and the accurate monthly reporting of their hours worked; coordinating their transportation and lunches; and monitoring their progress and advocating for their needs on a weekly basis with program leadership and instructors. **15 hours/week @ $35/hour** Because of the dynamic, start-up nature of this program, the PM/YSC must be nimble and creative in problem-solving, quick to respond, flexible, and able to both propose and adopt new tactics and approaches as learnings and needs emerge. The PM/YSC must be an excellent communicator and have a good eye for logistical detail, and should relish start-up and innovative work. Experience working with older teens and young adults as well as school-leavers, returning citizens, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds is essential. Experience in workforce development and teaching are highly desirable. The PM/YSC will be expected to be a self-starter and to work with minimal daily direction, but to request additional support from leadership and the team when required. Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to AAA@ThePeale.org. Review of resumes begins on November 1, 2022, but they will be accepted until the positions are filled. **POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED for the 2022-2023 AAA Program.** ### About the Peale Based in the oldest museum building in the U.S., the Peale is Baltimore’s community museum and a place where anyone can contribute their story to the City’s cultural and historical narrative. The Peale is also a teaching museum and base for the Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) program. Learn more about The Peale by visiting ThePeale.org. ### About AAA The Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) program aims to increase equity and inclusion in the arts, creative and preservation trades with specific focus on people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. Apprentices are typically aged 19-24 and receive hands-on training in exhibition installation, art handling, historic preservation, and related trades, as well as greater involvement in and appreciation of the arts lifelong. **Categories:** AAA, Jobs --- ### [Community Advisory Team](https://thepeale.org/community-advisory-team/) **Published:** October 13, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** Thanks for your interest in the Peale’s Community Advisory Team (CAT)! We had an initial CAT meeting on Sept. 20th and, after receiving input from you, have created a self-nomination process for joining the CAT. If you would like to be part of the CAT, [feel free to nominate yourself, and/or share this link with others](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iz1kDFCLh3GDkE5uYVeT5CbZm06h8rISsQ983er7PpE/edit?ts=633478f8)! We created these questions based on your ideas and feedback. Please respond to all questions. Next, we will facilitate a voting process to determine who will serve on the CAT for 2022-2023. Please save Sunday, November 20th from 5:30-7:30pm for the next CAT planning meeting, to be held at the Peale and online! Test **Deadline: MONDAY, November 7, 2022** [ Nomination Form ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJSKy0-Z09yGVHt0kFywWczLY55jLk7-J31YeUKt1vTMexag/viewform?pli=1) ![A room full of people stand in a museum space and listen to a speaker with a microphone.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DSCF1897-Photo-by-Glenn-Ricci.-5.1.22-1024x683.jpg) **Categories:** Community Events **Tags:** Community Events --- ### [JOB: Call for AAA Instructors ](https://thepeale.org/aaa-instructors-2022/) **Published:** October 26, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** - [ October 26, 2022 ](https://thepeale.org/2022/10/26/) - 2:43 pm **Teach art handling, exhibition preparation, or historic preservation trades as part of the** **Accomplished Arts Apprenticeship Program!** The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, is seeking reliable, skilled instructors who can teach part-time on one or more modules in the Accomplished Arts Apprenticeship Program at the Peale. Although the program extends over 32 weeks from November 2022 into June 2023, any given instructor is unlikely to be required for all 32 weeks. The maximum number of teaching hours per week is currently 15: 5 hours/day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Pay is $35/hour. ### Instructors must be proficient in: ### Instructors must know how to: ### Applicants must have: - problem solving - communicating effectively - getting key points across to learners - proactively engaging with the entire cohort of apprentices - taking feedback and instructions well - teaching from a planned curriculum - practice workplace etiquette/safety - use manual and power tools - read a measuring tape and level - properly use basic construction materials - Paint, repair & apply spackling properly to walls - have knowledge in carpentry - (not mandatory but useful) handle and install artworks - (not mandatory but useful) unpack and pack artworks - (not mandatory but useful) properly light art exhibitions - High school diploma or 5 years or more experience - Reliable transportation - Fully COVID vaccinated or medically exempt - Valid I.D. Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to AAA@ThePeale.org. Review of resumes begins on November 1, 2022, but they will be accepted until the positions are filled. [ Submit Your Resume and Cover Letter ](mailto:AAA@ThePeale.org) ### About the Peale Based in the oldest museum building in the U.S., the Peale is Baltimore’s community museum and a place where anyone can contribute their story to the City’s cultural and historical narrative. The Peale is also a teaching museum and base for the Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) program. Learn more about The Peale by visiting ThePeale.org. ### About AAA The Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) program aims to increase equity and inclusion in the arts, creative and preservation trades with specific focus on people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. Apprentices are typically aged 19-24 and receive hands-on training in exhibition installation, art handling, historic preservation, and related trades, as well as greater involvement in and appreciation of the arts lifelong. **Categories:** AAA, Jobs --- ### [Communities for Immunity](https://thepeale.org/communities-for-immunity/) **Published:** October 24, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022.05.05-MD-VirtualSchoolandVaccinationHumor-JayQuanWashington-10February2022-1024x913.jpg) ![A child's drawing of the COVID-19 virus.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022.05.15-MD-PerspectivesOnTwoYearsOfthePandemic-AdiAndKaden-VaxVox-ScreenshotFromVideo-25February2022-1024x579.jpg) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022.05.23-MD-ReflectionsOnMarch2020-TristanStefanovic-VaxVox-PhotobyAaronCurtis-25March2022-1-1024x681.jpg) In 2021, a coalition of national museum and library associations announced the recipients of the second round of funding for ***Communities for Immunity***, and the Peale was among the awardees. As part of the project, the Peale collected stories from community members about their experiences with COVID-19 and its aftermath. Of course, this series that we’ve called VAX VOX, is ongoing. [If YOU have a COVID story you’d like to share](http://beherestories.thepeale.org), it’s never too late. Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), *Communities for Immunity* provides funding awards and support to museums and libraries engaging their communities to boost COVID-19 vaccine confidence. As trusted community partners, museums and libraries play a critical role in building vaccine confidence and fighting the pandemic. “Through this unprecedented partnership, *Communities for Immunity* is providing nearly 100 museums, libraries, and tribal organizations across the country with over $1.6 million over two rounds of funding to help their community members make well-informed decisions about COVID-19 and vaccinations,” said Laura Lott, President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums. “These organizations are linchpins in helping bring an end to the pandemic and leading their communities into a brighter, healthier future.” [ Download Community Toolkit ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Toolkit-VaxVox-V4-4.28.22-FINAL-accessible-2.pdf) [ Listen to Stories about COVID-19 ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-about-covid-19-and-vaccination) ![IMLS Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/imls_logo_2c-300x136.jpg) **Categories:** Storytelling **Tags:** COVID-19 --- ### [2022 Grit Fund Recipients](https://thepeale.org/2022-grit-fund-recipients/) **Published:** October 24, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![Two women in fancy white clothing sit for a portrait. Both are smiling and joyous.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Omolara-and-Najee-1944x2048-1-972x1024.jpg)Congratulations to the 2022 Grit Fund Award Winners! Find out details about other Grit Fund Artist Awards on the [Grit Fund Website](http://www.gritfund.org). - **Baltimore Indians**, $10,000- Ashley Minner, Tiffany Chavis, Stanton Lewis, Katie Lively, Dare Turner and Sean Scheidt - **Invisible Folx**, $8,000- Ephraim Nehemiah, Kairo Miles, Kenneth Something, and Jabari Lyles - **Puppets, Masks, and Crankies: Shifting the Story**, $7,000- Sheila Gaskins, Tara Cariaso, and Maura Dwyer - **PalatePALETTE**, $7,000- Krystal C. Mack, Matt Freire, Sharea Harris, Émile Joseph Weeks, and Erin Nutsugah - **Community Weaving Studio**, $7,000- Ọmọlará Williams McCallister and Najee Haynes Follins - **Funktopia Nation**, $6,000- Petula Caesar, Jonathan Gilmore, Stevanie Williams, Jermeka Warren, Ben Pierce, Myles Gilmore, Phil Thomas, Mary Ellen Mink, Stephanie Edwards aka “Safiyatou.” Tamika Peters, and Chris Ashworth - **What The Water Gave Me/Things My Mother Taught Me**, $5,000- Alexis Araminta Renee, Kirby Griffin, Nia Hampton, and Alexis Renee - **Latin(X)equis | Baltimore**, $5,000- Hoesy Corona and Stephanie Mercedes - **TERRA: LAND + BODY COLLECTIVE**, $5,000- Jonna McKone, Se Jong Cho, and Elena DeBold - **HellBond: Dancing with the Spirits**, $5,000- Jia Le Ling and Michael Young **Categories:** Artists, Grants --- ### [Remembering Peale Board Member Romaine Somerville](https://thepeale.org/remembering-peale-board-member-romaine-somerville/) **Published:** October 13, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** “Helping to restore the Peale Museum left neglected for years by Baltimore City was just the ticket for Romaine Somerville. Diminutive in stature, but filled to the brim with enthusiasm, good nature, and interest in preserving Baltimore’s historic buildings and neighborhoods, she joined the Peale Board and served as its secretary. At the time, the Peale Board was small and met in private homes to plan strategies to raise the millions of dollars necessary to repair and reopen the failing building. Romaine arrived at meetings impeccably dressed and ready to get to work. She had years of experience in the museum world and the contacts to match. She was always willing to make phone calls and write letters to help the board achieve its goals. Romaine often lingered after board meetings over a cup of tea and loved to talk about her grandchildren. She was proud of their accomplishments and glad they lived nearby in Washington, DC. She was very skeptical when her daughter bought a place near the beach but came to love spending long relaxing weekends there with Frank and her family. Romaine’s love of art and art history melded well with the history of the Peale Family and their contributions to the young America’s art world. Her beloved home in Bolton Hill and its adjoining neighbor was built of stone left over from the 1890 construction of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, located right across Lafayette Street. Her library of art history books and a grand piano shared the sun filled front room on the second floor of her house. She looked forward to her annual trip to the Winter Show in New York City where she met former colleagues, was surrounded by beautiful art and antiques and added to her library at home. The Peale, a National Historic Landmark and America’s first purpose-built museum, is now restored to tell its story and share the stories of Baltimore’s citizens. Romaine Somerville appreciated its historic and architectural significance as well as its role in America’s art history and contributed to its successful preservation.” —Sally Johnston, former Treasurer of the Peale ![Romaine Sommerville has black glasses with round rims, a pearl necklace, and a purple shirt.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Romaine-Sommerville-submitted-by-her-daughter-Julia-Ulstrup-5-31-22-CROP.jpg) **Categories:** Peale People --- ## Pages ### [Home: The Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum](https://thepeale.org/) **Published:** December 17, 2017 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** Life in Baltimore Call for Artists [Learn more](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/) Peale Fine Art Framing [Now Open](https://thepeale.org/framing) Gas Lighting at The Peale The birth of Light City in 1817 [Learn more](https://thepeale.org/gaslight-at-the-peale/) [The Peale Illumination Project Illuminating Baltimore Through Art, Storytelling, and Innovation. Learn more](https://thepeale.org/illumination-project/) ## What's On? ### Exhibits ### [Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/ "Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper") Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper Francine Halvorsen... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) [](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) ![Poster for Francine Halvorsen's 'Trust the Paint' exhibition; features a horizontal striped abstract painting with black, gray, white, and ochre bands.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Trust-the-Paint-5-crop-1-293x300.png) ### [We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/ "We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine") We Know Who They Are… Artworks and Narratives from the... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) [](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) ![We Know Who They Are... title horizontally places to the right of a brightly blue and magenta colored landscape featuring two men seated on a bench facing away from the viewer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WKWTA-Website-Header-300x172.png) ### [Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/ "Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts") Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts On View June... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) [](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) ![Poster for an art exhibit titled "Let Them Speak Their Beauty, Our Hearts" featuring a man with long dreadlocks holding a drawing, set against a brick wall with vines and event details below.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Flyer-Let-Them-Speak-Their-Beauty-Our-Hearts-232x300.jpg) Load More ### **Events** [![Film Screening: Change My Mind](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1190059473%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260731-193438?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.996&fp-y=0.512&s=9c5422f0eee45db05c96b726ded4ce06)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-change-my-mind-tickets-1996292045246) Aug 14 ### [Film Screening: Change My Mind](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-change-my-mind-tickets-1996292045246 "Eventbrite link to Film Screening: Change My Mind") August 14, 2026, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Details In conversation with the We Know Who They Are exhibit on view at The Peale, join us for a film screening of Change My Mind. [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-change-my-mind-tickets-1996292045246) [![Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1190311344%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260804-190526?h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=28a12208c902f55deaeccbb7ffcc57e4)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event-tickets-1994242049654) Aug 15 ### [Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event-tickets-1994242049654 "Eventbrite link to Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event") August 15, 2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Details Join us at The Peale for a panel discussion featuring co-curator of We Know Who They Are, and Maryland artists of Ukraine heritage. [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event-tickets-1994242049654) [![Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1190496492%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260806-204446?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.172&fp-y=0.573&s=ebca32c5bd4d942e91711112bba8b119)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon-tickets-1996270779640) Aug 16 ### [Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon-tickets-1996270779640 "Eventbrite link to Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon") August 16, 2026, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Details Join us at The Peale for a family friendly afternoon diving into traditional art forms of Ukraine. [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon-tickets-1996270779640) ### History Exhibits See them this weekend! [ On Now ](https://thepeale.org/exhibitions/) ### What's On? Book your tickets now! [ Find events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) ### Propose Your Idea Collaborate with us! [ Apply now ](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/) ### News [](https://thepeale.org/meet-the-artist-behind-muse-coming-soon/) ![Event poster advertising a tuba solo concert on July 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM. A man plays a brass tuba against a dark background with red title text.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/23876_image.png) ## [Meet the Artist Behind MUSE: Coming Soon](https://thepeale.org/meet-the-artist-behind-muse-coming-soon/ "Meet the Artist Behind MUSE: Coming Soon") Meet the Artist Behind MUSEMichael Baker brings MUSE to The... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/meet-the-artist-behind-muse-coming-soon/) [](https://thepeale.org/earprint/) ![Podcast studio with two gray armchairs around a round table, microphone on a stand, and a screen that says 'Tell your story. Be part of our history.'](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-08-at-8.14.23-PM-300x201.png) ## [The Lab Partners with Earprint](https://thepeale.org/earprint/ "The Lab Partners with Earprint") Partnership Advances Sound-Based Storytelling The Lab @ The Peale is... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/earprint/) [](https://thepeale.org/what-we-learned-from-new-museum-giving-platform/) ![Self-service touchscreen kiosk with a white frame and teal panel bearing a white heart logo.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/kindkiosk-223x300.jpeg) ## [What We Learned from New Museum Giving Platform](https://thepeale.org/what-we-learned-from-new-museum-giving-platform/ "What We Learned from New Museum Giving Platform") A $2,500 Surprise What We Learned from Piloting a New... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/what-we-learned-from-new-museum-giving-platform/) Load More ### Who We Are The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum, housed in the oldest museum building in the United States. More than two hundred years after the museum was established in 1814, The Peale is once again going strong. We’re building an inclusive archive of Baltimore stories and offering a showcase for the city’s storytellers that honors their importance and historical value. The Peale’s mission is to provide local creators and storytellers with the space and support they need to realize a complete and accessible cultural legacy for the city of Baltimore. ### The Curiosity Shop Looking for something unique and fabulous? Stop by [The Peale’s Curiosity Shop](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-curiosity-shop/) during regular hours Thursday to Sunday and check out our selection of cool consignment artwork and crafts, made by local Baltimore artists! Plus, you’ll find a host of PEALE merchandise, like Peale T-shirts, mugs, water bottles, pens/pencils, and tote bags. Shop local this summer! ### Record Your Story We believe your voice is important to creating a representative and authentic impression of life in Baltimore. We welcome your stories. You just might find your story posted here and on SoundCloud! We update and add stories regularly. Not from Baltimore, no worries. We still love hearing from people! [ Record your story! ](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/) [ ![People sit in a circle in chairs in a museum gallery and talk. A person stands on the right and does American Sign Language.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSCF2961-BreathingBlackFilmScrrening-Photo-byGlennRicci-10July2022-scaled.jpg) ](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/speak/tags/0) ### Listen to Stories Over the last few years, the Peale has gathered hundred and hundreds of stories from people just like you. These story collections cover topics like the impact of COVID-19 on local communities, how art and culture have shaped people’s lives, first-time voting experiences, and more. Listen to Stories on SoundCloud or on the Peale’s Story map. [ Explore Stories. ](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/listen) [ ![Screenshot of a map of the United States, showing pink and red pins.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/StoryMap2-768x359.jpg) ](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/listen) ## Peale News! Find out what we’re up to behind the scenes. Learn about the latest grant news, historic research, and community programs! [Contact us](mailto:online@thepeale.org) if you’d like to author an article to include in our news section. [ Peale Community News ](https://thepeale.org/news/) Saw a fine concert in this little 209 year old building. The building, the staff and the music by the Poulenc Trio (piano, bassoon, oboe) all sublime. Even in the heart of downtown, easy parking! We'll be back! William N.Google Review "Go, go, go. The past and the future of Baltimore art." ![A close-up detail on an old map that shows the Peale and Male and Female Colored School No. 1.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Copy-of-1886-Bromley-Atlas-vol-2-NE-Pl-1-Peale-environs-scaled.jpg) David Wright GrayGoogle Review My children and I love this local gem 💎 of a museum. The exhibits are different and sponsored by local talents. I attended comic book workshops, migrant exhibits, LBTQIA events and look forward to visiting much more. There's a parking lot a few steps away and a very small few spots near the actual museum. Jacqui EarleGoogle Review "The Peale has their finger on the pulse of Baltimore culture with great events and meaningful exhibits. While also working hard to preserve memories and keep the past alive. I am thrilled to be able to enjoy this venue for so many different experiences." ![The facade of a virtual building that looks like the Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Peale-5.jpg) Andrea ClayvilleGoogle Review A hidden gem. Why does no one know of this place ? Very easy parking on weekends. R. CampanyGoogle Review "There's so much going on other than just being a gallery in a museum. Definitely a place you should check out." ![A historic garden with stone relief sculptures of reclining figures on a wall.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GardenSculpture-PhotoByHeatherShelton-16August2022-3-SMALL.jpg) dddanimationGoogle Review "Such a gorgeous space to learn about some of the history of this city. Not only is it a museum, but a safe space to perform, act, display the local arts of the city too!" Emzi LoveGoogle Review "This community museum is definitely worth a visit!" Nicholas MilesGoogle Review I enjoyed the Peale Museum. The 1st floor exhibits on the history of the museum and the Peale family were very interesting. I also enjoyed the garden and the community exhibits concerning the Guardians and the Chicory magazine. RaymondGoogle Review A gem in the heart of the city. Take an hour or two to tour the entire museum. It's a cool date idea for the low , low cost of ... free. BUT DONATIONS MATTER so drop some bills in the box. They don't mind the kind of money that jingle but the need the kind that fold 🙂 Tiffany S.'Google Review --- ### [Board of Directors: Peale Leadership](https://thepeale.org/board-of-directors/) **Published:** October 24, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Board of Directors The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Membership ](https://thepeale.org/membership/) [ Donate ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Board Leadership ### Executive Committee F. William Chickering, *President;* Dean of Libraries, Emeritus, Rider University Darryl Peterkin, *Vice President;* Higher Education Consultant Ryan Lawrence; *Treasurer,* Vice President, Tax @ JMI Equity Steve Howard, *Secretary;* Partner, True Chesapeake Oyster Co, LLC ### Directors - Kianna Bermudez, Youth Opportunity Coordinator – Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, City of Baltimore - Rosalind M. Cauthen, Executive Director, the Baltimore School for the Arts - Joseph Ferlise, Partner and Strategic Advisor, Brown Advisory - J.M. Giordano, Photojournalist - Brian Healy, Senior Business Development and Management Executive, TransAmerica - Sunhee Kim Jung, Artist and Lecturer, Anne Arundel Community College - John Leith-Tetrault President, National Trust Community Investment Corporation (ret’d.) - Tom Livingston, Owner, Livingston Associates - Robert Marbury, Creative Director - Timothy Nohe, Associate Dean, UMBC ### Ex Officio - Shauntee Daniels | Baltimore National Heritage Area, Executive Director - Jackson Gilman-Forlini | Historic Properties Progam Coordinator, DGS ### Advisory Board - Kelley Bell, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of Maryland Baltimore County - Johns Hopkins, Executive Director, Baltimore Heritage - Lee Kappelman, Co-Founder & Board Chair, CaringOn - Allison McElheny, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate/Senior Architect, Quinn Evans - Elgin L. Klugh, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson; Coordinator for Social Sciences and Anthropology, Department of Applied Social and Political Sciences, Coppin State University - Ron Masotta, AIA, Principal, SMP Architects - Nancy Proctor, Director, Parkway Theatre - Michael Raphael, Founder & CEO, Direct Dimensions - Crickett Woloson, Director, Elbow Fund ### In Memorian - James D. Dilts, *President* | Architectural Historian/Author - Mary Ellen Hayward, Ph.D. | Architectural Historian/Museum Consultant - Romaine Somerville, *Secretary* | Director, Fells Point Preservation Society (ret.) ### Emeritus - Aaron Koos - Jean Baker - Mrs. John C. “Mimi” Cooper, III - James E. (“Buzz”) Cusack, Jr. - Janet Heller - Sally Johnston - Courtney McKeldin - Walter Schamu - Mortimer Sellers ### Advisors and Consultants Kimberly J. Min | Partner, Saul Ewing, pro bono lawyer ### Former Board Members - Crickett Woloson - Catherine Arthur - Ricki Baker - Karenthia Barber - Adam Blumenthal - Ellis Brown - Ellington Churchill - Tracey Clark - Barry Dressel - Elaine Eff - Sam Christian Holmes - Lance Humphries - Olivia Jacobson - Jeremy Kargon - Dean Krimmel - Diana Marsh - Martin and Meredith Millspaugh - Erica Ward --- ### [Our Staff at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/our-staff/) **Published:** July 11, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Staff & Board The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Our Board of Directors ](https://thepeale.org/board-of-directors/) [ Get in Touch ](https://thepeale.org/contact/) ## Who We Are Today, the Peale is an organization that thrives on the support and expertise of many people, including paid staff and volunteers. Our team is passionate about Baltimore, its history, and sharing the stories of diverse communities. There are many others who may not be listed here, though they make important contributions to our program! Peale team members are listed in alphabetical order. You can reach the general email at ![A script P in white font on a teal background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-Peale-Favicon-150x150.png) #### Samantha Ankrom-Chickering Visitor Services ![A woman in a bright orange top and with short black hair and blue glasses looks up and smiles.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Daisy-Brown-by-Daisy-Brown-3-150x150.jpg) #### Daisy Brown Manager of Visitor Experience ![Cj4KMlNuYXBjaGF0LzEzLjQxLjAuNDUgKGlQaG9uZTE3LDI7IGlPUyAxOC4zLjI7IGd6aXApEgafuaTU7QEgAQ==](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/LeReaseWebImage-rlo3puf63q3ygw6fh31t53w81txo1fs8lm2memgxms.jpeg "LeReaseWebImage") #### LeRease Clark Visitor Services & Museum Preparator ![A group of people work together in a museum gallery to hang photography.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/17-150x150.jpg) #### Marnio Cueva Apprentice Instructor & Lead Preparator ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Image-preview-150x150.jpeg) #### Lauren Deneger Program Manager, The Guild ![A woman with her hair in a bun and wearing brown glasses low on her nose. She has a silver necklace and a teal green top.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Krista-Green-150x150.jpg) #### Krista Green Artist Programs Manager ![Andie has brown hair, a black shirt and rounded glasses. They look at the camera for a selfie.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AndieT-1-150x150.jpg) #### Andie Townsend Assistant Director of Operations and Programs ![A woman in a red dress speaks to a visitor in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FeastInTheDesertClosing-LexiTysonCuratorInRed-PhotoByDaisyBrown-29January2023-150x150.jpg) #### Alexis Tyson Student Fellow ### Frequent Advisors ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DeanKrimmel-150x150.jpg) #### [Dean Krimmel](mailto:CCO@thepeale.org) Historian ![Mama Linda Goss wears a colorful, red, yellow, and green head scarf and bright yellow shirt. She holds up a vintage photo of a man in a fedora hat.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Mama-Linda-Goss-photo-by-Glenn-Ricci-Small-150x150.jpg) #### Mama Linda Goss Storyteller-in-residence --- ### [Donate to The Peale and receive benefits](https://thepeale.org/donate/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Donate The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Make a Donation ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/L93OKHwCA45gL5UwCyz8DA) ## **Support Baltimore's Community Museum!** ![A young man in a black sweatshirt untangles wires.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/December-6-2021-scaled-e1657223417892-1024x767.jpg) ### AAA Program Fund The mission of Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) is to increase equity & inclusive justice in the arts, creative and preservation trades with specific focus on marginalized Baltimore-based youth and young adults. [ Donate! ](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PYDE52MDYVM6A) ![A woman in a colorful pink dress and matching head wrap sits on a stage and tells stories.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_3299-scaled-e1657223058810-1024x768.jpg) ### Storytellers Fund The Baltimore Stories Fund is designed to provide the storytellers and creators of the city with micro-grants, capacity-building, and production support to help share stories her in Baltimore and beyond. Donate today and assist! [ Donate! ](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NUHHXAGU64A7S) ![People sit on the outside of a large room and watch dancers perform in the middle.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2018-10-06-21.04.46-scaled-e1657223128131-1024x768.jpg) ### Community Creators Fund Exhibitions and programs are driven entirely by Baltimore’s communities and creators, built by and for people like you. Help us continue our efforts to bring public, and often free, programs to everyone–whether in person on online. [ Donate! ](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=A5MYKFEXFKB64) ![A view of a brick garden path with lush vegetation around it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PealeGarden-PhotoByHeatherShelton-16August2022-3-1024x683.jpg) ### Buy a Garden Brick Buy a brick for the country’s first purpose-built museum! Your brick, engraved with a name or message of your choice, will help repave the Peale’s Pollinator Garden. Three lines available for custom messages for you or a loved one. [ Buy a Brick! ](https://www.thatsmybrick.com/thepeale) #### [View our Transparency & Governance information](https://thepeale.org/transparency-governance/) ### Become a Member! Now, more than ever! Support the Peale while gaining special access to our innovative programs and events, online and in person, year-round! From jazz and concerts to lectures, workshops, theater and more, you’ll be the first to hear Baltimore stories, as told by its residents. [ Start your membership! ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ![A man in a black ball cap plays a trumpet outside in front of a brick building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_2877-scaled.jpg) --- ### [Life In Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/) **Published:** February 5, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Life in Baltimore ## Art, Storytelling, and the City as It Is Lived #### **Life in Baltimore** is The Peale’s long-term storytelling initiative dedicated to documenting Baltimore through contemporary art, oral history, and public dialogue. Reviving a historic Peale exhibition tradition from the mid-20th century, the program creates space for artists and community members to reflect on the people, places, and lived experiences that define Baltimore today. **Life in Baltimore** brings together exhibitions, oral histories, media projects, and public programs to document the city as it is lived today. [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img416edit.jpg) ](https://joshsinn.com/) Photo courtesy of Josh Sinn ### What is Life in Baltimore? #### **Life in Baltimore** is an umbrella initiative that brings together exhibitions, oral histories, media projects, and public programs to document Baltimore’s contemporary cultural life. #### Rooted in The Peale’s historic role as a museum of the present, the initiative expands that legacy through contemporary curatorial practice and community-centered storytelling—preserving Baltimore’s stories as they are lived, not only as they are remembered. #### The exhibitions below are core components of this broader initiative, each offering artists a distinct curatorial context. ## Two Annual Exhibits #### At the core of **Life in Baltimore** are two distinct juried exhibitions presented annually, each with its own curatorial focus and submission cycle. Together, they offer artists multiple entry points to engage with Baltimore through both place and lived experience. ### Built to Last #### The Physical City ![Open Silver Gelatin Print · 10" × 8" Old St. Paul’s reflected in a storefront window—an image of preservation and commerce in tension. - Sarah Daniels](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Opem-211x300.jpg) Open - Sarah Daniels [***Built to Last***](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-built-to-last/) is a juried exhibition examining Baltimore through its built environment—architecture, infrastructure, neighborhoods, and public space. The exhibition invites artists to explore how the physical city shapes identity, memory, power, and resilience, and how buildings and systems both reflect and influence Baltimore’s social history.a **Exhibition cycle:** - **Call for Artists:** August - **Exhibition Opens:** April - **Duration:** 1–2 months ***Built to Last*** is part of the broader **Life in Baltimore** initiative, but is juried and curated independently. [ Learn More ](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-2026/) ### *Life in Baltimore* #### Lived Experience & Everyday Life [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img416edit-1024x1001.jpg) ](https://joshsinn.com/) Photo courtesy of Josh Sinn The ***Life in Baltimore*** exhibition focuses on the human experience of the city—its people, communities, labor, rituals, relationships, joys, and struggles. Open to artists across disciplines, the exhibition welcomes documentary, conceptual, and experimental work that reflects daily life in Baltimore as it is lived today. **Exhibition cycle:** - **Call for Artists:** February - **Exhibition Opens:** October - **Duration:** 1–2 months Together, the ***Life in Baltimore*** and ***Built to Last*** exhibitions form an annual rhythm that documents the city through both lived experience and the physical environment. [ Open Call to Artists ](https://thepeale.org/call-for-artists-life-in-baltimore/) ### Submission Pathways for Artists ***Built to Last*** and ***Life in Baltimore*** are juried separately and serve different curatorial goals. While ***Built to Last*** prioritizes work centered on the physical city, ***Life in Baltimore*** prioritizes work that reflects lived experience, social context, and community life. Many strong submissions may align more naturally with one exhibition than the other. #### Artists whose work was not selected for ***Built to Last*** are strongly encouraged to submit to ***Life in Baltimore***. ### Curatorial Approach Both exhibitions are juried by curators from Baltimore, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, DC art museums and cultural institutions. Jurors are selected for their expertise in contemporary art, public history, and community-centered practice, ensuring professional rigor while remaining grounded in regional context. ### Beyond the Gallery: Oral History & Media **Life in Baltimore** extends beyond the exhibition period. Selected artists may be invited to participate in recorded conversations, interviews, or short-form audio and digital storytelling projects developed through The Peale’s oral history and media initiatives. These efforts amplify artists’ voices, expand public access, and preserve contemporary perspectives as part of The Peale’s growing digital archive of Baltimore life. #### **Life in Baltimore** is built through collaboration. The Peale works with artists, media organizations, educators, cultural institutions, community partners, and program sponsors to expand how Baltimore’s stories are shared, preserved, and understood. ### Community Partners [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mchc.png)](https://www.mdhistory.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/walters.png)](https://thewalters.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/baltimoreheritage-logo-2014.jpg)](https://baltimoreheritage.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aia-balt.png)](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bagf.png)](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/baltimore-architecture-foundation/) ### Program Sponsors [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mchc.png)](https://www.mdhistory.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/exelon.png)](https://www.exeloncorp.com/community/foundation) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png)](https://warholfoundation.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Deutsch-foundation_facebook.png.webp)](https://www.rwdfoundation.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Baker_B_withtext_BLOCK-scaled.jpeg)](https://bakerartist.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bnha-logo-e1762612201781.jpeg)](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BCF_PrimaryLogo_FullColor_CMYK.jpg)](https://www.bcf.org/) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/T-Rowe-Price-logo.jpeg)](https://www.troweprice.com/en/us/about-us/corporate-responsibility/trp-foundation) #### Partnerships support exhibitions, storytelling projects, public programs, and long-term digital preservation. --- ### [Host Your Event at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/events/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371.png) ## Host Your Event at Baltimore's Most Historic Museum​ Historic galleries. Garden gatherings. Corporate receptions. Community celebrations.​ [](#) ### HOST YOUR EVENT AT BALTIMORE'S MOST HISTORIC MUSEUM ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371-1024x497.png) ##### Historic Galleries | Garden Gatherings | Corporate Receptions | Community Celebrations​ ### Event Types #### **Corporate Events** #### Board meetings, retreats, networking receptions, holiday parties, client events. #### **Government & Civic Events** #### Public forums, press conferences, trainings, receptions, stakeholder gatherings. #### **Nonprofit Events** #### Fundraisers, annual meetings, donor receptions, award ceremonies. #### **Weddings & Celebrations** #### Weddings, anniversaries, milestone celebrations, family gatherings. #### Located in the heart of downtown Baltimore, The Peale offers a one-of-a-kind setting in the nation’s first purpose-built museum. From board meetings and nonprofit galas to weddings and private receptions, our beautifully restored 1814 landmark provides an unforgettable backdrop for meaningful gatherings. [ Send an Inquiry ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) [ Schedule a Site Visit ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) [ View Available Spaces ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Event-Guide-for-The-Peale-V2.pdf) ## Three Floors of History #### Immerse yourself and your guests in a building, a history, and an ambiance that is uniquely Baltimore. There is no other building like this one in the city, state, or country. Designed by one of America’s premier early architects and expertly renovated between 2018 and 2022, the Peale is open for tours, special events, and rentals and offers up to 13,000 square feet of unique and inspiring historic rooms in a range of sizes and attributes. ![People in colorful outfits mingle around tables with wine glasses in a brick-walled courtyard under string lights at an outdoor party.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Garden-Party2-1024x768.jpg) ### First Floor #### Garden and Moses Williams Center ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371-1024x497.png) ### Second Floor #### Latrobe Room, Old Council Chambers, Garden View Gallery ![A group of people look at contemporary art in a gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_0342-1024x683.jpg) ### Third Floor #### Assembly Room, Rowhouse Room, Hallway Gallery [ More Photos ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/albums) Corporate & Board Meetings ![A room in a museum with dark gray walls filled with people in conversation.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52547158044_cf2aa45d5e_k-300x225.jpg)**Perfect for** - Board retreats - Strategic planning sessions - Executive meetings - Client presentations - Staff trainings **Features** - Historic meeting spaces - High-speed WiFi - AV and presentation capabilities - Downtown location near hotels and restaurants - Flexible room configurations Government & Civic Gatherings​ ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371-300x146.png) **Ideal for:** - Public meeting - Press conference - Stakeholder convening - Community engagement session - Government receptions Features - Adjacent to City Hall - Fully accessible facility - Transit-accessible downtown location - Historic civic setting - Flexible meeting and reception spaces Nonprofit Receptions & Fundraisers​ ![Dancer mid high kick on a wooden stage, audience seated along the back wall, guitarist visible on the left and a keyboard performer on the right.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2018-10-06-21.04.46-300x225.jpg) **Perfect for:** - Annual meetings - Donor receptions - Award ceremonies - Fundraisers - Community celebrations **Features** - Indoor galleries and outdoor garden - Historic ambiance - Mission-aligned nonprofit pricing - Capacity for presentations and receptions Weddings & Private Celebrations ![People in colorful outfits mingle around tables with wine glasses in a brick-walled courtyard under string lights at an outdoor party.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Garden-Party2-300x225.jpg) **Ideal for:** - Weddings - Anniversary celebrations - Milestone birthdays - Family reunions - Private receptions **Features** - Historic museum setting - Garden and gallery options - Exclusive-use opportunities - Custom event packages Signature Experiences ![Crowd of people mingling at an outdoor event in a brick courtyard with string lights overhead.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/garden3-300x225.jpg)**Only at The Peale** - Projection mapping on Baltimore’s oldest museum - Oral history and storytelling recordings - Interactive digital experiences - Historic Baltimore-themed receptions - Custom community storytelling activations ### Why Choose The Peale? #### The Peale is walking distance from the inner harbor’s main attractions, and is well served by [public transportation](https://www.thepealecenter.org/visiting-the-peale/). Thanks to its recent renovations, the 1814 Peale Museum building is now completely accessible and includes five accessible, single use restrooms as well as an elevator. WIFI throughout the building offers high speed internet access. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-1024x768.jpg) - #### Baltimore’s first museum (1814) - #### Up to 13,000 square feet of event space - #### Indoor galleries and outdoor garden - #### Fully accessible with elevator access - #### Downtown location near hotels and attractions - #### WiFi and AV capabilities - #### Supports Baltimore’s Community Museum ##### [See Parking Information and Directions](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ### Host Your Event at The Peale #### We're hear to help you plan. To book a site visit or inquire ### [info@thepeale.org | 667-222-1814](mailto:info@thepeale.org) [ Send an Inquiry ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) [ Schedule a Site Visit ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) [ View Available Spaces ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Event-Guide-for-The-Peale-V2.pdf) Hosting an Event at The Peale If you would like to host an event at The Peale, please help us learn more about your needs. Name \*First Last Phone Email \*Email Website address, if you have one.Location What is the title of your event that we should use in promotion (for public events only)? Event Title Please provide a paragraph or two that describes your event. (We will use this text in our event promotion and in social media). Public or Private Event?PublicPrivateSelect whether your event is open to the public. If this is a public event, is it free or does it have a fee? Cost If this is a paid event, what is the fee per ticket (please include all fee for all ticket options if you have multiple ones)?Ticketing fees If this is a public event, do you want The Peale to handle ticketing?Ticketing options If this is a public event and you will be handling ticketing, please include the hyperlink here for the ticketing. What is your estimated attendance?Event attendance Please include an estimate of set up and breakdown times.Time requirements Do you require any technical support? For ex., amplifier, microphone, projector, monitor, etc. Technical support Will you need any tables and chairs? The Peale has 15 high top cocktail tables, 8 six-foot rectangular tables, and 70 chairs available for rent.Item rental [Upload Your Files](https://thepeale-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/online_thepealecenter_org/EpBKHizfad5Bt58942MpNJgBvwC4vIUesdZqPTIzJkVDag) Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) --- ### [Plan Your Visit to The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/visit/) **Published:** November 21, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Visit The Peale ### Where Baltimore's Stories Meet Innovation #### Baltimore's Community Museum ## Plan Your Visit #### **The Peale Museum** #### **225 Holliday Street, Baltimore** #### **Thu–Fri 3–7 PM | Sat–Sun 10–4 PM | Mon – Wed Closed** #### **Free Admission** #### **Fully Accessible** #### **Parking Nearby** *Can’t make it during these times? Please [let us know](mailto:info@ThePeale.org) if we can accommodate you at a better time. We are also open for partner programs and events.* ### Explore art, history, and community stories in America’s first purpose-built museum. ### Why The Peale Matters ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GaslightSmaller-1024x803.jpg) ##### Founded in 1814, The Peale was America's first purpose-built museum and has served Baltimore in many roles throughout its history—as a museum, City Hall, public school, and gathering place for civic life. Created by artist, inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator Rembrandt Peale, the museum became one of the first buildings in the United States illuminated by gaslight. Produced in the museum's garden and used to light the galleries after dark, this groundbreaking technology attracted paying visitors and helped launch an industry that would eventually become Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE). Today, The Peale continues its tradition of innovation as Baltimore's Community Museum—a place where history, art, technology, and community come together to tell the stories of Baltimore and its people. Such a beautiful historical Building, definitely go visit one day if you are in the area LowK3y ShortyGoogle Review Great place to see some unique artwork, lots of cool exhibits and nice gardens. Christopher LandGoogle Review Wonderful! The Art work is beautiful! Amy ShumerGoogle Review First building construction destined for a museum in the States. It’s now a community museum, hosting interesting exhibits and with the cutest shop ever. Staff is amazing. Lozano PucheGoogle Review ### What You'll Experience ![Two visitors in an art gallery study a large framed painting together, with more artworks on the wall to the right and a woven piece on the left side of the image.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20241004_180800-1024x577.jpg) #### **During Your Visit You May Discover** - - ##### Rotating art, history, and community exhibitions - ##### Stories of Baltimore’s people, neighborhoods, and culture - ##### Contemporary artists and creative voices - ##### Public programs, performances, and conversations - ##### The historic Peale building and garden - ##### Interactive digital and audio experiences - ##### New perspectives on Baltimore’s past, present, and future #### **Every visit to The Peale is different.** ##### Explore rotating exhibitions featuring Baltimore artists, neighborhood stories, community voices, and contemporary perspectives. Discover the history of the nation’s first purpose-built museum, relax in our urban garden, attend a public program or performance, and experience innovative digital storytelling through audio tours, virtual exhibitions, and interactive experiences. ##### Whether you’re interested in history, art, architecture, culture, technology, or simply discovering something new, The Peale offers a uniquely Baltimore experience that changes with every visit. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_8209-2-scaled-e1781451730488-1024x749.jpg) ### Bringing a Group? #### The Peale welcomes school groups, universities, community organizations, senior groups, tour operators, and professional associations. [ Learn About Group Visits ](https://thepeale.org/groups/) ### On View Now [](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) ![Poster for Francine Halvorsen's 'Trust the Paint' exhibition; features a horizontal striped abstract painting with black, gray, white, and ochre bands.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Trust-the-Paint-5-crop-1-150x150.png) ### [Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/ "Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) [](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) ![We Know Who They Are... title horizontally places to the right of a brightly blue and magenta colored landscape featuring two men seated on a bench facing away from the viewer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WKWTA-Website-Header-150x150.png) ### [We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/ "We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) [](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) ![Poster for an art exhibit titled "Let Them Speak Their Beauty, Our Hearts" featuring a man with long dreadlocks holding a drawing, set against a brick wall with vines and event details below.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Flyer-Let-Them-Speak-Their-Beauty-Our-Hearts-150x150.jpg) ### [Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/ "Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) Load More [](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1thumb-150x150.png) ## [Education Will Be Our Pride](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/ "Education Will Be Our Pride") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) [](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-150x150.jpg) ## [Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/ "Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) [](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) ![A 19th century drawing of an elephant or mastodon.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Working_sketch_of_the_mastodon_rembrandt_peale-small-150x150.jpg) ## [Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/ "Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) ### Getting to the Peale ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-768x576.jpg) #### The Peale is located at [225 Holliday Street](https://goo.gl/maps/ksdqFh6FvNu), in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, between Zion Church and the Real News Network, and across the street from the Abel Wolman Municipal Building. [ See Current Exhibitions & Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) ### Parking and Bus Service The Peale is well served by public transportation and is near stops for City Hall, the War Memorial, and Farmers’ Market on the Purple, Orange, Red, Blue, Yellow CityLink lines and the free Green Charm City Circulator Route, as well as LocalLink routes 54, 56, 154, 67, 78, 80 and Express BusLink routes 105, 115, 160, 154, 164. The Peale is a short walk from the Charles Center and Shot Tower Stations. There is on-street parking and numerous lots around the Peale. The most affordable hourly parking is in the municipal lot underneath the I-83/Jones Falls overpass on Saratoga Street between Gay and Holliday Streets. ### Access at the Peale ### Wheelchair Accessible The Peale team believes in creating a space, programs, and communications that are designed with the differing needs and preferences of people who attend our programs and are a part of our community. By employing the basic guidelines and principles of inclusive design in our work, we can expand the Peale’s audiences and offerings to provide more relevant and engaging programming for all participants. Even the most simple adjustments can have a profound impact on making community spaces and performances equitable for all. Wheelchair and Physical Building Access As a part of the renovations in 2019, The Peale has an accessible elevator. The entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchhouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Visitors can press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called. Be careful. Once the door is open, visitors can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale and there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating are available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail. Parking There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holliday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are four access parking spots on the 200 block of Holliday Street. ASL interpretation All online events that include a program with spoken language will be interpreted into sign language. Visitors to the building can also request sign language interpretation ahead of time by emailing us at [info@ThePeale.org](mailto:info@thepeale.org). Our entire team is engaged in shifting the culture, practices and institution of both the Peale and the cultural sector to meet our communities’ needs. Peale events take place online and in person. Make sure to check the event listing to determine where the event is happening. ### Frequently Asked Questions Parking There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holiday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are 4 access parking spots on the 200 block of Holiday Street. [**Use this page**](https://www.bestparking.com/baltimore-md-parking/destinations/baltimore-city-life-museums-parking/?daily=1) to find the closest parking at The Peale. Wheelchair and Physical Building Access The Peale has an accessible elevator. The accessible entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchhouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called so stand back. Once the door is open you can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating is available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail. Service Animals Service Animals and emotional support animals are welcome. Restrooms All bathrooms are located by the elevator, are accessible, all gender and have baby changing tables. There are two on the first floor, one on the second and one on the third. Wayfinding **Wayfinding** Get detailed descriptions that guide visitors through the physical spaces at the Peale and enhance their understanding and experience of the environment. [Please see our wayfinding guide.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Revised-Peale-Wayfinding-Text-Directions-2022-2.pdf) Online Event Information - Live human generated captioning (CART) - American Sign Language interpretation will be provided for all of our events - Transcripts available in an accessible format after the event. - Access to events via a number of platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, the Peale’s website and through a phone line. - Archived videos and transcripts will be posted to the specific event pages for viewing after the event unless otherwise noted. - The opportunity to ask questions ahead of time or after the event by reaching out to . - At this time we can’t guarantee that all our events will be visually described. We do have visually described tours about The Peale’s history that can be requested by emailing us at . A We are working to make more of our programs, exhibitions and offerings visually accessible. Captioning All video and media with language is captioned. Visual Descriptions At this time, we can’t guarantee that all our events will be visually described. We do have visually described tours about The Peale’s history that can be requested by emailing us at . We are working to make more of our programs, exhibitions and offerings visually accessible. ![Aerial view of the Peale building with a new, shiny metal roof and cars parked in front of the building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Peale_Roof-Photo-by-Jackson-Gilman-Forlini-from-a-window-across-the-street-1-768x1024.jpg) --- ### [Get Involved with The Peale](https://thepeale.org/get-involved/) **Published:** June 15, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## 1 ## The Peale belongs to Baltimore. Whether you're an artist, storyteller, volunteer, donor, educator, community organizer, entrepreneur, student, or simply someone who cares about this city, there is a place for you here. [ More ](javascript:;) ## Participation Matters #### Choose Your Path ### At The Peale, there is more than one way to get involved. #### **Create with Us** ![Dancer mid high kick on a wooden stage, audience seated along the back wall, guitarist visible on the left and a keyboard performer on the right.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2018-10-06-21.04.46-1024x768.jpg) Exhibits, performances, storytelling, public art, digital innovation, and community projects. [ Explore Collaboration ](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/) #### **Support The Museum** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-1024x768.jpg) Memberships, donations, sponsorships, and planned giving. [ Support The Peale ](https://thepeale.org/join/) #### **Share Your Time** ![Two people walk through a gallery of art made from found, recycled objects.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_0349-1024x683.jpg) Volunteer opportunities, internships, apprenticeships, and community leadership. [ Volunteer ](https://thepeale.org/volunteer/) ### What Will You Bring To The Peale? Some people become members. Some share stories. Some create exhibits. Some volunteer. Some introduce us to new communities. **The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum because Baltimore helps create it.** --- ### [Propose a Program at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/propose-a-program/) **Published:** June 14, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371.png) ## BRING YOUR PROGRAM TO THE PEALE Create Experiences That Connect Communities [](#) ### PROPOSE A PROGRAM #### The Peale welcomes program proposals from educators, artists, historians, performers, filmmakers, community organizations, universities, cultural institutions, and creative partners. As Baltimore's Community Museum, we believe learning, conversation, creativity, and civic engagement happen through shared experiences. We invite proposals that inspire curiosity, encourage dialogue, celebrate culture, and bring people together. Whether you are presenting a lecture, workshop, performance, film screening, community conversation, educational program, or special event, we want to hear your ideas. #### Types of Programs - Lectures and Talks - Workshops and Classes - Artist Talks - Film Screenings - Performances - Community Conversations - Panel Discussions - Oral History Projects - Family Programs - Educational Programs - Cultural Celebrations - Professional Development Programs - Hybrid and Virtual Programs #### What We Look For We are particularly interested in programs that: - Connect to Baltimore and its communities - Encourage public participation and dialogue - Explore art, history, culture, and innovation - Amplify diverse voices and perspectives - Support lifelong learning - Foster community connections - Create meaningful public experiences #### Program Spaces Programs may take place in: - The Latrobe Room - Moses Williams Center - Second and Third Floor Galleries - The Garden - Virtual Spaces - The Peale in Second Life Space assignments are determined based on audience size, technical requirements, and scheduling availability. #### What The Peale Provides Depending on the project, The Peale may provide: - Event promotion and marketing - Registration and ticketing support - Technical consultation - AV equipment access - Community outreach assistance - Volunteer support - Documentation and photography - Partnership opportunities #### Proposal Process 1. Submit Your Proposal Complete the Program Proposal Form below. 2. Share Supporting Information Provide a program description, presenter information, technical requirements, and preferred dates. 3. Review & Conversation Peale staff review submissions and may schedule a conversation to discuss the proposal. 4. Scheduling Accepted programs are scheduled based on mission alignment, audience potential, staffing, and calendar availability. ## Ready to Propose a Program? Complete the form below and tell us about your idea. Hosting a Program at The Peale Name \*First Last Phone Email \*Email Website address, if you have one.Location What is the title of your program that we should use in promotion (for public events only)? Event Title Please provide a paragraph or two that describes your program. (We will use this text in our event promotion and in social media.) Public or Private Program?PublicPrivateSelect whether your event is open to the public. If this is a public program, is it free or does it have a fee? Cost If this is a paid program, what is the fee per ticket (please include all fee for all ticket options if you have multiple ones)?Ticketing fees If this is a public program, do you want The Peale to handle ticketing?Ticketing options If this is a public program and you will be handling ticketing, please include the hyperlink here for the ticketing. What is your estimated attendance?Event attendance Please include an estimate of set up and breakdown times.Time requirements Do you require any technical support? For ex., amplifier, microphone, projector, monitor, etc. Technical support Will you need any tables and chairs? The Peale has 15 high top cocktail tables, 8 six-foot rectangular tables, and 70 chairs available for rent.Item rental [Upload Your Files](https://thepeale-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/online_thepealecenter_org/EpBKHizfad5Bt58942MpNJgBvwC4vIUesdZqPTIzJkVDag) Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) --- ### [Collaborate with us: The Peale is Your Museum](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/) **Published:** October 4, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20250524_222547862_iOS-crop-scaled-e1781441883229.jpg) ## Collaborate with The Peale **Artists. Storytellers. Educators. Innovators. Community Builders.** [](#) #### The Peale invites artists, curators, educators, historians, storytellers, community organizations, and creative partners to help shape Baltimore's stories through exhibitions, programs, performances, innovation, and public engagement. ### How Would You Like To Collaborate? ![Two visitors in an art gallery study a large framed painting together, with more artworks on the wall to the right and a woven piece on the left side of the image.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20241004_180800-150x150.jpg) #### Propose an Exhibit Present an exhibition, installation, artist project, or traveling exhibition. [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/propose-an-exhibit/) ![Dancer mid high kick on a wooden stage, audience seated along the back wall, guitarist visible on the left and a keyboard performer on the right.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2018-10-06-21.04.46-150x150.jpg) #### Propose a Program Lectures, workshops, performances, screenings, conversations, and community gatherings. [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/propose-a-program/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6549-150x150.png) #### Share a Story Contribute oral histories, neighborhood stories, archives, and community memory projects. [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/baltimore-stories/) ![Self-service touchscreen kiosk with a white frame and teal panel bearing a white heart logo.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/kindkiosk-150x150.jpeg) #### Partner with The Lab Explore innovation, storytelling technology, audio, immersive experiences, AI, and digital engagement. [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/lab/) ![People in colorful outfits mingle around tables with wine glasses in a brick-walled courtyard under string lights at an outdoor party.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Garden-Party2-150x150.jpg) #### Host an Event Use museum spaces for meetings, receptions, celebrations, conferences, and special events. [ Learn more ](https://thepeale.org/events/) Proposals are reviewed by various [Peale staff](mailto:info@thepeale.org) and community stakeholders. The [Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org) offers curatorial guidance, honorarium, documentation, and an opportunity to engage with the residents of Baltimore through special programming. We prioritize proposals with connections to or from residents of Baltimore City/Greater Baltimore Area but welcome proposals from any where in the world. *\*Please do not include personal information in your responses. This includes sensitive financial, legal, or medical data.* ##### On the bus routes The Peale is near stops for City Hall, the War Memorial, and Farmers’ Market on the Purple, Orange, Red, Blue, Yellow City Link lines and the free Green Charm City Circulator Route, as well as Loca lLink routes 54, 56, 154, 67, 78, 80 and Express Bus Link routes 105, 115, 160, 154, 164. ##### Parking There is on-street parking and numerous lots around the Peale. The most affordable hourly parking is in the municipal lot underneath the I-83/Jones Falls overpass on Saratoga Street between Gay and Holliday Streets. ##### Building Location The Peale is located in downtown Baltimore at 225 Holliday Street, across from the Abel Wolman Municipal Building and next door to Zion Church and the Real News Network. ##### Contact Us by Mail The Peale P.O. Box 1742 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 --- ### [Propose an Exhibit at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/propose-an-exhibit/) **Published:** June 14, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_8209-2-scaled-e1781451730488.jpg) ## Propose an Exhibit Bring Your Exhibition to The Peale [](#) ## Exhibiting at The Peale #### The Peale welcomes exhibition proposals from artists, curators, collectives, cultural organizations, universities, and community partners. As Baltimore's Community Museum, we present exhibitions that explore art, history, culture, innovation, and the stories that shape our city and region. We welcome both locally developed and traveling exhibitions that engage audiences through meaningful experiences and public dialogue. ### Exhibit Spaces The Peale offers a variety of gallery environments within America’s first purpose-built museum building. Available spaces may include: - Second Floor Gallery - Third Floor Gallery - Latrobe Room - Moses Williams Center - Hybrid and Virtual Exhibition Opportunities A facilities guide and floor plans are available upon request. ### What We Look For We are particularly interested in exhibitions that: - Connect to Baltimore and its communities - Explore history, culture, or contemporary issues - Amplify underrepresented voices and stories - Encourage public participation and dialogue - Incorporate innovative approaches to storytelling - Create opportunities for educational programming ### What The Peale Provides Depending on the project, The Peale may provide: - Curatorial consultation - Marketing and promotion - Public programming support - Documentation and photography - Volunteer assistance - Community engagement opportunities - Limited honoraria or project support when funding permits ### Recent Exhibits [](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) ![Poster for Francine Halvorsen's 'Trust the Paint' exhibition; features a horizontal striped abstract painting with black, gray, white, and ochre bands.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Trust-the-Paint-5-crop-1-293x300.png) [### Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/ "Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper") [](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) ![We Know Who They Are... title horizontally places to the right of a brightly blue and magenta colored landscape featuring two men seated on a bench facing away from the viewer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WKWTA-Website-Header-300x172.png) [### We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/ "We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine") [](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) ![Poster for an art exhibit titled "Let Them Speak Their Beauty, Our Hearts" featuring a man with long dreadlocks holding a drawing, set against a brick wall with vines and event details below.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Flyer-Let-Them-Speak-Their-Beauty-Our-Hearts-232x300.jpg) [### Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/ "Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts") [](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22802_image-300x145.png) [### NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/ "NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting") [](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TPOT-entry-300x100.jpg) [### The Active Power of Touch Exhibit](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/ "The Active Power of Touch Exhibit") [](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-opening-april-17/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/B2L-Opening-Header-copy-e1775388910306-300x165.jpg) [### Built to Last: Exhibition Opening April 17](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-opening-april-17/ "Built to Last: Exhibition Opening April 17") ### Proposal Process #### Step 1 ###### Complete the Exhibition Proposal Form. #### Step 2 ###### Submit supporting materials including: - Artist or curator biography - Exhibition description - Images or work samples - Preliminary space requirements - Preferred exhibition dates #### Step 3 ###### Proposals are reviewed by Peale staff and community stakeholders. Because exhibition schedules are planned well in advance, review and response times may vary. ### Ready to Propose an Exhibit? Exhibiting at The Peale Name \*First Last Phone Email \*Email Where are you based?Location I am proposing an exhibit \*- YES - NO If not an exhibit,[ please complete an event form.](https://thepeale.org/events/) Exhibit Title Summary of the subject matter, medium, and general themes.Add more details here. Exhibit datesTime frame Provide a link(s) to your website, social media channel(s), or links to examples of the work.Website or media What are your space requirements? Are you looking for a small, medium, large or multiple rooms? Tell us how much space you'll need. We also host virtual events online and in our museum in Second Life. If you are interested in virtual or hybrid programs, add that info here. Please estimate the number of days and hours per day it may take to install the exhibit. Estimate the number of days and hours per day it may take to de-install the exhibit. What is the total number of days you will need for access to the space for your exhibition? Is there anything else about your exhibition/event needs we should know such as special accommodations, tech support, etc.? Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) --- ### [Bring Your Group to The Peale](https://thepeale.org/groups/) **Published:** June 13, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Bring Your Group to The Peale ### Tours, conversations, and custom experiences for schools, universities, community organizations, and groups of all kinds. ![Group of visitors standing and looking at a glass display case on an ornate table in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9051-768x768.jpg) ## Plan Your Group Visit ### Explore art, history, and community stories in America’s first purpose-built museum. #### **The Peale Museum** #### **225 Holliday Street, Baltimore** #### **Thu–Fri 3–7 PM | Sat–Sun 10–4 PM | Mon – Wed Closed** #### **Free Admission** #### **Fully Accessible** #### **Parking Nearby** #### The Peale welcomes groups of 10 or more for self-guided visits, guided tours, staff conversations, and customized experiences. #### As Baltimore’s Community Museum, we connect visitors with art, history, storytelling, innovation, and the communities that shape our city. Admission is always free. #### Advance reservations are recommended for all groups. ### Why Bring Your Group to The Peale? #### The Peale is more than a museum. As Baltimore’s Community Museum, we bring together art, history, storytelling, innovation, and civic dialogue in one of the city’s most historic buildings. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-1024x768.jpg) ##### Groups can explore exhibitions, engage with community stories, meet artists and historians, and participate in conversations that connect Baltimore’s past, present, and future. ##### Whether you’re planning a school field trip, university visit, community gathering, professional development experience, or cultural tour, The Peale offers a uniquely Baltimore experience. #### **At a Glance** - Founded: 1814 - America’s First Purpose-Built Museum - Admission: Free - Location: Downtown Baltimore - Accessibility: Fully Accessible - Experiences: Tours, Exhibitions, Storytelling, Innovation, Community Programs ### Perfect For #### Schools & Youth Groups - K–12 classes - After-school programs - Homeschool groups - Summer camps - Youth organizations #### Colleges & Universities - History & Art - Museum Studies - Public Humanities - Urban Studies - Preservation Community Organizations - Neighborhood associations - Nonprofits - Faith communities - Civic organizations - Cultural groups #### Professional Groups - Conferences - Leadership programs - Professional associations - Government agencies - Corporate teams #### Tour Groups - Motor coach tours - Heritage tourism groups - Cultural tourism groups - Reunion groups ### Tours & Group Experiences #### Self-Guided Exploration Explore exhibitions, stories, and historic spaces at your own pace. #### Guided Museum Tours ![Two visitors in an art gallery study a large framed painting together, with more artworks on the wall to the right and a woven piece on the left side of the image.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20241004_180800-1024x577.jpg) Learn about: - America’s first purpose-built museum - Rembrandt Peale - Baltimore history - The building’s transformation over 200 years - Current exhibitions ### #### Curator & Staff Conversations ![Group of visitors standing and looking at a glass display case on an ornate table in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9051-768x768.jpg) When available, groups may arrange discussions with Peale staff, artists, curators, historians, and community storytellers. #### Customized Experiences ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371-1024x497.png) We can work with groups to develop visits focused on: - Baltimore history - Storytelling - Community engagement - Arts and culture - Workforce development - Innovation and technology in museums ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img416edit-1024x1001.jpg) Photo courtesy of Josh Sinn ### Popular Group Visit Themes #### Baltimore Through Time Explore the stories that shaped Baltimore. #### Stories That Build Community Discover how artists and communities use storytelling to build connection. #### Innovation at The Peale Learn about The Lab, digital storytelling, oral histories, and emerging museum technologies. #### Pathways to Creative Careers Explore preservation trades, apprenticeships, and pathways into cultural careers. ### Planning Your Group Visit #### Group Size Groups of 10 or more are encouraged to register in advance. Large groups, motor coach tours, and multiple-group visits can often be accommodated with advance planning. #### Admission Free #### Availability Group visits can often be scheduled outside regular public hours with advance notice. #### Accessibility The Peale is fully accessible. #### Parking Nearby garages and street parking are available throughout downtown Baltimore. ![A group of students pose in front of their artwork at The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8283-2-1024x768.jpg) ### Let's Plan Your Visit #### Tell us about your group, preferred dates, estimated attendance, and goals for your visit. Whether you’re planning a field trip, community gathering, university visit, professional development experience, or cultural tour, we’ll help create an experience tailored to your interests. [ Request a Group Visit ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) [ Bring Your Community Story ](mailto:info@thepeale.org) --- ### [Accessibility at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/accessibility/) **Published:** July 11, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Access at the Peale The Peale team believes in creating a space, programs, and communications that are designed with the differing needs and preferences of people who attend our programs and are a part of our community. By employing the basic guidelines and principles of inclusive design in our work, we can expand the Peale’s audiences and offerings to provide more relevant and engaging programming for all participants. Even the most simple adjustments can have a profound impact on making community spaces and performances equitable for all. Our entire team is engaged in shifting the culture, practices and institution of both the Peale and the cultural sector to meet our communities’ needs. Peale events take place online and in person. Make sure to check the event listing to determine where the event is happening. ### Frequently Asked Questions Wheelchair and Physical Building Access The Peale has a brand new elevator! The new accessible entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called so stand back. Once the door is open you can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating is available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail. Parking There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holiday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are 4 access parking spots on the 200 block of Holiday Street. [**Use this page**](https://www.bestparking.com/baltimore-md-parking/destinations/baltimore-city-life-museums-parking/?daily=1) to find the closest parking at The Peale. Restrooms All bathrooms are located by the elevator, are accessible, all gender and have baby changing tables. There are two on the first floor, one on the second and one on the third. Captioning All video and media with language is captioned. Visual Descriptions At this time, we can’t guarantee that all our events will be visually described. We do have visually described tours about The Peale’s history that can be requested by emailing us at . We are working to make more of our programs, exhibitions and offerings visually accessible. Service Animals Service Animals and emotional support animals are welcome. Online Event Information - Live human generated captioning (CART) - American Sign Language interpretation will be provided for all of our events - Transcripts available in an accessible format after the event. - Access to events via a number of platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, the Peale’s website and through a phone line. - Archived videos and transcripts will be posted to the specific event pages for viewing after the event unless otherwise noted. - The opportunity to ask questions ahead of time or after the event by reaching out to . - At this time we can’t guarantee that all our events will be visually described. We do have visually described tours about The Peale’s history that can be requested by emailing us at . A We are working to make more of our programs, exhibitions and offerings visually accessible. Wayfinding **Wayfinding** Get detailed descriptions that guide visitors through the physical spaces at the Peale and enhance their understanding and experience of the environment. [Please see our wayfinding guide.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Revised-Peale-Wayfinding-Text-Directions-2022-2.pdf) ![Aerial view of the Peale building with a new, shiny metal roof and cars parked in front of the building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Peale_Roof-Photo-by-Jackson-Gilman-Forlini-from-a-window-across-the-street-1-768x1024.jpg) --- ### [Directions & Parking at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/directions/) **Published:** July 15, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Getting to the Peale ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-768x576.jpg)#### Hours #### Thu and Fri - 2:00 to 7:00 pm Sat and Sun - 10:00 to 4:00 pm Closed Mon to Wed and Holidays #### The Peale is located at [225 Holliday Street](https://goo.gl/maps/ksdqFh6FvNu), in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, between Zion Church and the Real News Network, and across the street from the Abel Wolman Municipal Building. ## Parking and Bus Service The Peale is well served by public transportation and is near stops for City Hall, the War Memorial, and Farmers’ Market on the Purple, Orange, Red, Blue, Yellow CityLink lines and the free Green Charm City Circulator Route, as well as LocalLink routes 54, 56, 154, 67, 78, 80 and Express BusLink routes 105, 115, 160, 154, 164. The Peale is a short walk from the Charles Center and Shot Tower Stations. There is on-street parking and numerous lots around the Peale. The most affordable hourly parking is in the municipal lot underneath the I-83/Jones Falls overpass on Saratoga Street between Gay and Holliday Streets. --- ### [The Peale: Telling Stories Since 1814](https://thepeale.org/the-peale/) **Published:** March 13, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## The Peale #### Baltimore's Community Museum ### YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE PEALE ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-1536x1152.jpg) #### Built 1814 #### You are standing in front of one of the oldest museum buildings in the United States. Built by artist Rembrandt Peale in 1814, this building has served Baltimore as a museum, City Hall, and now as a center for community storytelling. ### The Building Through Time Baltimore's First Museum 1814-1830 Gaslight 1816 City Hall 1830 - 1875 Colored School No. 1 1878-1889 Shops and Manufacturers 1889 - 1930 Municipal Museum 1930 - 1997 Vacant Landmark 1998–2012 Fundraising to Restore 2012 - 2017 Restoration of The Peale 2018 - 2020 Baltimore's Community Museum 2020 - Present The Founding of the Peale [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-8.17.27-AM-e1772217375314.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-8.17.27-AM-e1772217375314.png) When Rembrandt Peale opened his Baltimore Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts in August 1814, he was pursuing a bold vision: a museum devoted not only to art, but to science, invention, and public instruction. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long, the building combined the form of a refined Federal townhouse with a purpose-built gallery at the rear — the first structure in the United States created expressly as a museum. Peale’s museum featured paintings, natural history specimens, mechanical devices, and public lectures. It was conceived during the War of 1812 and opened just weeks before the Battle of Baltimore. Financial struggles and ambitious expansion plans, however, strained the enterprise. By the late 1820s, mounting debts forced Peale and his brother Rubens to relinquish control of the property. Though the original museum was short-lived, the building itself endured — and would soon take on an entirely new civic role. Lighting the Museum and the City [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg) Long before Baltimore’s skyline glowed with electric light, Rembrandt Peale—the artist, scientist, entrepreneur, and visionary museum founder—used the Peale building to spark a revolution. In 1816, he stunned visitors by illuminating his galleries with an invention few had seen before: manufactured gas light. Crowds gathered on Holliday Street, staring up in awe at the brilliant glow pouring from the museum’s windows—brightness unlike anything seen in a world still lit by candles and oil lamps.What they witnessed wasn’t just a novelty.It was the moment Baltimore became the first city in America—one of the first in the world—to be lit by gas. Baltimore’s First City Hall [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Courthouse-scaled-e1772221348537-263x300.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Courthouse-scaled-e1772221348537.jpg) In April 1830, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore purchased the former museum at public auction, transforming it into the city’s first dedicated City Hall. Under architect William F. Small, the structure was extensively altered: galleries became council chambers, offices replaced exhibition rooms, and the building’s exterior was adapted to reflect its new municipal authority. For nearly half a century, this building served as the center of Baltimore’s civic life. Ordinances were debated here, mayors inaugurated, and decisions made that shaped the rapidly growing port city. Even after the mayor relocated to a larger Second Empire–style City Hall in 1875, the old structure remained in use. Its architectural pedigree and symbolic importance prevented demolition at a time when many early buildings were lost. [Male and Female Colored School No. 1](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1.jpg) From 1878-1889, the Peale was part of the new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School Number 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to people of color in the State of Maryland. Understanding the historic context from which Baltimore’s schools have been formed has never had greater urgency and importance for the Baltimore community. Up until now, the story of the ‘colored’ school system and education in Baltimore has never been comprehensively researched and presented in a way that invites public engagement. [Learn More](https://thepeale.org/history/school-one/) [Audio Tour](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) Shops and Manufacturers [![Vintage view of the facade of the Peale building with 1920s cars outside.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bal-bs-md-peale-museum-p6-19290204.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bal-bs-md-peale-museum-p6-19290204.jpg) After the departure of the Colored School in the late 19th century, the Peale building entered one of its most precarious periods. It housed a succession of private enterprises — including an organ factory, machine shops, a sign painting company, and other light industrial tenants. The surrounding neighborhood had become increasingly industrial, and the building itself was repeatedly cited as unsafe. Despite condemnation notices and serious structural deterioration, the building survived. Its earlier identities — as the nation’s first purpose-built museum and as Baltimore’s first City Hall — lent it a stature that discouraged demolition. By the 1920s, as Baltimore prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, preservation-minded leaders began to reconsider the landmark’s future. Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg) The rebirth of the Peale began in 1929 amid Baltimore’s bicentennial celebrations. With the support of Mayor William F. Broening, the city undertook a restoration of the aging structure. Architect John F. Scarff sought to return the building to its early 19th-century appearance, incorporating salvaged architectural elements and carefully reconstructing missing details. The Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore opened to the public in October 1931. For more than six decades, the Peale Museum interpreted the city’s history through exhibitions, lectures, and community programs. Under director Wilbur H. Hunter and others, the museum became a leading voice in historic preservation, advocating for the protection of Baltimore landmarks during the era of urban renewal. A Vacant Landmark [![A visualization or drawing of the front of the Peale building with people and cars out front.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Front-RenderSmall-1-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Front-RenderSmall-1-scaled.jpg) Following the closure of the Peale Museum in 1997, the building stood largely vacant for nearly two decades. Though occasionally used as a conference space, it lacked sustained programming or funding for major repairs. Deferred maintenance and structural concerns once again raised questions about its future. In the early 2000s, a group of Baltimore residents formed the Friends of the Peale to advocate for the building’s preservation and reuse. By 2012, this effort resulted in the creation of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the landmark and reimagining its purpose for the 21st century. Through persistent fundraising and public advocacy, the groundwork was laid for a comprehensive rehabilitation. Saving The Peale [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/shops-and-manu-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/shops-and-manu-scaled.jpg) By 2012, the future of the Peale building hinged not on memory, but on action. The newly formed Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture inherited a structure that was architecturally significant yet physically vulnerable. Roof failure, masonry deterioration, water infiltration, and outdated mechanical systems threatened the integrity of one of the nation’s earliest museum buildings. Restoration required more than preservation rhetoric — it required capital. Between 2014 and 2018, the organization launched targeted fundraising campaigns to stabilize the structure. Grants and private donations supported installation of a new roof, exterior masonry repair, drainage improvements, and restoration of the historic garden space. These projects were not cosmetic; they were interventions that prevented irreversible damage. Restoration [![Scaffolding surrounds an old brick building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-scaled.jpg) In 2018, comprehensive interior restoration began in earnest. Guided by preservation standards appropriate to a National Historic Landmark, contractors and conservators addressed decades of deferred maintenance while adapting the building for 21st-century accessibility and programming. Major work included plaster stabilization, restoration of woodwork and flooring, structural reinforcement, updated mechanical systems, and installation of ramps and an elevator. These improvements were critical not only to code compliance but to equity — ensuring that the building could serve all visitors. The restoration sought balance: preserving early 19th-century architectural character while allowing flexible contemporary use. The result was neither a frozen historic house nor a stripped modern shell, but a layered space that acknowledges its multiple identities — museum, city hall, school, factory, municipal museum, and now community museum. The Peale Reopens [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp) When the Peale reopened in 2020, it did so not as a conventional history museum, but as something more adaptive and participatory: Baltimore’s Community Museum. The reopening marked the culmination of years of stabilization and restoration, yet it also coincided with the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than delay its mission, the Peale leaned into flexibility. Programming expanded across digital platforms, exhibitions became more collaborative, and community voices moved to the center of interpretation. Today, the Peale functions as a civic forum — a space where Baltimoreans gather to tell stories, debate issues, celebrate culture, and reflect on the city’s past and future. Its exhibitions are co-created with artists, historians, neighborhood leaders, and young people. Its galleries host oral histories, performance, visual art, and public dialogue. The building that once housed a museum of natural history, a city hall, a school, factories, and a municipal museum now serves as an incubator for shared civic memory. ### Listen to the Story of the Peale #### Take an audio tour of The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum and the oldest museum building in the United States! Listen to WYPR’s Aaron Henkin recount the fascinating stories that surround this historic building. Includes 13 stops. #### Tap play to hear the story of this building. ### Explore The Peale with Smartify [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/smartify.avif) ](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/venues/the-peale-center) #### Smartify offers free digital tours of The Peale that bring the building, exhibitions, and Baltimore stories to life through audio, images, and video. Whether you are standing outside the museum or exploring from home, these tours allow you to experience the Peale’s history and exhibitions in depth. Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-275x300.jpg) American artist and trailblazer who is likely to have been the very first Black museum professional in the United States. [**Learn more**](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/moses-williams-cutter-of-profiles-ld1eg?tourLanguage=en-GB) Male and Female Colored School No. 1 ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/JPEG-image-4CF0-A571-55-0-300x225.jpeg)From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building was part of a “new” public school system in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. The Peale building was known as “Male and Female Colored School No. 1.” [**Learn more**](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1?tourLanguage=en-GB) Tour of The Peale Museum with Aaron Henkin ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride-300x188.webp)The storied Peale Museum building was erected in 1814. It was the vision of American artist and inventor Rembrandt Peale, from the famed family of American painters. Since then, the building has lived many lives. Learn the stories of this American architectural landmark. [**Learn more**](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/tour-of-the-peale-with-aaron-henkin) ### Why The Peale is Important Today ### Watch Baltimore Stories ### Explore The Peale Today #### The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum — a place where the stories of the city are shared through exhibitions, programs, and community voices. [ Current Exhibitions ](https://thepeale.org/exhibitions/) [ Programs & Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visitor Information ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ### You are standing in front of The Peale! #### You Found Baltimore’s First Museum. Help Shape Its Future. The Peale has been serving Baltimore since 1814. Today, we are Baltimore’s Community Museum, preserving history while amplifying the voices and stories of our city. #### Your gift supports free admission, exhibitions, artists, oral histories, educational programs, and community storytelling. #### Thank you for helping keep Baltimore’s stories alive --- ### [Upcoming Events](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) **Published:** September 2, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ### Exhibits & Events ### Exhibits ## [NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/ "NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/) [](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22802_image-300x145.png) ## [The Active Power of Touch Exhibit](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/ "The Active Power of Touch Exhibit") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/) [](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TPOT-entry-300x100.jpg) Load More [](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1thumb-150x150.png) ### [Education Will Be Our Pride](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/ "Education Will Be Our Pride") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) January 13, 2026 [](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-150x150.jpg) ### [Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/ "Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) January 13, 2026 [](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) ![A 19th century drawing of an elephant or mastodon.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Working_sketch_of_the_mastodon_rembrandt_peale-small-150x150.jpg) ### [Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/ "Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide") [Read More](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) January 13, 2026 ### Events [![Film Screening: Change My Mind](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1190059473%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260731-193438?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=ad3b8566ae7da9fa04fa3c6d58d377c1)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-change-my-mind-tickets-1996292045246) Aug 14 ### [Film Screening: Change My Mind](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-change-my-mind-tickets-1996292045246 "Eventbrite link to Film Screening: Change My Mind") August 14, 2026, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 225 Holliday St Details In conversation with the We Know Who They Are exhibit on view at The Peale, join us for a film screening of Change My Mind. [Register >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-change-my-mind-tickets-1996292045246) [![Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1190311344%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260804-190526?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=f2b7ceb3a347b7c544912e7a48143432)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event-tickets-1994242049654) Aug 15 ### [Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event-tickets-1994242049654 "Eventbrite link to Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event") August 15, 2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 225 Holliday St Details Join us at The Peale for a panel discussion featuring co-curator of We Know Who They Are, and Maryland artists of Ukraine heritage. [Register >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event-tickets-1994242049654) [![Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1190496492%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260806-204446?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=6a55bdc1c53f625a27bcf6d3b9cf77c0)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon-tickets-1996270779640) Aug 16 ### [Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon-tickets-1996270779640 "Eventbrite link to Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon") August 16, 2026, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm 225 Holliday St Details Join us at The Peale for a family friendly afternoon diving into traditional art forms of Ukraine. [Register >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon-tickets-1996270779640) [![Improv @ The Peale](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1188625301%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260710-172432?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=494503d98f7af56fa21d2d73f739fcb1)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704810758) Aug 21 ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704810758 "Eventbrite link to Improv @ The Peale") August 21, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 225 Holliday St Details Join us for a laugh (or two... or three) at The Peale's monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. [Register >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704810758) --- ### [Built to Last](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/built-to-last-2026/) **Published:** July 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/B2L-Opening-Header-copy-e1775388910306-1536x847.jpg) Image: City Mirage (2025) by Sadia Aaminah ## A Juried Art Exhibit of Baltimore Landmarks [*Built to Last* is a juried exhibition presented as part of **Life in Baltimore**, a long-term initiative documenting the city through art, storytelling, and public engagement.](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/) #### On view at The Peale | April 17 – June 15, 2026 ### What does it mean for a building to last? *Built to Last* explores Baltimore’s resilience through ten architecturally significant and sometimes overlooked sites, interpreted by regional artists through original artworks inspired by each landmark’s form, history, and future. Through art, archives, and public programs, this exhibition is both a love letter and a call to action for Baltimore’s built environment. ### The 2026 Landmarks ##### Each artwork responds to one of the *Built to Last* landmarks—creating a citywide portrait of endurance. ![Peale Museum]() Peale Museum ![Monument Square & Battle Monument]() Monument Square & Battle Monument ![Pennsylvania Railroad District Office]() Pennsylvania Railroad District Office ![Monument Square & Battle Monument]() Monument Square & Battle Monument ![Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building]() Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building ![Gayety Theatre]() Gayety Theatre ![Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church]() Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church ![Baltimore Trust Company Building]() Baltimore Trust Company Building ![Alex. Brown & Sons Building]() Alex. Brown & Sons Building ![B&O Railroad Company Headquarters Building]() B&O Railroad Company Headquarters Building - The Peale Museum - Monument Square & Battle Monument - Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Alex. Brown & Sons Building - Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building - Vickers Building - Gayety Theatre - Pennsylvania Railroad District Office - B&O Railroad Headquarters - Baltimore Trust Company Building ##### The first *Built to Last* exhibition is now being finalized. We’re in the final stages of confirming the 2026 exhibition lineup, featured artists, and interpretive elements. Check back soon for opening-week programs and special events. [ Get Updates ](mailto:built2last@thepeale.org) #### What You'll Experience - Original two-dimensional artworks by Baltimore-region artists - Insight into each site’s history, style, and transformation - Tours and public programs led by artists, historians, and preservationists #### Key Dates - Exhibition opens: April 17, 2026 - Finale art auction: May 31, 2026 - Exhibition closes: June 15, 2026 #### Public Programs *Built to Last* will be accompanied by talks, tours, and special events exploring Baltimore architecture, preservation, and creative interpretation. Details will be announced as the schedule is finalized. #### Supported by ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) The project is inspired by the original [Built To Last: Ten Enduring Landmarks of Baltimore’s Central Business District](https://www.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/baltimore/1.htm) initiative, launched in 2002 by the U.S. National Park Service in collaboration with the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Maryland Historical Trust, the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), and Preservation Maryland. ### Community Partners [ ![AIA Baltimore Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aia-balt.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/) [ ![Baltimore Architecture Foundation Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bagf.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/baltimore-architecture-foundation/) ![Baltimore Heritage logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/baltimoreheritage-logo-2014.jpg) ![bnha-logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/bnha-logo-e1762612201781-reep84kpzu03vdbuvdqloy40f1bwj7no6c44kx5vk0.jpeg "bnha-logo") ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mchc.png) ![Preservation Maryland logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/preservation-maryland_logo-color-1024x248.png) ![The red brick facade of the Peale building. The front steps are colored like the rainbow flag.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/walters.png) ### Donations #### Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Call for Entries [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img416edit-300x293.jpg) ### Life In Baltimore ](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/) ### Life in Baltimore #### Art, Storytelling, and the City as It Is Lived *Life in Baltimore* is The Peale’s long-term storytelling initiative dedicated to documenting Baltimore through contemporary art, oral history, and public dialogue. Reviving a historic Peale exhibition tradition from the mid-20th century, the program creates space for artists and community members to reflect on the people, places, and lived experiences that define Baltimore today. *Life in Baltimore* brings together exhibitions, oral histories, media projects, and public programs to document the city as it is lived today. [ Learn More ](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Job Opportunities at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/jobs/) **Published:** January 22, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Peale Jobs The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## **Join Our Team** ### **Current Openings** ##### The Peale is now accepting applications for a new [**Project Manager / Digital Collections Lead**](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4422625388/) position. Funded through the Maryland Center for History and Culture’s Miller History Fund, this position will help launch and manage the Life in Baltimore Oral History Archive, an ambitious new initiative to document, preserve, and share the stories of Baltimore’s people, neighborhoods, artists, and communities through oral histories, digital storytelling, and public access technologies. Check back for updates or **[sign up for our newsletter](https://thepeale.org/subscribe/)** to be the first to know when new opportunities arise. ### **Contract Opportunities with The Lab @ The Peale** The Lab @ The Peale works with independent creators, technologists, and cultural professionals on a contract basis to advance digital storytelling, community archiving, and innovative GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) projects. If you’re interested in joining our roster of creative collaborators—whether as a videographer, designer, technologist, researcher, educator, or storyteller—please introduce yourself. Send your résumé, portfolio, or a brief note describing your skills and interests to **** with the subject line **“Contract Inquiry – The Lab @ The Peale.”** ### **Equal Opportunity** The Peale is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all staff, apprentices, contractors, artists, and visitors. [ Email Us Today ](mailto:AAA@ThePeale.org) --- ### [Press at The Peale Center for History](https://thepeale.org/press/) **Published:** September 6, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Peale Press The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ About the Peale ](#InTheNews) [ Press Releases ](#PressReleases) ## In the News ### 2026 - 2026 May 19, [In Baltimore, every brick has a story to tell. The Peale Museum wants to be where they’re told.](https://baltimorebeat.com/in-baltimore-every-brick-has-a-story-to-tell-the-peale-museum-wants-to-be-where-theyre-told/), Baltimore Beat - 2026 May, [Where Moulding Meets Mission,](https://whiteriver.com/blogs/news/where-moulding-meets-mission) White River blog ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled.png) Andie Townsend The Peale - - - - - I want \[The Peale\] to be a true gathering space where everyone feels welcome, and it’s a place where we can share our thoughts and ideas and not have any fear of judgement there. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Peale-Front-Pride-scaled.jpg) Amari-Grey Johnson Baltimore Beat - - - - - Nestled between the historic C.J. Youse Company Building and Zion Church of the City of Baltimore, The Peale originated as painter Rembrandt Peale’s Baltimore Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts in 1814. ### 2025 - 2025 June 4, [The Peale is among the oldest museums in the nation. Now, a new director takes the reins](https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2025-06-04/the-peale-is-among-the-oldest-museums-in-the-nation-now-a-new-director-takes-the-reins), WYPR - 2025 April 18, [Where’s Amy: Youth-led Exhibition Highlights Environmental Justice and Community Resistance in Curtis Bay](https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/wheres-amy-youth-led-exhibit-at-the-peale-museum-highlights-environmental-justice-in-curtis-bay/), CBS, WJZ - 2025 March 15, [Bmore Art News: Kim Domanski, Artscape, Deborah Kass](https://bmoreart.com/2025/03/bmoreart-news-artscape-deborah-kass-kim-domanski.html), Bmore Art, Rebecca Juliette ![Lynette Green](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSCF2961-BreathingBlackFilmScrrening-Photo-byGlennRicci-10July2022-scaled.jpg) Lynette Green** @LG As I walked through the building and read about some of it's history I was impressed. I had the opportunity to see some beautiful art there and meet some of the artist who were inspired to create them as well. ![Justina Starobin ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GardenSculpture-PhotoByHeatherShelton-16August2022-3-SMALL.jpg) Justina Starobin @JS This is a new / not-new Baltimore treasure. The historic museum building is now open with widely diverse media and voices. It is small enough that one can spend time and engage with the exhibits and the knowledgeable staff. Very cool. ![John Beidler](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/JHZ2685_Small.jpg) John Beidler@JB Wonderful afternoon the exhibition on immigration is very moving. Great staff very courteous and friendly. [ Media Files ](https://thepeale.org/press/media-files-for-press/) ### 2024 - 2024 December 21, [The Peale’s new leader plans to bring innovation to the historic museum](https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/local-news/the-peale-museum-executive-director-WCDQOLZ2WBD6VBNHGUEBHFKNME/?schk=YES&rchk=YES&utm_source=The+Baltimore+Banner&utm_campaign=839b781662-NL_AMSC_20241221_0700&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-839b781662-600352540&mc_cid=839b781662&mc_eid=e04eed4298), The Baltimore Banner - 2024 December 19, [The Peale names veteran arts executive John Suau to be its new executive director](https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/the-peale-names-veteran-arts-executive-john-suau-to-be-its-new-executive-director/), Baltimore Fishbowl - 2024 November 15, [The Peale Opens Exhibit Featuring Work of Baker Artists](https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/the-peale-opens-exhibit-featuring-work-from-the-baker-artist-portfolios/), Baltimore Fishbowl, Ed Gunts - 2024 October 28, [Nonprofit celebrating 100 years of impact with gala ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtD59zqpU0) (Featuring *Igniting Integration* exhibit); WBAL TV - 2024 August 31, [Five Must-See Art Exhibitions to Check Out this Fall](https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/arts/bmoreart-art-exhibits-september-JLCLQRR2RRHPJIQOPONXKDL2WU/), *Baltimore Banner*, Cara Ober - 2024 July 13, [How Can Museums Change Lives with Apprenticeships](https://www.museumnext.com/article/how-can-museums-change-lives-with-apprenticeships/), MuseumNext - 2024 July 10, [Flowers at The Peale Museum is About to End](https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/catch-flowers-a-new-exhibit-at-the-peale-museum-wheres-marty/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h), WJZ TV, Marty Bass - 2024 June 11, [The Indelible Impact of the Baltimore Black Panthers, Baltimore Beat](https://baltimorebeat.com/the-indelible-impact-of-the-baltimore-black-panthers/), Irene Bantigue - 2024 May 30, [Revolution in Our Lifetime](https://www.wmar2news.com/local/revolution-in-our-lifetime-the-black-panther-party-and-political-organizing-in-baltimore), WMAR TV, Travis Case - 2024 May 2, [Art Exhibit at the The Peale Highlights Baltimore’s Uniqueness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu4rHXkg_m0), WJZ TV - 2024 April 24, [Revolution in our Lifetime Exhibit Highlights the Black Panther Party in Baltimore](https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2024/04/revolution-in-our-lifetime-exhibition-highlights-the-history-of-the-black-panther-party-in-baltimore), The Johns Hopkins News-Letter - 2024 March 17, [Daytripping: Dining at Indian Ocean, Sea King Seafood Market and Crab House, and touring the Peale Museum , The Baltimore Post Examiner](https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/daytripping-dining-at-indian-ocean-sea-king-seafood-market-and-crab-house-and-touring-the-peale-museum/2024/03/17), Eddie Applefield - 2024 March 14, [VCU Professor Uses 3D to Bring Life – and Accessibility – to Upcoming Museum Exhibit](https://news.vcu.edu/article/2024/03/vcu-professor-uses-3d-to-bring-life--and-accessibility--to-upcoming-museum-exhibit), VCU News, Sian Wilkerson - 2024 February 27, [Peale to Honored by Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums](https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/peale-center-for-baltimore-history-and-architecture-to-be-honored-by-the-mid-atlantic-association-of-museums/), Baltimore Fishbowl, Ed Gunts - 2024 February 16, [Baltimore students share art as part of special MICA partnership for ‘Arts Every Day](https://www.wbaltv.com/article/arts-every-day-baltimore-students-share-art-part-mica-partnership/46820386),’ WBAL TV ### 2023 - 2023 November 2, [From the Institutional to the Underground: Ten Must-See Exhibitions in Baltimore](https://bmoreart.com/2023/11/from-the-institutional-to-the-underground-ten-must-see-exhibitions-in-baltimore.html), *BmoreArt*, Cara Ober and Michael Anthony Farley - 2023 October 26, [*Abstracts & Artifacts*: Challenging Perceptions in Second Life](https://modemworld.me/2023/10/26/abstracts-artifacts-challenging-perceptions-in-second-life/), *Modem World*, Inara Perry - 2023 July 24, [Hometown Spotlight: New Exhibitions at The Peale](https://foxbaltimore.com/morning/hometown-hotspot-new-exhibitions-at-the-peale-barbara-dale-posen-art-museum), Fox 45 News - 2023 July 7, [On the Record with Sheila Cast: Jeffrey Kent, Peale Chief Curator](https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2023-07-07/the-peale-baltimores-community-museum), WYPR - 2023 May 10, [Our Digital Futures: Podcast with Heather Shelton, Peale Digital Curator](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2102015/12827264), Buzzsprout - 2023 May 9, [The Peale Center Honored by the Maryland Historical Trust](https://bmoreart.com/2023/05/bmorearts-picks-may-9-15.html), *BmoreArt* Picks - 2023 April 6, [Submersive Productions presents: ‘Katalepsis’ at The Peale Center](https://mdtheatreguide.com/2023/04/theatre-review-theatre-review-submersive-productions-presents-katalepsis-at-the-peale-center/), *Maryland Theater Review*, [Kateri Pelton](https://mdtheatreguide.com/author/kateripelton/) ### 2022 - 2022 November, [Artist Whitney Frazier Combines Art and Storytelling to Recognize Local Women Leaders](https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/whitney-frazier-art-storytelling-project-the-guardians-documents-strong-women-in-baltimore/), *Baltimore Magazine*, Laura Farmer - 2022 November 6, [The Culture Report: 30 Years of Sankofa and Diddy Tries the Bunky Jr. Strut](https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/the-culture-report-30-years-of-sankofa-and-diddy-tries-the-bunky-jr-strut-UFXKALJQLRFDZMGULHDAV73XJQ/?schk=YES&rchk=YES&utm_source=The+Baltimore+Banner&utm_campaign=b513149b6d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_05_04_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fed75856d2-b513149b6d-592453468&mc_cid=b513149b6d&mc_eid=25a1f8ff9d) , *The Baltimore Banner*, Lawrence Burney - 2022 November, [The Grit Fund Provides a Vital Lifeline for the Arts](https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/baltimore-grit-fund-provides-vital-lifeline-for-the-arts/), Baltimore Magazine, Suzy Kopf - 2022 November, [Jeffrey Kent’s Quiet Influence Has Shaped the Baltimore Art Scene for Decades](https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/jeffrey-kent-influence-shaped-baltimore-art-scene-for-decades/), *Baltimore Magazine,* Lauren LaRocca - 2022 October 21, [The Peale Museum Now Recruiting Accomplished Arts Apprentices](https://foxbaltimore.com/morning/the-peale-museum-now-recruiting-accomplished-arts-apprentices), Fox 45 News - 2022 October 7, [On the Record with Sheila Cast, The Peale: Baltimore’s Community Museum](https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2022-10-07/the-peale-baltimores-community-museum), WYPR - 2022 September 3, [The Peale Highlights Community Care at its Grand Reopening](https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2022/09/the-peale-highlights-community-care-at-its-grand-reopening), JHU Newseltter - 2022 August 26, [Tactile Journeys: Young Blood at MAP and SPARK at the Peale](https://bmoreart.com/2022/08/tactile-journeys-young-blood-at-map-and-spark-at-the-peale.html), Bmore Art - 2022 August 19, [The Peale – Baltimore’s Community Museum](https://www.weaa.org/show/two-way-talk/2022-08-19/the-peale-baltimores-community-museum), Two Way Talk, WEAA - 2022 August 18, [Historic Baltimore museum reopens after $5.5m renovation](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/18/historic-baltimore-peale-museum-reopens-renovation), Gabriella Angeleti, The Art Newspaper - 2022 August 15, [The Peale reopens as ‘Baltimore’s community museum’](https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/the-peale-reopens-as-baltimores-community-museum/), Ed Gunts, Baltimore Fishbowl - 2022 August 12, [Filled with firsts, the Peale reopens its historic doors as a community museum](https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-fe-the-peale-grand-opening-20220812-neczv2v4dzaz3lsxtrmnuo5mfu-story.html), Micha Green, Baltimore Sun - 2022 August 12, [The Peale Museum reopens](https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-peale-museum-20220812-qgwpzd2g6fft7cbrkwkbyrccky-photogallery.html), photo gallery, Jerry Jackson, Baltimore Sun - 2022 August 12, [A national treasure turns 208 years old and begins anew](https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/arts/a-national-treasure-turns-208-years-old-and-begins-anew-7EAWIFANJ5FMTFQU5PXK6FVKWE/), Imani Spence, The Baltimore Banner - 2022 August 11, [The Peale is Getting a Grand Reopening After a Major Restoration](http://the%20peale%20is%20getting%20a%20grand%20re-opening%20after%20a%20major%20restoration/), WYPR - 2022 August 11, [Peale Museum celebrates new chapter with centuries of history](https://www.wbaltv.com/article/peale-museum-reopens-baltimore/40860198), Breanna Ross, WBAL-TV - 2022 August 11, [The Peale is getting a grand re-opening after a major restoration](https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2022-08-11/the-peale-is-getting-a-grand-re-opening-after-a-major-restoration), Midday with Tom Hall, WYPR - 2022 August 9, [Where’s Marty? Learning about the amazing history of The Peale, another hidden gem in Baltimore](https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/wheres-marty-learning-about-the-amazing-history-of-the-peale-another-hidden-gem-in-baltimore/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h), 3 segments with Marty Bass, WJZ - 2022 July, [Though the Exterior of The Peale is Relatively Modest, The Story Inside Is Anything But](https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/the-peale-museum-baltimore-history/), Ron Cassie, Baltimore Magazine - 2022 August 5, [Peale Museum to Celebrate 208th Birthday with Grand Reopening](https://thedailyrecord.com/2022/08/05/peale-museum-to-celebrate-208th-birthday-with-grand-reopening/), The Daily Record - 2022 August 4, [IMLS Invests More Than $29 Million in Grants to Museums Across America](https://www.imls.gov/news/imls-invests-more-29-million-grants-museums-across-america) - 2022 July 20, [Alcoa’s storyteller Mama Linda Goss](https://www.wbir.com/video/news/local/five-at-four/alcoas-storyteller-mama-linda-goss/51-5e1506d8-7966-436d-a5e0-0facbe67f7fd), WBIR.com 10News - 2022 July 14, [Hogan Administration Announces $5 Mil in Grants to be Awarded to Heritage Projects by the MHAA](https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDMDP/bulletins/3211b9c?reqfrom=share) - 2022 July 8, [ *The Amazing Black Man* Sticks Around at the Peale](https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/arts/the-amazing-black-man-sticks-around-at-the-peale-KYUSA4OH3JGMHF74RORSRDIM6Q/), Amani Spence and Aaron Wright - 2022 May 9, [Preview of the Peale’s $5.5 Million Renovation](https://bmoreart.com/2022/05/preview-of-the-peales-5-5-million-renovation.html), Ed Gunts, BmoreArt - 2022 May 2, [Renovations underway at Peale Museum in Baltimore](https://www.wbaltv.com/article/renovations-underway-at-peale-museum/39885487), WBAL NBC News - 2022 May 1, [Baltimore’s Peal\[e\] Community Museum To Reopen In August](https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/video/6233596-baltimores-peal-community-museum-to-reopen-in-august/), CBS WJZ13 News - 2022 May 1, [The Peale museum hosted open house to reveal $5.5 million renovation](https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/the-peale-museum-hosted-open-house-to-reveal-5-5-million-renovation), ABC12 New ## Peale Press Releases - 29 July 2025, PRESS RELEASE, [*Built to Last* Exhibition, Call for Artists](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Built-To-Last-Press-Release-7.29.25.pdf) - 22 July 2025, PRESS RELEASE, [Grit Fund Award Winners Announced](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Grit-Fund-Press-Release-Award-Recipients-2025.pdf) - 2024 December 19, PRESS RELEASE [John Suau appointed Executive Director of The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12-19-24-New-Peale-ED-John-Suau-photo.pdf) - 2024 June 11, PRESS RELEASE, [Peale Announces Leadership Transition and Search for Executive Director](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NewExecutiveDirectorSearch-June112024.pdf) - 2024 January 2, PRESS RELEASE, [Grit Fund Applications Open January 15](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Grit-Fund-Press-Release-2024-Project-Grants-Application-1.pdf) - 2023 October 22, PRESS RELEASE, [UMBC and Towson University present SPARK 6: Refractions in partnership with PNC Bank](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-23-23-Press-Release-Spark-6-media-advisory.pdf) - 2023 September 12, PRESS RELEASE, [The Guardians of Baltimore Community Celebration](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9-12-23-The-Guardian-Celebration-Press-Release.pdf) - 2023 July 27, PRESS RELEASE, 2023 Grit Fund Winners - 2023 June 15, PRESS RELEASE, [The Peale, Two Exhibitions Celebrating Local Artists with National Appeal](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6-15-23-Posen-Dale-Press-Release.pdf) - 2023 May 8, PRESS RELEASE, [The Peale, Maryland Historical Trust Preservation Awards](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MHT-Press-Release-9May2023.pdf) - 2023 March 23, PRESS RELEASE, [The Peale, Grit Fund News and Information Sessions](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/3-23-23-Grit-Fund-Application-Info-Sessions.pdf) - 2023 March 15, PRESS RELEASE, [The Peale, Compensation for Loss Exhibition Coming to The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/3-16-23-Compensation-of-Loss-Press-Release-FINAL-2023.pdf) - 2023 February 16, PRESS RELEASE: The Peale, [Quatrefoil Associates Announce Collaboration, Launch “The Lab”]() - 2022 October 17, PRESS RELEASE: [The Peale to Host AAA Recruiting Fair for Apprentices](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/10-17-22-Press-Release—AAA-Recruitment-Fair.pdf) - 2022 August 5, PRESS RELEASE: [The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, to Celebrate its 208th Birthday with Festivity-Packed Grand Reopening](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/8-5-22-Grand-Reopening-Press-Release-FINAL.pdf) - 2022 April 22, PRESS RELEASE: [$65K Awarded to Baltimore Awards Through Grit Fund Initiative](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Grit-Fund-Press-Release-Award-Recipients-The-Peale-April-20-2022-2.pdf) - 2022 May 13, PRESS RELEASE: [The Peale Premieres Voices of a Black Butterfly Film, produced by the Baltimore National Heritage Area](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/5-16-22-Press-Release-Voices-of-a-Black-Butterfly-FINAL.pdf) - 2022 May 2, PRESS RELEASE: [The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, Debuts Multi-Million Renovation Among Hundreds](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/5-2-22-Press-Release—Open-House-APPROVED.pdf) - 2022 February 9, PRESS RELEASE: [Baltimore Artist to Feature Up to 300 City Residents in a Historic Public Art Project](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Peale-Silhouettes-Project-press-release-2.8.22.pdf) - 2021 December 23, PRESS RELEASE: Monarch Private Capital Finances Historic Preservation of Oldest Museum Building in United States ## Learn more about the Peale 3 Videos ![Peale Open House 2022](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GardenSculpture-PhotoByHeatherShelton-16August2022-3-SMALL.jpg) #### Peale Open House 2022 0:16 ![Grand Opening Weekend](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Founders-Day-2022-2.png) #### Grand Opening Weekend 0:16 ![Launch of Peale in Second Life](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-1307.png) #### Launch of Peale in Second Life 0:16 --- ### [Join The Peale Museum's Supporters](https://thepeale.org/join/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Join Today! The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Start Your Membership ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) [ Make a Donation ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) Now, more than ever, support The Peale and gain access to our innovative programs and events—online and in person, all year round. Believe it or not, you can become a member for just $1! Members are the backbone of The Peale, and your support helps Baltimore storytellers, artists, musicians, and creators share their voices with the world. Members who contribute $100 or more receive free access to over 1,400 museums across North America through our partnership with the **[North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association](https://narmassociation.org/)**. It’s one more way your membership at the Peale connects you to a vibrant national cultural community. ### Individual Memberships (Non-NARM) ### Timetraveler #### $1+ - Recognition as a community supporter - Invitations to storytelling and community events - Includes Digital Membership Card (non-NARM) [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Storyteller #### $50 - All Time Traveler benefits - Free or discounted Peale tickets - Listing on Peale website and communications - Invitation to present at Peale events - Eligibility for fiscal sponsorship support - Includes Digital Membership Card (non-NARM) [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Individual and Family Memberships (NARM) **About NARM:** The **[North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association®](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnarmassociation.org%2Fmembers%2F%3Floc%3D21202&data=05%7C02%7Conline%40thepealecenter.org%7Cb5a184bfe04e4a50e64508dd72afc889%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638792821487667380%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0Kg7LHbkvYefJKaqhreIvIIoTsjp0CE%2FGZYSe9Ym%2BNk%3D&reserved=0)** is a network of over 1,400 cultural institutions across the U.S., Canada, Bermuda, El Salvador, and Mexico. Members at the $100 level and above receive free or discounted admission, shop discounts, and other perks at participating museums, galleries, and historic sites—making your Peale membership go even further. ### Fuel #### $100 - All Storyteller benefits for a family of four (two adults and two children) - Free or discounted Peale tickets - Invitations to exclusive Peale events - Includes NARM Access (North American Reciprocal Museum Association) - Digital Membership Card with NARM sticker - 10% Discount in The Shop at The Peale [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Spark #### $250 - All Fuel benefits - Two (2) gift Storyteller Memberships for Baltimore-based artists or storytellers - Optional family upgrade (+$100) - Includes Digital Membership Card with NARM [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Ignite #### $500 - All Spark benefits - Private guided tour of The Peale (virtual or in-person) - Two (2) additional gift Storyteller Memberships (4 total) - Includes Digital Membership Card with NARM [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Beacon #### $1,000 - All Ignite benefits - Website listing as a Beacon Supporter - One (1) additional private tour (2 total) - Includes Digital Membership Card with NARM [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Corporate, Foundation, and Government Supporters ### Ring of Fire #### $2,500 - All Beacon benefits - Corporate recognition on Peale website - 10 general admission tickets to Peale events - One (1) group tour of The Peale - Includes Digital Membership Cards with NARM for up to 4 assigned individuals [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Circle of Light #### $5,000 - All Ring of Fire benefits - Invitation to quarterly Advisory Council meetings and special events - Listing on website as Advisory Council member for you or your organization - 4 Private tours of the Peale (Tours of the Peale are online or in-person) [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Patron's Circle #### $10,000 - All Circle of Light benefits - Sponsorship branding for a Peale public program - Six (6) private or VIP group tours - Includes Digital Membership Cards with NARM for up to 10 assigned individuals [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) ### Legacy Circle #### $25,000+ - All Patron’s Circle benefits - Naming opportunity for exhibition or core program - Featured profile in Peale’s annual report - 10+ curated private tours by Peale leadership - Includes Digital Membership Cards with NARM for up to 20 assigned individuals [ Join today ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pc-Am0dehDW_-W_wpeJzew?t=1740581827) "An absolutely sparkly magical evening!" Joanne CatherineFacebook Review ![Joanne Catherine](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_3180.jpg) "The most unique museum around!" Kristina GreenGoogle Review ![Kristina Green](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0575_SMALL-scaled.jpg) Love this old building. Glad it's being used! Salvatore SeeleyGoogle Review ![Salvatore Seeley](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Peale_Roof-Photo-by-Jackson-Gilman-Forlini-from-a-window-across-the-street-rotated.jpg) Go and check it out, take the tour, learn the history, you will not be disappointed!! Ashley HumesGoogle Review ![Ashley Humes](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/XT2A2546SingleCarrotTheater-MarieAntoinette-10June2022-PhotobyDaisyBrown_SMALL.jpg) --- ### [Media Files for Press](https://thepeale.org/press/media-files-for-press/) **Published:** May 5, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Man in a black shirt playing a cello in a plain room, bow gliding across strings.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC2017-1024x580.jpg) ![A mermaid prop inside a glass tank on a wheeled wooden frame, with red theater curtains on both sides.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/H.T.-Darlings-Incredible-Musaeum-immersive-theater-by-Submersive-Productions-at-the-Peale-2017-photo-by-Glenn-Ricci-1024x768.jpg) ![Two people conversing at an art gallery, with colorful paintings in the background; man in a red cap and leather jacket, woman wearing a patterned head wrap hold drinks nearby.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0023-1024x769.jpg) ![D diverse audience seated in a gallery, with framed art on gray walls, while a man in a yellow shirt photographs the event.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0062-1024x769.jpg) ![Dancer mid high kick on a wooden stage, audience seated along the back wall, guitarist visible on the left and a keyboard performer on the right.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2018-10-06-21.04.46-1024x768.jpg) Community performance at The Peale ![Two visitors in an art gallery study a large framed painting together, with more artworks on the wall to the right and a woven piece on the left side of the image.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20241004_180800-1024x577.jpg) ![A house engulfed in orange flames with dark smoke, palm trees silhouettes in the foreground at night.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0192-1024x768.jpg) ![Crowd of people mingling at an outdoor event in a brick courtyard with string lights overhead.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/garden3-1024x768.jpg) ![Audience seated in a gallery-style room facing a speaker at a small table with portraits on the walls behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6533-scaled-e1781124177371-1024x497.png) Storytelling in the Latrobe Gallery at The Peale. ![Two men outdoors beside a brick building with string lights; the man in the foreground reaches up toward a hanging bulb while the other watches.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_1416-683x1024.jpg) ![People in colorful outfits mingle around tables with wine glasses in a brick-walled courtyard under string lights at an outdoor party.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Garden-Party2-1024x768.jpg) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6549-768x1024.png) ![Group of visitors standing and looking at a glass display case on an ornate table in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9051-1024x1024.jpg) ![Crowd of guests at an outdoor courtyard party by a brick wall, with tables of food and drinks.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Garden-Party-1024x768.jpg) --- ### [Call for Artists: Built to Last](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/built-to-last-2026/call-for-artists-built-to-last/) **Published:** July 17, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Call for Artists [ Peale Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Submit Artwork ](https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=15806) ### Built to Last #### A Juried Exhibit Celebrating Baltimore’s Enduring Landmarks Presented by The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025 (CLOSED) #### About the Exhibition The Peale invites local artists working in two-dimensional media to apply for **Built to Last**, a juried exhibition celebrating **Baltimore’s architectural icons**—buildings that have withstood time, change, and civic upheaval. This exhibit will honor the **resilience of the built environment** through newly created artworks that interpret ten historically and architecturally significant sites across the city. ![Alex. Brown & Sons Building](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Alex-Brown-300x186.jpg)Alex. Brown & Sons Building ![B&O Railroad Company Headquarters Building](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BO-300x183.jpg)B&O Railroad Company Headquarters Building ![Baltimore Trust Company Building](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BmoreTrust-e1753371849144-300x205.jpg)Baltimore Trust Company Building ![Gayety Theatre](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gayety-300x185.jpg)Gayety Theatre ![Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Mercantile-300x189.jpg)Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building ![Monument Square & Battle Monument](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Monument-Sq-300x195.jpg)Monument Square & Battle Monument ![Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Old-St-PAuls-300x185.jpg)Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church ![Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale-300x189.jpg)Peale Museum ![Pennsylvania Railroad District Office](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Penn-RR-300x188.jpg)Pennsylvania Railroad District Office ![Vickers Building](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-21-at-10.06.39 AM-300x192.png)Vickers Building ### Featured Landmarks: - The Peale Museum - Monument Square & Battle Monument - Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Alex. Brown & Sons Building - Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company Building - Vickers Building - Gayety Theatre - Pennsylvania Railroad District Office - B&O Railroad Headquarters - Baltimore Trust Company Building The project is inspired by the original [Built To Last: Ten Enduring Landmarks of Baltimore’s Central Business District](https://www.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/baltimore/1.htm) initiative, launched in 2002 by the U.S. National Park Service in collaboration with the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Maryland Historical Trust, the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), and Preservation Maryland. ### Supported by ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/warhol-logo.png) ### Who Should Apply This call is open to all visual artists, with priority given to those based in **Baltimore and surrounding counties**. We welcome work in all 2D formats, including painting, photography, drawing, mixed media, and printmaking. **Selected artists** will receive: - An honorarium of up to $2,500. - Free exhibition at The Peale (April–June 2026) - Eligibility for auction proceeds ### How to Submit Submissions will be accepted exclusively through CaFÉ (CallForEntry.org). - Entry Fee: $25 (fee waivers available—see FAQ below) - Up to 3 works per artist - Each work must respond to at least one of the featured buildings ### Key Dates MilestoneDateCall OpensAugust 1, 2025Call ClosesNovember 3, 2025Artist NotificationsDecember 2025Work Delivery DeadlineFebruary 15, 2026Exhibit OpeningApril 17, 2026Exhibit ClosesJune 15, 2026 #### Eligibility - Open to all artists aged 18+ residing in Baltimore and surrounding counties. - Work must be original, created within the past 3 years, and not previously exhibited at The Peale. - 2D media only: painting, photography, illustration, collage, printmaking, and mixed media. - Submitted artwork must directly reference or be inspired by one or more of the following ten buildings: #### Awards and Sales - Top 5 works will receive cash prizes. $2500 | $1000 | $700 | $500 | $300 - All accepted works will be eligible for sale during the final public auction in June 2026 - Revenue split: 60% to artist / 40% to The Peale (unless otherwise negotiated) - All accepted artists will be featured in a digital exhibition. #### Jurors **Catherine Arthur**, Chief Curator, Maryland Center for History and Culture **Jo Briggs**, Jennie Walters Delano Curator, 18th- & 19th-Century Art, Walters Art Museum **Schroeder Cherry**, Museum Curator at Morgan State University James E. Lewis Museum of Art **Imani Haynes**, Curator, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture **Joe Tropea**, Curator, City of Baltimore (Mayor’s Office) #### Jury Process A panel of curators from Baltimore museums will review submissions. Selection criteria will include: - Artistic quality and originality - Conceptual alignment with the theme - Technical skill and presentation Jurors will not conduct studio visits. *All jurying will take place digitally through CaFÉ.* #### Submission Requirements: You may submit up to 3 works for consideration. Each submission must include: - JPEG image (1200 pixels minimum on the longest side, 5MB max) - Artwork title, medium, dimensions, and year completed - Artist statement (100–200 words) explaining your connection to the subject building or the themes of preservation, transformation, or legacy - Short artist bio (PDF, 1 page max) #### **QUESTIONS** Email: Website: [www.thepeale.org](https://www.thepeale.org) Follow [@ThePealeBaltimore on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale/) for updates. ### Community Partners [ ![AIA Baltimore Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aia-balt.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/) [ ![Baltimore Architecture Foundation Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bagf.png) ](https://www.aiabaltimore.org/baltimore-architecture-foundation/) [ ![Baltimore Heritage logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/baltimoreheritage-logo-2014.jpg) ](https://baltimoreheritage.org/) [ ![bnha-logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/bnha-logo-e1762612201781-reep84kpzu03vdbuvdqloy40f1bwj7no6c44kx5vk0.jpeg "bnha-logo") ](https://www.explorebaltimore.org) [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mchc.png) ](https://www.mdhistory.org/) [ ![Preservation Maryland logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/preservation-maryland_logo-color-1024x248.png) ](https://preservationmaryland.org/) [ ![The red brick facade of the Peale building. The front steps are colored like the rainbow flag.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/walters.png) ](https://thewalters.org/) ### **Key Dates** - Deadline to submit: Oc**tober 15, 2025** - Exhibition opens: **April 17, 2026** - Closing date: **June 15, 2026** ### Exhibit Details [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/B2L-Opening-Header-copy-e1775388910306-300x165.jpg) ### Built to Last ](https://thepeale.org/life-in-baltimore/built-to-last-2026/) #### Related Links - [Exhibition Overview for Visitors →](#) - [View the Landmark Map →](#) - [About The Peale →](https://thepeale.org) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Gaslight at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/gaslight-at-the-peale/) **Published:** October 11, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Gaslight at The Peale Where Baltimore’s Brightest Ideas First Switched On ## The Birthplace of Light City [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg) ](https://irc.umbc.edu/early-baltimore-2/) Image courtesy UMBC Imaging Research Center #### Long before Baltimore’s skyline glowed with electric light, Rembrandt Peale—the artist, scientist, entrepreneur, and visionary museum founder—used the Peale building to spark a revolution. In 1816, he stunned visitors by illuminating his galleries with an invention few had seen before: *manufactured gas light.* #### Crowds gathered on Holliday Street, staring up in awe at the brilliant glow pouring from the museum’s windows—brightness unlike anything seen in a world still lit by candles and oil lamps.What they witnessed wasn’t just a novelty. #### It was the moment Baltimore became the first city in America—one of the first in the world—to be lit by gas. ### A Museum Becomes a Powerhouse #### Rembrandt Peale didn’t stop at dazzling visitors. #### He founded the **Baltimore Gas Company in 1817**, manufacturing gas in a small shed behind the museum and sending it through wooden log-pipes to light the city streets. His innovation would eventually grow into **Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE)**—today one of the oldest natural gas companies in the world. [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/9854450e71ea5a46e310d8ea5e6d185b.jpeg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rembrandt-Peale-demonstrating-gas-light-1816.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Peale_Img001.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GaslightSmaller-scaled.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Plate-from-John-H.B.-Latrobe-Picture-of-Baltimore-Baltimore-Fielding-Lucas-Jr-1832-The-Sheridan-Libraries-Johns-Hopkins-University-scaled.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Peale_Roof-Photo-by-Jackson-Gilman-Forlini-from-a-window-across-the-street-rotated.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-2646-SMALL.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220727_145025-Garden-Photo-by-Daisy-Brown-26July2022-SMALL.jpg) ### **Illuminating Baltimore’s Stories Today** #### The Peale continues to be a beacon for innovation and community-powered storytelling. From our digital storytelling labs to our restoration apprenticeships, from exhibitions to performing arts, every program we run continues the Peale family legacy: illuminating Baltimore through creativity, invention, and community. #### Your support keeps that light shining. Make a year-end gift and help Baltimore tell its stories. Every donation keeps programs accessible and helps preserve the Peale—America’s first purpose-built museum. [ DONATE ](https://givebutter.com/peale2025) --- ### [People's Choice Awards - Built to Last](https://thepeale.org/peoples-choice-awards-b2l/) **Published:** April 14, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## People’s Choice Awards Thank you for visiting the exhibition. Cast your vote for the People’s Choice Awards by selecting your **three favorite artworks** below. - You must select exactly 3 works - One vote per person The three artworks receiving the most votes will each be awarded a **$250 prize**. Winners will be announced on **June 1**, alongside the juried awards. Loading… --- ### [Illuminator Awards 2026: Honoring Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/illuminator-awards/) **Published:** June 16, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## JOIN US FOR THE ILLUMINATOR AWARDS ![Afro House]() Afro House ![Doreen Bolger]() Doreen Bolger ![Cara Ober for BmoreArt]() Cara Ober for BmoreArt ![Johns Hopkins]() Johns Hopkins ![Laura Gamble for PNC]() Laura Gamble for PNC ### **The Illuminator Awards 2026** #### **April 16, 2026 | Baltimore** ### Celebrating Baltimore’s brightest change-makers in arts, history, and community #### *An evening celebrating the people and organizations shaping Baltimore’s future.* #### **About the Illuminator Awards** This signature Peale event brings together artists, preservationists, cultural leaders, educators, donors, and neighbors for a celebration of Baltimore’s creativity and resilience. The 2026 event features: - A **reception at The Peale** with hors d’oeuvres, music, and a preview of the *Built to Last* exhibit and art auction - A **full seated dinner and awards ceremony** at historic **Zion Church** next door - The premiere of **five professionally produced honoree tribute films** - Community-centered stories highlighting Baltimore’s legacy, architecture, and innovative spirit Every ticket purchased and every sponsorship pledged helps sustain The Peale’s mission: to tell Baltimore’s stories and support the people who shape them. ##### **EVENT SCHEDULE** ***Evening Schedule*** - **6:00–7:00 PM:** Reception at The Peale + Built to Last Preview - **7:00–9:00 PM:** Dinner & Awards at Zion Church - **Premiere:** Five Tribute Films - **Auction:** Built to Last artworks #### *Built to Last Exhibit + Auction Preview* Guests attending the Illuminator Awards will be the **first to preview The Peale’s 2026 exhibit, *Built to Last*** — an exploration of Baltimore’s architectural resilience and the stories of the buildings and communities that shaped the city. The evening also debuts our **premier art auction**, featuring works by local artists whose practices reflect Baltimore’s spirit of creativity and transformation. Whether you’re purchasing tickets for an unforgettable night or becoming a sponsor to amplify the mission, your participation directly supports The Peale’s community-driven storytelling, preservation, and arts programs. ##### **PURCHASE TICKETS OR SPONSOR A TABLE** We welcome individuals, couples, families, organizations, and corporate supporters to be part of this special celebration. ***Why Your Support Matters*** Your Participation Fuels Baltimore’s Stories. Every ticket, table, or sponsorship supports The Peale’s mission to: - Preserve Baltimore’s historic stories and places - Train and employ restoration apprentices - Amplify community-based artists and storytellers - Build accessible digital archives and oral histories - Keep The Peale open and thriving for all Baltimoreans ### Supported by [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SMP.png)](https://smp-architects.com/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pnc_rgb.png) --- ### [The Guild @ The Peale - Apprentice Program](https://thepeale.org/guild/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## The Guild @ The Peale Building the Next Generation of Preservation Tradespeople #### The Guild @ The Peale provides paid, hands-on apprenticeships in historic building preservation—equipping participants with the skills needed to restore, repair, and maintain Maryland’s cultural heritage while building a pathway to stable, well-paying careers. ### A Place to Learn, Restore, and Preserve **The Guild @ The Peale** provides paid, hands-on apprenticeships in **historic building preservation**, equipping participants with the skills needed to restore, repair, and maintain Maryland’s cultural heritage. Along with professional skills, apprentices learn life-long tools that support a successful future, including financial literacy, and they build a personal life plan. Our apprentices work side-by-side with experienced preservation professionals, gaining real-world experience in areas such as: - Masonry repair and repointing - Woodworking and carpentry for historic structures - Window restoration and weatherization - Plastering and decorative finishes - Conservation of historic materials Launched in 2020, the program is dedicated to increasing equity and inclusion in the preservation trades, with a focus on providing pathways into stable, well-paying careers for people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. [Download](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/About-AAA-Dec-2022.pdf) a recent report on the program’s progress! ![Three people work in a historic space, painting.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_9895_SMALL-768x1152.jpg) ![A person paints a wall in a historic building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20200806_153334_SMALL-scaled-e1670597474311-768x1184.jpg) ![A person works on striping a window on a table.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Apprentices-Learn-Window-Glazing-Photo-by-Chick-Chickering-23February22-1_SMALL-768x1024.jpg) ### What Apprentices Learn Apprentices work side-by-side with experienced preservation professionals, gaining real-world experience in areas such as: - Masonry repair and repointing - Woodworking and carpentry for historic structures - Window restoration and weatherization - Plastering and decorative finishes - Conservation of historic materials ### Why this Program Matters The Guild is dedicated to increasing equity and inclusion in the historic building preservation trades, with a focus on creating pathways into stable, well-paying careers for people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. Apprentices graduate with nationally recognized skills that are in high demand as Maryland works to preserve its historic buildings for future generations. By equipping Apprentices with a strong skillset, confidence, and professional networks, this program prepares them to find meaningful employment in this growing field. #### The Guild connects traditional craftsmanship with modern preservation standards, not only safeguarding our architectural heritage, but also strengthening Maryland's workforce and building community pride. ### Support, Funding, and Outcomes [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DOL-MasterLogo_BLUE.svg) ](https://www.dol.gov/) Funded by the [**U.S. Department of Labor**](https://www.dol.gov/) and supported in part by the [**TransAmerica Foundation**](https://www.transamerica.com/about-us/aegon-transamerica-foundation), the [**Sheridan Foundation**](https://www.sheridanfoundation.org/), and the [**Baltimore National Heritage Area**](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/), The Guild @ The Peale offers a living wage, professional mentorship, and a supportive environment leading to meaningful employment. ![A person uses a circular saw in a workshop.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220128_204735-apprentices-building-work-benches-with-the-help-of-their-instructor-David-Gibney-29January2022-DaisyBrown-SMALL-300x200.jpg) ##### Interested in becoming an apprentice? [ Join the 2027 Interest List ](mailto:theguild@thepeale.org) ##### Want to learn more first? [ Download Program Report ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/About-AAA-Dec-2022.pdf) ##### Questions? Email:[ the](mailto:theguild@thepeale.org)[guild@thepeale.org](mailto:theguild@thepeale.org) Phone: 667-222-1814 “This program is incredibly important to our mission at the Peale. We’ve been pleased by the progress that was made by the participants.” ### - Krista Green ##### Grit Fund Manager, The Peale --- ### [Framing Design Studio](https://thepeale.org/framedesignstudio/) **Published:** March 26, 2026 **Author:** Marnio Cueva **Content:** --- ### [Peale Fine Art Framing: A New Business](https://thepeale.org/framing/) **Published:** January 19, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Peale Fine Art Framing Museum-quality custom & conservation framing in downtown Baltimore. ### Peale Fine Art Framing provides professional custom framing, conservation framing, and archival mounting for artists, collectors, families, and organizations. #### We’re operated by The Peale, Baltimore’s community museum, so we bring a museum standard of care to every project. **Request an appointment:** **Call:** 667-222-1814 **Location:** 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 ![View of the facade of the brick Peale building on a bright, sunny day.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0575_SMALL-768x1024.jpg) #### We focus on framing that protects the work and presents it beautifully – using archival materials and best practices appropriate for works on paper, photography, textiles, and objects. ### What we do - **Custom framing** for artwork, prints, and photographs - **Conservation framing** (archival materials and methods) - **Matting and archival mounting** - **Shadowboxes** for objects and memorabilia - **Textile framing** (jerseys, flags, needlework) - **UV-filter glazing options** - **Reframing and upgrades** from non-archival frames ### Who we serve - **Artists and photographers** preparing for shows or sales - **Collectors** seeking conservation-grade presentation - **Families** preserving heirlooms and meaningful items - **Nonprofits and businesses** needing professional presentation for offices and public spaces - **Partner organizations** working with The Peale on exhibitions and public programs ### Why frame with us - **Museum-quality standards** We use archival materials and methods designed to protect and preserve. - **Careful handling** Every item is assessed for condition, best mounting approach, and long-term stability. - **Mission-aligned workmanship** As part of The Peale’s restorative arts ecosystem, your project supports preservation skills and workforce development in Baltimore. ### How it works 1. **Bring your item in (or send photos)** We’ll review size, condition, and what you’re trying to achieve visually. 2. **Select frame + materials** We’ll guide you through options for molding, matting, and glazing. 3. **Get a quote + timeline** You’ll receive a clear estimate before we begin. 4. **Production + pickup** We’ll notify you when it’s ready and review care/placement tips. **To schedule:** or 667-222-1814 [ Request a framing appointment ](mailto:framing@thepeale.org) ### Frequently asked questions - **Do you offer conservation framing?** Yes. We offer conservation-grade materials and mounting methods appropriate for long-term preservation. - **Can you frame unusual items?** Often, yes—textiles, objects, and memorabilia are common requests. Send photos first if it’s fragile or oversized. - **How long does it take?** Turnaround depends on materials and complexity. We’ll confirm timeline when we quote your project. - **Do you offer rush service?** Sometimes. If you have a deadline (exhibition, gift, event), tell us up front and we’ll try to accommodate. - **Where are you located?** Inside The Peale at 225 Holliday Street in downtown Baltimore. --- ### [Eduction Will Be Our Pride: Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/history/education-will-be-our-pride/) **Published:** October 5, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## School One The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Multimedia Tour ](https://smartify.org/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) [ Video Ghost Tour ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aaM9RlXa18) ## Education Will Be Our Pride ![A 19th century sketch of African American children being taught in a large, wide-open space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shutterstock_242294398-1024x700.jpg) From 1878-1889, the Peale was part of the new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School Number 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to people of color in the State of Maryland. Understanding the historic context from which Baltimore’s schools have been formed has never had greater urgency and importance for the Baltimore community. Up until now, the story of the ‘colored’ school system and education in Baltimore has never been comprehensively researched and presented in a way that invites public engagement. ## The Evolving School Instead of opening a new, separate high school, they simply added two grades to Grammar Colored School No. 1, located in the Peale Building. While the African American community now had a high school, the school had a limited curriculum. Only two grades were added to the grammar school and it did not confer “testimonials” on those who completed the curriculum. In order to receive testimonials students had to complete 4 years of high school. Testimonials were significant because they authorized recipients to teach in the primary and grammar schools. The High and Grammar Colored School remained at the Holiday Street location until they were moved to Saratoga Street in 1889. Male Colored School No. 1 remained at the Holiday Street location until 1891 when it was moved to the Saratoga Street location as well. Throughout the later part of the 19th century African American Baltimoreans sought to gain full access to the educational opportunities the city offered to its white citizens. They often found their children with inadequate books, supplies, materials and facilities. When the city council authorized funds for the construction of a colored high school it was a major victory in their quest to achieve their educational goals. The facilities in the “old city hall” were inadequate, at best, for the proper instruction of the students there. Complaints of the teachers and the need for additional space by the water department further led to the eventual departure of Male Colored School No. 1 in 1891 ending the use of the Peale building as a colored school. ![A 19th century sketch of African American children being taught in a large, wide-open space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shutterstock_242294398-1024x700.jpg) ### Early History (1864-1867) #### 1864-1867 The early history of Colored School No.1 (Male and Female) begins with the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Intellectual Improvement of the Negro. What would become Colored School No. 1 was the largest school operated by the Association from 1864 to 1867, the period that they were responsible for the operation of the schools for colored children in Baltimore. When they turned over the schools under their control to the Board of School Commissioners in 1867, that school disbanded. It was centrally located in a building on Calvert and Saratoga streets. The Baltimore Association oversaw operations of the colored schools in Baltimore for two school years, from 1864-1866. In their third year of operation they transferred the schools they supervised to the city’s Board of School Commissioners. When the city took responsibility of the colored schools, Colored School No. 1 (Male and Female) were housed in the Douglass Institute located on Lexington Street. Douglass Institute was an independent African American institution that was used for civic and political events in the African American community. In the first year of the city’s operation of the colored schools Colored School No.1 (male and female) had the largest number of students, 200 according to the 39th Report of the Board of School Commissioners. [ Start the Audio Tour ](https://smartify.org/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) ![A close-up detail on an old map that shows the Peale and Male and Female Colored School No. 1.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Copy-of-1886-Bromley-Atlas-vol-2-NE-Pl-1-Peale-environs-1024x553.jpg) ### Fighting for Expanded Education #### 1869-1889 All of the early schools established for African American students were primary schools. There were no grammar or high schools. In 1869 the Board of School Commissioners approved a resolution to allow the primary schools to add grammar grades to the primary schools. In the first year the colored schools were in operation, the superintendent had requested the school board to open two grammar schools. One of the major initiatives of the African American community was to expand the curriculum for the high school level, a fight that would take 16 years to win. However, by 1877 Baltimore’s African American community had gained a grammar school, located at 61 Saratoga Street. Colored Schools No. 1, Male and Female remained at the Douglass Institute from 1867 until 1879 when the male and female divisions were split. Female Colored School No. 1 was moved to 61 Saratoga Street, the location of Colored Grammar School No. 1. Male Colored School No. 1 and Colored Grammar School No. 1 were moved to the “Old City Hall,” the Peale building, on Holliday Street. In 1882 the African American community’s demands for a high school were met when the city council authorized the establishment of a colored high school. In 1883, the Board of School Commissioners followed the same model they used in establishing grammar schools. [ Watch the Video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aaM9RlXa18) [ ![Vintage photo of the Peale building around 1877.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1877image_ThePealeBuilding.jpg) ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1877image_ThePealeBuilding.jpg) ### The Peale Building in 1877 A year after this photo was taken, the Peale became a school. The block where the building was located was an industrial area in the 1870s. To the north were also industrial districts made of machine shops, gasworks, iron foundries, carriage factories, stables, and warehouses. The area became overrun with industrial waste and human filth. [ Listen! ](https://smartify.org/artworks/the-peale-building-ca-1877) *The Peale building as seen in an 1877 photo. BCLM Collection MC 10410, Maryland Historical Society* [ ![A an ordinance from the 1880s written by hand on white paper.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/colored_high_school-commission-2-INSTAGRAM.png) ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/colored_high_school-commission-2-INSTAGRAM.png) ### 1882 Ordinance Established On November 1, 1882, the City of Baltimore adopted an ordinance for the establishment of Male and Female Colored High School No. 1, to be house at the Peale building. It is “…expedient to organize a high school class in conjunction with the colored grammar school No. 1 as soon as there are 15 pupils sufficiently advanced for promotion.” [ Listen! ](https://smartify.org/artworks/ordinance-for-the-establishment-of-colored-high-school) *Ordinance courtesy of the Baltimore City Archives; Quote from* APRIL 5, 1882, *Baltimore Sun* [ ![A newspaper article from the 1880s](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Baltimore-Sun-article-on-Colored-School-1885.jpg) ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Baltimore-Sun-article-on-Colored-School-1885.jpg) ### Newspaper Article, 1885 The *Baltimore Sun* wrote an evaluation of Male and Female Colored High and Grammar School No.1, based on a review from a team of school board members and the principal. They commented on the school being in an industrial area, the hazardous conditions inside the building, and overcrowding. It “…is not a suitable one in scarcely any respect.” [ Listen! ](https://smartify.org/artworks/colored-school-article) *February 18, 1885, Baltimore Sun* [ ![A vintage photo showing a group of men in suits around the turn of the 20th century.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A-group-of-ministers-and-lawyers...Colored-Teachers_1900-scaled.jpg) ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A-group-of-ministers-and-lawyers...Colored-Teachers_1900-scaled.jpg) ### Brotherhood of Liberty, ca. 1900 The Mutual United Brotherhood of Liberty championed equitable education for Black students. It was founded by Rev. Harvey Johnson and several clergymen and was the first Civil Rights organization in Baltimore and one of the first in the nation. In the late 1890s, The Mutual United Brotherhood of Liberty undertook numerous protests against educational inequality. [ Listen! ](https://smartify.org/artworks/brotherhood-of-liberty) *Photo taken in front of the home of Reverend Johnson (center, top row); attorneys H.S. Cummings, G. Pendleton, Ashby Hawkins, and C.C. Fitzgerald Harry Scythe Cummings. Photo Collection, Courtesy of Maryland Center for History and Culture* ## The Legacy of the Peale Building What can be said about the Peale building’s role in the education of Baltimore’s African American community? For one, it is a symbol of progress towards the African American community’s struggle to gain full access to the city’s public schools. Serving as the location for the first colored high school in the city, a major victory and milestone for Baltimore’s African American community. As such, it represents a significant step towards gaining access to the benefits of full citizenship – education. The city’s earliest African American educators elected to teaching positions in the city’s colored schools attended school there. Within a year of opening the new colored high school, the city council passed an ordinance authorizing the Board of School Commissioners to allow graduates to teach in the colored schools. This too, was a major milestone and victory for Baltimore’s African American community. One of the major goals of the African American community was a campaign of “colored teachers for the colored schools.” The granting of testimonials to graduates of the Colored High School that attended when it was located in the Peale building is another way in which the location was significant. The Peale’s role cannot be viewed in isolation. It was part of the larger story of African American Baltimorean’s ongoing quest to gain full access to the city’s public schools and citizenship rights. **Submitted by Dr. Brian C. Morrison** ### We are grateful for the following people for their work on this project: - Tonika D. Berkley, MAA, Research Coordinator and Curator, Male and Female Colored Grammar and High School 1 at the Peale Center Research Project - Dr. Iris L. Barnes, Curator, Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum, Executive Director of Hosanna School Museum in Darlington, Maryland - Dr. Mary Ellen Hayward, Architectural Historian, Preservation Consultant and Museum Consultant, Member, Board of Directors of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture - Lisa Rose Lamson, Lord Baltimore Research Fellow, Maryland Historical Society, PhD Candidate in American History at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Dean Krimmel, Interpretive Planner and Exhibit Developer, Member, Board of Directors of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture - Dr. Brian Morrison, Founder & President, The William J. Watkins Sr. Educational Institute, Inc. **This project has been supported by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA).** This Project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. --- ### [Artscape Volunteer Form](https://thepeale.org/volunteer/artscape-volunteer-form/) **Published:** March 6, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ### Volunteer for Artscape at The Peale #### Memorial Day Weekend • May 24–26 • Baltimore Artscape is one of the largest arts festivals in the United States, bringing thousands of visitors to downtown Baltimore for music, exhibitions, performances, and creative programming. During the festival, **The Peale — Baltimore’s Community Museum — hosts special exhibitions, workshops, and storytelling programs** inside one of the most historic cultural spaces in the city. #### Volunteer Roles Include - greeting visitors and providing directions - supporting art activities and workshops - helping manage lines and visitor flow - assisting with event setup and breakdown - photography or social media documentation - helping with merchandise or café service Volunteers help make this experience possible by welcoming visitors, supporting programs, and assisting with festival operations. ### Volunteer Form **Complete the Artscape Volunteer Form Below** What opportunities are you interested in?- Artscape Festival Volunteer (May 24–26) - Gallery Host / Visitor Welcome - Event Support (concerts, talks, receptions) - Exhibition Installation or Preparation - Oral History or Storytelling Projects - Community Programs or Workshops - Retail / Café Support - Administrative or Research Support - I'm open to anything that helps If volunteering for Artscape, which roles interest you?- Greeting visitors and providing directions - Photography or social media support - Helping with merchandise or café service - Floating volunteer (fill in where needed) - Event setup or breakdown - Helping manage lines or crowd flow - Supporting art activities or workshops - Assisting with outdoor programming When are you available?- Weekdays - Weekday evenings - Saturdays - Sundays - Artscape weekend only - Flexible If volunteering for Artscape, which days are you available?- Thursday (setup) - Friday - Saturday - Sunday - Monday (Memorial Day) - Flexible / any day Skills, interests, or experience you would like to shareTell us about any relevant skills or experience (event support, hospitality, teaching, photography, installation, research, etc.). How did you hear about volunteering?The Peale websiteSocial mediaFriend or colleagueSchool / universityCommunity organizationAttended an event at The PealeArtscapeOther Name \*First Last AddressAddress Line 1 Address Line 2 City --- Select state ---AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingState Zip Code Email \* Phone \* ##### I understand this form expresses interest in volunteering with The Peale and that volunteer opportunities will depend on current program needs. Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) --- ### [Volunteer at The Peale to receive help](https://thepeale.org/volunteer/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Volunteer The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## Volunteer and Collaborate ### The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum — a civic space where artists, historians, neighbors, educators, and creative thinkers come together to explore Baltimore’s past, present, and future. #### Whether you want to volunteer, share a story, contribute creative work, or help bring programs to life, there are many ways to participate in the work of the museum. ### Volunteer at The Peale ##### Why Volunteer at The Peale The Peale has always been a civic space. Founded in 1814 by Rembrandt Peale as a museum dedicated to public learning, the building has served Baltimore in many roles throughout its history — including City Hall and one of Maryland’s earliest public schools for African Americans. Today, that civic tradition continues through: - exhibitions - public programs - oral history projects - digital storytelling - community partnerships - arts and cultural events Volunteers help make this work possible by welcoming visitors, supporting exhibitions and events, documenting community stories, and helping us build new programs for Baltimore. ##### Current Volunteer Opportunities - **Gallery Hosts** Welcome visitors, answer questions, and help create a warm and engaging experience in the museum galleries. - **Event Support** Assist with public programs, concerts, talks, and special events such as the Illuminator Awards or Artscape. - **Exhibition Support** Help prepare exhibitions, assist with installation, and support gallery transitions. - **Oral History & Storytelling** Work with staff and community partners to help document Baltimore stories through interviews, transcription, or research. - **Community Programs** Assist with workshops, youth programs, and educational events. To get started as a volunteer for The Peale, send us a quick note and we can reply with a link to the volunteer interest form. Name \*First Last Email \* Areas of Interest- Artscape Festival (May 23 - 26) - Exhibitions - Visitor Services - Guild Program - Other Comment or Message Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) ### Creative Collaboration at The Peale The Peale is also a place to **build ideas together**. We regularly collaborate with: - artists and performers - historians and researchers - digital storytellers working in AR, VR, and immersive media - musicians and cultural producers - educators and workshop leaders - community groups documenting local history - creative entrepreneurs exploring café, retail, or cultural programming partnerships If you have a project, idea, or collaboration you would like to explore, we would be glad to hear from you. Name \* Email \* Subject \* Comment or Message \* Email \* Email Send! Thanks for your input! #### Send us a quick note. - info@thepeale.org - 667-222-1814 - Thursday to Friday - 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Saturday to Sunday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Every message is reviewed by our team. If your idea aligns with current programming or upcoming initiatives, we will follow up directly to schedule a conversation. Because The Peale operates as a working civic space — hosting exhibitions, performances, apprenticeships, and digital storytelling projects year-round — response times may vary slightly during major events. We appreciate your patience. --- ### [Mission](https://thepeale.org/mission/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Mission & Vision The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## The Peale's Mission The Peale provides an accessible platform for artistic, scientific, and cultural projects where participants can take creative risks, learn, connect with communities in Baltimore and beyond, and share their stories both in the historic Peale Museum building and online. ![David Gray Wright](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PealeInterior-PhotobyHeatherShelton-15August2022-7-scaled.jpg) David Gray Wright** Go, go, go. The past and the future of Baltimore art. ## Our Vision The Peale will advance the role of museums in their communities as inspiring places where creators of all kinds are valued and contribute to an inclusive cultural record. ## Core Values ### Authenticity We present and steward authentic Baltimore stories. By the same token, we are forthcoming and honest in our work with one another and with community members; we admit shortcomings, proactively seek solutions, and strive for transparency in our deliberations and communication with internal and externa constituencies. ### Accessibility Whenever and wherever possible, we remove barriers and apply best practices to ensure all visitors, both in-person and online, and staff, are offered the options, tools, and the accommodations they need to fully participate with us. ### Experimentation We value purposeful progress by encouraging staff and collaborators to test and evaluate new ideas, methods, and approaches to their work; and to actively suggest alternative points of view when challenging the status quo. ### Equity We question and review our ideas, our communications, and choices to ensure they acknowledge and address structural inequalities — historic and current — that advantage some and disadvantage others. ### Community Impact We strive to present work from a broad range of groups and individual collaborators that uplift and amplify community stories and voices and, collectively, offer a continuously updated narrative about Baltimore’s past, present and potential for the future. --- ### [History](https://thepeale.org/history/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Our History The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Renovations 2017-2022 ](https://thepeale.org/building/) [ Historic Garden ](https://thepeale.org/garden/) ## A History of Firsts The Peale was the first museum that was purposefully built in the United States. It was commissioned in 1813 by Rembrandt Peale, a member of the first family of American artists and museum pioneers. Through the Peale family’s explorations, scientific investigations, and museum displays, they also contributed greatly to the new nation’s understanding of science, technology, and natural history. Check out a [5-minute history of the Peale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVo7nOmMCsw), created by our friends at Baltimore Heritage. Baltimore's First Museum 1814-1830 Gaslight 1816 City Hall 1830 - 1875 Colored School No. 1 1878-1889 Shops and Manufacturers 1889 - 1930 Municipal Museum 1930 - 1997 Vacant Landmark 1998–2012 Fundraising to Restore 2012 - 2017 Restoration of The Peale 2018 - 2020 Baltimore's Community Museum 2020 - Present The Founding of the Peale [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-8.17.27-AM-e1772217375314.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-8.17.27-AM-e1772217375314.png) When Rembrandt Peale opened his Baltimore Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts in August 1814, he was pursuing a bold vision: a museum devoted not only to art, but to science, invention, and public instruction. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long, the building combined the form of a refined Federal townhouse with a purpose-built gallery at the rear — the first structure in the United States created expressly as a museum. Peale’s museum featured paintings, natural history specimens, mechanical devices, and public lectures. It was conceived during the War of 1812 and opened just weeks before the Battle of Baltimore. Financial struggles and ambitious expansion plans, however, strained the enterprise. By the late 1820s, mounting debts forced Peale and his brother Rubens to relinquish control of the property. Though the original museum was short-lived, the building itself endured — and would soon take on an entirely new civic role. Lighting the Museum and the City [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg) Long before Baltimore’s skyline glowed with electric light, Rembrandt Peale—the artist, scientist, entrepreneur, and visionary museum founder—used the Peale building to spark a revolution. In 1816, he stunned visitors by illuminating his galleries with an invention few had seen before: manufactured gas light. Crowds gathered on Holliday Street, staring up in awe at the brilliant glow pouring from the museum’s windows—brightness unlike anything seen in a world still lit by candles and oil lamps.What they witnessed wasn’t just a novelty.It was the moment Baltimore became the first city in America—one of the first in the world—to be lit by gas. Baltimore’s First City Hall [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Courthouse-scaled-e1772221348537-263x300.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Courthouse-scaled-e1772221348537.jpg) In April 1830, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore purchased the former museum at public auction, transforming it into the city’s first dedicated City Hall. Under architect William F. Small, the structure was extensively altered: galleries became council chambers, offices replaced exhibition rooms, and the building’s exterior was adapted to reflect its new municipal authority. For nearly half a century, this building served as the center of Baltimore’s civic life. Ordinances were debated here, mayors inaugurated, and decisions made that shaped the rapidly growing port city. Even after the mayor relocated to a larger Second Empire–style City Hall in 1875, the old structure remained in use. Its architectural pedigree and symbolic importance prevented demolition at a time when many early buildings were lost. [Male and Female Colored School No. 1](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1.jpg) From 1878-1889, the Peale was part of the new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School Number 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to people of color in the State of Maryland. Understanding the historic context from which Baltimore’s schools have been formed has never had greater urgency and importance for the Baltimore community. Up until now, the story of the ‘colored’ school system and education in Baltimore has never been comprehensively researched and presented in a way that invites public engagement. [Learn More](https://thepeale.org/history/school-one/) [Audio Tour](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) Shops and Manufacturers [![Vintage view of the facade of the Peale building with 1920s cars outside.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bal-bs-md-peale-museum-p6-19290204.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bal-bs-md-peale-museum-p6-19290204.jpg) After the departure of the Colored School in the late 19th century, the Peale building entered one of its most precarious periods. It housed a succession of private enterprises — including an organ factory, machine shops, a sign painting company, and other light industrial tenants. The surrounding neighborhood had become increasingly industrial, and the building itself was repeatedly cited as unsafe. Despite condemnation notices and serious structural deterioration, the building survived. Its earlier identities — as the nation’s first purpose-built museum and as Baltimore’s first City Hall — lent it a stature that discouraged demolition. By the 1920s, as Baltimore prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, preservation-minded leaders began to reconsider the landmark’s future. Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg) The rebirth of the Peale began in 1929 amid Baltimore’s bicentennial celebrations. With the support of Mayor William F. Broening, the city undertook a restoration of the aging structure. Architect John F. Scarff sought to return the building to its early 19th-century appearance, incorporating salvaged architectural elements and carefully reconstructing missing details. The Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore opened to the public in October 1931. For more than six decades, the Peale Museum interpreted the city’s history through exhibitions, lectures, and community programs. Under director Wilbur H. Hunter and others, the museum became a leading voice in historic preservation, advocating for the protection of Baltimore landmarks during the era of urban renewal. A Vacant Landmark [![A visualization or drawing of the front of the Peale building with people and cars out front.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Front-RenderSmall-1-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Front-RenderSmall-1-scaled.jpg) Following the closure of the Peale Museum in 1997, the building stood largely vacant for nearly two decades. Though occasionally used as a conference space, it lacked sustained programming or funding for major repairs. Deferred maintenance and structural concerns once again raised questions about its future. In the early 2000s, a group of Baltimore residents formed the Friends of the Peale to advocate for the building’s preservation and reuse. By 2012, this effort resulted in the creation of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the landmark and reimagining its purpose for the 21st century. Through persistent fundraising and public advocacy, the groundwork was laid for a comprehensive rehabilitation. Saving The Peale [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/shops-and-manu-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/shops-and-manu-scaled.jpg) By 2012, the future of the Peale building hinged not on memory, but on action. The newly formed Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture inherited a structure that was architecturally significant yet physically vulnerable. Roof failure, masonry deterioration, water infiltration, and outdated mechanical systems threatened the integrity of one of the nation’s earliest museum buildings. Restoration required more than preservation rhetoric — it required capital. Between 2014 and 2018, the organization launched targeted fundraising campaigns to stabilize the structure. Grants and private donations supported installation of a new roof, exterior masonry repair, drainage improvements, and restoration of the historic garden space. These projects were not cosmetic; they were interventions that prevented irreversible damage. Restoration [![Scaffolding surrounds an old brick building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-scaled.jpg) In 2018, comprehensive interior restoration began in earnest. Guided by preservation standards appropriate to a National Historic Landmark, contractors and conservators addressed decades of deferred maintenance while adapting the building for 21st-century accessibility and programming. Major work included plaster stabilization, restoration of woodwork and flooring, structural reinforcement, updated mechanical systems, and installation of ramps and an elevator. These improvements were critical not only to code compliance but to equity — ensuring that the building could serve all visitors. The restoration sought balance: preserving early 19th-century architectural character while allowing flexible contemporary use. The result was neither a frozen historic house nor a stripped modern shell, but a layered space that acknowledges its multiple identities — museum, city hall, school, factory, municipal museum, and now community museum. The Peale Reopens [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp) When the Peale reopened in 2020, it did so not as a conventional history museum, but as something more adaptive and participatory: Baltimore’s Community Museum. The reopening marked the culmination of years of stabilization and restoration, yet it also coincided with the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than delay its mission, the Peale leaned into flexibility. Programming expanded across digital platforms, exhibitions became more collaborative, and community voices moved to the center of interpretation. Today, the Peale functions as a civic forum — a space where Baltimoreans gather to tell stories, debate issues, celebrate culture, and reflect on the city’s past and future. Its exhibitions are co-created with artists, historians, neighborhood leaders, and young people. Its galleries host oral histories, performance, visual art, and public dialogue. The building that once housed a museum of natural history, a city hall, a school, factories, and a municipal museum now serves as an incubator for shared civic memory. ### A History of Gaslight at The Peale [ ![A historic gaslight in a garden on a winter day with tree branches over top of it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-2646-SMALL.jpg) ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-2646-SMALL.jpg) #### Rembrandt Peale Experiments with Gaslight On November 29, 1814, Rembrandt Peale advertised in the *Baltimore Daily Advertiser*, an “Evening Illumination and Peale’s Museum, and GALLERY OF THE FINE ARTS. TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS. In announcing to the public the commencement of the Evening Illuminations on the plan adopted in Philadelphia, the proprietor deems it proper to remark that in making no addition to the price of admission, notwithstanding the increased expense, his renumeration must depend on the numbers whose leisure and curiosity may thus be gratified . . . Admission to the whole 25 cents.” [ Learn More ](https://thepeale.org/gaslight-at-the-peale/) [](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils-science-meets-imagination/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sassytoes-225x300.jpg) ### [Founding Fossils: When Science Met Imagination](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils-science-meets-imagination/ "Founding Fossils: When Science Met Imagination") [](https://thepeale.org/the-return-of-the-mastodon/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Image-2-225x300.jpeg) ### [The Return of the Mastodon](https://thepeale.org/the-return-of-the-mastodon/ "The Return of the Mastodon") [](https://thepeale.org/history/education-will-be-our-pride/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1thumb.png) ### [Eduction Will Be Our Pride: Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/history/education-will-be-our-pride/ "Eduction Will Be Our Pride: Baltimore") We’re working on more detailed histories of the Peale! Please come back soon to check for new information. OR, feel free to reach out to us! Email: [online@ThePealeCenter.org.]() ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp) #### The Peale - Baltimore's Community Museum The Peale’s identity as Baltimore’s Community Museum is not a departure from its history — it is a continuation of it. From Rembrandt Peale’s Enlightenment vision of public education to its role as City Hall and as one of the first public schools for African Americans in Maryland, the building has always been a civic space. In the 21st century, that civic function is expressed through participation, storytelling, and accessibility. The Peale stands today not only as the oldest purpose-built museum structure in the United States, but as a living institution — shaped by the communities it serves. Today, the Peale is a the 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit corporation that works in partnership with Baltimore’s Department of General Services, which owns the building. The Peale is Baltimore’s community museum, a center for Baltimore stories, and a cultural commons helping culture keepers and communities share their authentic stories of the city both through live performance and online. --- ### [Tours at The Peale Center](https://thepeale.org/special-tours/) **Published:** October 3, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Special Tours The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Virtual Tours ](#VirtualTours) [ Audio Tours ](#AudioTours) ## In-person Tours The Peale, located in downtown Baltimore, is open Thursdays to Sundays for self-guided tours, but we also offer more guided experiences! [Give us a shout](mailto:info@thepeale.org) if you’d like to take a guided tour with a staff member or expert! Please check out our [Visit page](http://visit) for current hours of operation, COVID protocols, information about [accessibility](https://thepeale.org/accessibility-2/), parking, and more. ![An old drawing of the Peale building in 1832.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Plate-from-John-H.B.-Latrobe-Picture-of-Baltimore-Baltimore-Fielding-Lucas-Jr-1832-The-Sheridan-Libraries-Johns-Hopkins-University-1024x620.jpg) ### Peale Building Tour #### $5.00 per person (children under 13 free) The Peale is America’s oldest purpose-built museum, built in 1814 by American artist and inventor Rembrandt Peale. Schedule a guided tour with historians, historic preservationists, and those who involved with the multi-year renovation. Perfect for a group or class! [ Contact us for this tour! ](mailto:info@ThePeale.org) ![A close-up detail on an old map that shows the Peale and Male and Female Colored School No. 1.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Copy-of-1886-Bromley-Atlas-vol-2-NE-Pl-1-Peale-environs-1024x553.jpg) ### Self-guided Architecture + History Tour #### FREE Forever! Take a walk through the halls and rooms of the storied Peale building. You can use your smartphone, and download the [FREE Smartify app](https://smartify.org/) to take several tours of exhibition spaces and rooms. We will be adding more tours in the future! **Suggested $5 donation per person.** [ Take the tour! ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/tour-of-the-peale-baltimore) ## Self-guided Audio Tours Download the [Smartify app](https://smartify.org/download-the-app), and use your phone to listen to these full tours, whether you’re onsite at The Peale, or on the go! You can also [listen on SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories). The Peale’s Soundcloud channel contains 1,300 stories–about everything from local art to stories about food to short documentaries created by students! ![A 19th century drawing of an elephant or mastodon.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Working_sketch_of_the_mastodon_rembrandt_peale-small-1024x625.jpg) ### Founding Fossils In 1801, Charles Willson Peale and his son Rembrandt embarked on the inaugural scientific expedition in U.S. history, unearthing mammoth bones discovered on an upstate New York farm. This exhibition explores the role of archaeology and scientific investigation in the development of a nation’s identity. 3D replicas of fossils are fully touchable and come with a fascinating audio story! Created in conjunction with Dr. Bernard Means and Dr. Cheryl Fogle Hatch. [ Take the tour. ](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/objects/founding-monsters-comic-book) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MamabyRoslindRobinson-PhotoByDaisyBrown-6Janaury2022-7.jpg) ### Quilted Connections: Sisterhood in Cloth Three members of the African American Quilters of Baltimore, Sandra Smith, Rosalind Robinson, and Glenda Richardson, have created quilts to thank and honor all those who supported the Peale’s renovations and reopening this year. This exhibition presents more of their work at the Peale from December 3-March 19, 2023. This exhibition was featured on WYPR radio! [ Take the tour. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/quilted-connections-sisterhood) ![Vintage photo of the Peale building around 1877.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1877image_ThePealeBuilding-768x1024.jpg) ### Education Will Be Our Pride From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building was part of a new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School No. 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to students of color in the State of Maryland. [ Take the tour. ](https://smartify.org/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) ![A black and white drawing of an abstract shape and lines.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IndiaInkonPaper-1-1024x795.jpg) ### Lee Boot: Abstracts & Artifacts Media artist Lee Boot muses, “what if it were normal for artists to have careers working side-by-side, on equal footing, with the other researchers and policymakers who determine how we improve education, or public health, or how we catalyze economic development in our communities?” His abstract exploration is a marriage of art, science, and technology. Includes conversations with the artist. [Lee’s exhibition is also on view in Second Life!](https://secondlife.com/destination/slea) [ Take the tour. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/lee-boot-abstracts-artifacts) ![An artwork that features rows and rows of grocery stores receipts hanging down in strips.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feast-in-the-Desert-Photo-by-Lexi-Tyson-14December2022-3-768x1024.jpg) ### A Feast in the Desert: Food Insecurity in Baltimore “A Feast In The Desert, ” curated by Alexis Tyson, shares the voices of four artists whose work reflects on the role food plays in strengthening our bonds and educating our community on food disparity in Baltimore. An intimate exhibition that showcases 4 artists across Baltimore – each offering a story of how food affects them. On view from November 8-January 29, 2023. [ Take the tour. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/a-feast-in-the-desert-food) ![A group of people hold small black and white portraits of themselves in a market space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PSX_20220414_122643LexingtonMarket-PhotobyDaisyBrown-April2022-1024x683.jpg) ### Peale Faces by Lauren Muney + Stories Baltimore artist and participatory-history specialist Lauren Muney hand-created hundreds of custom silhouettes (profile portraits) of Baltimore City, Maryland, residents for long-term public installation at the Peale. Each sitter has a story. Hear some of those stories about life in Baltimore–both past and present–in this storytelling snapshot. Profile images are now on view in The Peale’s Curiosity Shop on the first floor. [ Hear stories. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/peale-faces-project-by-lauren) ## Virtual Tours ![A cut-out cartoon figure points into an exhibition gallery space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BarbaraDaleRetrospective-PhotoByNancyProctor-17June2023-11-1024x768.jpg) ### Barbara Dale Retrospective Barbara Dale’s artistic journey began with a modest inheritance of $500 from her grandfather. With this seed money, she ventured into the world of printing and created Dale Cards in 1979—a line of alternative greeting cards known for their wit. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/vt-barbara-dale/) [ ![Two elegant evening gowns in green and metallic gold appear in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZacPosen-PhotobyDaisyBrown-9June2023-1-small-1024x650.jpg) ](https://thepeale.org/vt-barbara-dale/) ### Posen X Posen X Posen This exhibition brings together the artistic endeavors of the Posen family—Stephen Posen, Alexandra Posen, and Zac Posen—and explores the remarkable contributions they have made to the realms of art and fashion. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-posen/) ![View of a museum gallery that includes works of stained glass art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ThroughTheGlassDarkly-PhotobyHeatherShelton-24January2024-7-1024x768.jpg) ### Through a Glass Darkly Curated by Linda Rabben*, Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained-Glass Makers* features works by local stained-glass makers and the launch of the first illustrated book on the social history of stained glass in Baltimore. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-linda-rabben/) [ ![Hundreds of paper butterflies on a the floor of room in a museum.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20200903_183520_HDR-SMALLER-1024x768.jpg) ](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2918591,-76.6100124,0a,47.1y,269.54h,74.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAF1QipMs92V65l0TH6ehgghUFagPzx8zyxqbmbzoGf7l!2e10?source=apiv3) ### Kim Rice: Inheritance *Inheritance* confronts racism head on. A compelling example of activism through art and a perspective rarely seen–a white artist specifically interrogating her privilege as a white person and the opportunities it’s afforded. [ Take the tour. ](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2918591,-76.6100124,0a,47.1y,269.54h,74.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAF1QipMs92V65l0TH6ehgghUFagPzx8zyxqbmbzoGf7l!2e10?source=apiv3) [ ![A modern-looking gallery space with white walls and hundreds of small comic book covers on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/XT2A2273-1024x683.jpg) ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=6BXHdNbS7EB) ### The Amazing Black Man By utilizing the format of the comic book, Kumasi J. Barnett’s highly acclaimed 2022 exhibition revolves around the concept of good and evil, asking the viewer to always question, consider and adapt our understanding of right and wrong. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=6BXHdNbS7EB) [ ![A theater set in a historic building features a red-curtained stage.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/XT2A2602SingleCarrotTheater-MarieAntoinette-10June2022-PhotobyDaisyBrown_SMALL-1024x682.jpg) ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=tApRwcXcRpw%20%20) ### Single Carrot Theater Check out the set of this popular Single Carrot theater production at the Peale. Set against the opulent background of 16th-century Versailles, *Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes* delves deep into the history of race and revolution. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=tApRwcXcRpw) [ ![Dozens of yellow and white tags are displayed on a wall in a gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HostileTerrainExhibition-PhotobyHeatherShelton-16August2022-1-SMALL-1024x684.jpg) ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=WJvdh6iq2eW) ### Hostile Terrain (HT94) *Hostile Terrain 94* (HT94) is a participatory art project organized by the [Undocumented Migration Project](http://undocumentedmigrationproject.com/) . The exhibition includes 3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=WJvdh6iq2eW) [ ![Promo for an exhibition called Novus that features three images of contemporary works of art and the exhibition's title and dates.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NOVIS-1024x576.png) ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NaDEax1eQBs) ### Novus: A MICA Exhibition *NOVUS* featured emerging multidisciplinary artists who are defining the future of art. Included installations, wearable art, and digital/virtual works. These artists urge the use of new strategies for creative interventions in daily life. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NaDEax1eQBs) ![A man gestures as he stands in front of a white and teal colored wall with an exhibition title in the background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RRP28069-1024x683.jpg) ### Spaces of the Un-entitled Devin Allen’s *Spaces of the Un-Entitled* examines the remnants of lives uprooted or left behind. Allen contemplates the simple possessions that make a home as well as the forgotten and missed pieces of a life. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/vt-devin-allen/) ![A person with a hat bends down and paints art on a concrete road surface.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-863-1.png) ### Adam Stab: Street, Life, Art Adam Stab’s work is bold, gritty, and filled with exuberant color. Riding his skateboard, he was drawn to the streets and urban canyons at a young age. It opened infinite possibilities for a kid searching for himself in a concrete jungle. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/vt-adam-stab/) [ ](#Top) Very historical museum. Events are always changing, and they’re open to featuring new talent. ### - Adrian Sharon ##### Real Google Review --- ### [The Peale Museum in Second Life](https://thepeale.org/the-peale-in-second-life/) **Published:** October 5, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Second Life The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Visit in Second Life ](https://secondlife.com/destination/peale?sourceid=dgw1) [ Other Virtual Tours ](https://secondlife.com/destination/peale?sourceid=dgw1) ## Visit the Virtual Peale #### Experience Baltimore’s historic Peale Museum in a fully immersive 3D environment. The Virtual Peale is a digital twin of the National Historic Landmark building at 225 Holliday Street — the oldest purpose-built museum structure in the United States. Originally modeled by UMBC’s Imaging Research Center and further developed in partnership with Linden Lab and Virtual Ability, Inc., the project brings Baltimore’s Community Museum into interactive digital space. Visitors can explore exhibitions, attend live events, participate in guided tours, and engage with public programs from anywhere in the world. The current installation features a contemporary exhibition by Baltimore media artist and researcher Lee Boot, integrating art, history, and digital interpretation within a fully navigable 3D environment. ### A Virtual Museum in Second Life The Virtual Peale is hosted in Second Life, an immersive online world used by universities, artists, and cultural institutions internationally. Through customizable avatars, visitors can: - Explore virtual exhibitions - Attend talks and performances - Interact with other participants in real time - Experience experimental digital storytelling By extending the museum into this platform, The Peale expands access to Baltimore history, supports accessibility for remote audiences, and tests new models for immersive public engagement. ### Why Visit a Virtual Museum? Virtual museums are not replacements for physical spaces — they are extensions of them. The Virtual Peale allows us to: - Preserve and interpret a National Historic Landmark building in digital form - Provide accessible programming to audiences with mobility limitations - Offer educational experiences for classrooms nationwide - Host experimental exhibitions using 3D, augmented, and immersive media - Build a global community connected to Baltimore’s cultural history As part of The Lab @ The Peale, this platform serves as a testing ground for digital storytelling, immersive public history, and future-facing museum engagement. Whether you are researching Baltimore history, exploring contemporary art, or interested in virtual museum technology, The Virtual Peale offers an accessible and innovative way to experience one of America’s earliest museums. Using a 3D model of the National Historic Landmark building originally developed by UMBC’s Imaging Research Center, the Peale’s friends at Linden Lab and Virtual Ability, Inc. developed a “virtual Peale” to host exhibitions, events, and tours. Not only does the virtual Peale allow us to welcome visitors even when the physical building may be closed after hours, it also enables us to reach large new audiences who may never have been able to come to Baltimore in person but who increasingly travel in virtual worlds like [Second Life](https://secondlife.com/destination/peale?sourceid=dgw1). The latest incarnation of the historic Peale Museum building features a contemporary art exhibition by Baltimore media artist, professor, and researcher Lee Boot. ### New to Second Life? 1. [Install the Second Life viewer](https://secondlife.com/support/downloads/?lang=en&utm_source=Google&network=g&campaignid=290832270&adgroupid=84179569643&placement=&keyword=join%20second%20life&matchtype=e&creative=398539248169&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgo_5BRDuARIsADDEntRU3xP-4HTdS_g59_m0_DQBiGAfj5hF7txWUviwcdkllufEg9T4-FMaAuUtEALw_wcB "https://secondlife.com/support/downloads/?lang=en&utm_source=Google&network=g&campaignid=290832270&adgroupid=84179569643&placement=&keyword=join%20second%20life&matchtype=e&creative=398539248169&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgo_5BRDuARIsADDEntRU3xP-4HTdS_g59_m0_DQBiGAfj5") to participate in the tour in Second Life. 2. [Set up your free accoun](https://virtualability.org/second-life-signup/ "https://virtualability.org/second-life-signup/")[t](https://virtualability.org/essential-second-life-skills/ "https://virtualability.org/essential-second-life-skills/") from the Virtual Ability website and get logged in! (Picking an avatar is the fun part!) 3. [Learn some essential skills](https://virtualability.org/sign-up-for-second-life/ "https://virtualability.org/sign-up-for-second-life/") for moving around and interacting with the environment on the New Resident Orientation Course. If you need assistance setting up your Second Life account or Avatar, [please contact our friends at Virtual Ability](https://www.virtualability.org/contact-us/). --- ### [The Lab at The Peale Center for Innovation](https://thepeale.org/lab/) **Published:** February 15, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## The Lab @ The Peale **Baltimore’s Center for Cultural Innovation** ## Welcome to The Lab **The Lab** operates under the leadership of The Peale and advances innovation through applied, institutionally grounded practice. Anchored in Baltimore yet engaged globally, the Lab develops new strategies, technologies, and practices that expand the relevance, accessibility, and impact of cultural work. As the cultural sector confronts profound social, technological, and institutional shifts, the Lab provides space, structure, and support for bold ideas to take shape—grounded in equity, guided by community, and built for long-term sustainability. Purpose The Lab exists to strengthen the capacity of cultural organizations to lead in a rapidly changing world. We do this by supporting interdisciplinary collaboration, advancing digital and immersive technologies, and building innovative models for engagement and institutional transformation ![A gallery in a museum that features replicas of fossilized bones and a small sculpture of a mastodon.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Accessibility-Introduction-Image-1024x768.jpg) ### Focus Areas **Innovation Development and Implementation** The Lab designs and refines cutting-edge applications in digital storytelling, immersive media, and adaptive user experiences. These projects are tested in partnership with artists, technologists, and cultural organizations, with a focus on ethical, inclusive, and sustainable design. **Cross-Sector Collaboration** We serve as a convener for universities, nonprofits, museums, and private-sector partners working at the intersection of technology and culture. These collaborations generate scalable solutions and new frameworks for shared public value. **Workforce Development** Through fellowships, apprenticeships, and training programs, the Lab equips emerging professionals with the skills and critical perspectives necessary to lead in a dynamic cultural landscape. Special attention is given to recruiting and supporting participants from underrepresented communities. **Applied Research and Public Exchange** The Lab hosts a range of programs—from field research to salons and public conversations—that generate insight, spark innovation, and contribute to broader discourse in the cultural and civic sectors.\\ ### Institutional Context Located within The Peale—America’s first purpose-built museum—the Lab carries forward a legacy of public access and civic innovation. Today, The Peale functions as Baltimore’s community museum, and The Lab builds upon that platform to serve as a national and international model for how cultural institutions can adapt and lead. [ Contact Us ](mailto:lab@ThePeale.org) ### About John T. Suau #### Executive Director, The Peale | Lead, The Lab @ The Peale John T. Suau is a museum executive, strategist, and cultural innovator serving as Executive Director of The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum. As Lead of The Lab @ The Peale, John provides strategic direction, institutional alignment, and programmatic oversight for the Lab’s work in digital storytelling, cultural technology, workforce development, and experimental public engagement. John brings more than two decades of experience in public history, digital strategy, and organizational leadership across museums, cultural nonprofits, and global heritage initiatives. His work focuses on building sustainable, mission-driven models that connect cultural institutions to contemporary audiences through technology, partnerships, and community-centered practice. Under John’s leadership, The Lab operates as an applied innovation platform—integrating experimentation directly into The Peale’s exhibitions, programs, and national collaborations—while serving as a resource for institutions navigating transformation in the cultural sector. ### About Nancy Proctor #### Founding Director, The Lab @ The Peale | Advisor Nancy Proctor, Ph.D., is a museum strategist recognized for her leadership in digital innovation and organizational transformation. She served as The Peale’s (re)founding director, leading the museum’s capital campaign, building renovation, and relaunch as Baltimore’s Community Museum. Nancy founded The Lab @ The Peale as a visionary initiative to explore new models for museums and cultural organizations. Having held senior innovation roles at the Smithsonian, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and in the mobile sector, she continues to advise The Lab’s work, contributing strategic insight and national perspective. [ Get in touch ](mailto:lab@thepeale.org) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Thank you from The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/thankyou/) **Published:** October 27, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Thank you! The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Special Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visit the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Your support matters! The Peale is built on community support like yours! We are so grateful for every dollar that you can give. Your donation goes to help continue our mission of being Baltimore’s Community Museum. THANK YOU! ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Survey of Peale Museum Hours](https://thepeale.org/hours-survey/) **Published:** November 30, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## We want to help you visit the Peale. ### Help us by answering a few questions about visiting. In the last year, how many times have you visited The Peale IN PERSON? \[Mark one\]- 1-3 Times - 4-6 Times - Over 6 Times - Not last year, but before then - I’ve never visited in person In the last year, how many times have you watched Peale programs online? \[Mark one\] \*- 1-3 Times - 4-6 Times - Over 6 Times - Not last year, but before then - I've never visited online In the past year, how many visits have you made to the Peale's website? \[Mark one\]- 1-3 Times - 4-6 Times - Over 6 Times - Not last year, but before then - I've never visited online Visiting Days: Which days are most convenient for you to visit The Peale? \[Mark no more than 2\]- Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday Visiting Hours: Which of these times are you most convenient for you? \*\[Mark no more than 2\]- 10:00am-12:00pm - 12:00pm-2:00pm - 2:00pm-4:00pm - 4:00pm-6:00pm - 6:00pm-8:00pm Which of following are important to you in deciding to visit The Peale? \[Mark no more than 3\]- Regularly scheduled tours - Activities for children and families - Opportunities to host gatherings with friends or hobby groups in The Peale’s building and/or garden - Use of desk/workspace in the building, by the hour or day - Concerts and musical events - Film screenings - Live storytelling or open mic events - Cafe with light food and drinks - Hands-on maker activities for adults - Gift shop Name \*First Last Email \* Please use this space for anything else you'd like to share about visiting. Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) Lots and lots and lots of history in this building! It’s a quirky space . . . Go and check it out, take the tour, learn the history, you will not be dissapointed!! ### - Ashley Neuder ##### Google Review --- ### [Support The Peale with Donations](https://thepeale.org/support/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton --- ### [Subscribe to The Peale's Newsletter](https://thepeale.org/subscribe/) **Published:** October 6, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Subscribe to the Peale's weekly Enews! - info@thepeale.org - 667-222-1814 - Thursday to Friday - 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Saturday to Sunday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm #### Need Help? Call Us. #### 667-222-1814 Name \*First Middle Last Email \* Which are you most interested in?Storytelling EventsHistoryExhibitionsTheaterMusic and Concerts Website Subscribe today! #### Be the first to hear about Peale events and everything that happening in the arts in Baltimore! Follow us on your favorite social media channels. Tag us #ThePeale to get our attention! [ Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/albums) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) "As I walked through the building and read about some of it's history I was impressed. I had the opportunity to see some beautiful art there and meet some of the artist who were inspired to create them as well. That was not only unique but quite delightful. I do encourage any who art lovers and those who enjoy history to visit the museum. Bon Appetite!" ![People sit in a circle in chairs in a museum gallery and talk. A person stands on the right and does American Sign Language.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSCF2961-BreathingBlackFilmScrrening-Photo-byGlennRicci-10July2022-scaled.jpg) Google Review --- ### [Smartify at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/smartify/) **Published:** March 11, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Smartify The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Start Exploring ](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/venues/the-peale-center) ## **Your Guide to The Peale** Make the most of your time at The Peale with free audio guides and exhibition tours. Use [Smartify](https://smartify.org/), the all in one arts and culture platform, available on iOS, Android, and the web. It’s the easiest way to explore the museum and hear the stories behind the objects and architectural features in our museum. There are two ways to use Smartify: 1\. Download Smartify before or during your visit. Why download the app? The Smartify app has advanced bonus features and gives you the ability to dive even deeper into the museum’s fascinating stories. Download Smartify for [Android version](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=smartify&c=apps&utm_source=na_Med) | [Apple version](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smartify-arts-and-culture/id1102736524) 2\. Simply use your camera. Scan the QR codes within the exhibition spaces to get more details about the objects as well as audio clips and accessible transcripts. Not every object in the building is “scannable” at this time, but we’re working on it! You can also enjoy these audio guides at home on your desktop, laptop or mobile device. Just choose one of the tours below to get started. ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-939x1024.jpg) ### Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles Learn the story of Moses Williams, an African American artist and trailblazer who is likely to have been the very first Black museum professional in the United States. [ Learn more ](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/moses-williams-cutter-of-profiles-ld1eg?tourLanguage=en-GB) ![A stamp with a black border that shows black and white children with their hands on their hearts doing the pledge of allegance.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Baltimore-County-Public-Schools-Still-Deal-with-Segregation-Issues-bnjVVJc.jpg) ### Male and Female Colored School No. 1 From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building was part of a “new” public school system in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. The Peale building was known as “Male and Female Colored School No. 1.” [ Learn more ](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1?tourLanguage=en-GB) ![A Historic American Buildings (HABS) Survey photo of the facade of the Peale building around 1930.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/HABS-HAER-LOC-205116pv.jpg) ### Tour of The Peale Museum with Aaron Henkin The storied Peale Museum building was erected in 1814. It was the vision of American artist and inventor Rembrandt Peale, from the famed family of American painters. Since then, the building has lived many lives. Learn the stories of this American architectural landmark. [ Learn more ](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/tour-of-the-peale-with-aaron-henkin?tourLanguage=en-GB) ### Peale Reproductions and Collections The Peale is not a “collecting institution,” meaning we don’t care for historical objects, but we have many reproductions and facsimiles of notable artifacts. This includes a number of portraits by Peale family members as well as items that may currently be on display in temporary galleries. To learn more about these “objects,” download the Smartify app. This will enable you to scan items within the museum that don’t have QR codes. **Give it a try with this portrait of Sarah Miriam Peale, located in the Peale Gallery just to the right of the main entryway!** ![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.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SarahMiriamPeale-Small.jpg) --- ### [Sign up for Lab Notes at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/sign-up-for-lab-notes/) **Published:** May 30, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Sign Up for Lab Notes How did you hear about the Lab at The Peale?- AAM Conference - Other Conference - Peale Website - Quatrefoil Website - Social Media - Other What are you most interested in with the Lab?- The latest tech gadgets - Community engagement - Partnering with other museums - Other Name \*First Last Email \* \*\*\*Lab notes will be sent out every month with Quatrefoil's and The Peale's monthly enews. Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Renovations at The Peale Center](https://thepeale.org/building/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Renovations The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Awards ](https://thepeale.org/awards/) ## A "New" Museum The Peale’s $5.5 million Capital Campaign to raise money for the renovation of the building is complete. Thanks to the generosity of more than 500 individuals and organizations, the renovation of the 1814 Peale Museum building is complete, after many years of fundraising and grassroots work to save Baltimore’s (and the country’s) landmark museum building! The exterior work to renovate the roof, windows, and brickwork was completed in 2019. The interior work began in earnest in 2020. Inside the historic walls, master craftspeople repaired plasterwork, flooring, and all woodwork. Check out a gallery of photos of the work! ![The facade of a brick building with boarded up windows.]() The facade of the Peale during initial phases of renovation. ![The metal roof of an old brick building in historic downtown Baltimore.]() An aerial view of the building with the garden in the rear. Secondary structures, where Peale may have experimented with gaslight, no longer exist. ![Men work to install pipes along a sidewalk.]() Workers replace water pipes on the sidewalk outside the Peale. ![A historic room under renovation has scaffolding and plywood boards on the floors.]() Repairs to the ceiling of a second floor room. ![A man stands on a scaffold and works on plaster in a historic museum space.]() A worker repairs plasterwork in the Latrobe Room. ![A sample of historic wallpaper showing bunches of roses and white lattice work.]() Historic wallpaper fragments discovered during the renovation. ![Board President Chick Chickering waves through a hole in the floor during the renovation.]() Board President Chick Chickering waves through a hole in the floor during the renovation. ![Pipes leading to the ceiling of a historic building's basement.]() The Peale's fire suppression system. ![A series of doorways in a building that is under renovation.]() The interior of the building during a demolition phase. ![A master craftsman mixes plaster.]() A master craftsman mixes plaster. ![Two men work on painting a historic staircase in a historic museum foyer.]() Workers put finishing touches on the paint in the foyer of the building. ![A person with a red hard hat ties belts and ropes to a large piece of metal equipment as its lifted by a crane.]() Workers lift a new HVAC system into place. ![A person bends down to operate a sanding machine in a historic room that is having its floors refinished.]() ![Gray cinder blocks line a shaft that is designed for an elevator.]() A new elevator shaft in the building. ![The Peale's new elevator with gray doors.]() The Peale's accessible elevator. ![Drops cloths on the floor of a historic rooms with white plaster walls.]() Workers uncover an original stove niche in an upper floor room. ![Two workers stand outside in a garden space and lay brickwork alone a pathway.]() Workers add a brick sidewalk in the garden. ![The bright, shiny wooden floors in a museum space with several large windows.]() The Moses Willams Center will host events and even has a small cafe space. ![View of the facade of the brick Peale building on a bright, sunny day.]() ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Latrobe-Room-Photo-by-Daisy-Brown-2April2022-2-1024x683.jpg) ### After 20+ years, the Peale's renovation is complete! ![A historic space with elaborate plaster on the ceiling and bright, wooden floors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PSX_20220404_103534-3rd-Floor-Gallery-Photo-by-Daisy-Brown-2April2022-edited-1-1024x685.jpg) ![Scaffolding surrounds an old brick building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-1024x768.jpg) ### More renovation photos on Flickr! [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/albums/72157720189543109) --- ### [Past Exhibitions at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/past-exhibitions/) **Published:** November 25, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Past Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Current Exhibitions ](https://thepeale.org/exhibitions/) [ Online Exhibitions ](#OnlineExhibitions) ## Recent Shows at The Peale The following community-driven exhibitions were view at The Peale this year. Exhibitions prior to 2022 are listed in the [Past Events archive](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PealePastEvents-2017-2022-2.pdf). [](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22802_image-300x145.png) ## [NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/ "NONET: The MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting") NONETThe MFA Thesis Show of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/nonet-mica-grad-show-2026/) [](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TPOT-entry-300x100.jpg) ## [The Active Power of Touch Exhibit](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/ "The Active Power of Touch Exhibit") April 17 – August 16, 20262nd Floor | Old Council... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/the-active-power-of-touch/) [](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-opening-april-17/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/B2L-Opening-Header-copy-e1775388910306-300x165.jpg) ## [Built to Last: Exhibition Opening April 17](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-opening-april-17/ "Built to Last: Exhibition Opening April 17") Image: City Mirage (2025) by Sadia Aaminah April 17 –... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/built-to-last-exhibition-opening-april-17/) See more ![People protest for environmental justice on a city street. Photo by Ryan Johnson.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/DSC_8991-photo-by-Ryan-Johnson-1024x683.jpeg) ### [Toxic Overburden: 100 Years of Environmental Injustice and Resistance](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-toxic-overburden/) #### April 10 - June 29, 2025 This youth-designed exhibit (envisioned, designed, and built alongside) architects from Neighborhood Design Center (NDC) features some of the youth visions of environmental toxicity and harm through maps, photography, historic timelines, and interactive standing displays. ![A contemporary, colorful painting of a Black man, who sits in a high-backed chair and looks in a photo album. He is inside a home with orange curtains in the window.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Longing-hi-res-Gibbs-1024x971.jpg) ### [Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize 2025, Semifinalists Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-sondheim-semifinalists-2025/) #### May 25 - June 15, 2025 The Peale is thrilled to host the Sondheim Semifinalists’ amazing work during this year’s Artscape Festival in downtown Baltimore. ![A colorful abstract painting that shows people sitting in a waiting room or lobby.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hoffberger-work-by-Chidinma-Dureke-small-903x1024.jpg) ### [MICA GRAD SHOW 2025: Chromafugue](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-hoffberger-show-2025/) #### April 6, 2025 - May 18, 2025 This exhibition, part of MICA GRAD SHOW 25, is the final thesis show of the 2025 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the [Maryland Institute College of Art](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mica.edu%2Fannual-events-series%2Fcommencement%2Fgrad-show-2025%2F&data=05%7C02%7Conline%40thepealecenter.org%7C4853bf56134c4d29b2cc08dd790f4a65%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638799828755624821%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8V%2Fos8jipT9NmuQ6ThajnakNHqvJ2nMAiYMi9%2FAhIPk%3D&reserved=0). The show includes 14 graduating artists. ![An exhibition case filled with trash--objects found on a river bank, like a skateboard, a shoe, and an old phone.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/March2EventImage-1024x768.jpeg) ### [The Future of Here: A Glimpse of River Culture to Come](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-future-is-here/) #### February 13, 2025 - March 30, 2025 Reimagine our place along the Jones Falls River and the Chesapeake Bay in a distant future beyond our fossil-fueled present. Consider what local landscapes and cultures might look like in a time far beyond the Baltimore we know now. ![Three people install a quilt in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OAR_01-1-768x1024.jpg) ### [The Art of Restorative Resonance](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-aaa-restorative-resonance/) #### December 14, 2024 - March 30, 2025 *The Art of Restorative Resonance* explores the intersection of historic restoration and holistic restoration, offering a unique comparison between the physical revival of art and architecture and the emotional healing of individuals and communities. ![A gallery space in the Peale museum with contemporary artwork on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241123_150252-small-1024x420.jpg) ### [Baker Artist Portfolios: OFF THE WEB](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-baker-artist-portfolios/) #### November 7, 2024-January 19, 2025 Each year, nearly 1,000 artists create a Baker Artist Portfolio, making the Baker Portfolios website the largest collection of Baltimore-area artists. The Baker Artist Portfolios have partnered with The Peale to bring their online gallery into the real world! ![A vintage photo of a man in a firefighter's uniform.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Alfred-Boyd-2.8.54-to-2.18.57-822x1024.jpg) ### [Igniting Integration](https://thepeale.org/event/igniting-integration-conversations/) #### September 14-December 1, 2024 Learn the rarely told history of African American firefighters in Baltimore. This exhibition is developed by The African American Fire Fighters Historical Society, whose mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate historical data and information relating to the contributions made by firefighters of color and others who have made a contribution to such history. ![A young man in black pants and a red shirt leaps into the air and does a split as he dances in front of the Baltimore skyline.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Urban-Ballerino-by-Marcus-Clinton-SMALL-1024x823.jpg) ### [It's a SNAP! What Makes Baltimore Charming](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-its-a-snap/) #### April 27-October 27, 2024 The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA) is excited to showcase the winners of their annual photography contest. We invite you to discover the what makes Baltimore truly charming. Photographs are also available for sale in a silent auction. ![Two artworks, side by side. On the left is a quilt and on the right is a drawing of the back of a person's head with braids.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cover-Photo-OAR-e1726603163633-1024x655.jpg) ### [Yours, Mine, and Ours: Works by the Strong and Senstive](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-yours-mine-ours/) #### October 4-October 27, 2024 The exhibition is presented by Our Art Room (OAR), an incubator for emerging and growing Baltimore artists to expand networks, share resources, and provide accountability to each other in a community setting. Includes multiple workshops and events. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BohlJ_Eye-808x1024.jpg) ### [Balancing Acts](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-balancing-acts/) #### August 17-September 22, 2024 This exhibition, featuring four Baltimore-based artists, interrogates the premise that everything is deeper than the surface and that we are multiple things at one time. It explores the human need to categorize the world around us. In an attempt to make those categories more fluid, the artists in this show create work that freely toggles between realism and abstraction. ![A museum gallery with contemporary looking white tables and two vases of fresh yellow, pink, and green flowers on them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Flowers-Exhibition-Slide-8-1024x768.jpeg) ### [FLOWERS by Ed Istwan](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-flowers/) #### April 6-July 14, 2024 We’re pleased to announce the new FLOWERS exhibition, a show of visual art by Baltimore-based artist Ed Istwan. This exhibition is comprised as a deceptively simple exploration of color and form. ![A exhibition in a museum that has posters and newspaper articles on the wall and glass cases with paper materials in them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240420_143552-1-1-1024x577.jpg) ### [“Revolution in Our Lifetime”: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-black-panthers/) #### April 12-July 7, 2024 This exhibition explores the founding of the Black Panther Party in Baltimore as well as the party’s ideological foundations and repression it experienced. ![A group of students pose in front of their artwork at The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8283-2-1024x768.jpg) ### [Kaleidoscope: Changing Perspectives](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-kaleidoscope-changing-perspectives/) #### February 1-May 19, 2024 *Kaleidoscope* brings together the amazing work of Elizabeth Talford Scott and Baltimore City Public School students in an effort to celebrate and uplift everyone within the community. This project is is a collaboration with nine sites across the city, including four museums. ![A black-and-white chalk drawing of an older woman's face.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ChamberOfWonders-PhotoByHeatherShelton-23January2024-2-1024x768.jpg) ### [Chamber of Wonders: Artwork by Lisa Moren](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-chamber-of-wonders/) #### December 14, 2023-March 14, 2024 An artist and marine biologist have collaborated to present the exhibition *Chamber of Wonders*, a series of hands-on installations and displays telling the invisible stories of living microbes under the surface of the Chesapeake Bay. ![A gallery space that features vibrant works of stained glass art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5627-small-1024x539.jpg) ### [Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore's Stained Glass Makers](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-through-a-glass-darkly/) #### November 18, 2023-February 4, 2024 Curated by Linda Rabben*, Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained-Glass Makers* features works by local stained-glass makers and the launch of the first illustrated book on the social history of stained glass in Baltimore. [Take the Virtual Tour!](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-linda-rabben/) ![A museum gallery with taupe colored walls and a number of scientific specimens on shelves as well as a biobuggy with a yellow umbrella over top of it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSCF2365-1024x335.png) ### [SPARK 6: Refractions](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-spark-6/) #### October 26-November 26, 2023 *SPARK 6: Refractions* features the work of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) and Towson faculty, recent graduates, and current students in the historic galleries of The Peale in Baltimore City. The title of the exhibition references a term from physics that describes the change in direction of a wave as it passes from one transparent substance into another. ![A magazine cover from 1977 that shows young boys faces with a blue filter.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cover-June-July-1977.jpg) ### [Soul of the Butterfly: Chicory Magazine ](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-soul-of-the-butterfly-chicory-magazine/) #### September 7-October 8, 2023 In the 1960s, Black writers in Baltimore utilized *Chicory*, a poetry magazine published by the Enoch Pratt Free Library from 1966-1983, as an artistic form for activism. *Soul of the Butterfly* is a traveling exhibit that uses *Chicory* to tell the story of how Black artist-activists in Baltimore have been making change since the 1960s. ![A promo graphic that shows six profile photos of women.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/carrousel-2-1024x1024.png) ### [The Guardians of Baltimore: Preserving Our Legacy ](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-the-guardians-of-baltimore/) #### EXTENDED! August 13-October 8, 2023 Part 2 of the original sensation! A photo documentary and storytelling project that celebrates the unrecognized community work of Black female leaders from Baltimore City neighborhoods. ![Robin wears an evening gown and holds a violin in an artistic portrait photo.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Robin-Fay-Massie-2023-small-683x1024.jpg) ### [Dark Beauty by Daisy Brown](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-dark-beauty-by-daisy-brown/) #### August 13-October 1, 2023 *Dark Beauty* by Daisy Brown is a series of portraits, stills, and filmed interviews of local Baltimore women with dark skin complexions. The women share raw moving stories of acceptance, self-love, family dynamics, colorism, and so much more. ![Two elegant evening gowns in green and metallic gold appear in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZacPosen-PhotobyDaisyBrown-9June2023-1-small-1024x650.jpg) ### [POSEN x POSEN x POSEN](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-posen/) #### June 15-August 6, 2023 (Extended to August 13) This exhibition brings together the artistic endeavors of the Posen family—Stephen Posen, Alexandra Posen, and Zac Posen—and explores the remarkable contributions they have made to the realms of art and fashion. [Take the Virtual Tour!](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-posen/) ![An exhibition gallery with dark gray walls that features small paintings and prints.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DSCF2939-small-1024x615.jpg) ### [You Be Safe Now](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-you-be-safe-now/) #### June 17-August 6, 2023 *You Be Safe Now* is a retrospective exhibition of art made in Baltimore. For the past 5 years, Julia Glatfelter has captured moments in paint and cut paper collage – rendering the colors and “noticings” of our city. ![A cut-out cartoon figure points into an exhibition gallery space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BarbaraDaleRetrospective-PhotoByNancyProctor-17June2023-11-1024x768.jpg) ### [Barbara Dale Retrospective](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-barbara-dale-retrospective/) #### June 15-August 6, 2023 With her unparalleled perspective, Barbara Dale explores a wide range of topics, including women’s issues and the fragility of life. This popular exhibition brings humor and wit to difficult themes. [Take a Virtual Tour](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-barbara-dale/)! ![A painting that's classically inspired and shows reclining nude women.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/EmilyWisniewski_MFA-9-smaller-1024x846.jpg) ### [Constellations: MICA MFA Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-mica-grad-show-2023/) #### May 11-June 4, 2023 *Constellations* is the final thesis exhibition of the 14 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Each year, MICA’s second-year MFA students present an exhibition of their thesis work. ![A video screen that shows a ghostly woman floating in a blue pool.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Image2-1024x768.jpeg) ### [chysalis: Baltimore School for the Arts](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-chrysalis/) #### May 11-June 4, 2023 Artworks created by the Senior Film Students from the Baltimore School for the Arts are featured in the exhibition “chrysalis” in The Peale’s Moses Williams Center. Functioning as their archive, “chrysalis” is a story of change and growth. ![An artistic poster graphic that shows the outline of a woman with pink hair resting her arms on her knees.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SOLACE-8.5X11-2-Cropped-1024x997.jpg) ### [Solace](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-solace/) #### April 1, 2023-April 30, 2023 *Solace* is dedicated to fostering discussions on mental health and wellness by prioritizing trust, reciprocity, and support. It relies on cultivating partnerships and nurturing relationships with artist and audiences to thrive. Includes a special exhibition opening. ![A collage of newspaper articles with the words, These Men are Potential Rapists.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RWWCC-Graphic-892x1024.jpg) ### [Remembering the Work of the Women's Coalition for Change](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-remembering-the-womens-coalition-for-change/) #### April 1, 2023-April 30, 2023 Working under the name the Women’s Coalition for Change, in April 1993, nine women enrolled in an art history course at the University of Maryland, College Park undertook an art action that jolted the campus. Includes a special exhibition opening and [panel discussion](https://thepeale.org/event/womens-coalition-for-change-panel-discussion/). ![An abstract work of art showing a dusty landscape covered with debris.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Morrison_Journey-of-the-Invader_Spirit_Still-1024x725.png) ### [Mandy Morrison: Journey of the Invader Spirit](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-mandy-morrison/) #### October 23, 2022-March 12, 2023 *Journey of the Invader Spirit* is an exploration of industrialism and environmentalism. Baltimore’s urban landscape, the cosmos, and Brazil’s rich rainforest collide in this exhibition about capitalism, spirituality, and the human condition. ![A mixed media collage that shows a black goat on a background of black and white drawings.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/black-Israeli-goat-detail-CROP-1024x640.jpg) ### [Compensation for Loss](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-compensation-for-loss/) #### March 19, 2023-April 30, 2023 Anna Foer Fine’s meticulously crafted works re-imagine the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities for the present. These cabinets were a precursor to the museum, where collectors displayed natural specimens, often from far-off locales, to advance scientific study and to impress visitors with their erudition and wealth. ![A detail of a colorful, abstract painting with bold black lines, text scribbled in, and shapes.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Brick-Gardens-Series-of-WhoWeAm-Project-1-705x1024.jpg) ### [Lee Boot: Abstracts and Artifacts](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-lee-boot-abstracts/) #### November 17, 2022-February 12, 2023 Literally and figuratively, Lee Boot has colored outside the lines, spilled paint on his colleagues, flipped the script and reframed conventional thinking to reimagine how we meet the challenges of our time. [Lee’s exhibit is also on view in the virtual world, Second Life!](https://secondlife.com/destination/peale?sourceid=dgw1) ![A work of art that features luminous stained glass shards in bright colors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Image-3-1-851x1024.jpg) ### [Reva Good Lewie Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-reva-goodwin-lewie/) #### November 1, 2022-January 29, 2023 Reva Lewie’s work is rather unconventional in both technique and subject matter, in that her art focus is more on surface qualities of the materials used. Stained glass, metal, and other media reveal an improvisation and “strategic spontaneity” in her approach to art. ![An artwork that features rows and rows of grocery stores receipts hanging down in strips.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feast-in-the-Desert-Photo-by-Lexi-Tyson-14December2022-3-768x1024.jpg) ### [A Feast in the Desert: Food Insecurity in Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/feast-in-the-desert-exhibition/) #### November 1, 2022-January 29, 2023 *A Feast In The Desert*, curated by Alexis Tyson, shares the artists’ voices in appreciating the role food plays in strengthening our bonds and educating our community on food disparity in Baltimore. An intimate exhibition that showcases four artists. ![A masterful quilt that shows a woman sticking her arm out and a banner hanging down from it that reads, They Tried to Bury Us. They didn't know we were seeds.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/QuiltedConnections-PhotoByGlendaRichardson-December2022-1-870x1024.jpg) ### [Quilted Connections: Sisterhood in Cloth](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-quilted-connections-a-sisterhood-in-cloth/) #### December 2, 2022-March 19, 2023 Three members of the African American Quilters of Baltimore, Sandra Smith, Rosalind Robinson, and Glenda Richardson, have created quilts that spotlight everything from African American history to the natural world. ![Colorful African masks displayed on a gallery wall in a museum.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221020_132245-1024x768.jpg) ### [The Sankofa Experience](https://thepeale.org/series/sankofa-experience-30-years-of-music-movement-and-folkways-exhibition-2/) #### October 23, 2022-January 15, 2023 Since 1989, Baltimore-based Sankofa Dance Theater has created world-class, authentic African art in the form of dance, music, and folkways for national and international audiences. The Company is rooted in healing and bringing intercultural understanding to the global village. ![Yellow and white tags attached to a wall in a gallery that has wooden floors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PSX_20220728_111136-PhotobyDaisyBrown-May2022-1024x660.jpg) ### [Hostile Terrain](https://thepeale.org/series/hostile-terrain-exhibition/) #### May-November 1, 2022 *Hostile Terrain 94* (HT94) is a participatory art project sponsored and organized by the [Undocumented Migration Project](http://undocumentedmigrationproject.com/) (UMP), a non-profit research-art-education-media collective, directed by anthropologist [Jason De León](http://jasonpatrickdeleon.com/). The exhibition is composed of over 3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. [Take the Virtual Tour!](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=WJvdh6iq2eW) ![A comic book cover showing a hulk-like character with people's hands around his throat.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Adventures-of-Black-Man-633-Parasites-in-the-Office_small.jpg) ### [The Amazing Black Man: Kumasi J. Barnett Solo Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-the-amazing-blackman-kumasi-j-barnett-solo-exhibition/) #### May 21-July 16, 2022 With inspiration from classic comics like *The Amazing Spider-Man*, *The Incredible Hulk, Superman*, *Daredevil* and *Captain America*, this important exhibition features exuberant, hand-painted comic book covers that address real-world social issues. [Take a Virtual Tour!](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=6BXHdNbS7EB) ![Promo image of an exhibition that features a graphic of a colorful show set in a cartoon landscape.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FEWOCiOUS-Promo-1024x1024.png) ### [NOVUS Exhibition](http://novus) #### May 27-June 26, 2022 *NOVUS* foregrounds a strain of artistic production operating outside of conventional forms, frameworks, and paradigms. In this exhibition at the historic Peale — the nations first purpose-built museum — the exhibition showcases emerging multidisciplinary artists who are actively defining the future of art. [Take the Virtual Tour!](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NaDEax1eQBs) ![Costumes made with metal, fabric, and other mixed media are on display in a gallery space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AdamDroneburg_DSC6902-1024x698.jpg) ### Spark: New Light #### August 13-September 25, 2022 [*SPARK: New Light*](https://www.sparkbaltimore.org/spark-v) featured 23 Towson University and UMBC faculty, student, and recent alumni artists and their collaborators. This light-themed exhibition was on view in galleries first lit by gas lighting in 1816 which was an unprecedented marvel in a world of candles and oil lamps. ![A gallery space with artwork on the walls that are bathed in warm, pink light.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/295b0b3b-02fa-4227-99ea-60b8bf3d6c0a-300x200.jpg) #### Please notify me about upcoming exhibitions! Email \* Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) ## Online Exhibitions Explore online exhibitions and tour the Peale building without ever leaving the comfort of your armchair or desk. ![A woman with black hair stands in a store as she smiles broadly.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/13-Lakeisha-Patapsco-Mart-SMALL.jpg) ### Out of the Blocks Stories *Out of the Blocks* is an immersive listening experience, created by Aaron Henkin and Wendel Patrick, built from a mosaic of voices and soundscapes on the streets of Baltimore. Includes more than 100 stories! [ Visit and listen! ](https://ootb.thepeale.org/) ![Audrey Carter has braids in her hair and wears a herring bone pattern, black and white blazer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021.09.01.a2-MD-TheGuaurdians-AudreyCarter_2-PhotobyKirbyGriffin-24August2021.jpg) ### The Guardians: Reshaping History The Guardians is a photo documentary & storytelling project including photo portraits, large scale banners and digital archives that celebrate unrecognized Black female leaders across Baltimore City neighborhoods. [ Hear their stories. ](https://guardians.thepeale.org/) ![A group of women wrap their arms around each other.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-980.jpg) ### Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility People with disabilities make up the largest minority population in the world. This project shares the challenges, successes, and stories of Maryland’s disabled communities, along with interesting facts. [ Visit and learn. ](https://redefine-able.thepealecenter.org/) ![Avatars of people gather in the courtyard in front of a virtual building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-1307.png) ### Virtual Peale in Second Life Build your avatar and start exploring a virtual replica of our building in the popular platform, Second Life. It’s open 24/7, 365 days a year! Tour the inside of the building too, with a special exhibition of historic photos of the Peale. [ Virtual Peale ](https://thepeale.org/the-peale-in-second-life/) [ ](#Top) Very historical museum. Events are always changing, and they’re open to featuring new talent. ### - Adrian Sharon ##### Real Google Review --- ### [Past Events at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/past-events/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Past Programs The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ What's On ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Peale YouTube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) ## Previous events From exhibitions to lectures, theater performances, artist talks, and more, The Peale offers both in-person and virtual programs that are community-led and relevant to today’s audiences. Most recent programs are listed first. You can find many past events on the [Peale’s YouTube channel.](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) For previous exhibitions, please see the [Past Exhibitions page](https://thepeale.org/past-exhibitions/). For events that took place prior to 2022, please check out a [full listing of past events](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PealePastEvents-2017-2022-2.pdf) from 2017-2022. ![A glass vase filled with paint brushes on a table.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/brushes-3129361-SMALL-1024x684.jpg) ### [Artscape 2025](https://thepeale.org/event/artscape-2025-2/) #### May 24-25, 2025 Join us downtown for the biggest free Arts festival in the country! The Peale is thrilled to be included in all of the festivities downtown. We’ll be open extended hours Saturday and Sunday nights. See the 2025 *Sondheim Semifinalists Exhibition* in addition to permanent exhibitions, tours, crafts in the garden, and more. ![A painting called, February Light, which features bold purples and yellows and the roofline of a house in winter. Bare trees appear in the background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FebruaryLight-1024x759.jpg) ### [Opening Reception: Sondheim Semifinalists Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/event/opening-reception-hoffberger-exhibition/) #### May 23, 2025 Join us at The Peale on Friday, May 23, for the opening reception and unveiling of this year’s [Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Semifinalists Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-sondheim-semifinalists-2025/ "Exhibition | Sondheim Semifinalists 2025") in the second and third floor galleries. Presented in conjunction with Artscape 2025. ![A black-and-white hand-drawn poster that shows and elephant carrying a man in its trunk.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Irvinville-Full-Poster-small.jpg) ### [Irvinville](https://thepeale.org/event/irvinville-a-play-by-theatre-ludu-2/) #### May 16, 2025 Theatre LuDu will present their original storytelling performance [*Irvinville,* ](https://kevinduvall.com/irvinville/)alongside the [Toxic Overburden](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-toxic-overburden/ "Exhibition | Toxic Overburden") exhibit at The Peale. Inspired by the real-life lynching of the circus elephant Mary, *Irvinville* charts the rise and fall of your average American town. ![Three people stand in front of a brown wall and hold a large cello.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LACE-1-1024x687.jpg) ### [Chamber Music Maryland: Living Art Collective Ensemble](https://thepeale.org/event/chamber-music-maryland-living-arts-collective-ensemble/) #### April 27, 2025 Join Chamber Music Maryland at the beautiful and historic Peale museum for journey through Impressionism, by Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE). LACE is a fluid group of musicians, committed to contextualizing the human journey through vivid and engaging performances. ![Sepia-toned vintage image of a Baltimore & Ohio Steam Engine on a track.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BA_Steam_Engine-1024x698.jpeg) ### [Online Lecture: The B&O Railroad and the Emerging Nation](https://thepeale.org/event/the-bo-railroad-and-the-emerging-nation/) #### April 25, 2025 This talk will explore how America’s first railroad, and perhaps railroads more generally, shaped the early development of city, region, and emerging nation. Presenter Bio: Jonathan Goldman, Chief Curator, B&O Railroad Museum ![A green and teal poster that says, 2025 Social Design Exchange, along with the date Thur. April 24.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MASD_SDX25_invitation-small-768x1024.jpg) ### [MICA Social Design Exchange](https://thepeale.org/event/mica-social-design-exchange/) #### April 24, 2025 Students will show off their capstone work, releasing a book, going behind the scenes of the program, and reflecting on the future of social design in this moment. Streaming and CART captioning is available. ![An 18th-century painting that shows an agricultural landscape and a road with a fence.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/belfield-farm-1817.jpgHalfHD-1024x706.jpg) ### [Book Signing with Author Joan Aleshire](https://thepeale.org/event/book-signing-with-author-joan-aleshire/) #### March 22, 2025 We’ve partnered with True Chesapeake Oyster Co. to present poet, author, and Peale family descendant Joan Aleshire for two very special events–the first at [True Chesapeake Oyster Co. in Baltimore](https://truechesapeake.com/) and the second at The Peale. ![A colorful abstract painting that shows people sitting in a waiting room or lobby.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hoffberger-work-by-Chidinma-Dureke-small-903x1024.jpg) ### [Opening Reception: LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA Thesis Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/event/opening-reception-hoffberger-exhibition/) #### April 12, 2025 It’s the opening reception of the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA Thesis Exhibition. This is the final thesis exhibition of the 2025 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. ![People hold a banner that says, Gov. Moore, Don't Leave Curtis Bay Behind.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/7448876115858113544-small-1024x768.jpg) ### [Opening Reception: Toxic Overburden](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-opening-reception-toxic-overburden/) #### April 10, 2025 Please join us for the official exhibition opening and for a fascinating panel discussion with the students and mentors who developed the exhibition. ![A group of people stand on rocks in the middle of a rippling stream.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Art-and-Anthropology-Studio-1024x683.jpg) ### [An Art and Anthropology Studio: Fashioning a Future of Here, Collectively](https://thepeale.org/event/an-art-and-anthropology-studio-fashioning-a-future-of-here-collectively/) #### March 27, 2025 Join us for a discussion of the collective process that yielded this unique exhibition, hearing from both instructors and students involved in the process, as well as those whose support made this endeavor possible. ![An exhibition case filled with trash--objects found on a river bank, like a skateboard, a shoe, and an old phone.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/March2EventImage-1024x768.jpeg) ### [What Will the Future of Museums Hold?](https://thepeale.org/event/what-will-the-museums-of-the-future-hold/) #### March 22, 2025 What does it mean to build a museum exhibition from waste materials that might otherwise be buried and forgotten in the margins of our urban landscapes? And what might the museums of the future hold one day, as embodiments of what the people of that time deem worth saving? ![A view of a rippling stream under an urban bridge.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/104A5391-A0B4-4EC7-B4B2-9022728FC26F_1_105_c.jpeg) ### [Stewarding our Urban Watersheds: A Conversation with Leading Clean Water Advocates in Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/event/stewarding-our-urban-watersheds-a-conversation-with-leading-clean-water-advocates-in-baltimore/) #### March 21, 2025 This event will explore how local organizations working at the forefront of efforts for clean water and a healthy watershed envision the future of the Jones Falls watershed and how their respective organizations conceptualize the work that is needed to achieve their core mission. ![People sit on rocks in a river and write in journals.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Placemaking-Workshop-1024x768.png) ### [Placemaking on the Jones Falls: A Nature Journaling Workshop](https://thepeale.org/event/placemaking-on-the-jones-falls-a-nature-journaling-workshop/) #### March 16, 2025 Nature journaling is one method to disrupt the regular current of daily life and access a flow more in sync with the natural rhythms around us. This workshop will be led by seasoned educator and environmental education researcher, Lindi Shepard. ![A person holds a stick in their hand and attached to the stick is a string and tag that reads, Growth.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/4A01B96B-498D-4A66-A604-60038D0C52E0_1_105_c-2.jpg) ### [Feeling Streams: Welcoming Sorrow in a Time of (Climate) Chaos](https://thepeale.org/event/feeling-streams-welcoming-sorrow-in-a-time-of-climate-chaos/) #### March 14, 2025 Join us for a workshop with artist, somatic movement educator, and therapist Michele Minnick. The first half of the workshop will focus on sensing into the body and identifying and working with essential inner resources. ![A mustard yellow background with the words, GRIT FUND, in thin white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13-1024x1024.png) ### [Grit Fund Information Seession](https://thepeale.org/event/grit-fund-information-session/) #### March 13, 2025 Get to know other artists, and learn more about the Grit Fund and how you can apply for up to $10K in grants for projects in Baltimore and Baltimore County. ![A sculpture made from recycled materials like metal and plastic.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/March9EventImage-590x1024.jpg) ### [Language for a Future Present: A Makeshop, with Books](https://thepeale.org/event/language-for-a-future-present-a-makeshop-with-books/) #### March 9, 2025 Join this all-genre workshop to explore the materials of our local landscape and their possible afterlives, consider alternate ways of connecting to the vulnerable but still vital spaces we inhabit, and develop language to imagine and create new ways of being. ![Billie Holiday sings in a 1947 image of her in front of a microphone.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1035px-Billie_Holiday_Downbeat_New_York_N.Y._ca._Feb._1947_William_P._Gottlieb_04251-981x1024.jpg) ### [The Birth of Music and Jazz in Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/event/baltimores-billie-holiday-and-the-birth-of-jazz/) #### March 7, 2025 Professor Lawrence Jackson, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University and the Director of the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts, will discuss the birth of music in Baltimore as well as the beginnings of jazz. ![An exhibition case filled with trash--objects found on a river bank, like a skateboard, a shoe, and an old phone.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/March2EventImage-1024x768.jpeg) ### [Futures in the Face of Ruin: An Environmental Humanities Conversation](https://thepeale.org/event/futures-in-the-face-of-ruin-an-environmental-humanities-conversation/) #### March 2, 2025 What remains possible when so much seems to be coming apart at the seams? What does it mean to live in the shadow of the ruined promises of the past? ![A desk lamp that appears to be made out of recycled materials.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Future-Archaeology-768x1024.jpeg) ### [What We Can Learn from An Archaeology of the Future](https://thepeale.org/event/what-we-can-learn-from-an-archaeology-of-the-future/) #### February 27, 2025 Archaeology relies on materials from the past to make sense of human history and even the circumstances of the present. A public conversation with Michael Harrower, Aja Lans, and Anand Pandian of Johns Hopkins University. ![A woman holds a leafy plant out for others to have a look at it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Alyssa-Dennis-Image-Small-1024x681.png) ### [What the Senses Tell: A Plant Medicine Perspective](https://thepeale.org/event/what-the-senses-tell-a-plant-medicine-perspective/) #### February 23, 2025 This workshop event with [artist & herbalist Alyssa Dennis](https://www.alyssadennis.com/) will provide participants an opportunity to connect the exhibition experience with the medicinal gifts of the land in an embodied way. ![An all-brick historic Quaker meeting house with shutters and a porch.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1280px-Arch_Street_Friends_Meeting_House_53572939205-1024x576.jpg) ### [Quakers & Slavery: Equality with Caveats](https://thepeale.org/event/quakers-slavery-equality-with-caveats/) #### February 21, 2025 In the first “[It’s More Than History](https://thepeale.org/event/eroding-history-how-climate-change-affects-black-cemeteries-and-resting-places/ "Eroding History: How Climate Change Affects Black Cemeteries and Resting Places")” lecture of 2025, hear from Jennifer Gray, Education & Museum Manager at Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia. The lecture will discuss the complicated history between Quakers and the Black members of their community. ![A mustard yellow background with the words, GRIT FUND, in thin white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13-1024x1024.png) ### [Grit Fund Information Session: In Person](https://thepeale.org/event/grit-fund-information-session/) #### February 13, 2025 Learn more about the Grit Fund and how you can apply for up to $10K in grants for projects in Baltimore and Baltimore County. ![A group of people look at contemporary art in a gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_0342-1024x683.jpg) ### [Exhibition Opening: The Future of Here](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-opening-the-future-is-here/) #### February 13, 2024 Join us for the Opening of *The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture to Come*. *[The Future of Here](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-future-is-here/ "Exhibition | The Future is Here")* is an invitation to reimagine our place along the Jones Falls River and the Chesapeake Bay in a distant future beyond our fossil-fueled present. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Preferred-2-FazilSay04_cFethiKaraduman-2-small-1024x683.jpg) ### [Chamber Music Maryland: Fazil Say](https://thepeale.org/event/chamber-music-maryland-fazil-say/) #### February 2, 2025 Chamber Music Maryland is thrilled to welcome the renowned pianist and composer Fazıl Say in February! Join us for an afternoon filled with art, music, and conversation at the historic Peale Museum. ![An Instagram-looking frame that has details for an event called, EmpowerMen.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Grey-Black-Simple-Fashion-Instagram-Post-1-1024x1024.png) ### [Empower Men: Navigating Mental Health, Building Resilience](https://thepeale.org/event/navigating-mental-health-building-resilience/) #### January 30, 2025 Join us at the Peale Museum on Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, for EmpowerMen, a free transformative event hosted by the Greater Baltimore Urban League (GBUL). Start 2025 off by taking care of you! ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Baker Artist Portfolios Showcase and Exhibition Closing](https://thepeale.org/event/closing-reception-baker-artist-portfolios-off-the-web/) #### January 19, 2025 The Baker Artist Portfolios exhibition comes to close with live performances and a showcase of works by more than 200 Baltimore-area artists. ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Baker Artist Portfolios Peer Feedback Sessions](https://thepeale.org/event/baker-artist-portfolios-peer-feedback-event/) #### January 11, 2025 Are you an artist creating your Baker Artist Portfolio for the first time? Updating your portfolio to reflect your recent art? Join us at The Peale to connect with other artists in your discipline to review your Baker Artist Portfolios ![Three people install a quilt in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OAR_01-1-768x1024.jpg) ### [Exhibition Opening: The Art of Restorative Resonance](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-opening-the-art-of-restorative-resonance/) #### December 20, 2024 Join us for the opening of a special exhibition celebrating the work of our AAA apprentices. *[The Art of Restorative Resonance](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-aaa-restorative-resonance/ "Exhibition: The Art of Restorative Resonance")* explores the intersection of historic restoration and holistic restoration. ![A movie poster with 6 people standing on top of concentric orange and blue circles.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ArmyOfThievesTeaserPoster.jpg) ### [Film Screening: Army of Thieves](https://thepeale.org/event/film-screening-army-of-thieves/) #### December 15, 2024 In conjunction with our neighbors at the German American Cultural Center of Maryland, we will be screening “[Ar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Thieves)[my](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Thieves)[ of Thieves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Thieves)” at The Peale. This movie is in German and will be played with English subtitles. Coffee and cake will accompany the movie. ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Baker Artist Portfolios Spotlight Literary Fair](https://thepeale.org/event/baker-artist-portfolios-spotlight-literary-event/) #### December 14, 2024 Discover and experience the work of some of the Baker Artist Portfolios literary artists. This afternoon features live readings, opportunities to shop books and printings from local Baker authors (just in time for holiday gifts!), and a chance to connect with local writers. ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Baker Artist Portfolios Spotlight Event](https://thepeale.org/event/baker-artist-portfolios-spotlight-film-video-event/) #### December 8, 2024 Join us for an afternoon of live performances, music, film screenings, and readings by Baltimore-area artists. The Baker Artist Portfolios are open to artists of all disciplines, and in addition to the work hanging throughout the galleries in the Peale, the artists in this showcase offer a taste of the incredible talent in the region! ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Happy Hour](https://thepeale.org/event/greater-baltimore-cultural-alliance-happy-hour/) #### December 6, 2024 Join the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance for our annual Holiday Happy Hour. Catch up with friends, meet colleagues and fellow artists, and experience *[Baker: Off The Web](https://bakerartist.org/otw)* at The Peale! Enjoy snacks, drinks, and great art in the oldest museum building in America. ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Baker Artists Portfolios Info Session](https://thepeale.org/event/baker-artist-awards-info-session/) #### November 21, 2024 Want to learn more about the Baker Artist Portfolios and associated awards? Have questions about the Baker program or website? Need help with your portfolio? Want to hear tips and pointers for creating a strong portfolio? ![A movie poster that features a collage of people's faces in a colorful and dramatic presentation.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SoulKitchenFilmPoster.jpg) ### [Film Screening: Soul Kitchen](https://thepeale.org/event/film-screening-soul-kitchen/) #### November 17, 2024 In conjunction with our neighbors at the German American Cultural Center of Maryland, we will be screening “[Soul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Kitchen_(film))[ Ki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Kitchen_(film))[tchen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Kitchen_(film))” at The Peale. This movie is in German and will be played with English subtitles. Coffee and cake will accompany the movie. ![A large letter, B, in blue, tilted on its side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BakerB_Large-810x1024.png) ### [Baker Artists Portfolios Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/opening-reception-baker-artist-portfolios-off-the-web/) #### November 15, 2024 Please join us for the official opening reception for the highly anticipated *[Baker Artist Portfolios: Off the Web](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-baker-artist-portfolios/)* exhibition, on view at The Peale. Over 200 Baltimore-Area artists bring some of the region’s newest art off the web and onto the walls of America’s oldest museum. ![A vintage photo of a man in a firefighter's uniform.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Alfred-Boyd-2.8.54-to-2.18.57-822x1024.jpg) ### [Igniting Integration: Remembering the Legacy](https://thepeale.org/event/igniting-integration-conversations/) #### November 7, 2024 In conjunction with the [*Igniting Integration!* ](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-igniting-integration/)exhibition, please join us for Remembering the Legacy, a conversation with the children of some of Baltimore City Fire Department’s (BCFD) first African American fire fighters and officials. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Oskar-Espina-Ruiz-Photo-4-by-Dario-Acosta-1024x683.jpg) ### [Chamber Music Maryland: Ulysses Quartet with Oskar Espina Ruiz](https://thepeale.org/event/chamber-music-maryland/) #### October 27, 2024 Join Chamber Music Maryland for an exceptional afternoon of music at the beautiful Peale museum, featuring the Ulysses Quartet and the clarinetist, Oskar Espina Ruiz. ![Crowned in Reverence, MC Carey, showing the back of someone's head who is wearing circular braids.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_4705-771x1024.jpg) ### [Yours, Mine, And Ours: Cocktails and Conversation ](https://thepeale.org/event/cocktails-and-conversation-with-yours-mine-and-ours-works-by-the-strong-and-sensitive-artists-and-curators/) #### October 26, 2024 A conversation with artists of Our Art Room’s 2024 cohort. Come enjoy offerings of wine, food, and quality connection to discuss what it means to be a community engaged and active emerging artist in a critical time of change and creative abundance. We would love to see you there! ![A promo graphic with a gold frame and the words, Soul Self Portraits, inside it as well as a paint brush in the margin.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-1024x1024.jpg) ### [Soul Self Portrait Workshop with Sarah Magida](https://thepeale.org/event/soul-self-portrait-workshop-with-sarah-magida/) #### October 20, 2024 Soul Self Portrait, a class in finding your inner guide through meditation and art. This workshop is all about getting in touch or back in touch with your creative soul through guided meditation. ![Promo flier for Bazaar Esoterica that looks like a vintage playbill on sepia-toned paper.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BE5flyer_2_-724x1024.png) ### [Bizarre Esoterica](https://thepeale.org/event/bizarre-esoterica-masquerade-ball/) #### October 19, 2024 Immerse yourself in a captivating event celebrating the mystical, magical, and arcane. With All Hallows Eve as our backdrop for the evening, this unique gathering combines a masquerade ball with an eclectic mix of mystical workshops, magical vendors, enchanting entertainment, and sacred practices. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HELP-ME-HELP-YOU-HELP-US-1-e1728678440368.jpeg) ### [Help Me, Help You, Help Us Workshop](https://thepeale.org/event/help-me-help-you-help-us-workshop/) #### October 13, 2024 Join us for a brand new workshop: Help Me, Help You, Help Us: A Social Practice Experiment in Neighborly Advice with facilitator Aisha Nailah White. ![Actors strike a pose on a stage.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fringe-Festival-2023-2-1024x684.jpg) ### [Charm City Fringe Festival](https://thepeale.org/event/charm-city-fringe-festival/2024-10-06/) #### September 26-October 6, 2024 The 10th annual Charm City Fringe Festival is happening September 26 – October 6 at The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum! You won’t want to miss this fantastic line-up of new, funky, always thought-provoking, occasionally sexy shows and artists plus exciting after hours events ![An ethereal blue background with two white and yellow egg shapes on a blue platform.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BohlJ_Plasma-small-798x1024.jpg) ### [Balancing Acts: Cocktails, Conversation & Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/balancing-acts-cocktails-conversation-closing-reception/) #### September 22, 2024 Please join us for Cocktails, Conversation and a Closing reception for our [*Balancing Acts*](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-balancing-acts/) Exhibition! Cocktails begin flowing at 1:30. Conversation with artists John Bohl, Phaan Howng, Ed Istwan and Magnolia Laurie. ![A wall in an urban setting that is covered with the word, Marty, drawn in grafitti art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1024px-Martha_Cooper_Graffiti_Birthday_Tribute.jpg) ### [Meet Martha Cooper: Street Art Photographer](https://thepeale.org/event/meet-martha-cooper-photographer-of-graffiti-art-since-the-1970s/) #### September 19, 2024 Join us for a unique opportunity to engage with Martha Cooper, a legendary American photojournalist who worked for the *New York Post* during the 1970s. She’s well known for documenting graffiti art, especially in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. ![A movie poster that features a man's face reflected in a cup of coffee.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/A_Coffee_in_Berlin_poster.jpg) ### [Film Screening: A Coffee in Berlin](https://thepeale.org/event/film-screening-a-coffee-in-berlin/) #### September 15, 2024 In conjunction with the German American Cultural Center of Maryland, we will host a screening of the “A Coffee in Berlin” at The Peale. Movie is in German and will be played with English subtitles. Coffee and cake will accompany the movie. ![A vintage photo of a man in a firefighter's uniform.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Alfred-Boyd-2.8.54-to-2.18.57-822x1024.jpg) ### [Igniting Integration: Exhibition Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/opening-reception-igniting-integration-the-battle-for-black-men-to-serve-in-the-bcfd/) #### September 14, 2024 Please join us to celebrate the opening of “Igniting Integration!” at The Peale. This exhibition shares the little-known history of African American firefighters in Baltimore and tells the story of the challenges they faced trying to serve communities in the city. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lauren-Muney-Silhouettes-1024x549.jpg) ### [Online Lecture: The Life and Practice of Moses Williams](https://thepeale.org/event/online-lecture-the-life-and-practice-of-moses-williams-2/) #### August 16, 2024 Join us for an online lunchtime lecture that features presentations from preeminent early American art scholar Dr. Carol Soltis and acclaimed silhouette artist Lauren Muney as they explore the artistry and history of 19th-century African American artist Moses Williams ![A promo graphic with a facade of the Peale building and streamers in the corner.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Happy-Birthday-Peale-center-1-1024x341.png) ### [The Peale's 210th Birthday Bash](https://thepeale.org/event/peales-210th-birthday-bash/) #### August 17, 2024 Please join us at The Peale for our 210th birthday bash! It will be the biggest party downtown! The event is free and open to the public from 10:00am to 4:00pm on August 17, 2024, and takes place at 225 Holliday Street. ![Artist Ed Istwan wears a black suit in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_7705-crop-1024x478.jpg) ### [Cocktails & Conversation](https://thepeale.org/event/cocktails-conversation-with-artist-ed-istwan-and-curator-kristen-hileman/) #### June 30, 2024 Please join us for an afternoon of cocktails and casual conversation with Baltimore artists Ed Istwan and Curator Kristen Hileman. Ed and Kristen will discuss the exhibit FLOWERS. This show features over 300 individual works that create an environment when placed together. ![A pair of 3-D printed fossilized mastodon bones in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mastadon-Ulna-amp-tibia-Option-1-768x1024.jpg) ### [Founding Fossils Exhibition Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/opening-reception-founding-fossils/) #### May 19, 2024 This multisensory exhibit will include 3D-printed versions of the fossils originally collected by the Peales and early American leaders. Also includes tactile versions of selected panels from a graphic novel series imagined by Dr. Bernard Means and VCU artist Maggie Colangelo. ![Michael has white hair and a black t-shirt on. He smiles for a profile picture.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mwb.b-w-1024x1024.jpg) ### [Baltimore Street Museum: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Community Collaboration](https://thepeale.org/event/baltimore-street-museum-a-behind-the-scenes-tour-of-community-collaboration/) #### May 18, 2024 In this workshop, participants will hear how Quatrefoil and The Peale joined forces with local area museums, community organizations, artists, and other creators to develop connected cultural experiences in public spaces that bring visitors to Baltimore’s attractions and neighborhoods. ![A map of a neighborhood that features highlighted lines, points of interest, and yellow circles that include ways to engage walkers and participants.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-552-1024x794.png) ### [Connecting with Your Community by Activating Your Neighborhood](https://thepeale.org/event/connecting-with-your-community-by-activating-your-neighborhood/) #### May 18, 2024 AAM Conference Session: Peale and Quatrefoil associates will speak on a number of panels. In this session, participants ask “How can museums engage diverse audiences and encourage different learning experiences within and beyond their buildings?” ![A group of women sit at a table and drink wine.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pexels-wildlittlethingsphoto-696218-1024x683.jpg) ### [2nd Annual Museum Women’s Happy Hour during AAM](https://thepeale.org/event/2nd-annual-american-alliance-of-museums-womens-happy-hour/) #### May 18, 2024 Museum folks are invited to the 2nd Annual Women’s Happy Hour during the 2024 AAM meeting in Baltimore! AAM registration is not required. Come meet some amazing women in the museum industry and catch up with old friends. ![A gallery with wooden floors and small, quilt-like artworks on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Selected-photo-1-1024x575.jpg) ### [Navigating the Past and Changing Course in Baltimore’s Museums](https://thepeale.org/event/navigating-the-past-and-changing-course-in-baltimores-museums/) #### May 17, 2024 AAM Conference Session: This session will explore how three long-standing institutions in Baltimore – The Peale, B&O Railroad Museum, and Walters Art Museum – have navigated their historical legacies and changed course over time. ![A young woman wears a blue choir robe and sings on a stage as she stands with the rest of the choir.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morgan-State-University-Choir-by-Keith-Newman-SMALL-1024x683.jpg) ### [It's a SNAP! What Makes Baltimore Charming Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-reception-its-a-snap/) #### April 28, 2024 Hear from the Baltimore National Heritage Area team and from photographers as they explore what is so special about “Charm City.” Free and open to all! ![Promo graphic with a banner that says, 2024 Spring Concert. Children sit in a field outside in the background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bridges-2024-Spring-Concert-Announcement.jpg) ### [The Bridges Spring Concert](https://thepeale.org/event/bridges-spring-concert/) #### April 27, 2024 There’s nothing more inspiring than young people who have a passion and a talent for the arts! Hear 70 elementary school students play in their final spring concert. ![Newspaper article or magazine cover from the 1960s that says Black Panther Party on the cover.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Front-and-Back-of-BPP-Newspaper-Mar.27-SMALL-715x1024.png) ### [“Revolution in Our Lifetime”: Roundtable Discussion with Curators](https://thepeale.org/event/revolution-in-our-lifetime-roundtable-discussion-with-curators/) #### April 12, 2024 Hear from the team of students who conducted months of archival research, read through thousands of pages of newspapers, and spoke with experts and eyewitnesses to rediscover the Panthers in Baltimore. ![A vintage photo of a railyard and the harbor around Baltimore, Maryland.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/P1.10.1.3-1024x823.png) ### [Baltimore was Revolutionized by Ship Building and the Railroad with Jon Goldman](https://thepeale.org/event/baltimore-was-revolutionized-by-ship-building-and-the-railroad-with-jon-goldman/) #### April 12, 2024 For the third installment of the “It’s More Than History” lecture series, join Jon Goldman, Curator for the B&O Railroad Museum. His talk will look at the relationship between the Baltimore Harbor and the B&O’s founding in 1827 ![A man with dark hair and a moustache sitting on a stairway outside with a musical instrument in front of him.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Gabriel-Martins-1-769x1024.jpg) ### [Candlelight Concert Society](https://thepeale.org/event/candlelight-concert-series-geneva-lewis-gabriel-martins/) #### April 7, 2024 There’s no better place for live music than the acoustically perfect Peale! The third installment of the Candlelight Concert Society Series features Geneva Lewis & Gabriel Martins presenting an afternoon of chamber music. ![A man in a historic costume and a wig waves his hand welcoming visitors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Messenger_creation_fb1abd9f-73fb-4769-a3d0-0178b82808bb2Crop-1024x773.jpg) ### [An Evening with The Baron](https://thepeale.org/series/an-evening-with-the-baron/) #### March 22-23, 2024 You are cordially invited to join the magnificent Baron Munchausen for an evening of myth, music, magic, marvels, and possibly a little mayhem. This fully immersive, intimate, and interactive experience will be one like no other. ![A man holds a camera up to his eye and snaps a photo while standing in front of a classical building with columns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pexels-maria-geller-2736514-1024x682.jpg) ### [Grit Fund Info Sessions](https://thepeale.org/event/grit-fund-information-session-online-3/) #### March 28 | April 11, 2024 Join us in person at The Peale to learn about the Grit Fund grants, available through the Andy Warhol Foundation. Hear from program administrator Krista Green to learn about the requirements and deadlines. ![A 1960s photo of a woman with her hair pulled back and wearing large round eyeglasses.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Chapter-5-VQA-PaddleforPeople27-1024x713.png) ### [The Story of Victorine Quille Adams](https://thepeale.org/event/the-story-of-victorine-quille-adams-with-dr-ida-e-jones/) #### March 22, 2024 For the second installment of the “It’s More Than History” lecture series, Dr. Ida E. Jones of Morgan State University talks about the life of Victorine Quille Adams, a prominent Baltimore educator and activist. ![Two people wearing black sweatshirts use power tools to strip and sand columns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220215_174144-PhotobyDaisyBrown-16Feb2022-1-SMALL-1-1024x683.jpg) ### [Accomplished Arts Apprentices Recruiting Fair](https://thepeale.org/event/accomplished-arts-apprenticeships-recruiting-fair-2024/) #### March 16, 2024 Join us to learn about the the [Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA)](https://thepeale.org/apprentices/) program, which aims to increase equity and inclusion in the arts, creative and preservation trades, with specific focus on people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. ![A promotional graphic with a stylized blue wave and the title of the play in bold, white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dontrellweb.png) ### [Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea](https://thepeale.org/event/dontrell-who-kissed-the-sea-9/) #### February 16-March 3, 2024 *Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea* is a present-day hero’s quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to redeem history’s wrongs. Performed at The Peale Museum during Black History Month, Dontrell is a story that asks how we can move forward, venture, and ascend to new heights within our lineage without forgetting where we’ve come from but appreciating it fully. ![A group of students pose in front of their artwork at The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8283-2-1024x768.jpg) ### [Exhibition Reception: Kaleidoscope](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-opening-kaleidoscope-changing-perspectives/) #### February 15, 2024 *Kaleidoscope* brings together the amazing work of Elizabeth Talford Scott and Baltimore City Public School students in an effort to celebrate and uplift everyone within the community. This project is is a collaboration with nine sites across the city, including a number of museums. ![View of a museum gallery that includes works of stained glass art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ThroughTheGlassDarkly-PhotobyHeatherShelton-24January2024-7-1024x768.jpg) ### [Candlelight Concert Society: Rosalinda Sherman](https://thepeale.org/event/candlelight-concert-series-rosalinda-sherman/) #### February 10, 2024 Join us at the Peale Museum for a delightful pre-Valentine’s concert with Rosalinda Sherman, Howard County’s own rising star. A Berklee College of Music alum, Rosalinda’s versatile voice has earned accolades across Maryland and beyond. ![A film poster that features an old white church set against the backdrop of a wispy blue sky.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ER-Poster-768x1024.jpg) ### [Eroding History Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/event/eroding-history-how-climate-change-affects-black-cemeteries-and-resting-places/) #### February 9, 2024 In the first “It’s More Than History” lecture of 2024, learn about how climate change affects Black cemeteries and resting places. André Chung and Sean Yoes talk about their film, Eroding History. This is an ONLINE Zoom event. ![View of a museum gallery that includes works of stained glass art.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ThroughTheGlassDarkly-PhotobyHeatherShelton-24January2024-7-1024x768.jpg) ### [Through a Glass Darkly : Baltimore's Stained Glass Makers](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-through-a-glass-darkly/) #### February 4, 2024 Please join curator Linda Rabben for the closing reception of *Through a Glass Darkly*, an exhibition that explores the history and contemporary landscape of stained glass in Baltimore. ![A ghost-like flowy organism with white leafy structures.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-09-29-at-3.04.27-PM-1024x676.png) ### [Chamber of Wonders Panel Discussion: Strategies Under the Bay](https://thepeale.org/event/emerging-strategies-under-the-bay-in-arxr/) #### January 18, 2024 In conjunction with the Chamber of Wonders exhibition, join panelists in-person at The Peale for a fascinating discussion. This art, philosophy, and science panel will include Lisa Moren, Dr. Tsvetan Bachvaroff, Lee Boot, and Dr. Jane Bennett.​ ![An abstract spray of water with a faint light in the bottom left corner.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_6203-1024x575.jpg) ### [Chamber of Wonders: Music & Meditation](https://thepeale.org/event/music-meditation-chamber-of-wonders/2024-01-14/) #### January 14, 2024 Join Lisa Moren for a truly wondrous afternoon! A meditation session and musical event with vocalist, Bonnie Landers, will surprise and delight how a talented singer will improvise and react to the light emanating from the bioluminescent microbes. ![Two people stand in front of a colorful stained glass window.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5732-small-1024x653.jpg) ### [Baltimore Stained Glass Demonstration](https://thepeale.org/event/stained-glass-demonstration/) #### January 14, 2024 In conjunction with Linda Rabben’s luminous exhibition *Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained Glass Makers* on at The Peale, join us for a intimate demonstration of how stained glass is actually made. Don’t miss this fascinating talk. ![A ghost-like flowy organism with white leafy structures.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-09-29-at-3.04.27-PM-1024x676.png) ### [Chamber of Wonders: Artwork by Lisa Moren Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/opening-reception-chamber-of-wonders/) #### December 14, 2023 Join us for the opening reception of *Chamber of Wonders: Artwork by Lisa Moren*, an exhibition and experience that is a blend of art, science, and pure magic. ![A group of three musicians with their instruments.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Poulenc-Trio-pic-1024x823.jpg) ### [Candlelight Concert Series: Poulenc Trio](https://thepeale.org/event/candlelight-concert-series-poulenc-trio/) #### December 2, 2023 Join us for world-class chamber music in Baltimore! The Candlelight Concert Society is thrilled to partner with The Peale for a new concert series, Candlelight at the Peale. The first of three Candlelight concerts from acclaimed musicians. ![A silhouette of a man and a mastodon skeleton.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/moses_4.png) ### [Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles Exhibit Launch](https://thepeale.org/event/moses-williams-exhibition-preview/) #### December 1, 2023 Moses Williams was born ca. 1776 and was known for his ability to create detailed silhouettes (or “profiles”) of people’s faces. Williams was born enslaved to the artist and museum director, Charles Willson Peale, and grew up working in Peale’s Philadelphia museum. Williams’ story will now be told at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, founded by Rembrandt Peale. ![Michael has white hair and a black t-shirt on. He smiles for a profile picture.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mwb.b-w-1024x1024.jpg) ### [Baltimore Street Museum Workshop](https://thepeale.org/event/baltimore-street-museum-workshop/) #### December 1, 2023 Join Quatrefoil’s Michael Burns for a collaborative project and grant-planning workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to generate some ideas for cultural engagement projects that we can activate together in public spaces. ![Two people stand in front of a colorful stained glass window.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5732-small-1024x653.jpg) ### [Through a Glass Darkly Exhibition Reception and Book Launch](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-reception-and-book-launch-through-a-glass-darkly/) #### November 18, 2023 Join curator Linda Rabben for a reception celebrating the exhibition and book launch of *Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained-Glass Makers*. ![A view of the brick Peale building at night with its front windows lit up by colorful patterns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26_IG_PROMO1-1024x1024.jpg) ### [SPARK: Projections at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/event/projections-at-the-peale-2/) #### November 17, 2023 *SPARK 6: Refractions* artist Phil Davis curates Projections at The Peale, an illumination of The Peale’s second-floor galleries with video projections viewed from outside. The video program, which features numerous artists’ works, will include a short video and animation works on a loop. ![A view of the brick Peale building at night with its front windows lit up by colorful patterns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26_IG_PROMO1-1024x1024.jpg) ### [Projections at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/event/projections-at-the-peale/) #### November 10, 2023 *SPARK 6: Refractions* artist Phil Davis curates Projections at The Peale, an illumination of The Peale’s second-floor galleries with video projections viewed from outside. The video program, which features numerous artists’ works, will include a short video and animation works on a loop. SPARK programming is made possible by a partnership with PNC Bank. ![A work of art that features black and red rolled paper pieces.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nahid-Tootoonchi_Chaotic-World-1024x855.jpeg) ### [SPARK 6 Exhibition Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/exhibition-opening-spark-6-refractions/) #### November 7, 2023 Join the artists! *SPARK 6: Refractions* will turn your head. Immerse yourself in captivating works of art and interactive installations by over 30 artists in the galleries of The Peale. The artists featured in *SPARK* will focus, magnify, and redirect your attention and perspective in engaging and surprising ways. ![A museum gallery with taupe colored walls and a number of scientific specimens on shelves as well as a biobuggy with a yellow umbrella over top of it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSCF2365-1024x335.png) ### [Imaging The Peale's Biome](https://thepeale.org/event/imaging-the-peales-biomes/) #### November 5, 2023 In connection with *SPARK 6: Refractions* exhibition, join artist Stephen Bradley and collaborators for a two-hour art and science workshop exploring BioBuggy tools in order to observe collect and identify various critters and organisms that live inside The Peale outside in the garden and around the building. ![A tent inside a museum gallery that is bathed in warm light.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AnnaKroll-6Q2A4772-1024x575.jpg) ### [Inside the Room with Anna Kroll & Chloë Engel](https://thepeale.org/event/inside-the-room-with-anna-kroll-chloe-engel/) #### November 2, 2023 In conjunction with *SPARK 6*, this world-building game was developed during the early days of the pandemic when dancing together only became possible through speech, the game engages bodily awareness, the (im)possibility of a shared imagination, and coping with inevitable disaster. ![A screenshot of the virtual world, Second Life, that has two avatars in a virtual museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-326-1024x577.png) ### [Second Life Tour of Abstracts & Artifacts with Lee Boot](https://thepeale.org/event/artist-talk-lee-boots-abstracts-artifacts-in-second-life/) #### October 22, 2023 Drop in to Peale island to “visit” our museum and use your custom avatar to “walk” around the stunning virtual exhibition, just as it appeared in the building. For this event, Lee will join us and offer an insider’s interpretation of his various multimedia works. ![A playbill in black that says, Bazaar Esoterica, and lists all of the vendors that will be on hand at the fair.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-343-e1697210017712.png) ### [Bazaar Esoterica: Wellness Craft and Vendor Fair](https://thepeale.org/event/bazaar-esoterica-wellness-craft-and-vendor-fair/) #### October 15, 2023 Join us for an event that celebrates health, wellness, and the arts! Come down to Baltimore’s Community Museum for a mystical wellness fare with artisan vendors, aura photography readings, performances, and more. ![A vintage-looking brochure that shows cartoon drawings of women's faces.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/womens-studies-womens-center-brochure-TSC-1024x785.jpg) ### [Towson University Women & Gender Studies Digital Archives Launch Event](https://thepeale.org/event/towson-university-women-gender-studies-digital-archive-launch-event/) #### October 14, 2023 Join Towson University’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department team for a panel discussion with student collaborators as they introduce and discuss the creation of the department’s digital archives. ![A woman in a gold headdress stands in the corner in a promo graphic for the Guardians exhibition.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/eventbrite_Guardians2023_savethedate-1024x512.jpg) ### [Guardians Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/artist-talk-with-kirby-griffin-whitney-frazier-and-the-guardians/) #### September 21, 2023 Hear from Baltimore artists as well as the Guardians about how the initial [Guardians project](https://www.theguardiansofbaltimore.com/) started and how the 2023 version is taking it to a new level. Panelists will discuss the creative aspects of working collectively on a community driven, public art project, and learn about the impacts of the project on the Guardians and their neighborhood initiatives. ![A promo graphic that shows six profile photos of women.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/carrousel-2-1024x1024.png) ### [Guardians Community Celebration](https://thepeale.org/event/the-guardians-ii-exhibition-opening/) #### September 16, 2023 Please join us in celebrating our second cohort of 12 Guardians with new portraits and oral histories, now representing all corners of Baltimore City. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served. There will be a speaking portion of the event to hear from the Guardians, lead artists, and Mayor Scott. ![A man with a purple hat and white shirt sits in a chair and talks with a crowd.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Image-1-1024x684.jpg) ### [Soul of the Butterfly Talk with DewMore ](https://thepeale.org/event/soul-of-the-butterfly-talk-chicory-magazine/) #### September 10, 2023 DewMore Baltimore will be taking a look at the cultural and historical intersections between Black Music and Black Language and how they have shaped and were shaped by both social movements and the movements of daily Black life in America. ![The facade of the brick Peale building on a sunny day.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Photo-by-Whitney-Frazier-8April22-2-1024x505.jpg) ### [Peale Birthday Bash](https://thepeale.org/event/peale-birthday-bash/) #### August 13, 2023 Please join us at The Peale for our 209th birthday bash! It will be the biggest party downtown since we’ve invited our Holliday Street neighbors at Zion Church and The Real News Network to help celebrate! The event is free and open to the public from 10:00am to 4:00pm on August 13, 2023, and takes place at 225 Holliday Street. Guests will receive a complementary slice of Peale birthday cake at 1:00pm. ![An exhibition gallery with dark gray walls that features small paintings and prints.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DSCF2939-small-1024x615.jpg) ### [You Be Safe Now Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/you-be-safe-now-exhibition-opening/) #### June 23, 2023 *You Be Safe Now* is a retrospective exhibition of art made in Baltimore. For the past five years, Julia Glatfelter has captured moments in paint and cut paper collage—rendering the colors and observances of our city. The result is a large collection of everyday images: magnolia blossoms, “no shoot zone” signs, narrow alley streets, and foxtrot patrols. What we notice sets the tone for our experience here. ![Two versions of toilet paper rolls that have artistic renderings on them of messages about COVID 19.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/toilet-paper-rolls-1024x676.png) ### [Barbara Dale Retrospective Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/barbara-dale-retrospective-exhibition-opening/) #### June 17, 2023 Join the artist! Witness Barbara Dale’s effortless utilization of various mediums in her creative practice, including pastel chalk, lithographs, ceramics, paint, pencil, ink, etc. Barbara explores a wide range of topics, including women’s issues, the fragility of life and the life cycle, food and sex, and more. ![Two elegant evening gowns in green and metallic gold appear in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ZacPosen-PhotobyDaisyBrown-9June2023-1-small-1024x650.jpg) ### [POSEN x POSEN x POSEN Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/posen-x-posen-x-posen-exhibition-opening/) #### June 15, 2023 Art is a family affair! Join us for the opening of ***POSEN x POSEN x POSEN*** at The Peale! The exhibition brings together the artistic endeavors of the Posen family—Stephen Posen, Alexandra Posen, and Zac Posen—and explores the remarkable contributions they have made to the realms of art and fashion. ![A glass vase covered with paint, full of used paint brushes.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brushes-3129361-SMALL-1024x684.jpg) ### [MICA Grad Show 2023: Hoffberger Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/mica-grad-show-2023-leroy-e-hoffberger-school-of-painting-mfa/) #### May 14, 2023 *Constellations* is the final thesis exhibition of the fourteen 2023 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Each year, MICA’s second-year MFA students present an exhibition showcasing their thesis work. ![View of the facade of the brick Peale building on a bright, sunny day.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0575_SMALL-768x1024.jpg) ### [Maryland Historical Trust Preservation Awards Ceremony](https://thepeale.org/event/maryland-historical-trust-awards/) #### May 10, 2023 Please join us for the 2023 Maryland Historical Trust Preservation Awards honoring The Peale Center for “Excellence in Institutional Rehabilitation.” ![A blue background with the words, Submersive Productions, Dive in, in white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SubmersiveLogo-1024x511.png) ### [Submersive Productions Presents Katalepsis](https://thepeale.org/series/katalepsis-submersive-productions/) #### March-May, 2023 *Katalepsis* will invite audience members into a world set many generations into the future, when humans are no longer the dominant life form on earth. Three Creators have been tasked to generate creative content for mysterious Benefactors, who support their work. Relying on help from audience members, who appear to them as holobeings from the past, the characters of “Katalepsis” search for fulfillm ![A man with a gray beard sits at a wooden table and interlocks his fingers.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Fred-Moten-1024x870.jpg) ### [Discussion with Fred Moten: Painting Mystery, or Painting's Mystery, Part 4](https://thepeale.org/event/discussion-with-fred-moten-painting-mystery-or-paintings-mystery-part-4-2/) #### May 9, 2023 As part of the *Constellations* exhibitions, Fred Moten leads this conversation. He is concerned with social movement, aesthetic experiment and black study and has worked on several projects that try to approach these matters. ![A collage of newspaper articles with the words, These Men are Potential Rapists.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RWWCC-Graphic-892x1024.jpg) ### [Remembering the Work of the Women's Coalition for Change Panel Discussion](https://thepeale.org/event/womens-coalition-for-change-panel-discussion/) #### April 30, 2023 In April 1993, nine women enrolled in an art history course at the University of Maryland, College Park undertook an art action that jolted the campus and attracted national news coverage and passionate dialogue. ![A promo graphic that shows a historic tower, along with the words, Why does Baltimore Own So Many Historic Properties?](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Building-Balt-1024x1024.png) ### [Online Talk: Why Does Baltimore Have So Many Historic Properties?](https://thepeale.org/event/online-talk-baltimores-unique-collections-of-architecture/) #### April 28, 2023 Learn more about the stories and architecture of these historic buildings and the City’s plan for future uses for many of Baltimore’s cultural gems. The lecture is presented by Jackson Gilman-Forlini, Historic Preservation Officer at City of Baltimore, Department of General Services, and Matthew Hankins, a shop supervisor at the historic restoration company Worcester Eisenbrandt. [ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJ3Mljh4iQ) [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Df4LdO-UVE) ![A group of people stand in a gallery space and talk.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3375-2-Crop-1024x380.jpg) ### [Compensation for Loss Panel Discussion](https://thepeale.org/event/compensation-for-loss-panel-discussion/) #### April 23, 2023 In conjunction with the exhibition *Compensation for Loss* by Anna Fine Foer, join artists, scientists, and others as they talk about the marriage of art and science. ![A display of rocks and other objects on a series of shelves at a museum.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/left-side-fred-2-1024x682.jpeg) ### [Traveling Natural History Adventure](https://thepeale.org/event/show-and-tell-with-the-maryland-natural-history-society/) #### April 16, 2023 In conjunction with the exhibition *Compensation for Loss* by Anna Fine Foer, join natural history experts from the Maryland Natural History Society and learn about butterflies, snails, fossils, and more! ![A mustard yellow background with the words, GRIT FUND, in thin white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13-1024x1024.png) ### [Grit Fund Information Session #2](https://thepeale.org/event/grit-fund-information-sessions/2023-04-06/) #### April 6, 2023 Join Grit Fund manager Krista Green and others as they walk you through the process of applying for the Grit Fund Maker’s Grants, which are open for Baltimoreans and area residents through May. [ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJ3Mljh4iQ) [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJ3Mljh4iQ) ![A collage of newspaper articles with the words, These Men are Potential Rapists.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RWWCC-Graphic-892x1024.jpg) ### [Remembering the Work of the Women's Coalition for Change Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/womens-coalition-for-change-exhibition-opening/) #### April 1, 2023 In April 1993, nine women enrolled in an art history course at the University of Maryland, College Park undertook an art action that jolted the campus and attracted national news coverage and passionate dialogue. ![An artistic poster graphic that shows the outline of a woman with pink hair resting her arms on her knees.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SOLACE-8.5X11-2-Cropped-1024x997.jpg) ### [Solace Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/solace-exhibition-opening/) #### April 1, 2023 This project is dedicated to fostering discussions on mental health and wellness by prioritizing trust, reciprocity, and support. It relies on cultivating partnerships and nurturing relationships with artist and audiences to thrive. ![A promo graphic that shows a woman holding a sign that says, Justice. The words, Women of the Movement appear in a white box.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Women-Movement-1024x1024.png) ### [Online Talk: Women of the Movement](https://thepeale.org/event/online-talk-women-of-the-movement/) #### March 31, 2023 Learn about women in Baltimore who desegregated various industries in the city during the Civil Rights Movement in this virtual discussion presented by the Baltimore Museum of Industry with Alexis Ojeda-Brown. [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbs0vkU0po) ![A colorful, comic-style dotted graphic that has text and image bubbles that relate to theater performances.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Final_Postcard_Hairspray_HOD-CROP.jpg) ### [History Behind Hairspray: the Dance of Desegregation](https://thepeale.org/event/history-behind-hairspray-the-dance-of-desegregation/2023-03-25/) #### March 25, 2023 Baltimore School for the Arts Theater Department is excited to present *History Behind “Hairspray”: the Dance of Desegregation*. These three short plays with student actors and designers explore what the history books leave out. ![A mustard yellow background with the words, GRIT FUND, in thin white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13-1024x1024.png) ### [Grit Fund Information Session](https://www.gritfund.org) #### March 23, 2023 Chat with administrators for the Grit Fund grants, 2023. Learn how to apply, key deadlines, and what to expect from the application process. Info sessions will be repeated several times. ![A mixed media collage that shows a black goat on a background of black and white drawings.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/black-Israeli-goat-detail-CROP-1024x640.jpg) ### [Compensation for Loss Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/compensation-for-loss-exhibition-opening/) #### March 19, 2023 *Compensation for Loss* comments upon historic and contemporary scientific inquiry into biological and mineral realms. Artist Anna Fine Foer’s carefully researched and meticulously crafted works re-imagine the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities for the present. ![An abstract work of art showing a dusty landscape covered with debris.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Morrison_Journey-of-the-Invader_Spirit_Still-1024x725.png) ### [Mandy Morrison: Journey of the Invader Spirit Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-mandy-morrison/) #### January 26-March 12, 2023 *Journey of the Invader Spirit* is an exploration of industrialism and environmentalism through Mandy Morrison’s distinct multimedia artworks. Baltimore’s urban landscape, the cosmos, and Brazil’s rich rainforest collide in this exhibition, initiating a conversation about late-stage capitalism, spirituality, and the human condition. ![Mandy Morrison wears a bright red sweater and stands in front of a panel with text on it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1220-3-1024x752.jpg) ### [Artist Talk with Mandy Morrison](https://thepeale.org/event/artist-talk-mandy-morrison-journey-of-the-invader-spirit/) #### March 4, 2023 Artist Mandy Morrison in dialogue with Peale Founding Director Nancy Proctor Nancy Proctor, PhD, and artist Mandy Morrison discuss the video installation works on view in her exhibit at the Peale Journey of the Invader Spirit. The two works in the show were created between 2019-2023. ![An man wearing white squats down while dancing with a group of people outside.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/21950803-10155961859595942-5789471589352367680-o.jpg) ### [Capoeira Martial Arts Workshop](https://thepeale.org/event/capoeira-workshop-with-justin-west-of-the-capoeira-social-project/) #### March 11, 2023 In this workshop led by Justin West, participants learn the fundamental teachings of Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art. Participants will practice body awareness before learning traditional movements like the ginga, a kick and dodge.​ ![Mandy Morrison wears a bright red sweater and stands in front of a panel with text on it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1220-3-1024x752.jpg) ### [Flowering Baltimore: Sunflowers Working Towards Web Repair](https://thepeale.org/event/flowering-baltimore-sunflowers-working-towards-web-repair/) #### March 4, 2023 In dialogue with the exhibit *[Journey of the Invader Spirit](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-mandy-morrison/)* Robin Gunkel, PhD, will give a talk on her community project, the Rhizae Renewal Collective. Rhizae Renewal is working to phytoremediate a lead contaminated lot in Johnston Square / Greenmount West. ![A woman with long brown hair holds a large accordion in her lap.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Wang-Headshot-1-1024x683.jpg) ### [Candlelight Concert Series](https://thepeale.org/event/candlelight-concert-with-meet-and-greet/) #### February 26, 2023 Hear from young virtuosi musicians in this intimate performance in the acoustically perfect Peale. Praised for her captivating stage presence and technically masterful performances, Hanzhi Wang wowed local audiences in her 2019 Candlelight debut and is the first accordionist in history to win First Prize at the YCA Competition. Likewise, saxophonist Steven Banks is YCA’s first ever First Prize winner on his instrument. ![A blue graphic that shows part of the Maryland state flag and the Baltimore National Heritage Logo. The title on the graphic is There Was Slavery in Maryland?](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Maryland-Slavery-1024x1024.png) ### [There was Slavery in Maryland? Online Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/there-was-slavery-in-maryland-and-other-related-facts-you-might-not-have-known/) #### February 24, 2023 Hear from Chris Haley, director of both the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland at the Maryland State Archives Research Department and the Utopia Film Festival. Chris will discuss the history of slavery in Maryland and other related facts you might not have known! [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBN9ymXb15M) ![A promotional image for the Say It Loud Film Festival that features smiling faces of people in a crowd.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sayitlouddeck-1-1-1024x768.jpg) ### [Say It Loud Film Festival](https://thepeale.org/event/the-outloud-film-festival/) #### February 24, 2023 Join us for a film festival that features numerous short films and live spoken-word performances. Door open at 5:30pm. As storytellers, we believe that words have the power to transform life and the world we live in. At the *Say It Loud* Film Festival, we celebrate music, poetry and short films that speak the language of courage, compassion and authenticity. ![A gallery space with modern art on the walls and vintage looking chairs in the middle of the room.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PhotoByLeeBoot-25November2022-2-1024x683.jpg) ### [Lee Boot: Abstracts and Artifacts Round Table Discussion](https://thepeale.org/event/roundtable-discussion-with-artists-scientists-engineers/) #### February 12, 2023 Join a group of thoughtful artists (including Lee Boot), scientists, and engineers as they discuss issues that affect modern society and brainstorm about solutions. [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DdDkTbK_xY) ![A detail of a colorful, abstract painting with bold black lines, text scribbled in, and shapes.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Brick-Gardens-Series-of-WhoWeAm-Project-1-705x1024.jpg) ### Lee Boot: Abstracts and Artifacts Exhibition #### November 17, 2022-February 12, 2023 Media artist Lee Boot stepped away from a promising artworld career to join scientists and others doing research to find ways to meet some of our most significant public challenges. For more than twenty-five years he has brought artist’s thinking into rooms where it is seldom seen. ![A man with a short, cropped beard and clear-framed eyeglasses in a formal headshot.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LeeBoot-896x1024.jpg) ### [Lee Boot: Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/artist-talk-with-lee-boot-abstracts-artifacts/) #### February 2, 2023 Join media artist Lee Boot as he “walks” visitors through each of the works in his exhibition, Lee Boot: Abstracts and Artifacts. Lee’s talk covers everything from the inception of the Internet to teenage brain development. [Includes Video Recording ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtvgxXaFKtg) ![A museum gallery with dark gray walls and colorful artwork on the walls, related to an exhibition about food insecurity in Baltimore.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_4062-1024x768.png) ### [A Feast in the Desert Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/feast-in-the-desert-exhibition/) #### December-January 29, 2023 Curator Alexis Tyson draws together four Baltimore-based artists who muse on the meaning of food and food security in modern society in *A Feast in the Desert: Food Insecurity in Baltimore*. This small exhibition was on view in the Moses Williams Center at The Peale.. ![Two people sit and listen to a speaker in a gallery space with dark, gray walls. One person holds a smartphone to take a picture.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PSX_20221107_164216-CROP-1024x815.jpg) ### [Community Advisory Team Meeting](https://thepeale.org/event/community-advisory-team-meeting/) #### January 23, 2023 Join the newly elected members of our community advisory group to hear about how upcoming Peale programs and ideas for getting Baltimore involved in Peale programming. ![A woman in traditional African robes and a head scarf speaks with a microphone on a stage.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kibibi-Ajanku_The-Guild_Ted-Talk-Small.jpg) ### [Sankofa Experience Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/event/sankofa-closing-celebration/) #### January 14, 2023 Bid a fond farewell to Sankofa with this special presentation and interactive drumming experience. Learn about some of the African traditions included in the exhibition and get hands on with drum and dance! ![A museum gallery that features colorful wall hangings with bold, African-inspired patterns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221020_132303-small-1024x776.jpg) ### [The Sankofa Experience Exhibition ](https://thepeale.org/series/sankofa-experience-30-years-of-music-movement-and-folkways-exhibition-6/) #### October 23, 2022-January 15, 2023 This interactive exhibition features a look back at the work of Sankofa Dance Theater, utilizing costumes, archival materials, historical footage, and environments designed to transport visitors into the past, and into the future. ![A museum gallery with dark gray walls and colorful artwork on the walls, related to an exhibition about food insecurity in Baltimore.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_4062-1024x768.png) ### [A Feast in the Desert: Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/a-feast-in-the-desert-exhibition-opening-and-artist-talk/) #### January 6, 2023 Join the four Baltimore-based artists who are featured in Alexis Tyson’s “A Feast in the Desert” exhibition at The Peale. Artists talk about their inspirations, their favorite mediums, and much more. [Includes Video Recording ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PbWvpgws4U) ![Save the date flier for a Christmas Market that includes graphics of presents, candy canes, and gingerbread people.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BGW-Christmas-flyer_Amber-Kim-02-CROP-1024x627.jpg) ### [Country Christmas at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/event/country-christmas-at-the-peale/) #### December 17, 2022 Join Brown Girl Wellness and Chasing Your Dreams for an afternoon of holiday fun with storytelling, music, games, food, a Christmas market, artisan vendors, and more. ![A festive dark blue graphic with strings of illuminated lights and the year, 2022, along with text that reads, A Celebration of Light, Longevity, and Love.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2-1-1024x576.png) ### [Party at The Peale: Festive Fundraiser](https://thepeale.org/event/the-peales-festive-fundraiser/) #### December 3, 2022 Join us to celebrate and honor all of the friends and supporters who have helped save The Peale over the last year. Includes a silent auction, food, and more, music, and more! ![People with colorful, traditional African clothing dance as drummers play music behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kibibi-Ajanku_The-Guild_Ted-Talk.pptx-11-scaled-e1665583220614-1024x755.jpg) ### [Sankofa for Families](https://thepeale.org/event/sankofa-for-families-2/) #### December 3, 2022 A special presentation and interactive drumming experience for families. Learn about some of the African traditions included in the exhibition and get hands on with drum and dance! ![A museum gallery that features colorful wall hangings with bold, African-inspired patterns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221020_132303-small-1024x776.jpg) ### [Sankofa Alive](https://thepeale.org/event/sankofa-alive/) #### November 19, 2022 Living models will activate the Sankofa exhibition space for this one-time event, featuring an entirely different way to experience the exhibition! ![Cory has short hair and eyeglasses. He sits in a library space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cory-Doctorow-Photo-by-Jonathan-Worth-1024x1013.jpg) ### [Book Talk: Chokepoint Capitalism](https://thepeale.org/event/book-talk-chokepoint-capitalism/) #### November 18, 2022 Join us for a talk with authors Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin about their book “Chokepoint Capitalism”. [Includes Video Recording ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTSOeQWjXN4&t=11s) ![On the left, the artist's name--Lee Boot--and on the right, a green abstract graphic with lines and wires. The words, Abstracts & Artifacts appears in gray and green type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Exhibition-Logo-Small-1024x281.jpg) ### [Lee Boot: Abstracts & Artifacts Exhibition Opening](https://thepeale.org/event/lee-boot-abstracts-artifacts/) #### November 17, 2022 Join us to for Lee Boot’s exhibition opening! Reimagine how we meet the challenges of our time and better ground our efforts. ![A man with a beard and headphones looks off into the distance.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aaron-henkin-1024x683.jpg) ### [Nights on the Fringe Performances](https://thepeale.org/event/nights-on-the-fringe-2022/2022-11-11/) #### November 11-12, 2022 Nights on the Fringe (NOF) is a weekend-long curated cabaret hosted by Charm City Fringe. The evening will include original music, puppets, juggling and drag! ![A book jacket with paper cut outs of faces in all racial colors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9781032247472-HIgher-Res-Crop-1024x803.jpg) ### [The Trauma of Racism Book Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/the-trauma-of-racism-lessons-from-the-therapeutic-encounter/) #### November 12, 2022 Official book launch event of “The Trauma of Racism: Lessons from the Therapeutic,” edited by Beverly J. Stoute and Michael Slevin. ![A purple promotional graphic with pictures of people chatting with each other. The words, Baltimore Communiity Talk Backs, appears in a purple font.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BMSS-Talk-Back-Graphic-2160-×-1080-px-2-1024x512.png) ### [ Baltimore Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/event/baltimore-film-screening/) #### November 6, 2022 Join Black Public Media at the Peale for food and conversation as we screen the selected projects from our Baltimore Story Summit. One of two showings across Baltimore. ![A large group of people in a museum gallery looking at banjos displayed on tables.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52480106914_5aa176a7ca_k-1024x768.jpg) ### [Annual Banjo Gathering 2022](https://banjogathering.weebly.com/2022-banjo-gathering.html) #### November 3-5, 2022 The Banjo Gathering is the only forum focused entirely on the banjo as a historical, cultural, and design object. The 3-day 2022 gathering was in Baltimore in order to recognize the city’s role in banjo manufacturing, the early presence of banjos in the Chesapeake region, and how the enduring consequences of enslavement shapes our understanding of banjo history. ![An offering altar for the Day of the Dead celebrations that features candles, flowers, and photos of people.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Altar_FridaLarios-1024x768.jpg) ### [Day of the Dead | Día de los Muertos](https://thepeale.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos/) #### November 1, 2022 The Peale celebrates Día de los Muertos with friends from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL). Special events from 6-9pm will mark the closing of the Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) exhibition, brought to the Peale by JHU, and an ofrenda and procession to honor and support the healing of the community of Uvalde, Texas, offered by NMAL. ![A museum gallery that features colorful wall hangings with bold, African-inspired patterns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221020_132303-small-1024x776.jpg) ### [Sankofa Curator + Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/sankofa-artist-and-curator-talk/) #### October 28, 2022 Join Kibibi Ajanku, curator David London as well as special guests for a conversation about Sankofa Dance Theater and the making of the Sankofa exhibition. ![Two people stand in a museum gallery space and look up at large-than-life size photos of women's faces.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GuardiansOpeningEvent11.6.21-PhotobyDaisyBrown-1-1024x683.jpg) ### [Guardians Reveal Party](https://thepeale.org/event/the-guardians-reveal-party/) #### October 26, 2022 Don’t miss PART 2 of the acclaimed Guardians project! The Peale is hosting a party to announce the next cohort of amazing Baltimore Guardians. We’ll also feature a pop-up exhibition of the first round of Guardians recipients. ![Two people wearing black sweatshirts use power tools to strip and sand columns.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220215_174144-PhotobyDaisyBrown-16Feb2022-1-SMALL-1-1024x683.jpg) ### [AAA Recruiting Fair](https://thepeale.org/event/accomplished-arts-apprenticeships-recruiting-fair/) #### October 22, 2022 We’re recruiting apprentices to participate in AAA’s second cohort to start work at the Peale later this fall! Come out if you’d like to join or be a program mentor. ![People with colorful, traditional African clothing dance as drummers play music behind them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kibibi-Ajanku_The-Guild_Ted-Talk.pptx-11-scaled-e1665583220614.jpg) ### [Sankofa Fall Festival](https://thepeale.org/event/sankofa-fall-festival/) #### October 23, 2022 Join us to mark the opening of the exhibition with a Fall Festival featuring drum, dance, lite snacks and a first glimpse of the exhibition! Buy tickets for numerous special Sankofa, plus see the exhibition at the Peale. ![A pink graphic with an artistic recreation of the Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon in multiple colors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Pink4CitySmall-1024x785.jpg) ### [Behind the Diagnosis: Through My Eyes](https://thepeale.org/event/behind-the-diagnosis-through-my-eyes/) #### October 13-15, 2022 This pop-up art exhibition will be centered on educating, celebrating and illustrating the stories of several African American women within Baltimore (and surrounding areas) who have been personally affected by breast cancer. ![A red graphic that shows outlines of a person's face who is speaking into a megaphone. The Peale's logo is at the bottom of the image.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/In-honor-of-National-Coming-Out-Day-Final-Crop-1024x699.jpg) ### [Our Voises, Our Truth](https://thepeale.org/event/our-voises-our-truth/) #### October 11, 2022 Our VOISES, Our Truth was a storytelling event focused on LGBTQ youth experiences as it relates to understanding their identities, sharing that understanding with others and their experiences of support from parents, family, school and community. ![The Peale building at night with its second floor windows illuminated by a bluish light.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/26_IG_PROMO1-1024x1024.jpg) ### [Windows 26 Illumination](https://thepeale.org/event/windows-26-illumination-2/2022-09-23/) #### September 23-24, 2022 As part of the closing festivities for *SPARK: New Light*, artist Kelley Bell presents *Window 26*, an illumination of The Peale’s second-floor galleries from the inside, inspired by the historic work by Rembrandt Peale. [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTnhDLJ5wE) ![Close view of drums and cymbols.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pexels-rodnae-productions-8197225-scaled.jpg) ### [Percussion Ensembles at SPARK: New Light](https://thepeale.org/event/percussion-ensembles/) #### September 25, 2022 On the last day of the *SPARK: New Light* exhibition, join us for a lively musical program featuring the Towson University Percussion Ensemble, the UMBC Percussion Ensemble, and Umbilicus, a percussion ensemble with UMBC and Towson-affiliated players. ![People sit in a gallery space and listen to a lecture.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/photos-taken-by-William-Isom-5-300x200.jpg) ### Community Advisory Team Kick-off Meeting #### September 20, 2022 Join us for a participatory workshop to help us guide the Peale’s programming and decision-making process. The aim is to ensure that the programs and exhibitions hosted by the Peale online and in its historic building continue to be driven grassroots-up, by Baltimore’s communities and creators. ![An artwork that shows large drops of water that contain the shadows of people.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LynnCazabon-MCHC_App-stills.jpeg) ### Wanted: Your Memories of Winter #### September 2022 Lynn Cazabon records your winter memories to be added into the project *Losing Winter,* a site-specific, participatory artwork and archive of memories and emotions about winter, revealing personal and cultural ties to the season and providing a window onto what we are collectively losing due to climate change impacts on weather patterns. ![A gallery space with white walls that features small, circular photographs in white, circular frames.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_E1905-scaled.jpg) ### Lumenbox & Solargraphy Camera Workshop #### September 11, 2022 Artist Chris Peregoy will share his love of the magic of photography in a hands-on Lumenbox & Solargraphy workshop. Participants will build two cameras: a Lumenbox camera and a Solargraphy camera, like the ones Chris used to create his artworks in the *SPARK: New Light* exhibition, and load them with light-sensitive material. ![A room in a museum that has colorful yarn sculptures that cover a set of chairs and a table.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_E1887-scaled.jpg) ### SPARK: New Light Exhibition Opening Reception #### September 7, 2022 | 5-7pm *SPARK: New Light* will ignite your imagination. Enjoy the illuminating creations of 24 Towson University and UMBC artists and their collaborators in the fifth edition of *SPARK*, generously sponsored by PNC Bank. ![A green graphic with a set of hands typing on a computer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Wikipedia-Event-300x169.png) ### ReWriting HIstory: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon #### August 15, 2022 If you’ve ever wondered how to edit articles and even create new histories, join us for this free Edit-a-thon. An expert wikipedian will teach us the basics! We’ll start by editing articles related to the Peale. [Join this Wikipedia Group!](mailto:online@thepealecenter.org) ![The front of the brick Peale building and the words Grand Reopening in a blue circle.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Founders-Day-2022-2.png) ### Peale Museum Grand Re-Opening #### August 13, 2022 After five years of extensive renovations⁠, we’re celebrating the Peale’s reopening and 208th birthday! Come check out the fully renovated 1814 museum building – the oldest in the country! ![A colorful contemporary piece of art that features tactile objects and piece of fabric.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FosterSantiagReynolds2-SeaweedPortals6.jpeg) ### [Spark: New Light Exhibition ](https://umbc.edu/event/spark-v-new-light/) #### August 13-September 25, 2022 *SPARK: New Light* will ignite your imagination. Enjoy the illuminating creations of 24 Towson University and UMBC artists and their collaborators in the fifth edition of *SPARK*, generously sponsored by PNC Bank. ![Two museum staff people stand around a glass case that contains a Chinese Terracotta Warrior.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/field-trip-8-scaled.jpg) ### Chinese Museum Field Trips #### July 10-23, 2022 Hosted by the Peale online, Baltimore’s [Asian Pasifika Arts Collect](https://baltimoreapac.org/) presents three weeks of drop-in virtual field trips. Enjoy virtual field trips to learn about Chinese history, art, and culture, taught in English by Chinese museum experts and specialists. ![Two adults and one child stand in a gallery space and hold up drawings of comic book characters.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PSX_20220720_175949-scaled.jpg) ### Visibility is Your Superpower: Comic Book Workshops #### June 25, July 9, 16 | 10 Artist and educator, Chrys Seawood, leads this family workshop to develop literacy as well as creative skills. Make art with comic books while being inspired by the art of Kumasi J. Barnett displayed in the gallery around you! ![A modern-looking gallery space with white walls and hundreds of small comic book covers on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/XT2A2273-300x200.jpg) ### [The Amazing Black Man: Kumasi J. Barnett Solo Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-the-amazing-blackman-kumasi-j-barnett-solo-exhibition/) #### May 21-July 16, 2022 With inspiration from classic comics like *The Amazing Spider-Man*, *The Incredible Hulk, Superman*, *Daredevil* and *Captain America*, this important exhibition features exuberant, hand-painted comic book covers that address real-world social issues. [3D Tour of Kumasi Exhibition ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=6BXHdNbS7EB) ![A person uses a circular saw in a workshop.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220128_204735-apprentices-building-work-benches-with-the-help-of-their-instructor-David-Gibney-29January2022-DaisyBrown-SMALL.jpg) ### Accomplished Arts Apprentices’ Success Appreciation Program #### July 15, 2022 Come celebrate the first cohort of the Accomplished Arts Apprentices as they complete their program at the Peale. In this “shark tank” style event, the apprentices will pitch the business plans they have developed as part of the program to solicit investment and customers! ![A comic book cover showing a hulk-like character with people's hands around his throat.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Adventures-of-Black-Man-633-Parasites-in-the-Office_small.jpg) ### Addressing the White Racial Imagination in Comic Books #### July 14, 2022 In this panel discussion, artist Kumasi J. Barnett and exhibition curator, Jeffrey Kent, are joined by Dr. Darryl Peterkin, author and American historian from Morgan State University. “Kumasi J. Barnett’s works serve as important tools for progress in their ability to confront and acknowledge prejudice and hypocrisy.” ![A group of adults and children sit in the Peale Museum and hold up photos from a film screening.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSCF2982-BreathingBlackFilmScrrening-Photo-byGlennRicci-10July2022.jpg) ### Breathing Black Film Screening #### July 9-10, 2022 *Breathing Black* is a documentary film that follows nine Black Baltimoreans as they find joy amidst the global COVID-19 Pandemic and a summer of reckoning with the continued genocide of the Black body. ![Advertisement for Dr. Howard's lecture featuring a small vignette of her face and a background image of a gallery space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dr.-Howard-Lecture-1-300x169.png) ### Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation #### July 8, 2022 Join Dr. Sheena Howard for a free, online lecture as she explores the politics of race and representation in Black comics. [Includes Video Recording ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH4vPh9rvoA) ![Promo for an theatrical performance called Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes that features food falling from the sky and black hands reaching out to grab it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MARIE-ANTOINETTE-1-666x1030-IG.jpg) ### Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes #### June 3-26, 2022 Set against the opulent background of 16th-century Versaille and the French revolution, *Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes* delves deep into the history of race and revolution in America. ![Promo for an exhibition called Novus that features three images of contemporary works of art and the exhibition's title and dates.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NOVIS.png) ### NOVUS Exhibition #### May 27-June 26, 2022 NOVUS foregrounds a strain of artistic production operating outside of conventional forms, frameworks, and paradigms. ![Promo for an event called Voices of a Black Butterfly that features an aerial view of the city of Baltimore.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Voices-of-Black-Butterfly-1.png) ### Voices of a Black Butterfly Film Premiere #### May 13, 2022 *Voices of a Black Butterfly,* the latest documentary produced by The Baltimore National Heritage Area, along with a lecture by Dr. Lawrence Brown. [Includes Video Recording ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs0sMUqRbhY&t=4s) ![A man with shoulder-length hair wears a suit jacket and a button-down shirt.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PaulChaatSmithfromHisWebsite-300x300.jpg) ### History as a Mangey Dog #### April 29, 2022 | 12pm A compelling talk by Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), curator of The Americans exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian and author of “Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong.” [Includes Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h51Y__54WoE&t=2858s) ![Two people stand in a museum gallery space and look up at large-than-life size photos of women's faces.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GuardiansOpeningEvent11.6.21-PhotobyDaisyBrown-1-scaled.jpg) ### The Guardians Project Update #### March 25, 2022 | 12pm Hear about the inspiring work of The Guardians with artistic director, Whitney Frazier and Black women leaders who are fighting for better, healthier communities in Baltimore. [Includes Video Recording ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5MeHAVK23U&t=142s) ![A bubbly promo graphic for an event called Covid Chronicles that features a hot pink mask and letters that look like viruses.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/StoopGraphic.jpg) ### Covid Chronicles Storytelling Event #### March 26, 2022 | 5pm The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with The Peale, presents “Covid Chronicles.” Come hear true, personal stories about how Covid has impacted the lives of Baltimore’s youth. ![A promo for an event that reads, Unmarked Film Screening. There is a film strip on an angle at the bottom.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Unmarked-Film-Screening-Banner-2.png) ### Unmarked Film Screening #### February 25, 2022 | 12pm Join us for a complete screening of *Unmarked*, a new documentary on the preservation of African American burial sites with co-producer Chris Haley. --- ### [Partners at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/supporters/) **Published:** July 15, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Our Supporters The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## Thank you! We welcome your support of Baltimore’s only museum dedicated to preserving the intangible cultural heritage of the city – its stories – and your help in restoring and reopening the historic Peale Museum building as a platform for Baltimore’s creators and storytellers. By telling the whole story of the city and amplifying its often unheard voices, we help people everywhere see Baltimore in a new light! [ Get Involved ](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/) [ Make a Donation ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/L93OKHwCA45gL5UwCyz8DA) ### The Peale is generously supported by: - Baltimore County - Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA) - Maryland State Arts Council - PNC - State of Maryland - Middendorf Foundation - Macht Foundation - Abell Foundation - Riepe Family Foundation - France-Merrick Foundation - Delaplaine Foundation - Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, City of Baltimore’s Department of General Services - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Maryland Historical Trust - Maryland Energy Administration - Michael J. & Patricia K. Batza Foundation - Baltimore Gas and Electric - Quatrefoil Associates - Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP - Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP - Baltimore National Heritage Area - Baltimore Architecture Foundation - Maryland Historical Trust - Maryland Energy Administration - Michael J. & Patricia K. Batza Foundation - Baltimore Gas and Electric - Monarch Private Capital - Preservation Maryland - Baltimore City Historical Society - National Trust for Historic Preservation - Rembrandt Foundation - National Endowment for the Humanities - Monarch Private Capital - Creative Baltimore Fund - Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences - Maryland Humanities - Mid-Atlantic Arts - Institute for Museum and Library Services - Maryland Center for History and Culture - Nora Roberts Foundation - Fulton Bank - Wells Fargo - AMC Networks - Town Creek Foundation - The UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council - T. Rowe Price - Robert W. Deutsch Foundation - Warhol Foundation - Whiteford, Taylor, and Preston - William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios, www.BakerArtist.org ![Baltimore Office of Promotion of the Arts Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-BOPA-logo-gray@2x.png) ![Maryland State Arts Council Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MSAC-Black-Horizontal-text.png) ![PNC Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pnc_rgb-1024x341.png) ![Baltimore County's logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/citizensofbaltcounty.gif) ## Project Partners Over the years, we’ve partnered with some pretty amazing folks on a variety of projects, from story collecting, to archiving, to exhibition installation and development. [ ![Company logo of Quatrefoil Associations Design firm.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/QFA_Horizontal-Logo_RGB_Full-Color-1024x317.jpg) ](https://www.quatrefoil.com) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bnha-232x300.jpg) ![UMBC Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/UMBC-primary-logo-CMYK-on-black-1024x236.png) ![The Smithsonian's logo with a yellow sunburst in a teal circle.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SI-logo.png) ![Lexington Market logo in a black circle.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/LM-Logo_Outline.jpg) ![Hot pink grit fund logo with white type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/16-300x300.png) ![Maryland Humanities Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MarylandHumanities_Logo_JPG.jpg) ![Towson University Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TowsonUlogo-horiz-color-pos-1024x353.png) ![WYPR logo with letters in circles of various colors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/WYPRHIRESLARGE-1024x353.jpg) --- ### [Virtual Exhibitions](https://thepeale.org/virtual-exhibitions/) **Published:** April 26, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** # Virtual Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. Located in downtown Baltimore, The Peale is open Thursdays to Sundays for in-person, self-guided tours, but you can visit select past exhibitions any time from the comfort of your home. Virtual exhibitions are open 24/7! As a Lab space, we are always open to feedback about your experience with our virtual and audio tours. Please don’t hesitate to reach out at if have comments. Virtual exhibitions are made possible in part by support from PNC and by contributions to The [Community Creators Fund](https://thepeale.org/community-creators-fund/) at The Peale. ## Explore ![A museum gallery that features stained glass.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Image5-square-1024x878.jpg) New Feature! ### Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore's Stained-Glass Makers Curated by Linda Rabben*, Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained-Glass Makers* features works by local stained-glass makers and the launch of the first illustrated book on the social history of stained glass in Baltimore. These accomplished artists combine creativity and technical virtuosity to design, fabricate, repair and restore art-glass windows, sculptures, mosaics and other objects for installation in homes, churches and public buildings in Baltimore and beyond. Inheritors of this traditional art form, they are also highly skilled innovators. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-linda-rabben/) ![A costume that has a denim top and a striped red and white flag-style skirt.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ZacPosen-682x1024.jpg) ### Posen x Posen x Posen On view in summer of 2023, this show brings together the works of Stephen Alexandra, and Zac Posen, and explores the remarkable contributions they have made to the realms of art and fashion. [ Take the tour. ](https://kilbyimaging.com/tours/posen/) ![A charicature of Donald Trump that shows a cut out where his heart would be.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6686-small-1-934x1024.jpg) ### Barbara Dale Retrospective On view in summer of 2023, this exhibition details Barbara Dale’s artistic journey and showcases pottery as well as her line of alternative greeting cards, known for their wit and edginess. [ Take the tour. ](https://kilbyimaging.com/tours/dale/) ![A theater set in a historic building features a red-curtained stage.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/XT2A2602SingleCarrotTheater-MarieAntoinette-10June2022-PhotobyDaisyBrown_SMALL-1024x682.jpg) ### Single Carrot Theater Check out the set of this popular Single Carrot theater production at the Peale. Set against the opulent background of 16th-century Versailles, *Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes* delves deep into the history of race. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=tApRwcXcRpw) ![Hundreds of paper butterflies on a the floor of room in a museum.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20200903_183520_HDR-SMALLER-1024x768.jpg) ### Kim Rice: Inheritance *Inheritance* confronts racism head on. A compelling example of activism through art and a perspective rarely seen–a white artist specifically interrogating her privilege as a white person and the opportunities it’s afforded. [ Take the tour. ](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2918591,-76.6100124,0a,47.1y,269.54h,74.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAF1QipMs92V65l0TH6ehgghUFagPzx8zyxqbmbzoGf7l!2e10?source=apiv3) ![Dozens of yellow and white tags are displayed on a wall in a gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HostileTerrainExhibition-PhotobyHeatherShelton-16August2022-1-SMALL-1024x684.jpg) ### Hostile Terrain (HT94) *Hostile Terrain 94* (HT94) is a participatory art project organized by the [Undocumented Migration Project](http://undocumentedmigrationproject.com/) . The exhibition includes 3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=WJvdh6iq2eW) ![A view of a gallery space with white walls that shows colorful comic book covers on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Shot-from-3D-Tour-1024x439.png) ### The Amazing Black Man By utilizing the format of the comic book, Kumasi J. Barnett’s highly acclaimed 2022 exhibition revolves around the concept of good and evil, asking the viewer to always question, consider and adapt our understanding of right and wrong. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=6BXHdNbS7EB) ![Promo image of an exhibition that features a graphic of a colorful show set in a cartoon landscape.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FEWOCiOUS-Promo-1024x1024.png) ### Novus: A MICA Exhibition *NOVUS* featured emerging multidisciplinary artists who are defining the future of art. Included installations, wearable art, and digital/virtual works. These artists urge the use of new strategies for creative interventions in daily life. [ Take the tour. ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NaDEax1eQBs) ![A man gestures as he stands in front of a white and teal colored wall with an exhibition title in the background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RRP28069-1024x683.jpg) ### Spaces of the Un-entitled Devin Allen’s *Spaces of the Un-Entitled* examines the remnants of lives uprooted or left behind. Allen contemplates the simple possessions that make a home as well as the forgotten and missed pieces of a life. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-devin-allen/) ![A man with black glasses stands in front of a wall of red grafiti art in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AdamStab-SMALL.png) ### Adam Stab: Street, Life, Art Adam Stab’s work is bold, gritty, and filled with exuberant color. Riding his skateboard, he was drawn to the streets and urban canyons at a young age. It opened infinite possibilities for a kid searching for himself in a concrete jungle. [ Take the tour. ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-adam-stab/) [ ](#Top) ## Self-guided Audio Tours Download the [Smartify app](https://smartify.org/download-the-app), and use your phone to listen to these full tours, whether you’re onsite at The Peale, or on the go! You can also [listen on SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories). The Peale’s Soundcloud channel contains 1,300 stories–about everything from local art to stories about food to short documentaries created by students! ![A black and white drawing of an abstract shape and lines.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IndiaInkonPaper-1-1024x795.jpg) ### Lee Boot: Abstracts & Artifacts Media artist Lee Boot muses, “what if it were normal for artists to have careers working side-by-side, on equal footing, with the other researchers and policymakers who determine how we improve education, or public health, or how we catalyze economic development in our communities?” His abstract exploration is a marriage of art, science, and technology. Includes conversations with the artist. [ Take the tour. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/lee-boot-abstracts-artifacts) ![Vintage photo of the Peale building around 1877.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1877image_ThePealeBuilding-768x1024.jpg) ### Education Will Be Our Pride From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building was part of a new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School No. 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to students of color in the State of Maryland. [ Take the tour. ](https://smartify.org/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MamabyRoslindRobinson-PhotoByDaisyBrown-6Janaury2022-7.jpg) ### Quilted Connections: Sisterhood in Cloth Three members of the African American Quilters of Baltimore, Sandra Smith, Rosalind Robinson, and Glenda Richardson, have created quilts to thank and honor all those who supported the Peale’s renovations and reopening this year. This exhibition presents more of their work at the Peale from December 3-March 19, 2023. This exhibition was featured on WYPR radio! [ Take the tour. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/quilted-connections-sisterhood) ![An artwork that features rows and rows of grocery stores receipts hanging down in strips.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feast-in-the-Desert-Photo-by-Lexi-Tyson-14December2022-3-768x1024.jpg) ### A Feast in the Desert: Food Insecurity in Baltimore “A Feast In The Desert, ” curated by Alexis Tyson, shares the voices of four artists whose work reflects on the role food plays in strengthening our bonds and educating our community on food disparity in Baltimore. An intimate exhibition that showcases 4 artists across Baltimore – each offering a story of how food affects them. On view from November 8-January 29, 2023. [ Take the tour. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/a-feast-in-the-desert-food) ![A group of people hold small black and white portraits of themselves in a market space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PSX_20220414_122643LexingtonMarket-PhotobyDaisyBrown-April2022-1024x683.jpg) ### Peale Faces by Lauren Muney + Stories Baltimore artist and participatory-history specialist Lauren Muney hand-created hundreds of custom silhouettes (profile portraits) of Baltimore City, Maryland, residents for long-term public installation at the Peale. Each sitter has a story. Hear some of those stories about life in Baltimore–both past and present–in this storytelling snapshot. [ Hear stories. ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/peale-faces-project-by-lauren) Very historical museum. Events are always changing, and they’re open to featuring new talent. ### - Adrian Sharon ##### Real Google Review --- ### [Watch Live](https://thepeale.org/watch-live/) **Published:** August 30, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Watch Online Events! Check our [What’s On page](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) for the next Online Event! ###### Type Comments Here  --- ### [Hours of Operation of the Museum](https://thepeale.org/hours/) **Published:** December 4, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Hours The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## Walk-in Hours Monday-Wednesday: Closed Thursday: 3pm-7pm (ET) Friday: 3pm-7pm (ET) Saturday: 10am-4pm (ET) Sunday: 10am-4pm (ET)\*\* **Upcoming Holiday Hours \*Closed Juneteenth, June 19, 2025 OPEN, July 4, 2025** We are also open for special events and rentals. Can’t make it during these times?[ Don’t hesitate to email us]() to schedule an appointment to tour, visit, or collaborate! The Peale is FREE for walk-in tours and for many programs. ### On Bus Routes [ ](https://thepeale.org/accessibility/) ### [ Wheelchair Accessible ](https://thepeale.org/accessibility/) ### Accessibility **ASL interpretation:** All events that include a program with spoken language will be interpreted into sign language. **Wheelchair and Physical Building Access**: The Peale has a brand new elevator! The new accessible entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called so stand back. Once the door is open you can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating is available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail. **Parking:** There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holiday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are four access parking spots on the 200 block of Holiday Street. [ Find more details about accessibility ](https://thepeale.org/accessibility/) "Great place to see some unique artwork, lots of cool exhibits and nice gardens." ![Yellow and white tags attached to a wall in a gallery that has wooden floors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PSX_20220728_111136-PhotobyDaisyBrown-May2022-scaled.jpg) Christopher Land Google Review --- ### [Grit Fund at The Peale Museum](https://thepeale.org/grit-fund/) **Published:** July 25, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Grit Fund The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Recent Grantees ](https://gritfund.org/2025-grantees/) ## Supporting Baltimore Artists + Creators [Grit Fund](https://www.gritfund.org/about/) was established in Baltimore in 2015 with generous funding from the [Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts](https://warholfoundation.org/), as a part of the Regional Regranting Program—which “aims to support vibrant, under-the-radar artistic activity by partnering with leading cultural institutions in communities across the country.” Since 2015, Baltimore’s artists have found support for their projects through Grit Fund. Ranging from out-of-school time programs that connect our youth to STEAM opportunities, and art-meets-journalism projects that communicate hidden stories of Black Baltimore, to community festivals that recapture and remind us of the strength of our city’s diversity, Grit Fund has been a dynamic, accessible, and much needed funding source in Baltimore City. Ever responsive to the community it serves, Grit Fund pivoted in 2020 to offering need-based support to artists. Each year, Grit Fund awards money to collaborative, artist-led projects—up to $10,000. We accept proposals that use the visual arts to create collaborative public-facing projects. Artists and cultural organizers create vital connections within our communities. But it can be difficult to find funding to create, collaborate, and make an impact. Grit Fund makes arts funding accessible for everyone. We focus on projects that bring artists and community members together to explore a sense of place and shared space. [ Apply on the Grit Fund Website ](https://www.gritfund.org/2023-grit-fund-project-grants/) [ See Recent Grantees ](https://gritfund.org/2025-grantees/) ### Eligibility + Projects Grit Fund supports collaborative projects led by visual and performing artists, cultural organizers, collectives, collaboratives, and/or artist-run spaces. Eligibility requirements include: - You must be independent (or unincorporated). In other words, you can’t be registered as a business or organization. - Only Baltimore City and Baltimore County based artists and organizers are eligible. - Your project must take place in Baltimore City or County and be accessible to the general public. We support all kinds of visual-arts-based projects at any stage of development. Innovative ideas are welcome. These are the types of projects we’ve supported in the past: - Exhibitions - Publications - Public events - Public art installations - Film screenings - Festivals - Founding a new arts venue or collective - The ongoing work of an existing arts venue or collective ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [The Historic Gardens at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/garden/) **Published:** October 3, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Garden The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## An Urban Oasis Originally completed during the 1930 renovation of the Peale Museum, our historic garden has undergone as many transformations as the building itself. After sitting unused and overgrown for 20 years, it was returned to public use as part of the “Birdland and the Anthropocene” exhibition, curated at the Peale by [Lynne Parks](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/lynne-parks-baltimore-artist-and-bird-advocate). Today the garden features working gaslights, historic architectural pediments, a pollinator garden designed by [Ashley Kidner](https://bakerartist.org/portfolios/ashley-kidner), and a quiet oasis hidden in the heart of downtown Baltimore. The large pediment that sits at the back of our garden was created by Italian sculptors Andrei and Franzoni, who also worked on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC before it was burned by the British in the War of 1812. The sandstone sculpture originally appeared on the First Union Bank Building, completed in 1806, and designed by architect Robert Carey Long, Sr. who also designed the Peale building, which opened in 1814. The pediment was moved to the Peale when the garden was created during the [1930 renovation](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Gas_Company_Presents_Stone_Ped.pdf). [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_2468-SMALL.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_2466-scaled.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220727_145025-Garden-Photo-by-Daisy-Brown-26July2022-SMALL.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/46768412911_ea600248b0_k.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/photo-by-daisy-brown-2020-scaled.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GardenSculpture-PhotoByHeatherShelton-16August2022-3-SMALL.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/XT2A2546SingleCarrotTheater-MarieAntoinette-10June2022-PhotobyDaisyBrown_SMALL.jpg) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dragonLandscape.jpg) --- ### [Free the Museum Experience at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/free-the-museum/) **Published:** April 19, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## The Omnimuseum Project: Free the Museum! The Peale is excited to partner with [Quatrefoil Associates](https://www.quatrefoil.com/about)‘ Michael Burns (co-creator of the [Omnimuseum](https://www.omnimuseum.org/index.html) Project) to encourage educators, designers, and museum professionals to free the museum! Quatrefoil is powering the new “Lab at The Peale,” a platform for innovating the museum experience. The Lab is a think tank and safe space for play and experimentation in the cultural sector. We hope you’ll sign up for [Peale Lab Notes](mailto:online@ThePeale.org) to see how this exciting partnership evolves. Download Today! Name \*First Last Organization (Optional) Email \* Marketing email consent \*- Please check here to join our email list. Submit to Download![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) Museums deliver powerful experiences that enrich our lives. Whether the focus is science, history, culture, or nature, museums provide frameworks for understanding and engaging in the world around us. So, what happens when people who create museum experiences apply their expertise to the everyday world? This is the question that led to The Omnimuseum Project*,* a non-profit 501(c)(3) that draws upon the skills and creativity of designers, educators, and subject specialists to transform things, places, and phenomena that surround us into informal learning and enrichment experiences. Founded in 2012, our initiatives are centered around catalyzing the activation of the “museum experience” in everyday settings. We are developing ways for museums and other cultural and educational institutions to serve the broader public, and gain *presence* in real-world places that correspond to their work. [ Sign Up for Lab Notes! ](mailto:lab@thepeale.org) [![A room in a maritime museum that features tanks of fish and other displays.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AMM-QFA-Credit-100-small-scaled.jpg) [![A colorful maritime museum exhibition with bouys and wooden boats.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AMM-QFA-Credit-114-small-scaled.jpg) [![A museum exhibition space that features cases of old trunks and educational graphics and text.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mint-Mezz-small.jpg) [![A curved wall that peeks into another room that shows shadowy figures of people projected on a wall.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mint-Rittenhouse-Room-small.jpg) [![People stand in a dimly lit exhibition space that features outer space and planetary displays.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MOB-4-5-Intro-2-181117-small-scaled.jpg) [![A museum exhibition space this features a blue light and multiple items on slanted walls, such as sports equipment.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MOB-Gallery-Long-181117-small-scaled.jpg) [![A larger-than-life size photo of baseball player Ryan Zimmerman swinging a bat.]()](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/QFA-Nationals-Champions-Club-116-small-scaled.jpg) ** Rated 4.9 out of 5 ### About Quatrefoil [Quatrefoil creates award-winning exhibitions](https://www.quatrefoil.com/projects/) and accessible interactives for museums, science centers, zoos and aquariums, historic places, cultural sites, and visitor attractions. Quatrefoil’s collaborative approach centers community voices to create inclusive experiences that connect visitors’ stories with collections and promote participation in programs. Quatrefoil designs take the anxiety out of investing in exhibits. The team builds flexible solutions, tailored to your team’s capacity, to make updates easy and keep exhibitions fresh and fluid. ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [You Be Safe Now Exhibition at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-you-be-safe-now/) **Published:** June 7, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## You Be Safe Now: An Exhibition by Julia Glatfelter [![A painting with a view of the top of a brick row house with clouds in the sky.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-206.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-206.jpg) [![Artwork showing a painting of a row house with boarded up windows and a helicopter flying above.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-207.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-207.jpg) [![A black-and-white image of an artist with long black hair and large golden, dangling earrings.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ArtistPhoto.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ArtistPhoto.png) *You Be Safe Now* is a survey exhibition of art made in Baltimore. For the past 5 years, Julia Glatfelter has captured moments in paint and cut paper collage – rendering the colors and “noticings” of our city. The result is a large collection of everyday images: magnolia blossoms, “no shoot zone” signs, narrow alley streets, and foxtrot patrols. What we notice sets the tone for our experience here. What do you notice in Baltimore? As a person who creates images of place by what she sees – this collection is the artists’ honest perspective of the beauty, the dull and the heartbreaking views. Absorbed in the sights, residents often receive a common departing prayer from strangers. “Be safe,” they say. When you check out at the corner store, “be safe” they call out. After mumblings with a neighbor at the bus stop, “get home safe now,” they say. That wish wraps you in a hug and scares you all at once. It reminds you to use caution, seek beauty and to pass on the same wish to others. After 5 years of living and loving in this city, Glatfelter is moving. As she leaves, this exhibition is her departing wish to all who might view it. You be safe now. ## Artist Bio “I grew up on the green hills of Southeastern Pennsylvania. My earliest memories are of playing in the sun with my siblings – chasing each other through labyrinths of trees. We regularly attended the Brandywine River Museum, “home of the Wyeths” and I lived among realistic depictions of my county by an American great, Andrew Wyeth. My art practice is a trail of places I’ve been and the people I’ve been with. By making, I preserve the memories and experiences I’ve had.Through the use of limited color and breathable space, I invite viewers to see the truth of things that have happened to me and perhaps them too. Currently, I make art among the beauty of Old Lutherville and I also teach art to young children in Baltimore City Public Schools. This summer, my family is relocating to Alexandria Virginia where I will continue making and teaching art.” ### Details **Date: June 23, 2023-August 6, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Julia Glatfelter **Featured Artists:** Julia Glatfelter ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Women & Gender Studies Digital Archive Exhibition ![A screenshot of an archives' website which features various types of collections like oral histories.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/website-768x568.jpg) [Women’s and Gender Studies at Towson University](https://archives.towson.edu/collections/womens-studies-collection) is one of the nation’s oldest programs, spanning a period of more than 40 years. Courses were offered as early as 1971 and the program itself began in 1973. Women’s and Gender Studies moved from a program to a department in the spring of 2002. Women’s and Gender Studies at Towson is both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, and seeks to understand the diversity of women’s experiences by exploring the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, class, and nation. By placing women at the center of analysis we seek to transform epistemological frameworks, social practices, meanings and social structures. The exhibit introduces and discusses the creation of the department’s digital archives, which includes important oral histories, videos, photographs and documents. The archive’s ground-breaking, forward-facing character provides an all-access opportunity for students and public scholarship. ### Details **Date: October 12-October 29, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator: Featured Artists: N/A** ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Through a Glass Darkly](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-through-a-glass-darkly/) **Published:** October 3, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained-Glass Makers [![A stained glass window with brown, green, and blue geometric designs.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture1.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture1.jpg) [![A stained glass artwork that features a red sail on a circular mount.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture2.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture2.jpg) [![“Tao Interrupted,” Glass Mosaic by Alan Fittig](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture5.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture5.jpg) [![A stained glass window that shows a green heraldic shield.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture3.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture3.jpg) [![A stained glass window with circular shapes in brown and orange.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture4.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Picture4.jpg) Curated by Linda Rabben*, Through a Glass Darkly: Baltimore’s Stained-Glass Makers* features works by local stained-glass makers and the launch of the first illustrated book on the social history of stained glass in Baltimore. These accomplished artists combine creativity and technical virtuosity to design, fabricate, repair and restore art-glass windows, sculptures, mosaics and other objects for installation in homes, churches and public buildings in Baltimore and beyond. Inheritors of this traditional art form, they are also highly skilled innovators. This exhibition of their work is meant to inspire the next generation of stained-glass creators and promote the preservation and advancement of the craft, whose future is unclear. Stained glass has been an important decorative element in Baltimore’s built environment since the mid-nineteenth century. The windows’ design, fabrication and distribution were connected to the development of racial, religious and ethnic segregation as the city expanded. Many of the windows have been lost, but today the beauty of those that remain brings pleasure to diverse viewers. The exhibition features works by works by Len and Sherry Berkowitz, Wesley Bull, Loring Cornish, Alan Fittig, Mary Ann Henderson, Dan Herman, Shannon Katona, Reva Lewie, and Jeff Meyers. Curator Linda Rabben is an author, a human rights activist and an associate research professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland College Park. Since moving to Baltimore in 2021, she has researched stained glass in and around the city. *Through a Glass Darkly: The Social History of Stained Glass in Baltimore* is her eleventh published book. For more information about the book and where to purchase it, visit Linda Rabben ’s website: [***https://wordworker.net***](https://wordworker.net). **A grant from the Maryland State Arts Council partially supported the book’s production and this exhibition.** ### Details **Date: November 18, 2023-February 4, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Linda Rabben **Featured Artists:** Len and Sherry Berkowitz, Wesley Bull, Loring Cornish, Alan Fittig, Mary Ann Henderson, Dan Herman, Shannon Katona, Reva Lewie, and Jeff Meyers ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [The Guardians of Baltimore Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-the-guardians-of-baltimore/) **Published:** June 22, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## The Guardians of Baltimore: Preserving Our Legacy Exhibition [![An exhibition gallery with hard wood floors and large portraits on the white walls. A blueish light illuminates the ceiling.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_7626-768x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_7626-scaled.jpg) [![Audrey Carter has braids in her hair and wears a herring bone pattern, black and white blazer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021.09.01.a2-MD-TheGuaurdians-AudreyCarter_2-PhotobyKirbyGriffin-24August2021-1024x683.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021.09.01.a2-MD-TheGuaurdians-AudreyCarter_2-PhotobyKirbyGriffin-24August2021.jpg) [![A woman with a black blazer and her hair in a bun on top of her head stands in profile and is photographed in front of a blue wall.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Antoinette-Mugar_5-SMALL-1024x684.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Antoinette-Mugar_5-SMALL.jpg) [![A woman with bright pink hair leans against a brick pillar leading up to the front porch of a house.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dorothy-Cunningham-2-SMALL-1024x683.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dorothy-Cunningham-2-SMALL.jpg) [Th*e Guardians*](https://www.theguardiansofbaltimore.com/) is a photo documentary and storytelling project created by Whitney Frazier and Kirby Griffin that celebrates the unrecognized community work of Black female leaders from Baltimore City neighborhoods. By uplifting their stories and experiences through recorded interviews and large-scale photographs, we demonstrate how art and activism can make real, lasting change. ***The Guardians* is a platform honoring women who spend their lives fighting for better, healthier communities.** *The Guardians* is more than the exhibit of photos and stories—it is a movement, an organizing effort, and a piece of history founded on the work of women who spend their lives fighting for a better Baltimore. It is also the ongoing exploration of how art can make real, lasting change that can help us see realities and (re)shape culture. It can shift the narrative, bringing people together across generations and boundaries. It helps us heal. The process of *The Guardians* project begins with interviewing the community leaders involved in the project about their experiences as Baltimoreans, the work they have done for the city, and changes they would like to see. The Guardians are then photographed by Baltimore-based, self-taught photographer, Kirby Griffin, in their communities at locations they have selected. The 2023 cohort of Guardians include: - Cheryl Bryant, Patterson Park - Danelle Pinder, Park Heights - Denise D. Reid, Druid Heights - JaqueLine Joi, Canton - Jo Anne Stanton, Belair-Edison - Kin “Termite” Lane-Brown, Cherry Hill - Lois Randall, Darley Park - Markia Beckwith, Edmonson Village - Navashava Daya, Cherry Hill - Naimah Sharif, Belair-Edison - Towanda Carter, South Clifton - Wanda R. Wallace, Allendale The Guardians are engaged in all aspects of the planning of this project through monthly meetings where they can share resources with each other and decide what questions should be asked of future Guardians in their interviews. An annual event showcases their portraits and stories; in 2021, they received Mayoral citations at a culminating event presented by the Peale at nearby Carroll Mansion. In addition to an exhibition, The Guardians’ portraits hung on the front of City Hall, and were displayed along with their recorded stories on digital kiosks around the city. By repeating this process, The Guardians cohort becomes larger, stronger, and more visible every year. ### Details **Date: August 12, 2023-October 1, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curators:** Whitney Frazier, Kirby Griffin **Featured Artists:** Whitney Frazier, Kirby Griffin ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Your support of [The Guardians](https://www.theguardiansofbaltimore.com/) project will assist in the production of banners, exhibition expenses, community programs and other project-related costs. Donations are being processed through the Peale Center, a 501c3 non-profit organization but all proceeds go directly to the Guardians and lead artist, Whitney Frazier (WGF Studio) [ Support The Guardians ](https://www.theguardiansofbaltimore.com/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Kumasi J. Barnett Solo Exhibition](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-the-amazing-blackman-kumasi-j-barnett-solo-exhibition/) **Published:** February 22, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://buytickets.at/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## The Amazing Black Man: Kumasi J. Barnett Solo Exhibition [![A comic book cover showing a hulk-like character with people's hands around his throat.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Adventures-of-Black-Man-633-Parasites-in-the-Office_small-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Adventures-of-Black-Man-633-Parasites-in-the-Office_small.jpg) [![A comic book cover that shows a sinister look man with green skin, a pointy nose, and a eerie smile.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Amazing-Black-Man-568-Part-One-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Amazing-Black-Man-568-Part-One.jpg) [![A comic book cover that shows a man's face that is beaten up and covered with white paint.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Amazing-Black-Man-570-Part-Three-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Amazing-Black-Man-570-Part-Three.jpg) [![A view of a gallery space with white walls that shows colorful comic book covers on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Shot-from-3D-Tour-150x150.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Shot-from-3D-Tour.png) > "Kumasi J. Barnett’s works serve as important tools for progress in their ability to confront and acknowledge prejudice and hypocrisy. By utilizing the format of the comic book, which at its core revolves around a concept of good and evil, his interventions remind the viewer to always question, consider and adapt our understanding of right and wrong. While Kumasi’s works evolve as he reflects on the world around him, they will serve as markers in time—20, 60, 100 years on—reflecting a human condition that is capable of change, and hopefully problems that we are able to collectively solve and move past.” > > - Virginia Martinsen (Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles California) The Peale is thrilled to present [*THE AMAZING BLACK MAN*](http://www.kumasijbarnett.com/), a groundbreaking exhibition by Baltimore-based artist Kumasi J. Barnett, curated by Jeffrey Kent, the Peale’s Chief Curator, and represented by L.A-based gallery [Lowell Ryan Projects](https://www.lowellryanprojects.com/). With inspiration from classic comics like *The Amazing Spider-Man*, *The Incredible Hulk, Superman*, *Daredevil* and *Captain America*, this important exhibition features exuberant, hand-painted comic book covers. Each cover is actually painted over top of an older Marvel or DC comic book, replacing the heroes of yesteryear with new, contemporary characters such as “The Amazing Black-Man,” “The Media’s Thug,” “Whitedevil,” and “Police-Man.” Other changes to traditional characters are also evident: Spiderman’s red and blue bodysuit turns into a hoodie and jeans; Superman’s logo becomes the stars and bars of the Confederate flag, and in Kumasi’s work, the supernatural, extraterrestrial world villains are more earthly; they are the police. “By addressing real world issues through a superhuman genre, Barnett’s work dissolves the disconnect between contemporary American narratives and the reality of ‘justice,’ making us reexamine cultural conceptions surrounding the Good versus Evil paradigm.” (Excerpted from Lowell Ryan Projects). Kumasi J. Barnett received his MFA from The Ohio State University, and now lives and works in Baltimore, MD. Influenced by the aesthetics and narratives of comic books, his work subverts and imbues the often timeless genre with a present day social consciousness. Barnett frequently paints directly over old copies of comic books, changing their narratives into critiques of police brutality, racial profiling, and more broadly, systemic racism. Barnett’s works have been exhibited widely both in the United States and abroad, including exhibitions at Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA; the SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY; City Lore, New York, NY; Con-Artist Collective, New York, NY; The Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY; Sulphur Bath Studio, Brooklyn, NY; and The Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY. Museum exhibitions include the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa; The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; and most recently the Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA. Barnett presented a solo booth with Lowell Ryan Projects at The Armory Show 2020, in the Focus section curated by Jamillah James. Barnett’s work has been featured in *Artforum*, *Ammo, Vibe, Hyperallergic*, *Huffington Post*, *Autre*, *Artnet News*, and *The Guardian*, among others. [ Take a Virtual Tour ](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=6BXHdNbS7EB) ### Details **Date:** May 21 – July 16, 2022 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore **Companion Events:** Addressing the White Racial Imagination in Comic Books; Visibility is Your Superpower Comic book-making Workshop; Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation ### Collaborators **Curator:** Jeffrey Kent, in collaboration with Lowell Ryan Projects **Featured Artists:** Kumasi J. Barnett ### Exhibition Catalog THE AMAZING BLACK-MAN, curated by Jeffrey Kent, The Peale’s Curator-in-Residence, is Kumasi J. Barnett’s solo debut exhibition in Baltimore. **Published 2022; Full Color; 24 pages; Essays by Teri Henderson, Auttrianna Ward** [ Download the Catalog ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Kumasi-The-Peale-FOR-WEB.pdf) ## Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Spark 6](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-spark-6/) **Published:** September 22, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## SPARK 6: Refractions ![A ghostly light projected in a room in an old building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EmbodiedIce-1024x620.png) *SPARK 6: Refractions* features the work of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) and Towson faculty, recent graduates, and current students in the historic galleries of The Peale in Baltimore City. The title of the exhibition references a term from physics that describes the change in direction of a wave as it passes from one transparent substance into another. It’s a phenomenon most commonly observed when a light wave bends or changes appearance when it passes through a lens or a prism. Each of the artists in this exhibition serves as an apparatus of refraction, focusing, magnifying, or redirecting our attention and perspective in engaging and surprising ways. ### Featured Artists Ada Pinkston, Ahlam Khamis, Amanda Burnham, Andrew Awanda, Anna Kroll and Chloë Engel, Cathy C. Cook and Stefanie Koseff, Corrie Francis Parks and Maksym Prykhodko, Fahmida Hossain, Jenee Mateer, Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack, Jinyoung Koh, Jules Rosskam, Lauren Castellana, Nahid Tootoonchi, Phil Davis, Sarah G. Sharp, Stephen Bradley, Treyvon Nolen ### About SPARK *SPARK* is a collaborative arts program presenting the work of Towson University and UMBC affiliated artists in pop-up exhibitions and related programming in venues in the heart of Baltimore City. Originally conceived in 2017 to highlight light-based artworks and projections during the second LightCity festival, the first SPARK pop-up exhibition included artwork by UMBC visual arts faculty and IMDA MFA graduate students as well as performances by UMBC music and dance faculty and students. It was presented in an unoccupied ground floor commercial space in downtown Baltimore, provided through a partnership with PNC Bank – then as now the sole sponsor of SPARK. When LightCity returned in 2018, SPARK did as well with Towson University joining UMBC to partner on *SPARK II*. In November 2019, the *SPARK III* pop-up exhibition in the Columbus Center again featured work by Towson and UMBC artists and performances during Brilliant Baltimore. - [*SPARK IV: A New World?* ](https://bmoreart.com/2021/06/an-art-exhibit-considering-our-collective-future.html) was presented at Maryland Art Place in the spring of 2021. The programming included live-streamed events and extended online to sparkbaltimore.org due to the pandemic. - [*SPARK: New Light* ](https://bmoreart.com/2022/08/tactile-journeys-young-blood-at-map-and-spark-at-the-peale.html) was presented in 2022 as part of the grand re­opening programming of The Peale after its major renovation. **SPARK programming is presented by Towson University and UMBC in partnership with PNC Bank.** ### About the Curator Catherine Borg has been the curator of SPARK since 2019. She has presented the work of dozens of artists in film and video screenings, solo, two-person, and group exhibitions in venues as varied as traditional gallery spaces, empty storefronts, hotel rooms, a seven-story rotunda, and [a funeral home. ](https://bmoreart.com/2022/12/gallery-roundup-the-parlor-c-grimaldis-gallery-and-catalyst-contemporary.html) ### Details **Date:** October 26, 2023 – November 26, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Catherine Borg **Featured Artists:** Ada Pinkston, Ahlam Khamis, Amanda Burnham, Andrew Awanda, Anna Kroll and Chloë Engel, Cathy C. Cook and Stefanie Koseff, Corrie Francis Parks and Maksym Prykhodko, Fahmida Hossain, Jenee Mateer, Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack, Jinyoung Koh, Jules Rosskam, Lauren Castellana, Nahid Tootoonchi, Phil Davis, Sarah G. Sharp, Stephen Bradley, Treyvon Nolen ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Soul of the Butterfly-Chicory Magazine](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-soul-of-the-butterfly-chicory-magazine/) **Published:** August 30, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Soul of the Butterfly: Chicory Magazine and Baltimore’s Black Arts Activism ![A magazine cover from 1977 that shows young boys faces with a blue filter.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cover-June-July-1977.jpg) ![A magazine cover from 1974 that shows a woman with a raised fist in protest.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/April-1974-cover.jpg) ![The cover of a magazine from 1978 that shows people dancing in the street.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Chicory-cover-August-September-1978.jpg) [ Listen to stories recorded by students ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/chicory-revitalization-project) In the 1960s, Black writers in Baltimore utilized [*Chicory*](https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/mdcy/search)*,* a poetry magazine published by the Enoch Pratt Free Library from 1966-1983, as an artistic form for activism. It’s five editors published the work by everyone from children to seniors, from social workers to people in prison about everything from bad housing and schools to celebrations of Black joy. Visit this enlightening exhibition that explores this radical publication. ***Soul of the Butterfly*** is a traveling exhibit that uses *Chicory* to tell the story of how Black artist-activists in Baltimore have been making change since the 1960s. Featuring poetry, artwork, and photos, it reminds us why the Baltimore *Afro-American* called *Chicory* “the most authentic microphone of Black folks talking ever devised.” It connects past and present by featuring work by young writers, artists, and creators in Baltimore in conversation with this history. ***Soul of the Butterfly*** was co-curated by a team of students at Rutgers University-Newark, Bard High School Early College Baltimore, Dewmore Baltimore, and Writers in Baltimore Schools led by Dr. Mary Rizzo and Erin Santana. ### Details **Date:** September 7-October 8, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Co-curated by a team of students at Rutgers University-Newark, Bard High School Early College Baltimore, Dewmore Baltimore, and Writers in Baltimore Schools led by Dr. Mary Rizzo and Erin Santana. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Reva Goodwin Lewie](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-reva-goodwin-lewie/) **Published:** February 16, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Reva Goodwin Lewie Exhibition [![A work of art that features luminous stained glass shards in bright colors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Image-3-1-851x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Image-3-1.jpg) [![A newspaper article that shows women in dresses marching for Civil Rights in the 1960s.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_6663-1-757x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_6663-1.jpg) [![A work of art that displays sharply angular pieces of brown, red, and blue glass.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Image-1-759x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Image-1.jpg) [![A woman with a 1960s hair style motions up to artwork on a wall in a vintage newspaper article.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230202_101507-2-736x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230202_101507-2.jpg) Breaking away from conventions in both technique and subject matter, Reva Lewie’s art is marked by a focus on the surface qualities of the materials used. Stained glass, metal, and other media reveal an improvisation and “strategic spontaneity” in her approach to art. Reva Lewie moved from more representational to abstract forms, in sculpture, from clay to metal. By heating brass and copper, interesting natural color is produced. Using torches, exciting geometric shapes evolve. These geometric shapes are worked into constructions, three-dimensional wall hangings, and free-standing forms. ### Artist Bio Reva Goodwin Lewie is a native Baltimorian and received her High School Diploma from Frederick Douglas High School. Mrs. Lewie earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Morgan State College and Master of Arts Degree from New York University, trained by the renowned Hale Woodruff. Woodruff, an accomplished artist who studied mural paintings with Diego Rivera, was a Professor at NYU at the time. At NYU, Reva was able to place herself at the center of an emerging art movement. Lewie gained inspiration as Woodrufff was key to her creative development. Woodruff was an early Abstractionist and one of the three founding member os of Studio 35, which served as a meeting ground for Abstract Expressionists. It was during this time Woodruff encouraged Lewie to explore new techniques through powerful and nascent genre which still remains evident in her work today. Lewie once remarked, “In pairing, Hale Woodruff, Afro-American painter, motivated me to experiment in mixed media which to some extent was influenced by Braque and Romare Bearden Paintings.” Reva states, “My work has had versatility of a Renaissance person. In my very early work, the colors of the impressionist greatly influenced my work. Later, colors became more vibrant.” Mrs. Lewie is an outstanding and versatile, fine artist, sculptor, and flower arranger, having received numerous awards in these areas. Mrs. Lewie has exhibited multiple one-woman shows to include the Loeb Center in New York City, Howard County Community College Gallery, Arena Playhouse, Morris Mechanic Gallery, Maryland State Teachers Gallery, Eubie Blake Gallery, Columbia Art Center, etc. Additionally, Mrs. Lewie has participated in group exhibits in Madison and Mercy Medical Centers, the Washington County Museum, Maryland Historical Shalem Gallery, Center Club, Vertical Gallery, James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University, State Capital (Annapolis), and Walters Art Gallery. To date, Mrs. Lewie’s work appears in homes, offices and private collections of her patrons. Her work is available for viewing in the Morgan State University Collection and American References and New York Art Review. Reva served as an art educator for thirty years (teacher, coordinator, and department head) in the Baltimore City Public Schools. She was an instructor at Morgan State University ant The Maryland Institute College of Art. Reva played an active role in the Civil Rights Movement to include protests, sit-ins, and marched in Washington DC with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reva’s memberships include the following: Beautiful Baltimore; The Circle-Lets; The Federated Garden Clubs Maryland; For-Wind-Ash Garden Club; The Links, Inc.; The National Coalition of 100 Black Woman, Inc.; Pierians, Inc.; and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. ### Details **Date:** February 17 – Sunday, March 19, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Mike Crawford **Featured Artists:** Reva Goodwin Lewie ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ Special Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Peale Faces ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Peale-Faces-Photo-by-Daisy-Brown-2August2022-3-small-scaled.jpg) [![A museum gallery that features small black silhouette portraits in a room that looks into a foyer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lobby-PealeFaces-July2022-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lobby-PealeFaces-July2022-scaled.jpg) [![A group of people hold small black and white portraits of themselves in a market space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PSX_20220414_122643LexingtonMarket-PhotobyDaisyBrown-April2022-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PSX_20220414_122643LexingtonMarket-PhotobyDaisyBrown-April2022-scaled.jpg) [![A historic silhouette of a man's face on thick white paper.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PL-PF-2022.11.02.b-P-MD-DrAlHathawayGwynnOakParkDesegrationBaltimore-DrAlvinHathaway-PealeFaces-18April2022-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PL-PF-2022.11.02.b-P-MD-DrAlHathawayGwynnOakParkDesegrationBaltimore-DrAlvinHathaway-PealeFaces-18April2022.jpg) [![Six small black silhouette portraits on a piece of white cloth, along with a silver pair of scissors.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Picture3-small-150x150.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Picture3-small.jpg) [ Listen to the Smartify Tour ](https://app.smartify.org/tours/peale-faces-by-lauren-muney) Silhouettes are a portrait of a community. The original silhouettes lining The Peale’s walls were created by artist [Lauren Muney](https://www.silhouettesbyhand.com/) using only paper and scissors. There is no drawing in advance, no tracing a shadow, no use of mechanical devices. Baltimore has a long tradition of silhouettes, including being cut at Rembrandt Peale’s museum which opened in this building on August 15, 1814. Muney presents contemporary people in a classic style that also honors their individuality. Each sitter’s dignity and beauty are represented and valued. Our community members are a part of history. They surround you. They welcome you. Before photography, silhouettes were the most accessible and popular form of portraits — affordable to anyone with a few pennies to spare. Moses Williams, a former enslaved man, cut silhouettes in the original Philadelphia Peale Museum. Baltimore artist and participatory-history specialist Lauren Muney hand-cut and installed hundreds of silhouette portraits of Baltimore City residents at The Peale. These faces encircle several rooms on the first floor, giving visitors, residents and guests the opportunity to feel the Baltimore ‘family’ all around them. Some stories include audio narratives that can be scanned using the [free Smartify](https://smartify.org/) app. ### Details **Date:** Ongoing When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Lauren Muney **Featured Artists:** Lauren Muney ### Tickets **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** [ Donate ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [MICA Grad Show 2023 at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-mica-grad-show-2023/) **Published:** May 1, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## *Constellations* : The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA Thesis Exhibition ![A painting that's classically inspired and shows reclining nude women.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/EmilyWisniewski_MFA-9-small-1024x862.jpg) **Artists include:** David Ayala, Lina Elmalik, Sydney Guzman, Ara Ko, Heejo Kim, Jack Koppert, Elena Kovylyaeva, Xyl Lasersohn, Huaqi Liu, Jacob Sechter, Mary Smith, Emily Stroud, Mariah Williams, Emily Wisniewski (artwork pictured above). *Constellations* is the final thesis exhibition of the fourteen 2023 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Each year, MICA’s second-year MFA students present an exhibition showcasing their thesis work. This spring, the 2023 MFA graduating class presents their thesis exhibition at the Peale Museum, the first purpose-built museum in the United States. It was commissioned in 1813 by Rembrandt Peale, a member of the famous family of American artists and museum pioneers, and originally housed his studio and gallery. The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art is unique among top MFA programs in the country in its intense focus on painting, as distinct from the cross-disciplinary programs that dominate the field. The Hoffberger School is known for its high level of intellectual discourse, diverse visiting artist roster, and communal yet rigorous critical environment. The fourteen artists in the graduating class will exhibit paintings produced between spring 2022 and spring 2023. While each artist represents a distinct approach to painting, the title of the exhibition, Constellations, suggests not only the diversity of their practices, but also the collaborative nature of their artistic relationships. Working together in a shared space has resulted in often surprising visual connections and influences. The conversation within this cohort is founded on a mutual agreement that painting is not a matter of choosing between abstraction or figuration, but of understanding that one does not exist without the other. Moreover, there is a shared understanding of painting as not only as an image but as a material object that should speak effectively in both registers. In *Constellations*, the materiality of painting is explored in substances as various as oil, acrylic, fabric, plaster, paper, mud, glass, beads, as well as in digital painting. These artists’ perspectives both acknowledge and resist art-historical precedent. While their individual voices take diverse forms, each artist contributes in some way to timely conversations: the examination of identity and personal history, intercultural connectivity, the exploration of gender and sexuality, and the meaning of painting in relation to the digital age and our rapidly changing climate. The artists come from places as distant as Taizhou, China and Belovo, Siberia, and as close as Baltimore itself. None of the artists is easily defined within a specific genre or style, rather, they question lines between categories. Despite their diversity, their bond as a community is evident in the work, in their shared conversations, techniques, and content. ### Details **Date:** May 11, 2023-June 4, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, with additional after-hours events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Curators **Curators:** Curated by Prof. Joan Waltemath, Director, Prof. Stephen Ellis, and the Class of 2023 Featured Artists:** David Ayala, Lina Elmalik, Sydney Guzman, Heejo Kim, Ara Ko, Jack Koppert, Elena Kovylyaeva, Xyl Lasersohn, Huaqi Liu, Jacob Sechter, Mary Smith, Emily Stroud, Mariah Williams, Emily Wisniewski ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Kaleidoscope: Changing Perspectives [![A gallery with wooden floors and small, quilt-like artworks on the walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Selected-photo-1-768x431.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Selected-photo-1.jpg) [![A group of students pose in front of their artwork at The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8283-2-768x576.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8283-2-scaled.jpg) [![Three students talk with a reporter about their artwork in a gallery at The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_3939-768x576.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_3939.png) [![Two students look over colorful artwork that is laid out on a table in a museum space.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8123-768x576.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8123-scaled.jpg) [![A person holds a paper version of a quilt that includes colorful patterns in yellow, pink, and blue.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/unnamed-2.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/unnamed-2.jpg) [![A student-designed quilt colored out on a piece of fabric.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/unnamed-1.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/unnamed-1.jpg) [![A green quilt with five multi-colored, six-pointed stars in the corners and in the center.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ETS1.jpeg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ETS1.jpeg) Elizabeth Talford Scott (1916-2011) was an internationally recognized, Baltimore-based artist known for her fiber work, specifically quilting. Having grown up in South Carolina with 13 siblings and parents who were sharecroppers, she was taught how to quilt from a young age as a way to upcycle materials into something beautiful and functional. She carried this knowledge with her and picked up quilting again in her late adult life. Talford Scott is most recognized for her lively pieces which tell stories through unconventional materials such as stones, buttons, shells, bones, sequence, beads, knotted material, and glass. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark exhibition *Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds, and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott*—curated by Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Curator-in-Residence Emeritus George Ciscle. It’s also the 25th anniversary of [MICA’s Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS)](https://inside.mica.edu/curatorialpractice/eds-projects), the capstone course for MICA’s undergraduate Curatorial Studies Concentration. In celebration of these anniversaries, EDS is collaborating with nine sites across the city, five museums (the Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, The Peale, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, and Maryland Center for History and Culture) and four university sites (MICA, Coppin State University, JHU, and Morgan State University) to reinterpret Talford Scott’s work from the students’ perspectives. *Kaleidoscope: Changing Perspectives* brings together the amazing work of Elizabeth Talford Scott and Baltimore City Public School students, working through the [Arts Every Day](https://artseveryday.org/), to celebrate and uplift the entire community. *Kaleidoscope* embraces the narrative that as humans grow, change, and face challenges, there is still beauty to be found in life when we take a step back and change our perspectives. The Peale’s exhibit will include Elizabeth Talford Scott’s *Water Lilies* (1979). This quilt is presented in conversation with works from Baltimore County public school students participating in the Arts Every Day Annual [*10×10* exhibition](https://artseveryday.org/category/10x10-exhibit). With the history of The Peale being the first school in Baltimore for students of color, along with being the largest school for students of color from 1864-1867, it is even more special to have Arts Every Day students represented in the space. Additionally, having Elizabeth Talford Scott in conversation with Arts Every Day, we can emphasize how much Talford Scott valued community connection and unification. ### About **AED** – Arts Every Day (AED) works to ensure all Baltimore City Public Schools students have access to the arts every day through arts education, arts programming, and arts-integrated instruction. They work towards this goal through the forging of partnerships with Baltimore City Public Schools, the District office, and Baltimore City’s arts and cultural community. For the Annual 10×10 Exhibition, Arts Every Day highlights hundreds of artworks from talented students grades PreK to 12th, all responding to a chosen theme that sheds light on the power of the arts in their lives. This year, the chosen theme is ‘Kaleidoscope’. **EDS** – The Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) examines the curatorial process through the research, planning and production of a major exhibition. Students serve as curators, designers and educators as they develop and implement proposals for the exhibition’s graphic and exhibit designs, interpretive texts, public programs, community outreach, websites, publications, and public relations strategy. **Major Support for the *No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative* that brings together exhibitions of Scott’s work across five museums and four universities across Baltimore City was provided by the Bunting Family Foundation and Friends of EDS.** ### Details **Date:** February 1, 2024-May 19, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** EDS student curators: Anahita Arun, Grace Flinchbaugh, Iris Ruvalcaba, Anika Shah **Featured Artists:** Coming Soon ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ All Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## It's a Snap: What Makes Baltimore Charming ### April 25 – October 27, 2024 ![A man with a gray beard wears a pirate costume in a Baltimore City festival.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Privateer-Festival-by-Morgan-Louie-SMALL-1024x683.jpg) Above: "Privateer Festival" by Morgan Louie and "La Catrina" by Matt Hooke in the banner The [Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA)](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/news/press-release-baltimore-national-heritage-area-launches-2023-its-a-snap-baltimore-photo-contest) is thrilled to present the winning entries of the 2023 *It’s a SNAP* photography contest and kick off the 2024 competition. The contest was open to amateur and professional photographers, ages 16+, to capture images that showcase the best of Baltimore. This year, BNHA was looking for what makes Baltimore, “Charm City”—its PEOPLE. Therefore, participants were encouraged to capture and submit photos of people in many facets, from attending festivals and recreational events or enjoying the park to completing daily chores, walking to work, or enjoying a meal at a local restaurant. Participants were encouraged not to use professional models but rather people who live, work, and play in Baltimore. Winning photographers receive prizes and a special Baltimore National Heritage Area promotional product in 2024. The best images are also showcased on BNHA’s social media channels and featured in The Peale’s exhibit. “We are so excited to expose people to the Baltimore National Heritage Area and showcase the best of our city,” said Shauntee Daniels, executive director of BNHA. ### Details **Date:** April 25- October 27, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Artists **Featured Artists:** Artists’ work included in “It’s a SNAP”: Mary Braman, Marcus Clinton, Deborah Davis, Aidan Gray, Matt Hooke, Roger Katzenberg, Morgan Louie, Keith Newman, Bonnie J. Schupp, Hannah Shaw, Bethany Steele, Marc Sussman, and Matilda Waight. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Igniting Integration](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-igniting-integration/) **Published:** August 7, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Igniting Integration! The Battle for Black Men to Serve in the BCFD September 14 – December 1, 2024 ![A group of African American men sit around a table. They work white hard hats in this vintage image.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Civilian-Defense-Council-1024x747.jpg) This exhibition shares the little-known history of African American firefighters in Baltimore and tells the story of the challenges they faced trying to serve communities in the city. True advocacy to integrate started in 1920, but a group of 15 volunteer firefighters didn’t break their department’s color barrier until 1942. Among these 15 pioneers was Arthur “Smokestack” Hardy, world-renowned as the Father of African American firefighter history. Stories will include how The Baltimore Urban League (BUL), the Baltimore Chapter of The NAACP, Baltimore’s faith-based community, and other civic organizations fought to have the first group of firefighters hired in order to integrate the Baltimore City Fire Department. [The African American Fire Fighters Historical Society](https://aaffhs.org/about/) (AAFFHS) was founded January 23, 2009, to celebrate 55 years since the first Black firefighters were hired in Baltimore City. We discovered many unique stories from various jurisdictions across the nation, calling us to fill the void of this unknown history. Our mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate historical data, and information relating to the contributions by firefighters of color, and others who have made a contribution to such history; to be used for the purpose of education, fire prevention and mentoring. AAFFHS is a 501C (3) Charitable Organization and is the only entity in the world that highlights African American fire service history on a regular basis. ### Details **Date:** September 14-November 24, 2024 (\*Extended to December 1, 2024) When:** Open during regular hours, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Hoffberger Show 2025](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-hoffberger-show-2025/) **Published:** March 25, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## MICA GRAD SHOW 2025: Chromafugue ### April 6, 2025 - May 18, 2025 ![A logo for the MICA Grad Show that features the words, MICA GRAD SHOW, and the number 25 in green type.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hoffberger-Logo-1024x445.png) This exhibition, part of MICA GRAD SHOW 25, is the final thesis show of the 2025 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the [Maryland Institute College of Art](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mica.edu%2Fannual-events-series%2Fcommencement%2Fgrad-show-2025%2F&data=05%7C02%7Conline%40thepealecenter.org%7C4853bf56134c4d29b2cc08dd790f4a65%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638799828755624821%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8V%2Fos8jipT9NmuQ6ThajnakNHqvJ2nMAiYMi9%2FAhIPk%3D&reserved=0). Each year, MICA’s graduating MFA class presents an exhibition showcasing their thesis work. This spring, the class of ‘25 presents their thesis exhibition at the Peale Museum, the first purpose-built museum in the United States. *Chromafugue* is the name of this year’s thesis exhibition of the fourteen 2025 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. While each artist has a distinct approach, working together in a shared space has resulted in often surprising visual connections and influences. The exhibition title, *Chromafugue*, suggests one powerful connection, a fascination with the expressive possibilities of color. In a fugue, of course, different melodic motifs are woven into a unified statement; so with these artists, diverse bodies of work are united by proximity and collaboration. Despite hailing from places as distant as Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Mumbai, India, or as close as Washington, D.C., their bond as a community is evident in their overlapping conversations, techniques, and content. There is also a shared understanding of painting not only as image but as material object. In *Chromafugue*, the materiality of painting is explored in substances including oil, acrylic, printed fabric, plastic, paper, wood, and colored mold. The artists both acknowledge and confront art historical precedent. While their individual voices take different forms, each relates in some way to contemporary discourse: the examination of identity and personal history, intercultural connectivity, the exploration of gender and sexuality, and the meaning of painting in relation to the digital age and our changing climate. Featuring: Dre Burciaga, Xinyun Serene Chen, Yasheeka Dhabre, Chidinma Dureke, Veronica Hahr, Chia-Hsiu Kelly Liu, Isaac Kim, Jahniah Kum, Grant Marshall, Zsudayka Nzinga, Valentino Orlando, Madison Pate, Zaria Thomas, Joe Turner, Jorge Vara Hernandez Curated by Interim Director Stephen Ellis, Prof. Fox Hysen, and the class of ’25. ### Details **Date:** April 6, 2025-May 18, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, with additional after-hours events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Curators Featured Artists:** - Chia Hsiu Liu - Chidinma Dureke - Dre Burciaga - Grant Marshall - Jahniah Kum - Jorge Vara Hernandez - Joseph Turner - Kyoungho Isaac Kim - Madison Pate - Valentino Orlando - Xinyun Chen - Yasheeka Dhabre - Zaria Thomas - Zsudayka Nzinga ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Flowers](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-flowers/) **Published:** March 2, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## FLOWERS | April 6 - July 14, 2024 The Peale is pleased to announce it will be hosting **FLOWERS**, a show of visual art by Baltimore-based artist Ed Istwan. This show is comprised as a deceptively simple exploration of color and form, gesture and scale across several different media. An ambitious show of over 300 individual works that create a whole environment when placed together, Istwan highlights the quiet nuance between “similar” and “the same”, “related” but also “different”. Istwan’s colorful abstract work was inspired in part by the architecture of The Peale’s landmark Latrobe Room where it will be on view. **ARTIST BIO:** Since receiving his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Ed Istwan has worked at various Baltimore institutions, including the American Visionary Art Museum. Over two decades of his professional life has been spent as a visual merchandiser for the Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA- designing and outfitting new stores all across the United States. Much of the work whilst there informs his artistic output today both in terms of process and aesthetic result. This is his first museum exhibition. ### Details **Date:** April 6- July 14, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Artists **Featured Artist:** Ed Istwan ### Donations Artworks are available for purchase. 20% of all sales support future programing at The Peale. Please contact coo@ThePeale.org for more information. 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[ Special Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## A Feast in the Desert ![A museum gallery with dark gray walls and colorful artwork on the walls, related to an exhibition about food insecurity in Baltimore.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_4062-1024x768.png) *A Feast In The Desert*, curated by Alexis Tyson, shares the artist’s voices in appreciating the role food plays in strengthening our bonds and educating our community on food disparity in Baltimore. An intimate exhibition that showcases 4 artists across Baltimore – each offering a story of how food affects them and their lifestyles. Along with educating our community on the food deserts that exist around Baltimore, the exhibition also accepts canned goods donations that will in turn be shared with our 3 partners; The Baltimore Hunger Project, The Dia Network and Outcast Food Network, to help disrupt the effects of food insecurity in Baltimore. The exhibition is also a chance for viewers to examine their own relationships with food and how it fits in their lives. We encourage our audience to look outside of the lens of food insecurity and consider the conditions and circumstances that led our city here. To fix the problem we must address both the cause of the insecurity and the direct consequence. ### Details **Date:** November 4, 2022 – January 15, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Alexis Tyson **Featured Artists:** Schroeder Cherry, Chloe Griffin, Ramon Knight, and Maurice Scarlett III ### Tickets **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** [ Donate ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Companion Events November 4, 2022 | 6:00pm EDT [Virtual Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/event/a-feast-in-the-desert-exhibition-opening-and-artist-talk/) Free | RSVP in advance [ Watch Event ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PbWvpgws4U) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Education Will Be Our Pride](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-education-will-be-our-pride/) **Published:** May 1, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Education Will Be Our Pride ![A vintage photo showing a group of men in suits around the turn of the 20th century.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A-group-of-ministers-and-lawyers...Colored-Teachers_1900-893x1024.jpg) The Mutual United Brotherhood of Liberty championed equitable education for Black students, ca. 1900. [ Anna's Interview, Part 1 ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/interview-with-artist-anna-fine-foer-2023) From 1878-1889, the Peale was part of the new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School Number 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to people of color in the State of Maryland. Understanding the historic context from which Baltimore’s schools have been formed has never had greater urgency and importance for the Baltimore community. Up until now, the story of the ‘colored’ school system and education in Baltimore has never been comprehensively researched and presented in a way that invites public engagement. The early history of Colored School No.1 (Male and Female) begins with the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Intellectual Improvement of the Negro. What would become Colored School No. 1 was the largest school operated by the Association from 1864 to 1867, the period that they were responsible for the operation of the schools for colored children in Baltimore. When they turned over the schools under their control to the Board of School Commissioners in 1867, that school disbanded. It was centrally located in a building on Calvert and Saratoga streets. [ Learn More About "School One" ](https://thepeale.org/school-one/) ### Details **Date:** Ongoing When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Curators **Curators:** Tonika Berkley and Dean Krimmel **Featured Artists:** N/A ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Dark Beauty by Daisy Brown](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-dark-beauty-by-daisy-brown/) **Published:** July 24, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Dark Beauty by Daisy Brown ![Robin wears an evening gown and holds a violin in an artistic portrait photo.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Robin-Fay-Massie-2023-small-768x1152.jpg) Robin Fay Massie *Dark Beauty* by Daisy Brown is a series of portraits, stills, and filmed interviews of local Baltimore women with dark skin complexions. The women share raw moving stories of acceptance, self-love, family dynamics, colorism and so much more. It’s a very real experience of healing and understanding for these beautiful individuals and all who follow the journey. Daisy Brown (pictured above) is a native Baltimorean who grew up in the Sandtown-Winchester community. She is the leading voice and creator of the [“Stoop Shoots” series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRpt360LiQ&list=PLXaHiil7ucnrORG-63jm2_DI4UpTXCora), an audio-visual diary about life in Baltimore in the era of COVID-19. Her hope is to change the narrative of the city and see it go from trauma to triumph. The love of photography happened innocently thanks to her mom, who documented the life of her family and milestones. Bitten by the shutter bug since the 4th grade, Daisy is self-taught and excited about capturing what her heart sees. Daisy can be seen in various parts of Baltimore, interviewing people at a safe distance for her weekly program and storytelling projects for the Peale. Daisy has a knack for bringing out the best in people and enjoys documenting the people and places of Charm City with the aim of eventually taking this around the world. ### Details **Date:** August 13, 2023 – August 27, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Kim Domanski **Featured Artists:** Daisy Brown ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ Special Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## chrysalis: Baltimore School for the Arts ![A dim, black and white, x-ray of two moths.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MicrosoftTeams-image-575x1024.jpg) Artworks created by the Senior Film Students from the Baltimore School for the Arts are featured in the exhibition “chrysalis” in The Peale’s Moses Williams Center. Functioning as their archive, “chrysalis” is a story of change, growth and self-realization. It is the transformative journey from their high school years into their future lives. On May 11, 2023, the students will be screening all of their films. The event is free and open to the public. ### Details **Date:** May 11, 2023 – June 4, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** BSA Film Students **Featured Artists:** BSA Film Students ### Tickets **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** [ Donate ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Chamber of Wonders](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-chamber-of-wonders/) **Published:** February 6, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Chamber of Wonders: Artwork by Lisa Moren with Dr. Tsvetan Bachvaroff ![A person talks into a microphone as they look at a screen that shows moving water and organisms.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Figure1-1024x324.jpg) ![A ghost-like flowy organism with white leafy structures.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-09-29-at-3.04.27-PM-1024x676.png) [ Under the Bay Podcast ](https://www.lisamoren.com/underthebaypodcast) An artist and marine biologist have collaborated to present the exhibition *Chamber of Wonders,* a series of hands-on installations and displays telling the invisible stories of living microbes under the surface of the Chesapeake Bay. Photography, hand-made objects and painted assemblages alongside multi-media, live microbes, augmented reality and animation and sound will be interacting with live data streaming in from the Chesapeake Bay water. Visitors will see and experience microbes, talk to bioluminescent ones and learn how Bay data is used to tell stories in several installations and in augmented reality. Installations will include “Under the Bay” presented for the first time as a mixed reality experience and “What is the Shape of Water?” where viewers are invited to talk to ancient microbes, or ask questions such as ‘what is the shape of water?’ and the seemingly invisible critters will be excited enough to answer any questions in turbulent shapes of blue light. New and related works will also be on display, including screenings of short films and a documentary by the artist and scientist on the subject. This family friendly exhibition will challenge and delight curious citizens and experts of all ages! To listen to the project podcast, download the AR app or learn more on the project for “Chamber of Wonders” go to [lisamoren.com](https://www.lisamoren.com/underthebay). ## Biographies [**Lisa Moren**](https://www.lisamoren.com/) is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with emerging media, bio-matter, public space, AR and works-on-paper. She has exhibited her work at the Chelsea Art Museum, Creative Time, Drawing Center (New York), Cranbrook Art Museum (Michigan) and Ars Electronica (Austria), Akademie der Kunste (Germany), uShaka Museum (South Africa), and the Artists Research Network (Australia). She received the National Endowment for the Arts award, is a Fulbright Scholar; a multi-year recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council and CEC Artslink International, is a R.W. Deutsche Award recipient and a Saul Zaentz Innovation Fellow in Film and Media at Johns Hopkins University. Her writing has appeared in Performance Research; Visible Language; Inter Arts Actuel; New Media Caucus for *“Algorithmic Pollution: Artists working with Dataveillance and Societies of Control”* and *“CYBER IN|SECURITY”*; and her books on *“Intermedia”*; and Issues in Contemporary Theory for *“Command Z: Artists Working with Phenomena and Technology.”* Lisa Moren is a Professor of Visual Art at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); and taught at FAMU and AVU in Prague; and the University of California San Diego (UCSD). [**Dr. Tsvetan** **Bachvaroff**](https://www.umces.edu/tsvetan-bachvaroff) is an Associate Research Professor for the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) at The University System of Maryland. His research is focused on microbe evolution and uses DNA sequence analysis from data to study the evolutionary history of genes in dinoflagellate microbes. He has received numerous academic awards, including the William Trager Award from the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, International Society of Protistologists, culture independent methods such as single cell PCR, sequencing, and sequence analysis; Establishing dinoflagellate cultures. He received the Marsho award, Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Society for Plant Biology, University of Maryland College Park, and the Chemistry Prize, Trinity School, New York. Tsvetan Bachvaroff received his B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland College Park. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Center of Marine Biotechnology and subsequently with the Smithsonian Institution. **This project is generously supported by the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund at Johns Hopkins University and the R.W. Deutsch Foundation. The exhibition is supported in part by the [Maryland State Arts Council](http://msac.org/).** ### Details **Date:** December 14, 2023-March 17, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Lisa Moren **Featured Artists:** Lisa Moren ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [The Evolution of Baltimore's First Museum](https://thepeale.org/museum_timeline/) **Published:** February 27, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** Baltimore's First Museum 1814-1830 Gaslight 1816 City Hall 1830 - 1875 Colored School No. 1 1878-1889 Shops and Manufacturers 1889 - 1930 Municipal Museum 1930 - 1997 Vacant Landmark 1998–2012 Fundraising to Restore 2012 - 2017 Restoration of The Peale 2018 - 2020 Baltimore's Community Museum 2020 - Present The Founding of the Peale [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-8.17.27-AM-e1772217375314.png)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-8.17.27-AM-e1772217375314.png) When Rembrandt Peale opened his Baltimore Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts in August 1814, he was pursuing a bold vision: a museum devoted not only to art, but to science, invention, and public instruction. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long, the building combined the form of a refined Federal townhouse with a purpose-built gallery at the rear — the first structure in the United States created expressly as a museum. Peale’s museum featured paintings, natural history specimens, mechanical devices, and public lectures. It was conceived during the War of 1812 and opened just weeks before the Battle of Baltimore. Financial struggles and ambitious expansion plans, however, strained the enterprise. By the late 1820s, mounting debts forced Peale and his brother Rubens to relinquish control of the property. Though the original museum was short-lived, the building itself endured — and would soon take on an entirely new civic role. Lighting the Museum and the City [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PEALE3d_BGE_render_BaltNight.jpg) Long before Baltimore’s skyline glowed with electric light, Rembrandt Peale—the artist, scientist, entrepreneur, and visionary museum founder—used the Peale building to spark a revolution. In 1816, he stunned visitors by illuminating his galleries with an invention few had seen before: manufactured gas light. Crowds gathered on Holliday Street, staring up in awe at the brilliant glow pouring from the museum’s windows—brightness unlike anything seen in a world still lit by candles and oil lamps.What they witnessed wasn’t just a novelty.It was the moment Baltimore became the first city in America—one of the first in the world—to be lit by gas. Baltimore’s First City Hall [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Courthouse-scaled-e1772221348537.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Courthouse-scaled-e1772221348537.jpg) In April 1830, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore purchased the former museum at public auction, transforming it into the city’s first dedicated City Hall. Under architect William F. Small, the structure was extensively altered: galleries became council chambers, offices replaced exhibition rooms, and the building’s exterior was adapted to reflect its new municipal authority. For nearly half a century, this building served as the center of Baltimore’s civic life. Ordinances were debated here, mayors inaugurated, and decisions made that shaped the rapidly growing port city. Even after the mayor relocated to a larger Second Empire–style City Hall in 1875, the old structure remained in use. Its architectural pedigree and symbolic importance prevented demolition at a time when many early buildings were lost. [Male and Female Colored School No. 1](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1.jpg) From 1878-1889, the Peale was part of the new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School Number 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to people of color in the State of Maryland. Understanding the historic context from which Baltimore’s schools have been formed has never had greater urgency and importance for the Baltimore community. Up until now, the story of the ‘colored’ school system and education in Baltimore has never been comprehensively researched and presented in a way that invites public engagement. [Audio Tour](https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/male-and-female-colored-school-no-1) Shops and Manufacturers [![Vintage view of the facade of the Peale building with 1920s cars outside.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bal-bs-md-peale-museum-p6-19290204.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bal-bs-md-peale-museum-p6-19290204.jpg) After the departure of the Colored School in the late 19th century, the Peale building entered one of its most precarious periods. It housed a succession of private enterprises — including an organ factory, machine shops, a sign painting company, and other light industrial tenants. The surrounding neighborhood had become increasingly industrial, and the building itself was repeatedly cited as unsafe. Despite condemnation notices and serious structural deterioration, the building survived. Its earlier identities — as the nation’s first purpose-built museum and as Baltimore’s first City Hall — lent it a stature that discouraged demolition. By the 1920s, as Baltimore prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, preservation-minded leaders began to reconsider the landmark’s future. Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Peale.jpg) The rebirth of the Peale began in 1929 amid Baltimore’s bicentennial celebrations. With the support of Mayor William F. Broening, the city undertook a restoration of the aging structure. Architect John F. Scarff sought to return the building to its early 19th-century appearance, incorporating salvaged architectural elements and carefully reconstructing missing details. The Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore opened to the public in October 1931. For more than six decades, the Peale Museum interpreted the city’s history through exhibitions, lectures, and community programs. Under director Wilbur H. Hunter and others, the museum became a leading voice in historic preservation, advocating for the protection of Baltimore landmarks during the era of urban renewal. The museum closed in 1997 amid the collapse of Baltimore City Life Museums, marking the beginning of another uncertain chapter. A Vacant Landmark [![A visualization or drawing of the front of the Peale building with people and cars out front.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Front-RenderSmall-1-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Front-RenderSmall-1-scaled.jpg) Following the closure of the Peale Museum in 1997, the building stood largely vacant for nearly two decades. Though occasionally used as a conference space, it lacked sustained programming or funding for major repairs. Deferred maintenance and structural concerns once again raised questions about its future. In the early 2000s, a group of Baltimore residents formed the Friends of the Peale to advocate for the building’s preservation and reuse. By 2012, this effort resulted in the creation of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the landmark and reimagining its purpose for the 21st century. Through persistent fundraising and public advocacy, the groundwork was laid for a comprehensive rehabilitation. Saving The Peale [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/shops-and-manu-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/shops-and-manu-scaled.jpg) By 2012, the future of the Peale building hinged not on memory, but on action. The newly formed Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture inherited a structure that was architecturally significant yet physically vulnerable. Roof failure, masonry deterioration, water infiltration, and outdated mechanical systems threatened the integrity of one of the nation’s earliest museum buildings. Restoration required more than preservation rhetoric — it required capital. Between 2014 and 2018, the organization launched targeted fundraising campaigns to stabilize the structure. Grants and private donations supported installation of a new roof, exterior masonry repair, drainage improvements, and restoration of the historic garden space. These projects were not cosmetic; they were interventions that prevented irreversible damage. At the same time, the Peale’s leadership began reframing the building’s purpose. Rather than reconstituting a traditional history museum, they envisioned a flexible civic platform — a space where Baltimoreans could tell their own stories. Fundraising during this period was therefore both architectural and philosophical: saving the building while redefining its mission. The groundwork laid between 2012 and 2017 made comprehensive interior rehabilitation possible and positioned the Peale to reopen not as a relic of municipal history, but as an active community institution. Restoration [![Scaffolding surrounds an old brick building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-scaled.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0115-scaled.jpg) In 2018, comprehensive interior restoration began in earnest. Guided by preservation standards appropriate to a National Historic Landmark, contractors and conservators addressed decades of deferred maintenance while adapting the building for 21st-century accessibility and programming. Major work included plaster stabilization, restoration of woodwork and flooring, structural reinforcement, updated mechanical systems, and installation of ramps and an elevator. These improvements were critical not only to code compliance but to equity — ensuring that the building could serve all visitors. The restoration sought balance: preserving early 19th-century architectural character while allowing flexible contemporary use. The result was neither a frozen historic house nor a stripped modern shell, but a layered space that acknowledges its multiple identities — museum, city hall, school, factory, municipal museum, and now community museum. The Peale reopened just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the timing presented unexpected challenges, the reopening marked a pivotal transition. For the first time in its history, the building’s mission centered explicitly on community voices — a continuation of its civic legacy in a new form. The Peale Reopens [![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Peale-Pride.webp) When the Peale reopened in 2020, it did so not as a conventional history museum, but as something more adaptive and participatory: Baltimore’s Community Museum. The reopening marked the culmination of years of stabilization and restoration, yet it also coincided with the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than delay its mission, the Peale leaned into flexibility. Programming expanded across digital platforms, exhibitions became more collaborative, and community voices moved to the center of interpretation. Today, the Peale functions as a civic forum — a space where Baltimoreans gather to tell stories, debate issues, celebrate culture, and reflect on the city’s past and future. Its exhibitions are co-created with artists, historians, neighborhood leaders, and young people. Its galleries host oral histories, performance, visual art, and public dialogue. The building that once housed a museum of natural history, a city hall, a school, factories, and a municipal museum now serves as an incubator for shared civic memory. The Peale’s identity as Baltimore’s Community Museum is not a departure from its history — it is a continuation of it. From Rembrandt Peale’s Enlightenment vision of public education to its role as City Hall and as one of the first public schools for African Americans in Maryland, the building has always been a civic space. In the 21st century, that civic function is expressed through participation, storytelling, and accessibility. The Peale stands today not only as the oldest purpose-built museum structure in the United States, but as a living institution — shaped by the communities it serves. --- ### [Exhibition: Founding Fossils at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-founding-fossils/) **Published:** March 20, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Founding Fossils ### Through 2025 In 1801, Charles Willson Peale and his son Rembrandt embarked on the inaugural scientific expedition in U.S. history, unearthing mammoth bones discovered on an upstate New York farm. These bones, upon analysis, were identified as remnants of the prehistoric mastodon, inhabitants of North America during the late Pleistocene era, approximately 10,000 to 125,000 years ago. [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CWP-Mammoth-broadside-APS.png) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Maddie-Martin-from-VCU.png) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Maggie-Colangelo-graphic-novel.png) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/VCU-student-Link-Alexiou-paints-a-3D-printed-replica-of-a-Ben-Franklin-holding-his-mastodon-tooth.png) The examination of these fossils, alongside others by influential figures like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, marked a significant juncture in western science, introducing the concept of species extinction to public consciousness for the first time. The reconstructed mastodon skeletons became central exhibits in the Peales’ Baltimore and Philadelphia museums during the early 19th century, shaping the narrative of natural history and scientific exploration in America. Fast forward to 2024. Conceived of by Dr. Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, a Baltimore-based archaeologist and accessibility consultant, this multisensory exhibit will include 3D-printed versions of the fossils originally collected by the Peales and early American leaders. The replicas can be touched and experienced by sighted and blind visitors alike. Dr. Fogle-Hatch has been working with Dr. Bernard Means, an archaeologist with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Virtual Curator Laboratory, who has scanned all of these fossils, now in the collections at the Maryland Center for History and Culture. The exhibition will interweave replicas of the mastodon fossils with selected panels from a student-created graphic novel series. In 2021, Dr. Means and artist Maggie Colangelo published [*Founding Monsters*](https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/founding_monsters/1/)*,* an innovative comic book about the surprising role that archaeology played in the politics and understanding of species extinction at the dawn of the United States. It was quickly followed by a second comic, *Founding Monster Tales,* to expand on the stories and themes that had attracted the most interest in the first book, including that of Moses Williams, the silhouette artist and exhibit preparator who was born enslaved to Charles Willson Peale as the American Revolution began. To bring the graphic novel to life, VCU student and artist Anna Carter is sculpting various elements associated with the *Founding Monsters* comics, making the 2D drawings into a 3D tactile experience. The sculptures are 3D scanned and 3D printed to enhance the tactile aspects of the exhibit. These include busts of Charles Willson Peale and the Comte de Buffon, a French naturalist whose theories Peale’s excavation of mastodon skeletons disproved, as well as various elements in Peale’s paintings, including his *Exhumation of the Mastodon*, the seminal work of American art that is in the collection of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Carter has also sculpted Ice Age animals known to the founding fathers, including a “Jefferson” ground sloth, first studied by Thomas Jefferson. [ ![Maryland State Arts Council Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MSAC-Black-Horizontal-text-300x99.png) ](https://msac.org/) [ ![Virginia Commonwealth University Logo](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/virginia-commonwealth-university1441-300x90.jpg) ](https://www.vcu.edu/) *This project is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and Virginia Commonwealth University.* ### Details **Date: Through 2025 **When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curators and Collaborators:** Dr. Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, Dr. Bernard Means, and students including: Link Alexiou, Anna Carter (Sculptor), Gabby Carter, Maggie Colangelo (Comic artist), Ethan Ek, Abby Hogan, Jazmin Marshall, Maddie Martin (Virtual Curation Lab Manager), Claire Peiffer, Ashli Coronado Rodrigo, Sabine Segaloff, Aden Smith, Kieran Snavely, Madi Spicer, Martie Surasky, Taty Thompson ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. 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[ All Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Balancing Acts ### August 17 – September 22, 2024 [![A series of paintings on a wall in a museum with orange and blue geometric shapes on canvas.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Istwan-Small-Signs-Image-small-768x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Istwan-Small-Signs-Image-small.jpg) [![An abstract artwork that has iceberg-like shapes floating in a green river.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Laurie_Going-going-gone-cropped-1024x953.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Laurie_Going-going-gone-cropped.jpg) [![An ethereal blue background with two white and yellow egg shapes on a blue platform.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BohlJ_Plasma-small-798x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BohlJ_Plasma-small-scaled.jpg) [![BohlJ_Eye](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BohlJ_Eye-808x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BohlJ_Eye.jpg) We throw what we witness about the world around us into categories. We can’t help it. Red car, black car, blue car, silver car, etc. We do this out of some kind of craving for order. Yet, if we allow ourselves to think our way out of this craving, we realize that what we are experiencing resists much simple classification. New red minivan with beige interior, old blue truck with ripped vinyl seats, middle-aged silver sports car with wood trim. . . . Everything is deeper than the surface — we are multiple things at one time. Similarly, the artists in this show create work that freely toggles between defined categories, uniformly those of realism and abstraction. ### About the Artists **John Bohl (Baltimore, MD)** mines images for his paintings from everywhere imaginable, including stills from YouTube videos, vintage print advertising, and sometimes photos taken in his Baltimore home and studio. He takes recognizable and sometimes disparate images and manipulates them until they nearly shed their meanings. The newly distilled results feel all at once impersonal & intimate, provocative & subdued, inappropriate & well mannered. **Phaan Howng (Baltimore, MD)** creates lush theatrical paintings and immersive installations that tease a post- human ecological condition. Working within either the tradition of floral still life or landscape, Howng’s aggressively lurid botanical visions seem are ready to escape the confines of the canvas, either threatening, satirical, or darkly seductive. **Ed Istwan (Baltimore, MD)** produces geometric works that appear at first glance to be about pleasing arrangements of color, taking cues from 20th-century color theory or current decorative trends. This easy classification holds up until they are contextualized in these gallery spaces as exaggerated vertical columns. These works possess the very real compositional capability of directional road signage, steering the viewers’ roving eye into overlooked gallery corners. **Magnolia Laurie (Baltimore, MD)** paints delicate yet forceful landscapes. Her beautifully detailed works reference the continued human need to create or build, while hinting to its escalating negative impact. Alternating between melancholic and hopeful, one can’t help feel the shifting ground move when witnessing her loaded yet barren pastoral compositions. ### Details **Date: August 17 – September 22, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artists:** John Bohl, Phaan Howng, Ed Istwan, Magnolia Laurie ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Yours, Mine, and Ours](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-yours-mine-ours/) **Published:** August 29, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Yours, Mine, and Ours: Works by the Strong and Sensitive ### October 4 – October 27, 2024 Yours, Mine, and Ours offers the works of the 2024 cohort of Our Art Room Artist Collective (OAR). OAR’s culminating exhibition reflects the growing Baltimore network that adapts to the needs of its constituents and their professional futures. The exhibition embraces the labor of love in building mutualism, forging reciprocal relationships, and establishing holistically supportive environments for the modern creative. *Yours, Mine, and Ours* coalesces around themes of care, stewardship of land, and spiritual healing. OAR offers that the urge to build a new creative world is a collaborative endeavor that must also be principled, honest, and a challenge to the marginal bars of the ‘art world’, its institutions, and its decaying standards. Our Art Room is a critique series and collective of Baltimore-based women, femmes, and gender non-conforming emerging artists founded in 2023. The collective is an annual incubator for growing artists to expand networks, share resources, and have accountability to their practices. OAR addresses how race, class, and gender inform one’s access to social privileges and levels of mobility in the ‘art world’. The spirit of the collective seeks to bypass the barriers to financial education and the unspoken codes of conduct that are intentionally gate kept from the intersections of these identities. In consideration of this, OAR artists are committed to showing up for others in a community context, advancing professionally in their practices, and cultivating an authentic artistic voice. Partnering with Baltimore organizations, Our Art Room hosts free and accessible professional development and creative workshops to their artists and the greater Baltimore community. Above, left: *Who Cooks For You*, Katie Peck; Above, right: *Crowned in Reverence,* MC Carey. ### About the Artists **Featured artists:** Kehinde Applewhite, Didi Cook-Creek, MC Carey, Jordan Carter, Le Rease Clark, Sarah Magida, Momo Mullings, Vonne Napper, Katie Peck, Abbie Rugg, Ladan Savar, Desiree Thaniel, Savannah Imani Wade, Aisha Nailah White ### Details **Date: October 4 – October 27, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artists:** Kehinde Applewhite, Didi Cook-Creek, MC Carey, Jordan Carter, Le Rease Clark, Sarah Magida, Momo Mullings, Vonne Napper, Katie Peck, Abbie Rugg, Ladan Savar, Desiree Thaniel, Savannah Imani Wade, Aisha Nailah White ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition | The Future is Here](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-future-is-here/) **Published:** January 28, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture to Come ### February 13, 2025-March 30, 2025 *The Future of Here* is an invitation to reimagine our place along the Jones Falls River and the Chesapeake Bay in a distant future beyond our fossil-fueled present. Consider what local landscapes and cultures might look like in a time far beyond the Baltimore we know now. What artifacts might people of that future time produce, and how might they make creative use of the many things we leave behind? The exhibition features work made by a collective of artists and researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the fall of 2024, anchored in a class co-taught by [visual artist Jordan Tierney](https://jordantierney.com/) and [environmental anthropologist Anand Pandian](https://anthropology.jhu.edu/directory/anand-pandian/). We present artifacts and evidence from our collective journey into the future. Each week last fall, we surrendered ourselves to the landscapes of our urban watershed, and our imaginations of what this place could one day become. We made our way through railway underpasses and neglected streambeds, turning our senses from the commotion of city streets to the vibrant yet unseen riverscape. Priming our brains with poetry and ethnobotany, historical maps and speculative fictions, we tuned into the rhythms of the city’s hidden environments and the creatures who live there. We recorded subtle sounds, patterns of light, pawprints and landmarks, studying how these places respire, blossom, and decay. We invented a new culture for the distant future and the roles its people might have, imagining how they might live with this environment and the relics of our own time. The Jones Falls was once so polluted by local industries that the city forced it into underground tunnels and culverts many decades ago. Remainders of that history and all the objects that people still leave behind – soda cans, rusty machine parts, plastic toys, broken glass – can be found everywhere along our streams. We went looking for such waste materials as unknown treasures, gathering them up as the foundation of our collective art studio. We imagined what these human things could one day become when our own civilization has faded away, crafting new objects and imagining the stories and significance they might carry one day. *The Future of Here* dreams of a more symbiotic and hopeful time to come for our watershed and planet. We hope that visitors will be inspired by our collective experiment, building their own stories and resources to face an uncertain future. ### About the Artists *The Future of Here* includes work by Arnab Chatterjee, Prabuddha Ghosh Dastidar, Brian Duan, Joelie Garcia, Vivian Guo, Jillian Liu, Clelia Megwa, Michelle Nazareth, Skye Neulight, Anand Pandian, Jocelyn Salgado, Lindi Shepard, Hannah Simon, Amienne Spencer-Blume, Jordan Tierney, and Kelsey Zhang. The exhibition includes an interactive workshop with found materials where visitors are encouraged to fashion future relics of their own. **We are grateful for the partnership and support of the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, the JHU Department of Anthropology and the JHU Program in Museums & Society, the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, and the Ecological Design Collective.** ### Details **Date: February 13, 2025 – March 30, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artists:** *The Future of Here* includes work by Arnab Chatterjee, Prabuddha Ghosh Dastidar, Brian Duan, Joelie Garcia, Vivian Guo, Jillian Liu, Clelia Megwa, Michelle Nazareth, Skye Neulight, Anand Pandian, Jocelyn Salgado, Lindi Shepard, Hannah Simon, Amienne Spencer-Blume, Jordan Tierney, and Kelsey Zhang. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. 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[ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Pop-Up Exhibition: The Black Print ### March 28 – March 29, 2025 ***The Black Print*** is a two-day exhibition that explores the intersection of art, textiles, and fashion, and draws inspiration from traditional African roots and contemporary conversations of Blackness. Through graffiti, photography, and garment performance art, *The Black Print* showcases the vibrancy of fashion as an artistic and cultural form. Organized by creative director, and curator Ireanna Rogers, the exhibition uses material as a vehicle for storytelling, honoring ancestral legacies while embracing contemporary artistry. On Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, visitors can enjoy music and hors d’oeuvres while viewing artworks and designs by Infavian Davis, kolpeace, Melissa Sutherland Moss, Linnea Poole, Tajiel Wesley, and Jalen Williams. While Moss presents a live garment performance piece, models wearing designs by Davis will be on view throughout the gallery space. Guests will also be invited to play tabletop games like spades and dominoes––in celebration of communal traditions of Black leisure. ### About the Artist **Featured artists:** [Melissa Sutherland Moss](https://www.melissasutherlandart.com/) (b. Brooklyn, NY) is a Costa Rican American interdisciplinary artist working across collage, painting, [video](https://youtu.be/qHUVx20_nA4?si=5dwMTmK5TyHfZD4d), and installation. Her practice explores the construction of landscape, language, and the intertwined histories of the Caribbean and the United States, viewing landscape as a cultural and historical artifact shaped by memory, identity, and time. Through processes of accretion, erasure, and extraction, she uncovers hidden layers of stories and identities embedded in the land, creating a dynamic tension between what is visible and what is concealed. ​Her work has been recognized and exhibited at The Biggs Museum of American Art, and she has participated in notable residencies including ArtCrawl Harlem, Chrysalis Institute for Emerging Artists, The Alliance of Artist Communities, and Zea Mays Printmaking mentorship program. Her creative contributions have been featured in publications such as Black Enterprise, Forbes, Essence, Modern Luxury, and Refinery 29. Currently pursuing her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Sutherland Moss divides her time between New York, and Baltimore, MD. ### Details **Date: March 28-29, 2025 When:** Open 5pm-8pm on March 28 and 12:00-4:00pm on March 29 **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artists: Melissa Sutherland Moss** ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond](https://thepeale.org/glennwalker/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/)[All Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale)## Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond ### August 15 – October 12, 2025 The Peale is proud to present a rare retrospective of Baltimore artist **Glenn Walker**, whose bold and unflinching vision left an indelible mark on the city’s art scene. From intimate portraits to charged social commentary, Walker’s work captures the beauty, humor, and complexity of everyday life. ### About the Artists **Glenn F. Walker** (1927-1988) was a Baltimore painter trained at the then-Maryland Institute of Arts and a “best kept secret” among area art aficionados. Walker, who died in 1988, continues to be known for working in a breathtaking variety of media and styles including oils, pastels, watercolors, drawings, and woodcuts. He won prizes for his art from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Peale Museum, and elsewhere. Walker is remembered in part as the subject of controversy: Baltimore Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. saw a Walker painting, “In a Room”, during a 1955 Peale exhibition, and declaring it obscene and “morally objectionable,” ordered it removed. The painting showed a nude man smoking a cigarette and a woman lying on a bed. The museum’s director, Wilbur H. Hunter Jr., put the painting on display in his office, and other painters protested the mayor’s order by removing their works from the exhibition. A year later, the Baltimore Sun’s art critic, Kenneth Sawyer, called Walker “a draftsman of sensitive imagination, a technician with few peers in Baltimore.” Walker remained at the center of the city’s art scene for many years, continuing to paint and teach throughout his four-decade career. This exhibition is made possible thanks to the generosity of **Buzz Cusack**, who has preserved and championed Walker’s artistic legacy. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore works spanning Walker’s career, including the controversial *In the Room*, the 1955 painting at the center of one of Baltimore’s most infamous art censorship battles. Join us as we celebrate Walker’s fearless creativity and rediscover an artist whose work still challenges, delights, and inspires nearly 70 years later. [Artist profile compliments of Manor Mill, Monkton, MD](https://manor-mill.com/glenn-walker?rq=glenn "https://manor-mill.com/glenn-walker?rq=glenn")### Details **Date: August 15 – October 12, 2025When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Special Thanks **Buzz Cusak** for his continued generosity to The Peale. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ All Peale Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Nellie Bly and the Lunatic's Ball | A Girl Mad as Birds ### September 25 – November 2, 2025 ![Photorealistic painting of the right side of a womans face. the portrait is placed within a box frame with a small bird skin and preserved birds nest.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/1-Portrait-of-Nellie-Bly-jpg-rotated-rcc20m62mwz4xwwi6j3mnszvbp3deeeg2wchhh648w.jpg "1 Portrait of Nellie Bly – jpg") The Peale is proud to present *Nellie Bly and the Lunatic’s Ball | A Girl Mad as Birds*. This exhibition by artist Cheryl Parry explores the 19th-century belief that women were predisposed to madness, a notion that led to the misdiagnosis, institutionalization, and silencing of countless women. the installation brings together portraits, poetic objects, preserved bird skins, nests, and text to evoke the lives of women confined to asylums – sometimes for illnesses we would recognize today as minor, or even for behaviors as harmless as reading too much. The portraits are loosely based on photography by Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, who in the 1850s used the new medium of photography to record female patients, convinced their features revealed signs of mental illness. While his theories were later discredited, his images remain as some of the only surviving visual traces of women erased from history. The exhibition also looks to journalist Nellie Bly, who in 1887 courageously feigned insanity to gain entry into Blackwell’s Island Asylum in New York. Her exposé, *Ten Days in a Madhouse*, revealed the horrific mistreatment, starvation, and abuse faced by the patients, and brought public attention to the inhumanity of the asylum system. Within this context, *The Lunatic’s Ball* – a surreal, tragic tradition in which doctors, attendants, and patients all danced together for one night – becomes both an emblem of irony and a fragile glimpse of shared humanity. Through the recurring metaphor of birds – caged, winged, longing for flight – Parry re-imagines the voices of women forced into silence. The title, drawn from Dylan Thomas’s poem Love in the Asylum, captures this yearning for freedom: “a girl mad as birds.” In conjuring these stories, Parry’s exhibition asks us to bear witness to forgotten lives and consider how art might awaken what history has left unsaid. ### Featured Artists Cheryl Parry is a visual artist whose work brings hidden histories and overlooked voices to light through painting, installation, and multimedia projects. Raised in Pennsylvania in a working-class Italian- and Irish-American family, Parry was captivated by images from an early age – first through storybook illustrations and religious art, and later through the transformative power of painting. This early fascination with pictures as carriers of meaning continues to inform her practice. In Parry’s words, “the ability to transmute matter from the chemical substance of paint into illusions on canvas that bedazzle and convey meaning is magical. It has always been the way for me to bring back early experiences in childhood of a deep and visceral engagement with the world. It has also been a way for me as an adult to speak to what it is like in this time when the natural world is under serious threat…”. Her recent projects include *Nellie Bly & The Lunatic’s Ball*, a series inspired by the trailblazing journalist who exposed abuses in women’s asylums, and *A Girl Mad as Birds*, which draws on poetry and surreal imagery to re-imagine the lives of women silenced by institutionalization. Both bodies of work reflect Parry’s ongoing exploration of art as a way to imagine what those rendered mute would say if they could. ### Details **Date: September 25 – November 2, 2025 When:** Open during regular Thursday – Sunday hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured: [Cheryl Parry](https://cherylparry.wordpress.com/)** Funding has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/puffin-logo-better-150x150.png) ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Community Creators Fund: Support from The Peale](https://thepeale.org/community-creators-fund/) **Published:** September 29, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum [ Please donate ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Help support regional artists and keep our arts economy strong. Did you know that the arts in Maryland support 80,000 jobs and generate $13 billion for the state every year? That means a better quality of life and more opportunities for everyone! With a gift to The Community Creators Fund at The Peale, you join the movement that earned Maryland it’s ranking as fifth-most arts-vibrant state last year by helping showcase the ideas, programming, and artwork of Baltimore’s creators – regardless of their ability to fully self-fund an exhibition. Please make a gift today… Because “Community” means more when everyone participates. [ Donate Here ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/L93OKHwCA45gL5UwCyz8DA) *The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution is tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.* ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240420_143552-1-scaled.jpg) ### What do visitors think? ***“A gem in the heart of the city. Take an hour or two to tour the entire museum.”*** ***“My children and I love this local gem 💎 of a museum.”*** ***“Such a gorgeous space to learn about some of the history of this city. Not only is it a museum, but a safe space to perform, act, display the local arts of the city too!”*** [ Donate Here ](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/L93OKHwCA45gL5UwCyz8DA) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Buy a Brick: Support the Peale's Mission](https://thepeale.org/buyabrick/) **Published:** May 9, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Peale Bricks The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Order Today ](https://www.thatsmybrick.com/thepeale) ## A Long-Lasting Legacy Buy a brick to support the historic Peale, the country’s first purpose-built museum! Your personalized brick will proudly be displayed in our Pollinator Garden patio. Purchase a brick and receive a certificate for you or your loved one on their special occasion. Your contribution of $100.00 for a 4” x 8” brick or $250.00 for an 8” x 8” brick is tax deductible as permitted by law. For more details and to place your order online, visit [www.thatsmybrick.com/thepeale](https://www.thatsmybrick.com/thepeale). Please note that brick installation times may fluctuate due to manufacturing schedules and weather conditions. Just click the button to start your order and customize your brick. Payment Options: Pay by check, money order, credit card, or PayPal. If you have any questions or like to order by mail or telephone, please contact us at [ Order Your Brick ](https://www.thatsmybrick.com/thepeale) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Baltimore Stories](https://thepeale.org/baltimore-stories/) **Published:** July 8, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Baltimore Stories The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Story Map ](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/listen) [ Record YOUR Story ](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/) ## Story Archive The Peale stewards a growing digital archive of Baltimore stories, amplifying community voices about everything from Baltimore neighborhoods and landmarks to social and environmental justice, education, local food, and much more! Listen to thousands of stories from people around Baltimore and Maryland on the [Peale’s Story Map](https://beherestories.thepeale.org/listen) or on our [SoundCloud channel](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories)! Don’t forget to record YOUR story! Researchers can [contact the Peale](mailto:online@thepealecenter.org) for details about additional collections, rights, metadata, and more. We’d also be happy to supply transcriptions upon request. If you’re recording a story, please take a few moments to read our [Stories Terms of Use](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Peale-Stories-Terms-of-Use-11.11.23.pdf). ![A man with short cropped black hair and glasses wears a blue shirt and sits in a room with blue walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2020.01.01.a-MD-JaysonWilliams-TheLexingtonMarketBellRinger-LexingtonMarket-VideoScreenshot-9December2020.png) ### Lexington Market Stories Part of the Lexington Market Public History Initiative in an effort to collect stories and memories about the world-famous Lexington Market. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-about-lexington-market) ![Audrey Carter has braids in her hair and wears a herring bone pattern, black and white blazer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021.09.01.a2-MD-TheGuaurdians-AudreyCarter_2-PhotobyKirbyGriffin-24August2021.jpg) ### The Guardians: Reshaping History A photo, documentary, and storytelling project that celebrates Black female leaders across Baltimore City neighborhoods. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/the-guardians-reshaping) ![A woman with black hair and bright smile looks happy in a store or restaurant setting.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/13-Lakeisha-Patapsco-Mart-SMALL.jpg) ### Out of the Blocks *Out of the Blocks* is an immersive listening experience, created by Aaron Henkin and Wendel Patrick, built from a mosaic of voices and soundscapes on the streets of Baltimore. Includes more than 100 stories! [ Listen/Read ](https://ootb.thepeale.org/) ![A person with a hat bends down and paints art on a concrete road surface.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-863-1.png) ### The Arts in Baltimore Hear residents of the city talk about murals and art around Baltimore. Hear from area artists too about their latest works. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/the-arts-in-baltimore) ![A boy with black hair and a purple sweatshirt wears a blue face mask in a car.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022.05.11-MD-JustStayingSafe-TimonBicknell-VaxVox-October2021.jpg) ### Vax Vox: COVID-19 Stories Stories from people about their experiences with COVID and getting the vaccine. Part of national vaccination effort. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-about-covid-19-and-vaccination) ![A woman in a colorful pink dress and matching head wrap sits on a stage and tells stories.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_3299-scaled-e1657223058810.jpg) ### Mama Linda's Chapbook The Peale’s Storyteller-in-Residence Mama Linda Goss shares stories, poetry, songs, and insights about life in the modern world. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/songs-and-poems-from-mama) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Tim-the-supervisor-of-the-Peales-renovations.jpg) ### Baltimore History & Architecture Listen to stories and interviews about Baltimore and Maryland history and architecture with local and regional experts. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/baltimore-and-maryland-history) ![A man with round eyeglasses and gray hair and beard smiles as he stands in front of a mottled gray wall.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LeeEpstein-2020_small-scaled.jpg) ### Town Creek: Maryland Environmentalists Stories documenting 40 years of environmental expertise to inspire a sustainable future in Maryland. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-of-marylands) ![A woman with straight black hair and large hoop earrings sits in front of a computer monitor.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AriannaGomez.png) ### Maryland Voices: Democracy in America The Smithsonian exhibition “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,” inspired this story collection. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-from-main-street) ![A person with a blue facemask and a yellow beanie winter cap stands on the sidewalk giving out election materials.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/8670-Franca.jpg) ### Stories about Life in Baltimore The original “Baltimore Stories” collection is an authentic way to discover the people and places of the city. Includes “Stoop Shoots by Daisy Brown” and stories about working in Baltimore. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-about-baltimore) ![A woman with large hoop earrings and straight black hair smiles in a selfie.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/8433-20191213-134656-1-NJ-The-Departure-ChicoryProject-RoselleDavid-2019.jpg) ### Chicory Revitalization Project Students in an Urban History class interpret poems from the historic *Chicory Magazine*, which captured the frustration of Black Baltimore from 1966-1983. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/chicory-revitalization-project) ![A community sign in a historic neighborhood that reads, Welcome to Sharp-Leadenhall Historical Community.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Historic-Sharp-Leadenhall-Sign1.1.jpg) ### Baltimore Places Begun as a project called “Be Here: Baltimore,” these stories explore little-known places and neighborhoods in the city, as told by people who live in “Charm City.” Includes walking tours of the city too! [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-of-marylands) ![A historic silhouette of a man's face on thick white paper.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PL-PF-2022.11.02.b-P-MD-DrAlHathawayGwynnOakParkDesegrationBaltimore-DrAlvinHathaway-PealeFaces-18April2022.jpg) ### Peale Faces Project Baltimore residents share stories as they sat for historic-style silhouette portraits with Baltimore artist Lauren Muney. Portraits are on display at the Peale. [ Listen/Read ](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/stories-from-main-street) --- ### [Exhibition: Black Panthers at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-black-panthers/) **Published:** March 7, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## "Revolution in Our Lifetime": The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968-1973 ### April 12-July 7, 2024 *“Revolution in Our Lifetime”: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968–1973* explores the founding, programs, and everyday activities of the Black Panther Party’s Baltimore chapter, as well as the party’s ideological foundations and state repression it experienced. The exhibit further examines the party’s links to other political organizations in the city within the broader context of political organizing in the period. The exhibit features rare artifacts, documents, and photographs, as well as copies of the party’s newspaper. The exhibit examines the persistent racial segregation and bigotry that shaped the city at the time, which animated Black political organizing. Visitors will learn about the power of grassroots organizing against racism, as well as how regular people made demands for revolution in Baltimore. The Baltimore chapter’s history also illustrates how police mobilized copious resources to undermine and destroy the Black Panther Party. *“Revolution in Our Lifetime”* also addresses legacies and provides contemporary lessons from this era of political ferment in Baltimore. There are four main sections in the exhibition: [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Front-and-Back-of-BPP-Newspaper-Mar.27-SMALL2.png) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Front-and-Back-of-BPP-Newspaper-Mar.27-SMALL.png) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Free-University-SMALL.png) [ ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coates-Photo-SMALL.png) - “The Seeds of The Revolution: Children and Childhood in the Baltimore Chapter of the Black Panther Party” by Kai Clemons - “Breaking Down the Ivory Tower: Dr. Rev. Chester L. Wickwire” by Gerardo Fontes - “Not Just Attica: Carceral Uprisings in Baltimore and Maryland in the late 1960s and early 1970s” by Emma Petite - “Dare to Struggle and Dare to Win: The Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party’s modification and application of Maoism in community organizing” by Kristian Whitehead *“Revolution in Our Lifetime”: The Black Panther Party and Political Organizing in Baltimore, 1968–1973* is curated by a team of students from Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University, with guidance from Dr. Heather Furnas, Dr. Victoria Harms, and Dr. Stuart Schrader (Johns Hopkins University). The team consists of: - **Kai Clemons** is a MA student at Morgan State University studying African American Studies whose overall research interest focuses on the nuances, cultivation, and sustainability of Black identity among Black youth. - **Gerardo Fontes** is a Junior majoring in Political Science, International Studies, and History at Johns Hopkins University. - **Emma Petite** recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a double major in Political Science and International Studies with a concentration in racial politics. - **Kristian Whitehead** is a Junior majoring in History at Morgan State University. The exhibit is supported by Inheritance Baltimore: Humanities and Arts Education for Black Liberation; the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism; and the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. It draws on the holdings of the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives, University of Maryland Baltimore County Special Collections, Goucher College Special Collections & Archives, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and others. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TheChloeCenter_logo_blk-300x150.jpg) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CAS-logo-copy-300x232.jpg) ### Details **Date: April 12, 2024-July 7, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curators:** A team of students from Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University, with guidance from Dr. Heather Furnas, Dr. Victoria Harms, and Dr. Stuart Schrader (Johns Hopkins University). ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [POSEN x POSEN x POSEN](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-posen/) **Published:** May 17, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## POSEN x POSEN x POSEN Exhibition [![An abstract painting with orange flames on a blue base.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture1-e1684352612112-1024x752.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture1-e1684352612112.jpg) [![An abstract work of art with dark lines on a hot pink background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture2-e1684352658437-1024x850.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture2-e1684352658437.jpg) [![A woman with brown curly hair stands in an art studio in front of a wall of color swatches.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ALEX-POSEN-IN-STUDIO-small.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ALEX-POSEN-IN-STUDIO-small.jpg) [![An abstract color wash featuring reds, oranges, and whites.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PA-flyer-737x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PA-flyer.jpg) [![A costume that has a denim top and a striped red and white flag-style skirt.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ZacPosen-682x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ZacPosen.jpg) [![Zac Posen designs](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Copy-of-IMG_0348.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Copy-of-IMG_0348.jpg) *POSEN x POSEN x POSEN* brings together the artistic endeavors of the Posen family—Stephen Posen, Alexandra Posen, and Zac Posen—and explores the remarkable contributions they have made to the realms of art and fashion. Stephen Posen, as an abstract painter, channels his creativity onto canvas, while Alexandra Posen expresses her artistic vision through sculptural forms. Zac Posen, on the other hand, has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry with his distinctive designs. In contrast, let’s look back to the Peale family, whose artistic legacy spans the colonial and early national periods of the United States. Charles Willson Peale, renowned as a portrait painter, also established the very first major museum in the country, aptly named now, The Peale. The artistic pursuits of his sons—Raphaelle, Rembrandt, and Titian Peale—focused on still-life paintings, portraiture, and natural history illustrations. While the artistic careers of the Posen and Peale families differ in terms of medium and historical context, it is undeniable that both families have left an indelible mark on the art world. This exhibition seeks to draw parallels and explore the connections between these two remarkable families, celebrating their diverse artistic achievements and their lasting impact on the artistic and cultural fabric of their respective eras. —*Jeffrey Kent, Exhibition Curator* **Support for this exhibition is provided in part by Jane Brown and Neil Didriksen.** > I think that now that art and creativity have become commodities, it is almost impossible for the individual creator to alter the forces of the culture. Because there are so many great creative people, so many voices, it becomes something of a group concept and the individual is somehow of less significance. > > -Stephen Posen ### Details **Date: June 15, 2023 – Extended through August 13, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Jeffrey Kent **Featured Artists:** Stephen Posen, Alexandra Posen, and Zac Posen ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Exhibition Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Quilted Connections: A Sisterhood in Cloth](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-quilted-connections-a-sisterhood-in-cloth/) **Published:** February 13, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Quilted Connections: Sisterhood in Cloth ![A woman's face--with a broad white smile--is woven into a detailed quilted with a green background.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/11-WhenDestinySmiles-QuiltedConnectionsSisterhoodinCloth-GlendaRichardson-21December2022-895x1024.jpg) ![MamabyRoslindRobinson-PhotoByDaisyBrown-6Janaury2022-7](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MamabyRoslindRobinson-PhotoByDaisyBrown-6Janaury2022-7.jpg) ![A vibrant quilt showing the singer Mahalia Jackson as she's singing.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/QuiltedConnections-PhotoByGlendaRichardson-December2022-3-982x1024.jpg) ![A red and purple and brown quilt that features angular zigzag shapes.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Zag-1024x845.jpg) ![A blue, black, red, and white quilt that features a portrait of Harriet Tubman.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/7-HarrietTubmanSpy-QuiltedConnectionsSisterhoodinCloth-GlendaRichardson-21December2022-666x1024.jpg) ![An abstract design on a quilt that features bold yellow, brown, and black patches.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/10-KorhogoGarden-QuiltedConnectionsSisterhoodinCloth-GlendaRichardson-21December2022-800x1024.jpeg) Three members of the African American Quilters of Baltimore, Sandra Smith, Rosalind Robinson, and Glenda Richardson, have created quilts to thank and honor all those who supported the Peale’s renovations and reopening this year. In addition, the quilters have created a stand-alone exhibition of their work over the years, reflecting the magic and virtuosity of their craft. *Quilted Connections* is an exhibition of 17 large-scale quilts that feature everything from exquisite portraits of historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Mahalia Jackson to African-inspired designs and memories of family. The exhibition also i[ncludes an Audio Tour](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/quilted-connections-sisterhood), narrated by the quilters themselves. Learn about their process, inspirations, and techniques. The audio tour is available through the Smartify app and on [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/beherestories/sets/quilted-connections-sisterhood). ### Details **Date:** December 1, 2022 – March 19, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Sandra Smith **Featured Artists:** Sandra Smith, Rosalind Robinson, and Glenda Richardson ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Remembering the Work of the Women’s Coalition for Change ![A collage of newspaper articles with the words, These Men are Potential Rapists.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RWWCC-Graphic-892x1024.jpg) Working under the name the **Women’s Coalition for Change**, in April 1993, nine women enrolled in an art history course at the University of Maryland, College Park undertook an art action that jolted the campus and attracted national news coverage and passionate dialogue. The art action, which involved elements of performance, installation, and postering, came to be known in the media as the “rapist list” because a component of the action involved the publication of every identifiably male name in the campus student directory on flyers underneath the headline “Notice: These Men Are Potential Rapists.” On the 30th anniversary of this event, The Peale will host a look back at the event, including a multimedia presentation and discussion with those involved in or touched by the action, including artists, scholars, and activists. Invited participants include art historian Dr. Kathy O’Dell; School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Professor Jefferson Pinder, then a young art student at the university; scholar and educator Dr. Lisa Bernstein; and persons involved in the art action. In advance of the presentation and panel discussion scheduled for April 30, 1 – 3 p.m., archival material related to the action will be on display in the Moses Williams Center starting April 1. ### Details **Date:** April 1 – April 30, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator: Featured Artists:** Multiple ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition | Baker Artist Portfolios](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-baker-artist-portfolios/) **Published:** September 17, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Baker Artist Portfolios: Off the Web ### November 7, 2024 – January 19, 2025 **Over 200 Baltimore-area artists bring some of the region’s newest art to America’s oldest museum building.** Each year, up to 1000 artists create a Baker Artist Portfolio, making it one of the largest digital collections of artwork from the Baltimore region. This biennial OFF THE WEB exhibition invites any artist with a Baker Artist Portfolio to share one piece of art at The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum. Artists of all disciplines were invited to participate in an exhibition and series of live events. Visiting the museum and all OFF THE WEB events are *free* for everyone. The Baker Artist Portfolios were established by the [William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund](http://www.bakerfund.org/) and are a program of the [Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance](http://www.baltimoreculture.org/) ### About the Artists **Featured artists:** [Check out each artist’s digital portfolio!](https://bakerartist.org/portfolios) ### Details **Date: November 7-January 19, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artists:** More 180 artists! [See them all](https://bakerartist.org/portfolios). ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibitions](https://thepeale.org/exhibitions/) **Published:** November 24, 2021 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Online Exhibitions ](#onlineExhibitions) [ Virtual & Audio Tours ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-exhibitions/) The following community-driven exhibitions are on view now or coming soon to The Peale! Please check out our [Visit](https://thepeale.org/visit/) page for current hours of operation, information about accessibility, parking, and more. You can also search the archive for [past exhibitions ](https://thepeale.org/past-exhibitions/)that The Peale has hosted this year. Previous years are also being added to the archive. ### Exhibits [](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) ![Poster for Francine Halvorsen's 'Trust the Paint' exhibition; features a horizontal striped abstract painting with black, gray, white, and ochre bands.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Trust-the-Paint-5-crop-1-293x300.png) ## [Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/ "Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on Paper") Trust the Paint | Paintings, Works on PaperFrancine HalvorsenOn View June 25 – August 16, 20262nd Floor | Latrobe and Garden View Galleries Left: Pictured from left to right, Luciform Blue, Luciform Black, Luciform Variegated.Above: Lucarne IIAbout the Artist:Francine Halvorsen... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/trust-the-paint-paintings-works-on-paper-2/) [](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) ![We Know Who They Are... title horizontally places to the right of a brightly blue and magenta colored landscape featuring two men seated on a bench facing away from the viewer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WKWTA-Website-Header-300x172.png) ## [We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/ "We Know Who They Are… | Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine") We Know Who They Are…Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of UkraineOn View July 31 – October 2, 2026 | 3rd Floor About the ExhibitionOn February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking an unprovoked escalation in... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/) [](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) ![Poster for an art exhibit titled "Let Them Speak Their Beauty, Our Hearts" featuring a man with long dreadlocks holding a drawing, set against a brick wall with vines and event details below.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Flyer-Let-Them-Speak-Their-Beauty-Our-Hearts-232x300.jpg) ## [Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/ "Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts") Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our HeartsOn View June 20 – July 26, 2026 | 3rd Floor West Coalition Exhibit Statement: The Let Them Speak: Their Beauty, Our Hearts art exhibit at The Peale June 20th-July 26th will highlight the impact,... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/let-them-speak-their-beauty-our-hearts/) Load More [](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CS1thumb-150x150.png) ## [Education Will Be Our Pride](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/ "Education Will Be Our Pride") Education Will Be Our Pride Education, Resistance, and the Legacy... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/education-will-be-our-pride/) [](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-150x150.jpg) ## [Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/ "Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles") Moses Williams silhouette Recovering a Master Artist’s Story Moses Williams:... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/moses-williams-2/) [](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) ![A 19th century drawing of an elephant or mastodon.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Working_sketch_of_the_mastodon_rembrandt_peale-small-150x150.jpg) ## [Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/ "Founding Fossils: When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide") Founding Fossils When Science, Art, and Accessibility Collide In 1801,... [Read More](https://thepeale.org/founding-fossils/) ## Your Community Museum ![A black lives matter sign covers the window at the brick Peale building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BLM-Sign-on-the-Peale-by-Jeffrey-Photo-by-Daisy-Brown-1024x683.jpg) ### Your Community Exhibition Here! #### Your Dates, Your Pace Will YOUR work be on view this year? The Peale is currently accepting applications to collaborate on community exhibitions! We are thrilled to hear from you. Please visit our “Collaborate with Us” page to learn how you might show your work at the Peale in the future! [ Collaborate with Us ](https://thepeale.org/collaborate-with-us/) ## Online Exhibitions Explore online exhibitions and tour the Peale building without ever leaving the comfort of your armchair or desk. ![A woman with black hair stands in a store as she smiles broadly.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/13-Lakeisha-Patapsco-Mart-SMALL.jpg) ### Out of the Blocks Stories *Out of the Blocks* is an immersive listening experience, created by Aaron Henkin and Wendel Patrick, built from a mosaic of voices and soundscapes on the streets of Baltimore. Includes more than 100 stories! [ Visit and listen! ](https://ootb.thepeale.org/) ![Audrey Carter has braids in her hair and wears a herring bone pattern, black and white blazer.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021.09.01.a2-MD-TheGuaurdians-AudreyCarter_2-PhotobyKirbyGriffin-24August2021.jpg) ### The Guardians: Reshaping History The Guardians is a photo documentary & storytelling project including photo portraits, large scale banners and digital archives that celebrate unrecognized Black female leaders across Baltimore City neighborhoods. [ Hear their stories. ](https://www.theguardiansofbaltimore.com/the-guardians) ![A group of women wrap their arms around each other.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-980.jpg) ### Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility People with disabilities make up the largest minority population in the world. This project shares the challenges, successes, and stories of Maryland’s disabled communities, along with interesting facts. [ Visit and learn. ](https://redefine-able.thepealecenter.org/) ![Avatars of people gather in the courtyard in front of a virtual building.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-1307.png) ### Abstracts & Artifacts in Second Life Build your avatar and start exploring a virtual replica of our building in Second Life. It’s open 24/7, 365 days a year! Tour the inside of the building too, with a special exhibition of historic photos of the Peale. [ Virtual Peale ](https://thepeale.org/the-peale-in-second-life/) [ ](#Top) Very historical museum. Events are always changing, and they’re open to featuring new talent. ### - Adrian Sharon ##### Real Google Review --- ### [Awards](https://thepeale.org/awards/) **Published:** March 2, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Awards The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Peale News ](https://thepeale.org/peale-news/) [ Donate ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Awards and Recognition #### The Peale is honored to be recognized by regional and national organizations for its leadership in historic preservation, institutional rehabilitation, and community-centered museum practice. These awards reflect years of collaborative work to restore one of Baltimore’s most significant historic buildings while reimagining its role as a living, inclusive civic space. ### National and Regional Recognition #### [Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums](https://www.midatlanticmuseums.org) ### Buildy Award ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/buildy-1024x768.jpg) Martha Morris and Nancy Proctor The Peale received a [Buildy Award](https://midatlanticmuseums.org/building-museums/buildy-awards/) in 2024. This national award recognizes the most outstanding recent museum building projects. The purpose of the Buildy Award is to increase awareness within the field, and by the public, of the value of museums and the need for their ongoing rehabilitation and expansion to serve future generations. #### [Preservation Maryland](https://preservationmaryland.org/) ### Phoenix Award Preservation Maryland presented The Peale with a coveted[ Phoenix Award ](https://www.preservationmaryland.org/best-of-maryland-winner-spotlight-the-peale-center-the-phoenix-award/)in 2023. This honor is bestowed on individuals or organizations to recognize projects demonstrating excellence in the revitalization of threatened or abandoned historic resources. ### Stewardship Award In 2019, the Baltimore City Department of General Services and The Peale Center received a [Stewardship Award from Preservation Maryland](https://www.preservationmaryland.org/best-of-maryland-the-peale-center-for-baltimore-history-architecture/) for their joint undertaking to repair and rejuvenate ca. 1814 Peale Museum in the heart of Baltimore City. Accepting the award at the Best of Maryland Awards were representatives from the Baltimore City Department of General Service, The Peale Center, SM+P Architects, Ruff Roofers, and C&H Restoration. #### [Maryland Historical Trust](https://mht.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx) ### Excellence in Institutional Rehabilitation Maryland Historical Trust honored The Peale with an [Excellence in Institutional Rehabilitation Award](https://thepeale.org/event/maryland-historical-trust-awards/) in 2023. As part of Preservation Month, the Maryland Historical Trust presented 10 awards for noteworthy accomplishments in the preservation field, recognizing outstanding education, restoration and revitalization projects, as well as organizational and individual leadership. #### [Greater Baltimore Association of Builders and Contractors](https://www.abcbaltimore.org/) ### Excellence in Construction The Greater Baltimore Association of Builders and Contractors awarded The Peale and A.R. Marani, Inc. an [Excellence in Construction Award](https://secure.abcbaltimore.org/2023-excellence-in-construction-award-winners/) in 2023. Marani’s sensitive renovation of the historic interior was in no way marred by critical enhancements to the 1814 building’s accessibility, including the installation of its first elevator and five, fully accessible, single-use restrooms among other amenities. #### [Baltimore Heritage](http://baltimoreheritage.org) ### Preservation Award For the restoration of The Peale, we received [Baltimore Heritage’s Preservation Award](https://baltimoreheritage.org/awards/) in 2022. Since 1961, Baltimore Heritage has recognized over 300 preservation and heritage projects in Baltimore. We give awards to projects and people who preserve and promote Baltimore’s heritage and historic places. This includes DIY rowhouse rehabbers, historic preservation crusaders, history curriculum writers, those who restore our city’s historic buildings and everything in between! This work and the people behind it are at the heart of historic Baltimore. ### A Shared Commitment to Baltimore’s Heritage These awards recognize more than a single project; they reflect a collective commitment to preserving and promoting Baltimore’s heritage. From architects and builders to public agencies, funders, and community members, the restoration and revitalization of The Peale has been a shared effort. The Peale is proud to stand alongside the many individuals and organizations working to ensure that historic places remain relevant, accessible, and meaningful for generations to come. ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Smart Speaker Enabled: Peale News by Voice](https://thepeale.org/alexa-voice/) **Published:** October 6, 2022 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Smart Speaker Enabled The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## Peale News by Voice The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum—and now, you can experience it through your smart speaker. With **Peale News by Voice,** The Peale brings museum updates, stories, and practical information directly into your home through [Amazon Alexa](https://alexa.amazon.com/userProfile?redirectTo=%2F) and [Google Assistant](https://assistant.google.com/)–enabled devices. Whether you are planning a visit, curious about Baltimore history, or simply want to hear what’s happening at The Peale, **Peale News by Voice** makes it easy to stay connected using simple voice commands. ### What Is Peale News by Voice? **Peale News by Voice** is a custom smart-speaker experience that allows listeners to access curated content from The Peale using voice technology. Designed for accessibility, convenience, and discovery, this feature extends the museum beyond its physical walls and into everyday life. Using your smart speaker or mobile device, you can hear: - Current museum hours and visitor information - Updates on exhibitions, programs, and events - Highlights from The Peale’s digital storytelling and archives - Fun facts and trivia about The Peale and Baltimore’s history - General information about the museum, its mission, and its work This voice experience reflects The Peale’s commitment to sharing Baltimore stories through diverse media and platforms. ![On the left is an image of a smart phone that shows the Peale's garden; on the right is a graphic of a smart speaker.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Smart-Speaker-768x448.png) #### How to Listen on Alexa and Google Assistant Getting started is simple and takes only a moment. - On Amazon Alexa, say: “Open Peale News” - On Google Nest or Google Assistant, say: “Talk to Peale News” You can also use Google Assistant on your phone to access Peale News by Voice anywhere, anytime. Once activated, the skill will guide you through available updates and content using natural, conversational prompts. #### Why Voice Matters at The Peale As Baltimore’s Community Museum, The Peale explores new ways to share history, art, and lived experience. Voice platforms allow the museum to reach audiences who may not always engage through traditional websites or social media. Peale News by Voice supports: - Hands-free access to museum information - Increased accessibility for visually impaired users - New ways to experience storytelling and interpretation - Broader reach beyond the museum’s physical location By embracing smart-speaker technology, The Peale continues its long tradition of innovation—dating back to its origins as one of the first purpose-built museums in the United States. #### A New Way to Experience a Historic Baltimore Museum Housed in a landmark building in downtown Baltimore, The Peale blends history with contemporary voices and media. Visitors often describe it as a “new / not-new Baltimore treasure”—a place where past and present meet in thoughtful, engaging ways. Peale News by Voice extends that experience beyond the gallery, offering a lightweight, conversational way to stay informed and inspired. #### Stay Connected with The Peale In addition to Peale News by Voice, you can stay connected through: - The Peale’s eNewsletter - In-person exhibitions and programs - Virtual exhibitions and digital storytelling projects - Community-driven history initiatives To learn more or plan a visit, explore the rest of the site or contact The Peale directly. [The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum](HTTPS://WWW.THEPEALE.ORG) 225 Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202 T 667.225.1814 | E This is a new / not-new Baltimore treasure. The historic museum building is now open with widely diverse media and voices. It is small enough that one can spend time and engage with the exhibits and the knowledgeable staff. Very cool. ![The Peale's garden on a summer night features elegant white tables and candlelight.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PealeGarden-Windows26Illumination-PhotobyKelleyBell-24September2022-1-scaled.jpg) Justina Starobin Facebook Review --- ### [About the Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum](https://thepeale.org/about-us/) **Published:** December 17, 2017 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## About Us The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ Awards ](https://thepeale.org/awards/) [ Visit the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Who We Are The Peale is a 501©3 tax-exempt, non-profit corporation established to restore the historic Peale Museum building as a center to celebrate the unique history of Baltimore, its people and their buildings. The Peale began as “Friends of the Peale” in 2008. In June 2012, the Friends of the Peale and the Baltimore History Center at the Peale, a Maryland non-profit corporation formed by Judge John Carroll Byrnes, joined forces as The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture. Today, we are simply “The Peale,” and because of your support and the support of people going back to 2008, the effort to save the Peale building has been realized. In the first purpose-built museum in the nation, Baltimore’s storytellers at last have a showcase that honors the importance of their contributions to the heritage and cultural fabric of our city! We are building an archive of Baltimore stories, and the Peale is now dedicated to preserving Baltimore’s intangible cultural heritage: its stories, in the form of exhibitions, performances, talks, immersive experiences, and other creative media, and the community voices that share them. ## Evolving Spaces We are not just defined by the unique history of this space but continue its legacy of adapting to the city’s needs by democratizing power and access to space, knowledge, and historical narrative. We are a space for local creators to take creative risks, connect with fellow collaborators, and contribute their stories to Baltimore’s cultural legacy. ## Radical Museum-ing We strive to be a mirror—not a lens—reflecting the cultural narrative of now, not curating a limited version of what it means to be a Baltimorean. We serve as facilitators and advocates, not gatekeepers of knowledge or assigners of cultural value. We’re not just a physical space; we’re a community resource. We provide a place and platform for creative experimentation and serve as a co-creator for exhibits and cultural programming driven by local creators and storytellers. ## Stories, Not Objects The Peale does not collect objects, but stories—memories, experiences, community recollections. We are not just defined by the unique history of this space but continue its legacy of adapting to the city’s needs by democratizing power and access to space, knowledge, and historical narrative. We are a space for local creators to take creative risks, connect with fellow collaborators, and contribute their stories to Baltimore’s cultural legacy. ## No Story Left Behind Everyone’s story matters to Baltimore’s cultural legacy. Baltimore is one of the oldest cities in the United States, but systematic erasure, rewriting, and falsification has resulted in an inaccurate historic record that does not represent the full diversity of Baltimoreans’ voices and experiences. We are a committed team of museum professionals and community organizers striving to make a broad range of Baltimore’s stories—and the medium of innovative storytelling—accessible to everyone. ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: Moses Williams, Cutter of Profiles](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-moses-williams/) **Published:** November 27, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Moses Williams: Cutter of Profiles ![A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/moses_williams-768x838.jpg) An exhibition about the prolific “cutter of profiles,” the artist Moses Williams, is now open at The Peale. Moses Williams was born ca. 1776 and was known for his ability to create detailed silhouettes (or “profiles”) of people’s faces. Williams was born enslaved to the artist and museum director, Charles Willson Peale, and grew up working in Peale’s Philadelphia museum. Williams’ story is now revealed at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, founded by Rembrandt Peale. With the help our Lab partners at [Quatrefoil Associates](https://www.quatrefoil.com/), we’re launching the first iteration of a permanent exhibit at The Peale about Moses Williams to shed light on his unique craft and share a story that was nearly forgotten to history. Research is ongoing into Moses Williams’ life and work, and we’ll continue to iterate and expand on this exhibition as new research is discovered. We invite you to comment on and test out this new exhibition experience! [ ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MHAA.png) ](https://mht.maryland.gov/Pages/MHAA/heritage-areas.aspx) *This project has been financed in part with State funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.* ### Details **Date: Runs through December 21, 2024 When:** Open during regular hours **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ![The logo for the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MHAA_logo_New_Large-300x225.png) ### Collaborators **Curator:** Lexi Tyson **Featured Artists:** N/A **Exhibition Partners:** [Quatrefoil Associates](https://www.quatrefoil.com) ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Past Events](https://thepeale.org/past-events-2/) **Published:** September 24, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** [![We Know Who They Are... Opening Reception](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1186176231%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260604-174436?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.041&fp-y=0.516&s=7b28ff9dcbc8ad17069abf937d8ca573)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-who-they-are-opening-reception-tickets-1991108224298) Jul 31st #### [We Know Who They Are… Opening Reception](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-who-they-are-opening-reception-tickets-1991108224298 "Eventbrite link to We Know Who They Are… Opening Reception") July 31, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join us at The Peale Friday July 31 for the opening reception of We Know Who They Are... [Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-who-they-are-opening-reception-tickets-1991108224298) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-who-they-are-opening-reception-tickets-1991108224298) [![Improv @ The Peale](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1188625301%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260710-172432?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.136&fp-y=0.47&s=b25ef0cf25fbd9b1d72bd04a05b2f421)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704756596) Jul 31st #### [Improv @ The Peale](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704756596 "Eventbrite link to Improv @ The Peale") July 31, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join us for a laugh (or two... or three) at The Peale's monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. [Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704756596) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1993704756596) [![MUSE : A Recital at The Peale](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1188394300%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260707-184723?h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=b637a1fc18f0af35dccacbd37b238279)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/muse-a-recital-at-the-peale-tickets-1993481922092) Jul 25th #### [MUSE : A Recital at The Peale](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/muse-a-recital-at-the-peale-tickets-1993481922092 "Eventbrite link to MUSE : A Recital at The Peale") July 25, 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm This program will include never-before-heard arrangements, as well as classics re-contextualized to fit the unique voice of the euphonium. [Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/muse-a-recital-at-the-peale-tickets-1993481922092) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/muse-a-recital-at-the-peale-tickets-1993481922092) [![Summer Snapdragon Market](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1186791833%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260612-211056?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.92&fp-y=0.537&s=830904644753bc6ec35e4e98d931ff53)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-snapdragon-market-tickets-1991800517967) Jun 27th #### [Summer Snapdragon Market](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-snapdragon-market-tickets-1991800517967 "Eventbrite link to Summer Snapdragon Market") June 27, 2026, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Join us at The Peale for the Summer Snapdragon Market, brought to you by Willow Wisp Collective. Fantasy dress is encouraged! [Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-snapdragon-market-tickets-1991800517967) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-snapdragon-market-tickets-1991800517967) [![Trust The Paint Opening Reception](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1185716082%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260529-170720?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=194&w=427&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.47&fp-y=0.388&s=22abf0bf4a4517f5cb37f2ec219c5c7d)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trust-the-paint-opening-reception-tickets-1990656218336) Jun 27th #### [Trust The Paint Opening Reception](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trust-the-paint-opening-reception-tickets-1990656218336 "Eventbrite link to Trust The Paint Opening Reception") June 27, 2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Join us at The Peale to celebrate the opening of Francine Halvorsen's solo exhibition, Trust the Paint: Paintings, Works on Paper. [Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trust-the-paint-opening-reception-tickets-1990656218336) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trust-the-paint-opening-reception-tickets-1990656218336) [![Let Them Speak Opening Reception](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1185718459%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260529-173605?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&fp-x=0.52&fp-y=0.287&s=31619781fe14e3ef97f8db4cfdf3874d)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-them-speak-opening-reception-tickets-1990656925451) Jun 20th #### [Let Them Speak Opening Reception](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-them-speak-opening-reception-tickets-1990656925451 "Eventbrite link to Let Them Speak Opening Reception") June 20, 2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Join us at The Peale for the Opening Reception of new exhibit, Let Them Speak. [Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-them-speak-opening-reception-tickets-1990656925451) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-them-speak-opening-reception-tickets-1990656925451) [![Improv @ The Peale](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1174872544%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260114-184731?h=200&w=450&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=3701a7f2ee7cec90c59725c7471bc853)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1987006824902) Jun 12th #### [Improv @ The Peale](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1987006824902 "Eventbrite link to Improv @ The Peale") June 12, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join us for a laugh (or two, or three) at The Peale's monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. 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[Read More >>](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1983380579705) [Register »](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-the-peale-tickets-1983380579705) [ See all past events ](https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-peale-13515246079) --- ### [The Curiosity Shop @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/curiosity-shop/) **Published:** October 9, 2024 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## The Curiosity Shop @ The Peale Baltimore’s Community Museum. ## Consign with Us We’re thrilled to welcome you to the Curiosity Shop at The Peale! We proudly feature a host of locally made items, unique vintage objects sourced from Baltimore makers, and Peale-branded gear. You will certainly find something here for everyone. When you shop at The Peale, you’re supporting both the museum and Baltimore-based artisans! At this time, Peale products are only for sale in person. We hope to build an online shop in the future! [![A black t-shirt that says The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Image-1-225x300.jpeg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Image-1-scaled.jpeg) [![A group of baskets that has green stuffed mastodons in them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Image-225x300.jpeg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Image-scaled.jpeg) [![A canvas tote bag that says The Peale.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2438-225x300.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2438-scaled.jpg) [![A man holds up a deck of cards that says, Out of the Blocks.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/OOTBCards1-2-223x300.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/OOTBCards1-2.jpg) ## Consign with us! Are you a local artist or artisan interested in consigning your work for sale at The Peale? The Peale will be reopening our Curiosity Shop on November 30! The shop will be brimming with vintage goods, Peale branded products, and unique items handmade by local artists and artisans – we would love for you to be part of it! Please fill out the information below and upload sample images of your works. The Peale will review all submissions and if they are a good fit for the shop and meet all of the criteria (unique and handmade by a local), we will be in touch to coordinate details. Name \*First Last Phone \*Telephone Number Email \* Business Name (If applicable)Name of Business Zip Code \*Zip Code of your Business How did you find out about this opportunity? \*- Friend or word of mouth - Peale newsletter - Peale Instagram - Peale Facebook - Peale LinkedIn - Peale website - Other If Other, please explain. Your Website or Social Media Channel(s) \*Please insert links to your website and/or social media page(s). If you don't have any, please indicate, "None." Your Sale Items \*Please describe the artworks or artisanal items you would like to sell in The Peale's shop. Are the above items handmade by you? If not made by you, who makes the items? \*Answer, yes or no. Pricing \*What is the typical range of sales prices for your items? Upload Images \* Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload You can upload up to 5 files. Please upload images (in jpeg or pdf format) of sample items you would like to sell. Short BioWe frequently spotlight our shop consigners within the shop and on social media. Please tell us about you and your work that we have your approval to share. Please do not share personal details. Paragraph Text Submit![Loading](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/plugins/wpforms/assets/images/submit-spin.svg) ## FAQs **What kinds of products is The Peale seeking for its museum shop?** We are looking for handmade items that are created by local artists/artisans; for example: jewelry, household items (toss pillows, coasters, hand towels, cutting boards, candlesticks, vases, etc.), scarves, hats, soaps, lotion, candles, toys, glass, pottery, tote bags, among many others. Also appropriate are items that have been hand embellished or created by local artists/artisans; for example, hand silkscreened products, books written by a local author, repurposed/transformed items, etc. **“I’m a jewelry maker who uses fine metals and semi-precious stones. Does The Peale have any locking display cabinets for small items”?** Yes, The Peale has two locking, sizable glass cabinets to protect smaller items from loss, damage or theft. **How does the consignment process work?** After you have completed the online form expressing your interest to consign and providing image examples of the types of items you would like to consign, we will review your application within 30 days. If your items meet the above criteria (made locally) and if the shop has room for them among the current shop offerings, we will be in touch via email or telephone to coordinate next steps. At this time, we will also send you our consignment agreement and W9 via email to fill out and return. Once these are received, The Peale will begin the process to set you or your company up with our payment processor (bill.com). You will then receive an email from bill.com to complete the set-up process. Setting up your bill.com account will allow your consignment payments to be sent electronically. If you do not set up your bill.com account, you will receive your consignment payments via hard copy check. Please note that receiving a check will delay your consignment payment because it has to be mailed to you via USPS. **What is the length of the consignment?** The Peale will consign chosen items for a minimum of six months. This initial time period will be extended on a case by case basis. Consignors may end their consignment agreement at any time, and may arrange to pick up their unsold items by appointment. **What are the financial consignment terms?** 70% of the sales price of a consigned item is paid to the consignor. 30% is retained by The Peale to assist in covering shop operating costs. **Will I have to report sales tax to the State of Maryland?** No, The Peale will collect sales tax on all applicable sales and forward payment to the state. **How frequently will consignors be paid for sold items?** Each month’s sales will be processed in the first half of the following month. Please note that consignors will receive electronic payments more quickly than checks, as checks will arrive via regular USPS mail. **If I have additional items to consign, can I simply drop by the museum with them?** Unfortunately, no. Consignments will ONLY be accepted by appointment – this will allow us to devote enough time to accurately catalog incoming inventory. **“I’m a local maker, but I typically do not offer my items for consignment. Would The Peale be interested in purchasing my items at wholesale rates to be sold in the museum’s shop?”** At this time, The Peale is only accepting items on consignment. **If I have additional questions, who should I contact?** Currently, our shop is being managed by our Chief Operations Officer, Kim Domanski. Kim can be reached via email at coo@thepeale.org. ##### On the bus routes The Peale is near stops for City Hall, the War Memorial, and Farmers’ Market on the Purple, Orange, Red, Blue, Yellow City Link lines and the free Green Charm City Circulator Route, as well as Loca lLink routes 54, 56, 154, 67, 78, 80 and Express Bus Link routes 105, 115, 160, 154, 164. ##### Parking There is on-street parking and numerous lots around the Peale. The most affordable hourly parking is in the municipal lot underneath the I-83/Jones Falls overpass on Saratoga Street between Gay and Holliday Streets. ##### Building Location The Peale Center is located in downtown Baltimore at 225 Holliday Street, across from the Abel Wolman Municipal Building and next door to Zion Church and the Real News Network. ##### Contact Us by Mail The Peale P.O. Box 1742 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 --- ### [Exhibition | Toxic Overburden](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-toxic-overburden/) **Published:** March 19, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Toxic Overburden: 100 Years of Environmental Injustice and Resistance ### April 10, 2025 – June 29, 2025 Curtis Bay is a community in South Baltimore that has experienced over 100 years of environmental violence and harm as a result of the cumulative impacts of stationary toxic facilities (over 70+ facilities in one community). The city of Baltimore has utilized the land as a dumping ground for heavy industrious and noxious facilities. The exhibit educates the general public about policies, practices, and budgets that have made our state and city officials complicit in ongoing environmental violence. For the past 15 years, Free Your Voice and the[ South Baltimore Community Land Trust (SBCLT)](https://www.sbclt.org/) have been inspiring young people from South Baltimore communities to conduct their own research and utilize data to advocate for systemic change. This youth-designed exhibit (envisioned, designed, and built alongside) architects from [Neighborhood Design Center (NDC)](https://ndc-md.org/) features some of the youth visions of environmental toxicity and harm through maps, photography, historic timelines, and interactive standing displays. The exhibit challenges the viewer to imagine green and sustainable alternatives which include worker benefit agreements and to plug into the ongoing advocacy work in the community. Sponsors include Johns Hopkins University CHARMED Center, Benjamin Franklin Highschool, Towson University (Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice), Morgan State University (Center for Urban Health Equity), South Baltimore Community Land Trust (SBCLT), Community of Curtis Bay Association (CCBA), and The Chesapeake Bay Trust Foundation. SB7 Environmental Justice Collaborative’s 2022 grant. *Photos by Ryan Johnson* ### Details **Date: April 10, 2025-June 29, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artists: Coming Soon** ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Twitter ](https://www.twitter.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition: It's a Snap: What Makes Baltimore Beautiful](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-its-a-snap-2025/) **Published:** May 9, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions [ All Peale Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## It's a Snap: What Makes Baltimore Beautiful ### June 28, 2025 – September 29, 2025 ![A young boy makes a silly faces as other look toward a speaker on stage off to the side.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Honorable-Mention-Eye-of-the-Beholder-by-Marcus-Clinton.jpeg) “Eye of the Beholder” by Marcus Clinton ![A Fells Point waterway with three boats in the harbor](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Honorable-Mention-Fells-Point-in-the-Snow-by-Keith-Newman.jpeg) “Fells Point in the Snow” by Keith Newman ![A large American flag waves on a hillside as a woman and a girl look at it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ITS-A-SNAP-WINNERS-2024-1-Honorable-Mention-Fortified-by-Kitty-Kouwenhoven.jpeg) “Fortified” by Kitty Kouwenhoven Each year, the [Baltimore National Heritage Area](https://www.explorebaltimore.org/) (BNHA) administers the *It’s A Snap!* photo contest. In 2024, they solicited responses to the theme “What makes Baltimore beautiful?” The diverse array of submissions captured by Baltimoreans over the course of the contest reflect the unique beauty of the Baltimore National Heritage Area boundaries and the multifaceted perspectives on this great city. The Peale is proud to present this year’s winners, in conjunction with BNHA! A team of artists, arts administrators, and BNHA staff comprised the jury and selected our winners: - Grand Prize: “Determination” by Deborah Davis (pictured in banner) - First Place: “Ice Towers” by Eric Sussman - Second Place: “Horseshoe Falls” by Leon Brown - Third Place: *Baltimore’s “*Industrial Heritage” by Mark Chopper - Honorable Mentions: Marcus Clinton, Keith Newman, Kitty Kouwenhoven, Linda Rabben, Greg Ketterman, Marc Sussman, Chuck Steenburgh **“Every year I’m astonished at the images submitted for It’s a SNAP! Baltimore contest,**” says BNHA Executive Director Shauntee Daniels, “Photos tell the story of Baltimore in so many ways, and our photographers were able to capture what they thought made Baltimore beautiful. I can only say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. I hope everyone gets a chance at some point to see this year’s winning photos.” ### Details **Date:** June 29, 2025 – September 28, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Photographers **Featured Photographers:** Deborah Davis, Eric Sussman, Leon, Brown, Mark Chopper, Marcus Clinton, Keith Newman, Kitty Kouwenhoven, Linda Rabben, Greg Ketterman, Marc Sussman, Chuck Steenburgh, and others. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Partnership](https://thepeale.org/partnership/) **Published:** June 16, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ## **Help us illuminate Baltimore's stories, artists, and future.** The Peale Museum a hub for storytelling, creativity, innovation, and equity The Peale Museum where artists, apprentices, neighbors, and visionaries come together to shape the city’s cultural future. The Peale Museum Your sponsorship helps us keep programs free, amplify local voices, and grow impact. #### Illuminator Awards Baltimore’s signature gala honoring individuals and organizations who illuminate the city’s spirit through creativity, leadership, and service. ![](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/illuminator.jpg) --- ### [Exhibition | Of Yesterday and Tomorrow](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-yesterday-and-tomorrow/) **Published:** June 2, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Peale Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Of Yesterday and Tomorrow ### June 26 – August 17, 2025 ![A colorful flier that has the words, Of Yesterday and Tomorrow, mirroring each other with two people inside the words.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/NGSYAAOYTomorrow-ExhibitionFlyer-small-r6qea9zx582db6umleq6bni6zvn6upob2troubx62o.jpg "NGSYAAOY+Tomorrow ExhibitionFlyer-small") [Muse 360](https://muse360.org/) proudly announces the upcoming exhibition *Of Yesterday + Tomorrow*, opening June 26, 2025 through August 17, 2025, at The Peale Museum in Baltimore. This exhibition marks the culmination of the [2025 New Generation Scholars Young Artist Archival Fellowship (NGSYAA)](https://baltimorebeat.com/intergenerational-conversations-new-generation-scholars-young-artist-archival-series/)—a transformative, long-standing initiative of Muse 360. Founded in 2004 by Sharayna Ashanti Christmas, Muse 360 is an intergenerational organization committed to radically developing Baltimore youth, empowering them to harness their voices and creative practices in pursuit of self-knowledge. Since January, NGSYAA has offered young artists a rare opportunity to engage deeply with Black diasporic histories and archives, drawing from ancestral memory to inspire their creative inquiry. Through intensive archival research and artistic experimentation, fellows have refined their craft while cultivating the skills and vision to become cultural stewards and narrative shapers. NGSYAA is designed not only to cultivate strong artistic voices but also to foster the next generation of cultural workers—grounded in a praxis of care and intentionality. This year’s cohort brings together a dynamic group of printmakers, theater artists, painters, filmmakers, and photographers, each immersed in archival research and personal inquiry. Over the course of six months, fellows participated in over 30 engagements—ranging from workshops and discussions to artist studio visits and institutional research—interrogating themes of ritual, reverence, ancestral memory, and radical pedagogy. In partnership with [Afro Charities Archives](https://www.afrocharities.org/the-archives), as well as visits to the [Baltimore City Archives](https://msa.maryland.gov/bca/) and [Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture](https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg), fellows activated archival materials as portals to reimagine lineage, resistance, and identity. ### Featured Artists - **Alaina Lurry (Photography) –** Junior at MICA. Her work forages spaces of comfort for her community, honoring Blackness with care and authenticity. - **Angel Jones (Painting) –** Graduating senior at MICA. Focuses on tender, vulnerable, and visceral moments from her community’s lives, using found materials to challenge conventional representations. - **Christopher Reaves (Drawing, Printmaking, Collage) –** Uses printmaking to elevate and preserve Black narratives, reclaiming historical mediums**. - **Donte Hance (Painting, Pencil Work) –** Junior at Morgan State University. A hungry and rooted creative, his work reflects the personal and collective experiences of his people. - **Jamal Childs ( Painting, Sketching, Voiceovers, Videos, Poetry) –** Works across media to demystify complex systems, blending philosophy and poetic inquiry. - **Mathilde Mujanayi ( Photography, Video, Textile, Sculpture) –** Documents Black immigrant identity under American-isms using installation, sculpture, and performance. - Ziggy Sayeed (Film, Photography) –** Explores intimacy, boyhood, and identity, focusing on relational rather than representational imagery. The exhibition will also feature the work of returning 2024 fellow Tey Saunders ( Multimedia) and guest artist Jazz Williams (Painting), deepening the cross discipline dialogue. ### Details **Date: June 26 – August 17, 2025 When:** Open during regular Thursday – Sunday hours, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured:** [Muse 360](https://muse360.org/) and the [Afro Charities Archives](https://www.afrocharities.org/the-archives) ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. [ Help support exhibitons ](https://thepeale.org/donate/) ### Related Events ## Follow Us [ Facebook-f ](https://www.facebook.com/ThePeale) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/thepealebaltimore/?hl=en) [ Youtube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyXWHOkNGy1wfuzMj14DOw) [ Flickr ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/162983796@N06/with/31825730327/) --- ### [Exhibition | One Chiliad by Jann Rosen-Queralt](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-one-child-jann-rosen-queralt/) **Published:** May 20, 2025 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Peale Events ](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepeale) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## One Chiliad by Jann Rosen-Queralt ### June 26 – September 21, 2025 *One Chiliad* is inspired by the fact that our cultural legacy is determined by the relationship we have with the land and water of our environment. One’s sense of place is derived from merging personal geography with our ecological landscape. The title of the exhibition references the global conveyor belt which is measured not in length but in time. To complete a full cycle, a parcel of water is estimated to take one chiliad (or 1,000 years) to travel the entire loop. Inspired by and exploring themes of environmental concern, preservation, and wonder, the exhibition is complemented by [*Toxic Overburden*](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepeale.org%2Fexhibition-toxic-overburden%2F&data=05%7C02%7Conline%40thepealecenter.org%7Cd2f30318e0f7427bbc7708dd99584b55%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638835326734275823%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3dk3Xwl%2FkH42Ez%2Fs4IkxLZcf3CfSUOw1HbU3kAFQ3FQ%3D&reserved=0), an exhibition at The Peale about social justice and the environment in Curtis Bay. Together, the works present the viewer with opportunities to re-contextualize their experience of nature and our waterways through wonder, curiosity and action. The creation of the work in *One Chiliad* was supported by a Marcella Brenner Grant for faculty development and research to study western landscape photographs at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson Arizona, and an exploratory art and research residency in the Arctic Circle, as well as numerous self-funded and directed dive trips over a period of years. The exhibition is made possible by an Individual Artist Project Award from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, a pending grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. *One Chiliad* showcases three photographic series by Jann Rosen-Queralt. Each provides a distinct portal into either marine or arctic worlds, reflecting the far reaches of environmental loss, impact, and potential for change while connecting to the local and global struggles for environmental justice and conservation. The artwork was developed over the course of the past five years, with photographs originating from many dive trips, a residency, and grant supported research. The work includes underwater photographs from *A Sparrow on the Floor of A Cathedral* (ASFC) and *Witnessing the Pool of Time (WPT)*. ASFC is a collection of black-and-white images addressing the wonder and frailty of the underwater world paired with specific location information, and *WPT* is a collection of dimensional diptychs offering a portal to imagine ones place within the natural world via the contrast between a mirror-like surface and one of velvety depth. The third series, *Shifting Baselines*, is a grouping of diptychs focused on gradual changes in the environment through presenting the monumental and diminutive within the arctic landscape. The three series are distinct from one another but are unified by their direct connection to the global water cycle and time-based threats from climate change. ### Details **Date: June 26, 2025 – September 21, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured Artist: Jann Rosen-Queralt** ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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[ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Janet & Walter Sondheim Semifinalists Exhibition ### May 24 – June 15, 2025 [ February Light by Heejo Kim ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FebruaryLight.jpg) [ Longing by Jerrell Gibbs ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Longing-hi-res-Gibbs-scaled.jpg) [ The Trans-Harmonium-A Listening Station by Emily Francisco ](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Emily-Francisco-The-Trans-harmonium-A-listening-station.png) The Peale is thrilled to host the 2025 *Janet & Walter Sondheim Semifinalists Exhibition*. Since 2006, the [Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize,](https://www.promotionandarts.org/janet-walter-sondheim-art-prize/) which is supported in part by the generosity of the Maryland State Arts Council, annually awards $30,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. This year, five finalists will be selected for the final review for the prize and their work exhibited in the [Walters Art Museum](https://thewalters.org/event/sondheim-2025-talks/). The purpose of the Sondheim Art Prize, and the finalists’ exhibition, is to assist in furthering the careers of visual artists or visual artist collaborators living and working in the greater Baltimore region. The prize is named in honor of Janet & Walter Sondheim, both of whom were instrumental in furthering arts & culture in Baltimore City. Janet Sondheim danced with the pioneering Denishawn Dancers, a legendary dance troupe founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Walter Sondheim, Jr. was one of Baltimore’s most important civic leaders for over 50 years. He was deeply involved in the development of Charles Center and the Inner Harbor and continued to be civically active until his death in 2007. We would also like to humbly acknowledge our late Chief Operations Officer, [Kim Domanski](https://thepeale.org/in-memory-of-kim-domanski/), who was instrumental in bringing this exhibition to The Peale and the Sondheim Prize itself to the people of Baltimore. ### Featured Artists - Anna Divinagracia - Emily Francisco - Jerrell Gibbs - Najee H.F. - Marnie Ellen Hertzler - Heejo Kim - LUSMERLIN - Xyl Lasersohn - Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann - Claudia McDonough - Osvaldo Mesa - Lindsay Mueller - Danielle Mysliwiec - Marguerite de Messières and Tsvetomir Naydenov - Terence Nicholson - David Page - Charlotte Richardson-Deppe - Anne Clare Rogers - Hedy Ward - Andersen Woof - Kelli Williams ### Related Events ### Details **Date: May 24 – June 15, 2025 When:** Open late for Artscape on May 24-25; Open regular Peale hours from May 24-June 15 **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Featured: [Baltimore Office of Promotion ](https://www.promotionandarts.org/) & The Arts** ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. 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[ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## Barbara Dale Retrospective Exhibition [![A charicature of Donald Trump that shows a cut out where his heart would be.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6686-small-1-934x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6686-small-1.jpg) [![A vase that has a fetus on it.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6570-818x1024.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6570-scaled.jpg) [![A swirling mass of black and gray lines with people caught up in them.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6584-1-1024x997.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6584-1.jpg) [![A cartoon drawing of many people holding candles and looking very sad.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6695-smaller-1024x797.jpg)](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_6695-smaller.jpg) Stepping into Baltimore-based cartoonist Barbara Dale’s studio, Peale chief curator Jeffrey Kent was truly awed by the experience as he witnessed Barbara’s effortless utilization of various mediums in her creative practice, including pastel chalk, lithographs, ceramics, paint, pencil, ink, etc. Barbara Dale’s artistic journey began with a modest inheritance of $500 from her grandfather. With this seed money, she ventured into the world of printing and created Dale Cards in 1979—a line of alternative greeting cards known for their wit and edginess. Dale firmly holds the belief that commercial art is just as valuable as fine art, considering both to be equally significant creative practices without a clear distinction between them. In this exhibition, you will encounter ten thought-provoking themes, each approached in a unique manner that is sure to ignite meaningful conversations and provoke laughter. With her unparalleled perspective, Barbara explores a wide range of topics, including women’s issues, the fragility of life and the life cycle, food and sex, commentary on art itself, character-driven narratives and relationships, self-portraits, the juxtaposition of objects, political and social justice commentary, the exploration of reality versus illusion, and the similarities between commercial and fine art. **Support for this exhibition is provided in part by The Bill Gilmore and Ted Frankel Fund and by k3 CORP.** *\*\*\*It is important to note that this exhibition contains explicit material, including nudity, explicit sexual content, and strong language. We have made a deliberate choice not to censor any of these elements throughout the exhibition. As a result, we kindly request that you proceed with caution, especially if you have children accompanying you. We hope you thoroughly enjoy the show.* [ Take Virtual Tour ](https://thepeale.org/virtual-tours/vt-barbara-dale/) ### Details **Date: June 15, 2023-August 6, 2023 When:** Open during regular hours, plus after-hours special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Jeffrey Kent **Featured Artists:** Barbara Dale ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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"As I walked through the building and read about some of it's history I was impressed. I had the opportunity to see some beautiful art there and meet some of the artist who were inspired to create them as well. That was not only unique but quite delightful. I do encourage any who art lovers and those who enjoy history to visit the museum. Bon Appetite!" ![People sit in a circle in chairs in a museum gallery and talk. A person stands on the right and does American Sign Language.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSCF2961-BreathingBlackFilmScrrening-Photo-byGlennRicci-10July2022-scaled.jpg) Google Review ##### On the bus routes The Peale is near stops for City Hall, the War Memorial, and Farmers’ Market on the Purple, Orange, Red, Blue, Yellow City Link lines and the free Green Charm City Circulator Route, as well as Loca lLink routes 54, 56, 154, 67, 78, 80 and Express Bus Link routes 105, 115, 160, 154, 164. ##### Parking There is on-street parking and numerous lots around the Peale. The most affordable hourly parking is in the municipal lot underneath the I-83/Jones Falls overpass on Saratoga Street between Gay and Holliday Streets. ##### Building Location The Peale Center is located in downtown Baltimore at 225 Holliday Street, across from the Abel Wolman Municipal Building and next door to Zion Church and the Real News Network. ##### Contact Us by Mail The Peale P.O. Box 1742 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 --- ### [Exhibition: The Art of Restorative Resonance](https://thepeale.org/exhibition-aaa-restorative-resonance/) **Published:** February 15, 2023 **Author:** Heather Shelton **Content:** ## Exhibitions The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum. [ All Events ](https://thepeale.org/upcoming-events/) [ Visiting the Peale ](https://thepeale.org/visit/) ## The Art of Restorative Resonance ### December 5, 2024 - March 30, 2025 ![Three people install a museum exhibition in a room with gray walls.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RIOL_11-225x300.jpg) ![A woman with a red shirt works with photographs on a table in a museum.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RIOL_09-225x300.jpg) ![A man stands on a tall ladder in a gallery as he shifts lights around.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OAR_02-225x300.jpg) ![Three people install a quilt in a museum gallery.](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OAR_01-1-225x300.jpg) The Accomplished Arts Apprentices at The Peale are proud to present their first official exhibition, showcasing their historic preservation work for the AAA program! *The Art of Restorative Resonance* explores the intersection of historic restoration and holistic restoration, offering a unique comparison between the physical revival of art and architecture and the emotional healing of individuals and communities. Following the apprentices through a series of projects, the exhibition highlights how both forms of restoration aim to preserve the past while fostering renewal and balance. Visitors are invited to reflect on the parallels between repairing cultural heritage and nurturing human well-being, emphasizing the shared goal of creating harmony and continuity across time and experience. Conceived, created, and installed by the apprentices, *The Art of Restorative Resonance* serves as a capstone to a months-long journey towards restoring Baltimore City while healing and growing the self. This exhibition is sponsored by the Institute of Library Services (IMLS); Baltimore National Heritage Area; Aegon Transamerica Foundation; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA); Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCH); Preservation Maryland; Historic Preservation Education Foundation; France-Merrick Foundation; and the many friends of The Peale. The Accomplished Arts Apprentice’s would also like to thank David Gibney, Zahava Doering, Brittany Howard with the Chris Wilson Foundation, Stacey Smith with Fulton Bank, Matt Lingerman with Corners Restoration, Rodney Stringer with the National Gallery of Art, and all the artists who exhibited at The Peale who trusted us with their work. ### Details **Date: December 5, 2024-March 30, 2025 When:** Open during regular hours, Thursday-Sunday, plus special events **Location:** The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore ### Collaborators **Curator:** Andie Townsend **Artists and Apprentices**: Katrele Anderson, nirve carmell (Mel Brunson), LeRease Clark, Innocent Mwaipungu, and Ronald Phillips. ### Donations **Cost: Free | Donations Welcome** Programs at The Peale are often free. Please help us keep programs free for all. 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The Siren Song Fesitval calls all sea creatures, fae, and lovers of Fantasy to enjoy live music, activities, and one-of-a-kind vendors! The Siren Song Festival will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 12-4 PM at The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Come dressed in your best mystical, nautical, or fantasy costume for a day of fun to see out the summer! Buy Tickets --- ### [Preparing Museums for a Crisis: Lessons from Ukraine](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/preparing-museums-for-a-crisis-lessons-from-ukraine/) **Published:** August 6, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Preparing Museums for a Crisis: Lessons from Ukraine](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/23910_image.png) Details **Date:**September 17 **Time:**12:00 pm – 01:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** A virtual panel talk from international cultural professionals discussing best practices for preserving cultural heritage. Join The Peale for a virtual panel discussion featuring international cultural professionals discussing the vital practice of preserving cultural heritage. Panelists include Milena Chorna, Co-founder and Head of Association of Ukrainian Museums, Kateryna Chuyeva, former Ukraine Vice-Minister of Culture and museum expert, Kateryna Kulai, Director of the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Ihor Pashyvailo, Director General of the Maidan Museum and co-founder of HERI and ACURE, and Arnoud Odding, Strategic Advisor for the Dutch museum and cultural heritage sector. Glen Davis, retired Foerign Service Officer of the U.S. Department of State, will be moderating this discussion. This discussion aims to provide understanding of the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage by Russia and the steps taken by Ukrainians and the international community to protect it, learn from the responses of Ukrainians how to prepare museums anywhere for possible future crises, and encourage partnerships between American and Ukrainian institutions to support cultural heritage workers and share best practices. This event is hosted by The Peale, a community museum located in Baltimore, MD USA, in collaboration with Baltimore Sister Cities (Odesa and Rotterdam Sister City Committees). This event is held in conjunction with the **We Know Who They Are: Artworks and Narrative From the Invasion of Ukraine** exhibition on display July 31 – October 2, 2026 at The Peale. Thank you to event partner, DutchCulture – the Netherlands’ network organization for international cultural cooperation – for advice and logistical support. This webinar will take place Thursday, September 17 at 12PM ET \[Baltimore Time\], 19.00 EET \[Ukraine Time\], 18.00 CET \[Netherlands Time\]. Buy Tickets --- ### [Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/ukrainian-arts-crafts-afternoon/) **Published:** August 6, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/23920_image.png) Details **Date:**August 16 **Time:**12:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for a family friendly afternoon diving into traditional art forms of Ukraine. Ukrainian Arts & Crafts Afternoon at The Peale! Join us at The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, for a family friendly afternoon exploring traditional Ukrainian crafts. Try your hand at recreating **pysanky,** traditional Ukrainian dyed eggs. **Pysanky** feature intricate geometric shapes and designs, along with plant motifs that symbolize life, springtime, and rebirth. These eggs are intricately crafted using wax to cover portions of the egg before dyeing it in multiple layers to reveal a beautiful design. The Peale will have coloring stations, as well as a few examples of real **pysanky** to inspire you! This events activations are geared towards children 3-8 years old – naturally, all are welcome to participate regardless of age! Enjoy a leisurely afternoon with the family at The Peale, explore our current exhibits, and craft to your hearts content! This event is hosted by The Peale, a comunity museum located in Baltimore, MD in collaboration with Baltimore Sister Cities (Odesa Sister City Committee). This event is held in conjunction with the [**We Know Who They Are: Artworks and Narratives from the Invasion of Ukraine**](https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/ "https://thepeale.org/we-know-who-they-are/") exhibition, on display July 31 – October 3, 2026 at The Peale. Buy Tickets --- ### [Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/artists-panel-discussion-we-know-who-they-are-exhibit-companion-event/) **Published:** August 6, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Artists Panel Discussion : We Know Who They Are Exhibit Companion Event](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/23907_image.jpg) Details **Date:**August 15 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for a panel discussion featuring co-curator of We Know Who They Are, and Maryland artists of Ukraine heritage. Join us at The Peale for a panel discussion featuring co-curator of the **We Know Who They Are** exhibit, Yevgen Nemchenko, and Maryland artists of Ukrainian heritage, Natalia Kormeluk and Elena Volkova. Hear more from the co-curators of the exhibit about the inspiration and process of creating **We Know Who They Are**, and artists whose practices are informed by their connection to Ukraine and response to crises. This event is hosted by The Peale, a community museum located in Baltimore, MD USA, in collaboration with Baltimore Sister Cities (Odesa Sister City Committee). This event is held in conjunction with the **We Know Who They Are: Artworks and Narrative From the Invasion of Ukraine** exhibition on display July 31 – October 2, 2026 at The Peale Buy Tickets --- ### [Film Screening: Change My Mind](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/film-screening-change-my-mind/) **Published:** August 6, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Film Screening: Change My Mind](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/23923_image.png) Details **Date:**August 14 **Time:**06:00 pm – 09:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* In conversation with the We Know Who They Are exhibit on view at The Peale, join us for a film screening of Change My Mind. Join us at The Peale for a special film screening of **Change My Mind**, where three Czech self-proclaimed “patriots” are brought to the front line of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Seeing war first-hand, not via web, but on the ground, facing the harsh reality of the conflict. Are they able to understand what’s happening? **Change My Mind** adopts a confrontational approach: individuals known for spreading pro-Russian narratives are taken to the Ukrainian war front and faced with the raw, unfiltered horrors of conflict. The filmmakers don’t aim for a neat redemption arc; instead they want to juxtapose absurd denial with inescapable human suffering, prompting real—or at least visibly strained—reactions. There will be a short discussion after the film screening. **Please note that this film features graphic and real depictions of violence and war. Viewer discretion is advised** Buy Tickets --- ### [MUSE : A Recital at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/muse-a-recital-at-the-peale/) **Published:** July 7, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![MUSE : A Recital at The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/23876_image.png) Details **Date:**July 25 **Time:**02:00 pm – 03:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* This program will include never-before-heard arrangements, as well as classics re-contextualized to fit the unique voice of the euphonium. ****MUSE**** is a recital program that explores the connection found between an artist and their inspirations. The performance combines childhood inspirations, the adult creative process, and traditions rooted in jazz-fusion, musical theater, opera, and contemporary instrumental music. The program will include never-before-heard arrangements created specifically for this event, as well as classics re-contextualized to fit the unique voice of the euphonium. ****MUSE**** is approximately one hour long and includes approximately forty minutes of transcriptions, arrangements, and new music for euphonium, piano, and electronics. ![](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1188394470%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260707-184942?h=740&w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=cc55f501a946b7478c1c2514a0bb5f9f)About the Artist: Michael Baker is an exciting and dynamic new solo artist in the brass world. A multi-talented euphonium player, chamber musician, arranger, educator, and brass pedagogue, he is making waves and breaking into the role of a solo performer. His recitals are noted for being thought-provoking and captivating, featuring musical connections beyond those of the typical classical performer. --- ### [Summer Snapdragon Market](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/summer-snapdragon-market/) **Published:** June 12, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Summer Snapdragon Market](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/23439_image.png) Details **Date:**June 27 **Time:**05:00 pm – 09:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for the Summer Snapdragon Market, brought to you by Willow Wisp Collective. Fantasy dress is encouraged! Join us at The Peale on June 27 from 5-9PM for the Summer Snapdragon Market! Brought to you by Willow Wisp Collective, the Summer Snapdragon Market is the place to find handmade goods and services. From ceramics and jewelry to clothing and fine art, there are plenty of treasures to find! Bring your whimsy – fantasy dress is encouraged but never required to attend! --- ### [We Know Who They Are... Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/we-know-who-they-are-opening-reception/) **Published:** June 4, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![We Know Who They Are… Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/23289_image.png) Details **Date:**July 31 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale Friday July 31 for the opening reception of We Know Who They Are… Join us on Friday, July 31st at The Peale for the opening reception of the exhibition, **We Know Who They Are… (WKWTA).** **WKWTA** features artworks from 21 Ukrainian artists and nearly ten artifacts representing the wartime terrain and the mass devastation of civilian life. By presenting these artifacts in dialogue with the artworks, the exhibition aims to evoke a deepp emotional response, providing a visceral understanding of the impact of the invasion and the resilience of the Ukrainian people. --- ### [Trust The Paint Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/trust-the-paint-opening-reception/) **Published:** May 29, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Trust The Paint Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/23064_image.png) Details **Date:**June 27 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale to celebrate the opening of Francine Halvorsen's solo exhibition, Trust the Paint: Paintings, Works on Paper. Be one of the first to experience Trust the Paint: Paintings, Works on Paper, a new exhibition by artist Francine Halvorsen, brought to you by The Peale. On Saturday, June 27th, join us for light refreshments, engaging conversation, and a chance to meet the artist of this new exhibition.. Francine Halvorsen on her works: **“I want to canvas to be a place of convergence of the source of light and the habitable present. A clearing, a breathing space where each viewing is a new and direct experience. I make paintings not as signs but places”.** Join us at the Opening Reception for the first of many visits to Trust the Paint, each visit offers a new experience with the works. --- ### [Let Them Speak Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/let-them-speak-opening-reception/) **Published:** May 29, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Let Them Speak Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/23061_image.jpg) Details **Date:**June 20 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for the Opening Reception of new exhibit, Let Them Speak. Join us in person at The Peale for the grand opening of new exhibtion, Let Them Speak. Organized by The West Coalition and brought to you by The Peale, Let Them Speak features the artworks of Tyrone West and other victims of police brutality. Attend the Opening Reception of Let Them Speak and join in meaningful conversation, enjoy light refreshments, meet members of The West Coalition, and be inspired by the creativity of Tyrone West and other Baltimore artists whose legacy lives on in the work they’ve created and lives they’ve touched, and the advocacy against police brutality the West Coalition continues to lead. This project is funded in part by the Maryland State Arts Council. --- ### [Built To Last Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/built-to-last-closing-reception/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Built To Last Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/23035_image.jpg) Details **Date:**June 5 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale Friday, June 5 for the closing reception and awards announcement of juried exhibition, Built To Last. Join us in person for the closing reception of Built To Last, a juried exhibition reflecting on Baltimore’s built environment, its historic buildings and monuments. Exhibiting artists bring their own creative vision, bold colors, thoughtful composition, and expressive form. Built To Last invites viewers to recognize Baltimore’s iconic landmarks, the stories they carry, and how we can collectivelty build the future within them. - Meet the artists and organizers - Experience the works one final time - Celebrate award-winning artists - Engage in thoughtful conversation around architecture, history, community, and Baltimore’s landscape. This closing reception offers a more intimate opportunity to reflect, connect, and celebrate the cumulation of this impactful exhibition. Award winners will be annouced as well! Whether you’ve visited before or are experiencing it for the first time, this is your last chance to witness this work in person. Admission is free. RSVP is encouraged. --- ### [MICA Grad Show Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/mica-grad-show-opening-reception/) **Published:** April 10, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![MICA Grad Show Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22802_image.png) Details **Date:**April 11 **Time:**03:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for the opening reception of NONET, MFA Thesis Show for MICA’s LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting. **Nonet** is the final thesis exhibition of the nine 2026 graduates of the Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Join us on Saturday, April 11 from 3 – 8 PM to celebrate the opening of this MICA Grad Show. --- ### [Exhibit Opening](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/exhibit-opening/) **Published:** April 10, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Exhibit Opening](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22745_image.jpg) Details **Date:**April 17 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Be among the first to experience Baltimore’s newest exhibition on architecture, preservation, and the stories our buildings hold. ## Built to Last Exhibit Opening Baltimore is a city shaped by what it builds—and what it chooses to preserve. Join us for the opening night of **Built to Last**, a new exhibition at The Peale that brings together artists and community voices to explore the architecture that defines Baltimore’s past and shapes its future. This is your first opportunity to experience the exhibition before it opens to the public. Through contemporary artworks paired with historic narratives, **Built to Last** invites you to look more closely at the buildings we pass every day—and consider what they mean, what they hold, and what may be lost. Opening night at The Peale is designed to feel welcoming, social, and alive. Meet the artists. Walk the exhibition. Spend time in conversation with others who care about Baltimore and its future. --- ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-8/) **Published:** April 8, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21079_image.png) Details **Date:**June 12 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a laugh (or two, or three) at The Peale’s monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. Join us at The Peale for a monthly improv showcase! Started in 2025, this monthly showcase features some of Baltimores best up-and-coming improv groups! Enjoy a night of spontaneous comedy, and if you’re feeling so inclined, join in the improv jam at the end of the night! --- ### [Grit Fund Info Session](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/grit-fund-info-session/) **Published:** April 8, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Grit Fund Info Session](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22788_image.png) Details **Date:**April 21 **Time:**06:00 pm – 07:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Join the Grit Fund team for an informal information session on Tuesday, April 21(virtual) from 6:00-7:00 PM. Join the Grit Fund team for an informal virtual information session on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 6:00 – 7:00 PM. Learn about how to apply for up to $10,000 in project grants for community based projects. Baltimore and Baltimore County-based artists are eligible to receive Grit Fund awards. --- ### [Songstresses: Art Songs by Women Composers](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/songstresses-art-songs-by-women-composers/) **Published:** April 8, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Songstresses: Art Songs by Women Composers](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/22698_image.png) Details **Date:**April 11 **Time:**04:30 pm – 06:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for a recital featuring songs written by influential women spanning approximately 200 years of composition. Join us April 11 at The Peale for **Songstresses: Art Songs by Women Composers.** **Songstresses** presents a musical tapestry woven from the voices of underrepresented composers of art song. The recital features compositions written by influential women whose works are often excluded or gleaned over in the performance sphere. This diverse program includes compositions by French, German, and American composers spanning approximately 200 years of composition. The recital was conceived with the goal of highlighting the works of extraordinary women, with a special focus on highlighting women in the Baltimore community. The program will include compositions and a performance by nationally acclaimed Baltimore-based composer Marie Herrington. Other composers featured in the recital include Clara Schumann, Lili Boutanger, Pauline Viardot, Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, among others. Half of the proceeds for the recital will be donated to [The Marian House](https://marianhouse.org/ "https://marianhouse.org/"), a community for women and their children in need of housing and rehabilitation services in the Baltimore region. The recital will also include a goods drive where attendees may donate goods in-kind for The Marian House. You can find a wish-list for The Marian House[ here.](https://marianhouse.org/how-you-can-help/donate/wish-list/ "https://marianhouse.org/how-you-can-help/donate/wish-list/") The program will be performed by classical soprano and music educator Sofia Scattarreggia, Baltimore-based baritone Kellen Johnson, and soprano and composer Marie Herrington. ![](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1181314144%2F2765085171861%2F1%2Foriginal.20260402-180340?h=740&w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=c55ecac02d2267714fd9341d71bfc1cf) --- ### [The Active Power of Touch Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/the-active-power-of-touch-opening-reception/) **Published:** April 8, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![The Active Power of Touch Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/22697_image.jpg) Details **Date:**April 17 **Time:**07:00 pm – 09:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* A show celebrating the richness of touch in artistic experience. Curated by Cheryl Fogle-Hatch. Join us for the opening of The Active Power of Touch. This show celebrates the richness of touch in artistic experience—whether through sculpture, raised-line compositions, or mixed media inviting hands-on exploration. Twelve artists working in diverse media such as clay, plaster, stone, and textiles explore themes centered on the hand and its movement. The Art works in this show can be experienced both through touch and sight making it accessible to everyone, people who are blind, and people who are sighted. On View April 17 to August 16 2026. --- ### [Elevating Baltimore's Asian Community Stories](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/bnha-hands-on-history-series-elevating-baltimores-asian-community-stories/) **Published:** April 8, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Elevating Baltimore’s Asian Community Stories](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21078_image.png) Details **Date:**April 24 **Time:**12:00 pm – 01:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Join us for the next lecture in the third installment of It’s More Than History” series, brought to you by Baltimore National Heritage Area. Elevating Baltimore’s Asian Community Stories Baltimore National Heritage Area continues their It’s More Than History online lecture series this April celebrating Asian Americans in Baltimore. Some of the least known and understood communities across the Baltimore region are those with roots in Asia. They are also some of the most diverse and complex communities in greater Baltimore in terms of history, culture, and art. Dr. Joanna Pecore, Director of the Asian Arts & Culture Center (AA&CC) at Towson University introduces some of these communities and the intersecting initiative that AA&CC leads and participates in to promote, document, and share knowledge about them with a broader public. Meet the Lecturer: Joanna Pecore is an educator, ethnomusicologist, and musician with a passion for cultural equity and sustainability. She has served as the Director of the Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University since 2014, where she plans, curates, and produces exhibitions, programs, and outreach activities in collaboration with university staff and faculty, and with communities, artists, and specialists. Pecore previously planned and implemented educational programs at the Smithsonian’s Freer & Sackler Galleries for 13 years. She holds a PhD in Music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaii. Pecore has extensive experience producing, leading, and performing in programs for schools, museums, libraries, festivals, and performing arts centers. She has conducted fieldwork on Cambodian and Japanese performing arts communities in both the United States and Asia and regularly performs with and supports the work of Cambodian performing arts groups in the Washington, DC area. --- ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-7/) **Published:** April 8, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21079_image.png) Details **Date:**May 29 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a laugh (or two, or three) at The Peale’s monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. Join us at The Peale for a monthly improv showcase! Started in 2025, this monthly showcase features some of Baltimores best up-and-coming improv groups! Enjoy a night of spontaneous comedy, and if you’re feeling so inclined, join in the improv jam at the end of the night! --- ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-6/) **Published:** March 26, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21079_image.png) Details **Date:**March 27 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a laugh (or two, or three) at The Peale’s monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. Join us at The Peale for a monthly improv showcase! Started in 2025, this monthly showcase features some of Baltimores best up-and-coming improv groups! Enjoy a night of spontaneous comedy, and if you’re feeling so inclined, join in the improv jam at the end of the night! --- ### [Objects Made Holy Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/objects-made-holy-closing-reception/) **Published:** March 26, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Objects Made Holy Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21082_image-1.png) Details **Date:**March 29 **Time:**01:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us as we celebrate the closing of the Objects Made Holy exhibition. Join us for the closing receptino of Objects Made Holy as we celebrate the run of a impactful exhibit. Curated by Gina Pierleoni with a short film by Myles Banks, this exhibit brings together 40 Baltimore City residents, the objects they consider sacred, and the moving stories that transform how these items are experienced. A spoon is never just a spoon. --- ### [Objects Made Holy Online Q&A](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/objects-made-holy-online-qa/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Objects Made Holy Online Q&A](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21880_image.png) Details **Date:**March 23 **Time:**06:00 pm – 07:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Q&A with artist and curator of Objects Made Holy, Gina Pierleoni. Online Q&A with Gina Pierleoni, artist and curator of **Objects Made Holy.** If you are interested in organizing a similar type of event or exhibit in your community, classroom, congregation, or workplace, this is an opportunity to ask questions about how to get started. This concept can be replicated anywhere and is an effective counterpoint in divisive times. --- ### [Frame by Frame with Joe Giordano](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/frame-by-frame-with-joe-giordano/) **Published:** February 13, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Frame by Frame with Joe Giordano](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21957_image.jpg) Details **Date:**February 21 **Time:**12:00 pm – 01:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Come experience this new type of phototalk with The Secret City at The Peale Join The Peale Museum and photographer Joseph Mario Giordano for “Frame by Frame: A Personal Walk Through **The Secret City**“. Frame by Frame turns the “artist talk” on its head with a tour of each photograph in the exhibit. “Why did you take this?”, “I don’t get it.”, “Why film?”, “What’s with that composition?” are questions that will be addressed as you walk around the rooms of the exhibit with the photographer. Get up close and personal with each piece and gain insight into what makes good composition, street photography, and breaking clichès in photography. From BMoreArt: “**The Secret City** offers a vibrant counter-narrative: a tapestry of neighborhoods defined by more than sensational headlines and plastic pink flamingos.” Come experience this new type of phototalk. It beats sitting there looking at slides… Following the walk through, stay for **Embers Held** Works by LeRease Clark from 2PM-3PM. --- ### [Just Make It Up: An Objects Made Holy Event](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/just-make-it-up-an-objects-made-holy-event/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Just Make It Up: An Objects Made Holy Event](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21883_image.png) Details **Date:**March 21 **Time:**01:00 pm – 03:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* During this all-ages event, participants are invited to blindly choose an object and make up a story about it on the spot. An all ages event. Participants are invited to blindly choose an object (I’ll supply them) and make up a story about it on the spot. Funny stories welcome. --- ### [When Two Violins Speak](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/when-two-violins-speak/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![When Two Violins Speak](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20789_image-1.png) Details **Date:**March 15 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Chamber Music Maryland returns to The Peale with Geneva Lewis & Maria Ioudenitch presenting When Two Violins Speak. Join us on ****Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2:00PM**** as violinists ****Geneva Lewis**** and ****Maria Ioudenitch**** bring their acclaimed artistry to **When Two Violins Speak**. Experience the special chemistry that happens when virtuosos who are also close musical colleagues explore repetoire they passionately love. This program showcases the remarkable dialogue possible between two violins – sometimes in passionate agreement, sometimes in spirited counterpoint. Held in partnership with Chamber Music Maryland to bring amazing chamber music artists to an intimate setting in the heart of Baltimore City. This series features three exceptional chamber music recitals, each followed by an exciting Meet-the-Artists reception. --- ### [Objects and Meaning Discussion Panel](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/objects-and-meaning-discussion-panel/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Objects and Meaning Discussion Panel](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21881_image.png) Details **Date:**March 1 **Time:**01:00 pm – 03:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* A group of participants from the Objects Made Holy exhibit gather for a discussion. A group of participants from the **Objects Made Holy** exhibit gather for a discussion about objects as ancestry, objects as emotional and spiritual tethers, and objects as activism. --- ### [Objects and Storytelling Open Mic](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/objects-and-storytelling-open-mic/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Objects and Storytelling Open Mic](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21882_image.png) Details **Date:**March 7 **Time:**01:00 pm – 03:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* All ages event where participants are invited to share an object and the story behind the objects personal meaning. An all ages event. Participants are invited to bring in an object and share why their object holds meaning for them. --- ### [Embers Held Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/embers-held-closing-reception/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Embers Held Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21585_image.png) Details **Date:**March 20 **Time:**04:00 pm – 07:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for the closing reception of Embers Held, a contemplative exhibition by LeRease Clark that has unfolded through time and care. As **Embers Held** comes to a close, we invite visitors to spend one final evening with these works – each functioning as an ember, held rather than extinguished. **Embers Held** moves away from ideas of progress and reinvention, instead centering the act of tending: staying with what remains, allowing meaning to settle through care and presence. Celebrate the culmination of this exhibition with us and reflect on the power of what lingers, what is remembered, and what continues to glow quietly beneath the surface. --- ### [Objects Made Holy Online Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/objects-made-holy-online-film-screening/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Objects Made Holy Online Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21879_image.png) Details **Date:**February 23 **Time:**06:00 pm – 07:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Online film screening of Objects Made Holy, a short film by Myles Banks of Just Stunt Media. Online film screening of **Objects Made Holy**, a short film by Myles Banks of Just Stunt Media. Discussion and Q&A with Gina Pierleoni, artist and curator of **Objects Made Holy**, Myles Banks, and several participants from the film and exhibit. --- ### [Objects Made Holy Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/objects-made-holy-opening-reception/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Objects Made Holy Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21081_image-1.png) Details **Date:**February 15 **Time:**01:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for the Opening Reception of moving exhibit from Gina Pierleoni, Objects Made Holy Join us for the opening reception of Objects Made Holy. Curated by Gina Pierleoni with a short film by Myles Banks, this exhibit brings together 40 Baltimore City residents, the objects they consider sacred, and the moving stories that transform how these items are experienced. A spoon is never just a spoon. --- ### [Embers Held Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/embers-held-artist-talk/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Embers Held Artist Talk](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21584_image.png) Details **Date:**February 21 **Time:**02:00 pm – 03:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join exhibiting artist LeRease Clark for an intimate artist talk exploring the ideas, materials, and lived experiences behind Embers Held. Join us at The Peale as exhibiting artist LeRease Clark explores the ideas, materials, and lived experiences behind **Embers Held.** Clark will speak about working with charcoal as a material shaped by fire and restraint, and how touch, pressure, and pause allow images to surface over time. Drawing from personal experience, ancestral memory, and spiritual insight, the conversation will reflect on staying with states that resist closure – bodies that carry history, darkness that remains charged, and intimacy that does not require exposure. This talk offers a depper look into Clark’s practice, their role as an exhhibition installer at The Peale, and the philosophy of tending rather than forcing – allowing each work to remain an ember, sustained through attention and care. --- ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/copy-of-improv-the-peale/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21079_image.png) Details **Date:**February 27 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a laugh (or two, or three) at The Peale’s monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. Join us at The Peale for a monthly improv showcase! Started in 2025, this monthly showcase features some of Baltimores best up-and-coming improv groups! Enjoy a night of spontaneous comedy, and if you’re feeling so inclined, join in the improv jam at the end of the night! --- ### [Henry Harden's Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/bnha-hands-on-history-series-henry-hardens-baltimore/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Henry Harden’s Baltimore](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21076_image.png) Details **Date:**February 20 **Time:**12:00 pm – 01:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Baltimore National Heritage Area’s “It’s More Than History” series returns and will dive into the legacy of Henry Harden. Henry Harden’s Baltimore Virtual Lecture It’s More Than History series from Baltimore National Heritage Area Join a virtual tour of the places where pivotal chapters of Henry Harden’s remarkable life story took place in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Baltimore. A founding member and leader of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, his story has until now gone untold. Harden gew up enslaved at Mount Clare and The Caves. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, left it to coordinate Bethel A.M.E. Church with Rev. Daniel Coker, then became free. Harden’s foundational story is defined in part by where it took place in Baltimore. Through maps, archival materials and historic accounts, we will trace the places that defined key moments, relationships and transofrmaitons in Hardne’s story and put them into context with broader trends in Baltimore’s Black community. About the lecturer: Teresa S. Moyer’s research interests include unearthing the untold stories of Black community leaders. She is the author os **Ancestors of Worthy Life: Plantation Slavery and Black History at Mount Clare** (University of Florida Press, 2015 \[2023\]). --- ### [Frances Ellen Watkins Harper](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/bnha-hands-on-history-series-frances-ellen-watkins-harper/) **Published:** February 10, 2026 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Frances Ellen Watkins Harper](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21077_image.jpg) Details **Date:**March 6 **Time:**12:00 pm – 01:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Join Baltimore National Heritage Area for the second “It’s More Than History” in a virtual lecture celebrating Womens History Month. Join us for a celebration of Womens’ History Month with another lecture in the Baltimore National Heritage Area’s It’s More Than History Series. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: A Woman for All Seasons. Born in Baltimore, poet, fictionn writer, journalist, and activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the only chil dof free African American parents. She embarked on a career as a traveling speaker on the abolitionist circuit. She helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and wrote frequently for anti-slavery newspapers, earning her a reputation as the mother of Arican American journalism. Meet the Lecturer: Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, PhD. Archaeologist Cheryl LaRoche has been researching the Underground Railroad and women’s escape experiences for thirty years. LaRoche also studies Black communities and their relationships to the Black church. Her biography **Apostle of Liberation: AME Bishop William Paul Quinn and the Underground Railroad** brings to life the little known activities of one of the AME church’s most active bishops. The book is a follow-up to her first book, **Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: the Geography of Resistance**. She is an Associate Research Professor in Historic Preservation in the School of Architecture at the University of Maryland. --- ### [Embers Held Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/embers-held-opening-reception/) **Published:** February 4, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Embers Held Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21583_image.png) Details **Date:**February 7 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for the opening reception of Embers Held, a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist LeRease Clark, curated by Daisy Brown. Gathering works made across multiple years, **Embers Held** invites viewers into a practice shaped by return – returning to the same questions, materials, and emotional terrain with care and patience. Working primarily in charcoal, Clark creates figures that emerge slowly through shadow, memory, and restraint. The exhibition explores identity, grief, healing, and divine femininity, tending to what remaind after intensity rather than seeking resolution or reinvention. Please join us for an evening of art, conversation, and quiet attention as we welcome this powerful body of work to The Peale. --- ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-5/) **Published:** January 30, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21079_image.png) Details **Date:**January 30 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a laugh (or two, or three) at The Peale’s monthly improv showcase featuring groups from around Baltimore. Join us at The Peale for the first improv showcase of 2026! Started in 2025, this monthly showcase features some of Baltimores best up-and-coming improv groups! Enjoy a night of spontaneous comedy, and if you’re feeling so inclined, join in the improv jam at the end of the night! --- ### [Wordsmith - Bridging Worlds: Hip-Hop Meets Chamber Music](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/wordsmith-bridging-worlds-hip-hop-meets-chamber-music/) **Published:** January 30, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Wordsmith – Bridging Worlds: Hip-Hop Meets Chamber Music](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20786_image.png) Details **Date:**February 1 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Chamber Music Maryland returns to The Peale with Wordsmith – Bridging Worlds: Hip-Hop Meets Chamber Music Join us on ****Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM**** at The Peale for an engaging, genre-blending conversation with Baltimore’s own ****Wordsmith****. Join acclaimed Baltimore artist Wordsmith for an afternoon of performance and conversation exploring the powerful fusion of hip-hop, classical music, and American history. The program opens with a live performance of “Welcome Home,” inviting audiences into a shared space where music and lived experience intersect. Through storytelling and musical demonstrations, Wordsmith examines how blending hip-hop’s direct, truth-telling voice with classical music’s depth and structure creates space for stories of justice, legacy, grief, healing, and hope. The evening features excerpts from three original works: Made in America, a layered portrait of the American Dream; Network to Freedom, inspired by the Underground Railroad and early American railoads; and Freedom’s Genuine Dawn, drawn from Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Together, these works reflect on freedom as an ongoing responsibility rather than a finished promise. The presentation includes orchestral and chamber music mock-ups, a Q&A with the artist, and—time permitting—a closing performance. Held in partnership with Chamber Music Maryland to bring amazing chamber music artists to an intimate setting in the heart of Baltimore City. This series features three exceptional chamber music recitals, each followed by an exciting Meet-the-Artists reception. --- ### [The Secret City Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/the-secret-city-opening-reception/) **Published:** January 14, 2026 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![The Secret City Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/21107_image.jpg) Details **Date:**January 16 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us as we celebrate the opening of The Secret City: Works on Color Film by Joseph Mario Giordano. Visit The Peale for the Opening Reception of The Secret City: Works on Color Film. Celebrate the new color works from Baltimore photographer, Joseph Mario Giordano. The Secret City highlights the city’s diversity, vibrancy, and hidden rhythms that shape everyday lives. --- ### [Art Law Clinic](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/art-law-clinic/) **Published:** December 11, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Art Law Clinic](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20890_image.png) Details **Date:**January 10 **Time:**01:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts return to The Peale to host their Art Law Clinic, connecting artists with attorneys. ****Art Law Clinic**** January 10, 2026 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm The Peale, 225 Holliday St, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA Art Law Clinics are your first step for getting legal support for your creative practice. In these monthly 1:1 sessions, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts \[MdVLA\] connect artists with attorneys who understand the unique challenges of creative work. These consultations are perfect for artists who: - Are ready to take their creative practice seriously - Want clear, actionable legal guidance - Have specific questions about contracts, copyright, or creative business - Are building something meaningful and want to protect it Each 30-minute session gives you direct access to an attorney who understands both legal complexities and creative realities. Bring your questions, concerns, and goals—leave with clear next steps and greater confidence in your practice. Whether you’re finalizing a collaboration, protecting your work, or planning your creative business, MdVLA is here to help you build a stronger foundation. ****Please note, there will be no virtual component to this clinic.**** Registration link: [https://form.jotform.com/251876907289071](https://form.jotform.com/251876907289071 "https://form.jotform.com/251876907289071") --- ### [Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-4/) **Published:** December 11, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20630_image.jpg) Details **Date:**December 19 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Improv @ The Peale is a monthly showcase spotlighting some of Baltimore’s most talented emerging improv teams. Improv @ The Peale is a monthly showcase spotlighting some of Baltimore’s most talented emerging improv teams. Hosted at the historic Peale Museum at 225 Holliday Street in downtown Baltimore, this series brings spontaneity and creativity of improvisational performance into a unique public setting. Join us for an evening of laughter, discovery, and community – and feel free to jump into the improv jam at the end if inspiration strikes! --- ### [Spark Lecture - Timothy Nohe & Charles Ichoku](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/spark-lecture-timothy-nohe-charles-ichoku/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Spark Lecture – Timothy Nohe & Charles Ichoku](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20503_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 22 **Time:**03:00 pm – 05:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for Spark Lecture: There’s no fire season; it’s fire year with Timothy Nohe and Charles Ichoku Join us for a poignant lecture from Timothy Nohe and Charles Ichoku, *****There’s no fire season; it’s fire year,***** as part of **Spark VII: Industrial Afterglow.** As wildfires grow more frequent, more destructive, and more entwined with human settlements, the boundaries between natural disaster and human infrastructure are dissolving. In this public conversation and lecture, climate scientist Dr. Charles Ichoku and interdisciplinary artist Timothy Nohe explore the new era of fire year, where traditional “fire seasons” could collapse especially in regions that are becoming drier into a continuous, climate-fueled threat. Timothy Nohe, artist and educator, turns his attention to that threshold. Through kinetic sculpture, light, and sound, Nohe investigates fire as both ecological force and social metaphor, asking how we live, remember, and create in a world increasingly shaped by combustion and collapse. His **Fire Year**, featured in the **Industrial Afterglow** exhibition, offers a visceral and deeply personal glimpse into fire-driven futures, a perspective informed by his daughter’s 2024 evacuation from UCLA due to the Los Angeles fires. Dr. Ichoku, Director of the GESTAR-II Consortium and a leading researcher working with NASA on global wildfire emissions, brings a planetary perspective: monitoring and modeling fire dynamics from space and airborne platforms. His work captures fire’s massive scales, how it affects the atmosphere, carbon cycles, and climate systems. But it’s at the human interface —where wildland blazes meet urban edges or direct plumes of smoke in continent-spanning whirls — that these planetary patterns hit home. Together, Ichoku and Nohe will discuss how scientists and artists can collaborate to understand and respond to climate breakdown—not just by charting data or producing images, but by building shared vocabularies of urgency, memory, and repair --- ### [Spark Artist-led Workshop: Listening to Data](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/spark-artist-led-workshop-listening-to-data/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Spark Artist-led Workshop: Listening to Data](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20504_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 22 **Time:**11:00 am – 02:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for an artist-led workshop: Listening to Data – Sonification as Creative Practice Join us at The Peale for Spark Workshop: Listening to Data – Sonification as Creative Practice. ****Workshop Description**** Did you know the human ear can detect subtler differences in pitch than the eye can in shape or color? In this hands-on artist-led workshop, participants will explore how to transform complex environmental data into compelling sonic compositions using sonification—a method of translating data into sound. Using real-world sources such as the U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Dashboard, you’ll learn how to pull environmental metrics (like streamflow, rainfall, or temperature data) and translate them into auditory experiences using Processing, a flexible open-source platform for creative coding. Whether you’re an artist, musician, coder, or climate communicator, this workshop offers a new way of sensing the world through sound—revealing patterns, changes, and anomalies our eyes may miss. No prior coding experience is required—just curiosity, your laptop, and your ears. ****What to Bring**** - Laptop with [Processing](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocessing.org%2Fdownload&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7Cb867500052a54642de0308de1ae1a4ea%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638977753631221157%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=O13qAfKCDTCsES9YkmoLYUManAXRiS%2Fi2VI7f9ACjjU%3D&reserved=0 "https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocessing.org%2Fdownload&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7Cb867500052a54642de0308de1ae1a4ea%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638977753631221157%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=O13qAfKCDTCsES9YkmoLYUManAXRiS%2Fi2VI7f9ACjjU%3D&reserved=0") software pre-installed - Spreadsheet software (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers) - Headphones (bring your own if possible; a limited number will be available to borrow) - Enthusiasm for working across art, data, and environment Free with registration | Limited to 15 participants Facilitator: Tara Youngborg --- ### [Spark Panel Discussion | Residual Light](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/spark-panel-discussion-residual-light/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Spark Panel Discussion | Residual Light](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20500_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 8 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for Spark Panel Discussion, Residual Light: Traces of Industry & Technological Decay Join us for a Panel Discussion at The Peale Museum! **Residual Light: Traces of Industry & Technological Decay** Moderated by Curator Liz Faust “What glows after the system shuts down?” Join us for an in-depth panel discussion exploring the theme of Residual Light, the first section of **Industrial Afterglow**. This conversation brings together six exhibiting artists whose work investigates the material, emotional, and ecological aftermath of industrial systems. From analog light sculptures and decaying CRT monitors to sonic cartographies and luminous grids, these artists reimagine technological decay not as an end, but as transformation. Featured Artists: - McCoy Chance — sculptural installations using obsolete technologies as vessels of memory and emotional afterlife. - Tara Youngborg — glitch media and soundwork uncovering the ghostly hum of post-industrial spaces. - Timothy Nohe — kinetic dioramas simulating climate-driven fire as a residual glow of ecological collapse. - Jinyoung Koh — luminous paintings and installations translating failing infrastructures into trembling geometries. - Sue Borchardt — bioplastic light sculptures that decay in real-time, merging fragility with illumination. - Lynn Cazabon — photographic archives of “weeds” growing in toxic sites, challenging how we define value, resilience, and nature. Moderated by Liz Faust, the panel will dive into questions of memory, obsolescence, repair, and the aesthetics of leftoverness. What do these residual forms tell us about labor, energy, and the systems we’ve inherited – or abandoned? This event invites artists, students, scientists, designers, and community members into conversation about what we carry forward from broken systems – and how art can illuminate the ruins not with nostalgia, but with insight and imagination. --- ### [Spark Film Screening: Light, Memory, and Imagined Futures](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/spark-film-screening-light-memory-and-imagined-futures/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Spark Film Screening: Light, Memory, and Imagined Futures](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20501_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 21 **Time:**03:00 pm – 05:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for a Film Screening: Light, Memory, and Imagines Futures. Part of Spark VII: Industrial Afterglow Join us at The Peale for Spark VII ****Film Screening: Light, Memory, and Imagined Futures****. How do moving images help us make sense of collapse, tranformation, and the possible futures that flicker just beyond reach? This special screening event brings together short films and experimental animations by artists features in **Industrial Afterglow** – each exploring light, decay, and ecological or emotional afterlives through a cinematic lens. Featured Artists & Works: - Alexi Scheiber — **Awake/Dreaming** A lush, hand-drawn animation imagining a future where cities are rewilded, softened by time, moss, and speculative care. Urban structures dissolve into ecosystems in this slow, dreamlike meditation on ecological transformation. - Tara Youngborg — **not a town but a landing page** A layered audiovisual work that maps the sonic and visual traces of post-industrial landscapes. Blending field recordings with glitch aesthetics, Youngborg’s piece captures the haunted hum of infrastructure in decay. - Jena Burchick — **what it felt like** A deeply personal video work that translates the experience of giving birth under technological and clinical surveillance into sensory abstraction. Through voice, scan, and visual distortion, Burchick reclaims the narrative of reproductive control. - Alexandra Garove — **Transition System** A digital animation composed entirely through high-resolution flatbed scans, imagining the architectural ruins of today overtaken by speculative plant life. Garove’s digital dreamscapes blur the line between decay and resurgence. This screening will be followed by a brief conversation with the artists (in person and remote), offering insight into their process, how they work with light and time as narrative devces, and what it means to film not for documentation – but for transformation. --- ### [Spark Panel Discussion | Kinships & Entanglements](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/spark-panel-discussion-kinships-entanglements/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Spark Panel Discussion | Kinships & Entanglements](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20502_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 21 **Time:**06:00 pm – 07:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at The Peale for Spark Panel Discussion: Kinships & Entanglements – Bodies, Gender & Generational Memory Join us at The Peale for **Spark** ****Panel Discussion: Kinships & Entanglement – Bodies, Gender & Generational Memory****. What does it mean to carry memory through the body? How do artists reckon with reproductive control, ancestral grief, and gendered surveillance in the wake of industrial and technological systems? This intimate panel brings together six artists from the **Industrial Afterglow** exhibition whose work delves into the afftecive and embodied legacies of our time. Through sculpture, installation, performance, and digital media, they illuminate stories of reproductive justice, intergenerational grief, care, and resistance. Panelists include: - Danielle d’Amico – creator of speculative reproductive devices that blur the line between medical design and poetic resistance. - Jena Burchick – whose multi-sensory video work translates the bodily experience of childbirth under clinical surveillance. - Jenee Mateer – whose AI-generated floral portraits explore femininity, power, and biological abstraction. - Mariia Usova – whose delicate glass forms infused with bone ash become vessels of grief and remembrance. - Leah Clare Michaels – whose performance work transforms public cleaning into an act of mourning and memory recovery. Moderated by curator Liz Faust, this panel will explore how artists use light, ritual, and body-based practice to address systems of control – and imagine otherwise futures rooted in kinship, care, and embodied resilience. Join us for an evening of thoughtful dialogue on what it means to remember through the body – and to resist through art. --- ### [Improv @ The Peale!](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-3/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale!](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19447_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 14 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a night of spontaneous laughter and creativity at Improv @ The Peale! Welcome to ****Improv @ The Peale!**** Join us for a night of laughter and creativity at ****The Peale****. Talented performers will take the stage to improvise scenes, guaranteeing a unique and hilarious experience every time. Whether you’re a seasoned improv fan or new to the scene, this event is perfect for anyone looking to have a good time. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness spontaneous comedy at its finest! --- ### [Simone Baron & ARCO BELO](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/simone-baron-arco-belo/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Simone Baron & ARCO BELO](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20402_image.png) Details **Date:**November 6 **Time:**07:30 pm – 09:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Experience ARCO BELO – a boundary-breaking ensemble praised as “the sound of the future, today” (JazzTimes) Experience ARCO BELO – a boundary-breaking, GenreFluid ensemble praised as “music that truly synthesizes traditions… ego-less, genre-agnostic… the sound of the future, today.”(**JazzTimes**). Led by pianist, accordionist, and composer Simone Baron, Arco Belo blends avant-garde chamber music, creative jazz, Brazilian, and Jewish diasporic influences into a bold, immersive sound. Expect adventurous compositions, improvisation, and a sonic journey that flows from lyrical strings to gritty grooves and unexpected burtsts of color. Arco Belo has captivated audiences nationwide at venues including the Kennedy Center and Strathmore, earned national arts grants, and released an acclaimed debut album lauded by **DownBeat** and **JazzTimes**. Don’t miss this electrifying concert redefining what live music can be. The performance will be followed by a brief reception with light refreshments and a chance to chat with the performers! Merch will be avaialble for sale as well! --- ### [Chamber Music Maryland | Sirotin - Chang Duo "Poise and Passion"](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/chamber-music-maryland-sirotin-chang-duo-poise-and-passion/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Chamber Music Maryland | Sirotin – Chang Duo “Poise and Passion”](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20403_image.jpg) Details **Date:**November 16 **Time:**02:00 pm – 04:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Husband-and-wife duo Peter Sirotin (violin) and Ya-Ting Change (piano) share a program of Romantic-era treasures. Husband-and-wife duo Peter Sirotin (violin) and Ya-Ting Chang (piano) share a program of Romantic-era treasures filled with lyricism, drama, and dance. Violinist Peter Sirotin and pianist Ya-Ting Chang began collaborating at the Peabody Conservatory and have performed more than 600 concerts worldwide, recorded 15 acclaimed CDs – including the complete Haydn piano trios – and premeired works by composers Ching-Ju Shih and Jeremy Gill. As co-directors of Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg since 2011, they’ve brought world-class artists to Central Pennsylvania and developed educational programs reaching thousands of students each year. ### The Program Amy Beach (1867-1944) Romance for Violin and Piano, op. 23 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Minor, op. 45 Allegro molto ed appassionato Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza Allegro animato Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) “Grand Adagio” from Raymonda, op. 57 Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) Polonaise de Concert in D Major, op. 4 Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Salut D’Amour, op. 12 Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) Introduction et Tarentelle, op. 43 --- ### [Film Premiere – Termite: A Baltimore Story](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/film-premiere-termite-baltimore-story/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Film Premiere – Termite: A Baltimore Story](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19529_image.png) Details **Date:**November 8 **Time:**06:00 pm – 07:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* The Peale is thrilled to present the film, Termite: A Baltimore Story, created by WGF Studio in partnership with Kirby Griffin. The Peale is thrilled to present the film, *****Termite: A Baltimore Story*****, created by [WGF Studio](https://www.wgfstudio.com/ "https://www.wgfstudio.com/") in partnership with cinematographer [Kirby Griffin](https://kirbygriffindp.com/the-artist "https://kirbygriffindp.com/the-artist"). This short documentary film captures the story of Baltimore resident and community leader “Termite” Kin Lane Brown. “Termite” is a lifelong Cherry Hill resident, a Muslim American, and well-known community leader. She has been a resident of Cherry Hill Public Housing for over 50 years and last year purchased land to build her first home. For decades, Termite has fed families during Thanksgiving, given out toys and gifts to children during Christmas, helped mediate neighborhood conflicts, and welcomed new tenants into Cherry Hill homes. She is a mother, grandmother, wife, sister, aunt, and good friend to many. She comes from a family that gave back to the community. As a child, she remembers assisting her mother Ernestine Brown and her aunt Hannah Beverly as they helped tenants with their bills. They managed to find school clothes for children, fed families during various holidays, and much more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Termite found innovative ways to support children and families in Cherry Hill by identifying the greatest needs and then getting to work to fill those needs, like using a friend’s van to transport high-quality food to neighborhood residents who were struggling with food insecurity. She was able to secure much-needed resources and assist with strategies to support her community. Termite is a trusted, hands-on leader. She is often sought after by local organizations, public servants, and community members to assist in providing solutions and ideas to improve the community and keep it safe. Most importantly, Termite works to cultivate the culture of love that she felt growing up in the Cherry Hill community. Filmmakers Whitney Frazier and Kirby Griffin wanted to capture how and why Termite does what she does and to put a spotlight on the true heroes of Baltimore. “We wanted future generations to be proud of her legacy and to learn about what it took to make things happen. We also wanted people to know—inside and outside of Baltimore—what makes this city so special and unique.” ****This project is produced by WGF Studio and Six Point Pictures, presented by The Peale and supported by T. Rowe Price.**** ![](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1109152383%2F209954733869%2F1%2Foriginal.20250829-230020?h=740&w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=c6f37b928b326e6cd3d4e01592504025) --- ### [Termite: A Baltimore Story Matinee](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/termite-a-baltimore-story-matinee/) **Published:** November 7, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Termite: A Baltimore Story Matinee](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19529_image.png) Details **Date:**November 8 **Time:**03:30 pm – 05:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* The Peale is thrilled to present the film, Termite: A Baltimore Story, created by WGF Studio in partnership with Kirby Griffin. The Peale is thrilled to present the film, *****Termite: A Baltimore Story*****, created by [WGF Studio](https://www.wgfstudio.com/ "https://www.wgfstudio.com/") in partnership with cinematographer [Kirby Griffin](https://kirbygriffindp.com/the-artist "https://kirbygriffindp.com/the-artist"). This short documentary film captures the story of Baltimore resident and community leader “Termite” Kin Lane Brown. “Termite” is a lifelong Cherry Hill resident, a Muslim American, and well-known community leader. She has been a resident of Cherry Hill Public Housing for over 50 years and last year purchased land to build her first home. For decades, Termite has fed families during Thanksgiving, given out toys and gifts to children during Christmas, helped mediate neighborhood conflicts, and welcomed new tenants into Cherry Hill homes. She is a mother, grandmother, wife, sister, aunt, and good friend to many. She comes from a family that gave back to the community. As a child, she remembers assisting her mother Ernestine Brown and her aunt Hannah Beverly as they helped tenants with their bills. They managed to find school clothes for children, fed families during various holidays, and much more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Termite found innovative ways to support children and families in Cherry Hill by identifying the greatest needs and then getting to work to fill those needs, like using a friend’s van to transport high-quality food to neighborhood residents who were struggling with food insecurity. She was able to secure much-needed resources and assist with strategies to support her community. Termite is a trusted, hands-on leader. She is often sought after by local organizations, public servants, and community members to assist in providing solutions and ideas to improve the community and keep it safe. Most importantly, Termite works to cultivate the culture of love that she felt growing up in the Cherry Hill community. Filmmakers Whitney Frazier and Kirby Griffin wanted to capture how and why Termite does what she does and to put a spotlight on the true heroes of Baltimore. “We wanted future generations to be proud of her legacy and to learn about what it took to make things happen. We also wanted people to know—inside and outside of Baltimore—what makes this city so special and unique.” ****This project is produced by WGF Studio and Six Point Pictures, presented by The Peale and supported by T. Rowe Price.**** ![](https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1109152383%2F209954733869%2F1%2Foriginal.20250829-230020?h=740&w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=c6f37b928b326e6cd3d4e01592504025) --- ### [Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/shadows-of-the-peale-escape-room/) **Published:** October 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20143_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 25 **Time:**03:00 pm – 04:15 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and you must recover the missing patent for gas lighting before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and Rembrandt Peale has just received a $5,000 patent from his father and brother to bring revolutionary gas light to his museum – and to the entire city. Reluctant to follow his family’s guidance, Rembrandt hides the valuable patent – determined to forge his own path to success. Now, time travelers (that’s you!) must search through Rembrandt’s 1816 museum – among fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities – to recover the missing patent before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ****Can you solve the mystey and help Baltimore see the light?**** Join us for **Shadows of the Peale**, a limited-run, immersive escape room experience inside the historic Peale Museum. We recommend 4-8 players for this escape room experience. All ages are welcome! --- ### [Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/shadows-of-the-peale-escape-room-2/) **Published:** October 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20143_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 25 **Time:**04:45 pm – 06:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and you must recover the missing patent for gas lighting before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and Rembrandt Peale has just received a $5,000 patent from his father and brother to bring revolutionary gas light to his museum – and to the entire city. Reluctant to follow his family’s guidance, Rembrandt hides the valuable patent – determined to forge his own path to success. Now, time travelers (that’s you!) must search through Rembrandt’s 1816 museum – among fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities – to recover the missing patent before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ****Can you solve the mystey and help Baltimore see the light?**** Join us for **Shadows of the Peale**, a limited-run, immersive escape room experience inside the historic Peale Museum. We recommend 4-8 players for this escape room experience. All ages are welcome! --- ### [Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/shadows-of-the-peale-escape-room-3/) **Published:** October 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20143_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 25 **Time:**06:30 pm – 07:45 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and you must recover the missing patent for gas lighting before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and Rembrandt Peale has just received a $5,000 patent from his father and brother to bring revolutionary gas light to his museum – and to the entire city. Reluctant to follow his family’s guidance, Rembrandt hides the valuable patent – determined to forge his own path to success. Now, time travelers (that’s you!) must search through Rembrandt’s 1816 museum – among fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities – to recover the missing patent before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ****Can you solve the mystey and help Baltimore see the light?**** Join us for **Shadows of the Peale**, a limited-run, immersive escape room experience inside the historic Peale Museum. We recommend 4-8 players for this escape room experience. All ages are welcome! --- ### [Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/shadows-of-the-peale-escape-room-4/) **Published:** October 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20143_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 26 **Time:**03:00 pm – 04:15 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and you must recover the missing patent for gas lighting before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and Rembrandt Peale has just received a $5,000 patent from his father and brother to bring revolutionary gas light to his museum – and to the entire city. Reluctant to follow his family’s guidance, Rembrandt hides the valuable patent – determined to forge his own path to success. Now, time travelers (that’s you!) must search through Rembrandt’s 1816 museum – among fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities – to recover the missing patent before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ****Can you solve the mystey and help Baltimore see the light?**** Join us for **Shadows of the Peale**, a limited-run, immersive escape room experience inside the historic Peale Museum. We recommend 4-8 players for this escape room experience. All ages are welcome! --- ### [Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/shadows-of-the-peale-escape-room-5/) **Published:** October 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20143_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 26 **Time:**04:45 pm – 06:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and you must recover the missing patent for gas lighting before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and Rembrandt Peale has just received a $5,000 patent from his father and brother to bring revolutionary gas light to his museum – and to the entire city. Reluctant to follow his family’s guidance, Rembrandt hides the valuable patent – determined to forge his own path to success. Now, time travelers (that’s you!) must search through Rembrandt’s 1816 museum – among fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities – to recover the missing patent before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ****Can you solve the mystey and help Baltimore see the light?**** Join us for **Shadows of the Peale**, a limited-run, immersive escape room experience inside the historic Peale Museum. We recommend 4-8 players for this escape room experience. All ages are welcome! --- ### [Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/shadows-of-the-peale-escape-room-6/) **Published:** October 23, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Shadows of The Peale Escape Room](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20143_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 26 **Time:**06:30 pm – 07:45 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and you must recover the missing patent for gas lighting before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. It’s 1816 in Baltimore, and Rembrandt Peale has just received a $5,000 patent from his father and brother to bring revolutionary gas light to his museum – and to the entire city. Reluctant to follow his family’s guidance, Rembrandt hides the valuable patent – determined to forge his own path to success. Now, time travelers (that’s you!) must search through Rembrandt’s 1816 museum – among fossils, portraits, gas lamps, and curiosities – to recover the missing patent before the city’s hopes for illumination are lost forever. ****Can you solve the mystey and help Baltimore see the light?**** Join us for **Shadows of the Peale**, a limited-run, immersive escape room experience inside the historic Peale Museum. We recommend 4-8 players for this escape room experience. All ages are welcome! --- ### [EARTH SEED Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/earth-seed-film-screening/) **Published:** October 10, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![EARTH SEED Film Screening](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20066_image.png) Details **Date:**October 17 **Time:**05:30 pm – 08:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality – a documentary film and project of the People’s Kitchen Collective. Join us at The Peale for a special screening of EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality. Brought to you by filmmaker Fox Nakai and the People’s Kitchen Collective, this feature-length documentary invites viewers to envision and enact a collective future. The filmmakers and other guests are available after the film to answer questions and provide more details about the project and their call to action. [People’s Kitchen Collective](https://peopleskitchencollective.com/ "https://peopleskitchencollective.com/") (PKC) works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland, California, their creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of their crew. Written in their families’ recipes are the maps of their migrations and the stories of their resilience. It is from this foundation that PKC create immersive experiences that honor the shared struggles of their people. They believe in radical hospitality as a strategy to address the urgent social issues of our time. ****What To Expect:**** ****Venue and Accessibility:**** EARTHSEED will be screening on the second floor of The Peale. The Peale team believes in creating space, programs, and communications that are designed with the differing needs and preferences of people who attend our programs and are a part of our community. Visit our Accessibility page [here](https://thepeale.org/accessibility/ "https://thepeale.org/accessibility/"). If you would like or require ASL interpretive services, make sure to select the “REQUEST ASL SERVICES” ticket option on the next page. ****How long is the film?**** The feature-length documentary is two hours long. ****Will there be refreshments?**** Yes! Get excited for PKC’s Flavor Crystal popcorn and movie-style snacks provided by The Peale, along with non-alcoholic beverages. ****Are there subtitles?**** Yes, English subtitles are included in the film. If other accomodations are needed, please reach out to The Peale to coordinate additional access. ****Is the film family-friendly?**** Yes. The feature-length film is two hours long, so young children may need support to remain seated for that long. ****Community Care:**** We ask that everyone mask when not eating, and anyone experiencing cold/flu symptoms rest at home. --- ### [Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/glenn-walker-in-the-room-and-beyond-closing-reception/) **Published:** October 10, 2025 **Author:** Andie Townsend **Content:** ![Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond Closing Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19613_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 12 **Time:**12:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Come celebrate the artwork and life of Baltimore artist, Glenn Walker as we celebrate the closing of a powerful retrospective. Join us at The Peale as we celebrate a rare retrospective of Baltimore artist ****Glenn Walker****, whose bold and unflinching vision left an indelible mark on the city’s art scene. From intimate portraits to charged social commentary, Walker’s work captures the beauty, humor, and complexity of everyday life. --- ### [Healers in the Arts Festival](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/healers-in-the-arts-festival/) **Published:** September 19, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Healers in the Arts Festival](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19990_image.jpg) Details **Start:**October 4 – 11:00 am **End:**October 4 – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer Harp Vision **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us at the Healers in the Arts Festival for a day of creativity, connection, and healing through various artistic expressions! ## Healers in the Arts Festival The **Healers in the Arts Festival** is a free, community-centered experience that highlights Baltimore’s artists, wellness practitioners, and nonprofits who use creative expression as a pathway to healing. Hosted at The Peale Museum on Saturday, October 4th from 11:00 AM–4:00 PM, the festival invites guests to explore a relaxing blend of art, wellness, and connection. Throughout the day, attendees can browse a vendor marketplace of makers and healing-focused organizations, experience massage, reiki, acupuncture, and mental health resources in the Wellness Village, and enjoy a quiet lounge area with tea and refreshments. The event also features a keynote panel, **Healing Through Art & Practice**, and a gentle all-levels Yoga & Breathwork session. With an open flow format and all-day access to the art gallery and wellness offerings, guests are encouraged to move through the festival at their own pace—shopping, resting, and engaging in the activities that speak to their own self-care journey. Your Violin Yoga Link : [https://embed.prod.simpletix.com/71a72c31-0f4e-46b8-9c1a-2584433d21e1/236768](https://embed.prod.simpletix.com/71a72c31-0f4e-46b8-9c1a-2584433d21e1/236768 "https://embed.prod.simpletix.com/71a72c31-0f4e-46b8-9c1a-2584433d21e1/236768") --- ### [Nights on the Fringe 2025](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/nights-on-the-fringe-2025/) **Published:** September 19, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Nights on the Fringe 2025](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19986_image.jpg) Details **Start:**October 3 – 07:00 pm **End:**October 3 – 09:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer Charm City Fringe Festival **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* ​An evening of live music, dance, powerful vocals, and captivating puppetry​ paired with, light fare, drinks, and the ​vibrant energy --- ### [Nights on the Fringe 2025](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/nights-on-the-fringe-2025-2/) **Published:** September 19, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Nights on the Fringe 2025](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19986_image.jpg) Details **Start:**October 4 – 07:00 pm **End:**October 4 – 09:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer Charm City Fringe Festival **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* ​An evening of live music, dance, powerful vocals, and captivating puppetry​ paired with, light fare, drinks, and the ​vibrant energy --- ### [Above and Especially Below: One Chiliad Closing Event](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/above-and-especially-below-one-chiliad-closing-event/) **Published:** September 10, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Above and Especially Below: One Chiliad Closing Event](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19637_image.png) Details **Start:**September 21 – 02:00 pm **End:**September 21 – 03:30 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for this workshop where you will explore your relationship with water and process its wonder and fragility aloud. ****Above and Especially Below**** Join us for this workshop where you will explore your relationship with water and process its wonder and fragility aloud. Water envelopes us. Vapor rises into the rain that grows our food, rain drops into the rivers that nourish our bodies, rivers flow into the oceans that connect us, oceans freeze into the sea ice that balances the Earth. The relationship between freshwater and saltwater is ever present. Yet it too often goes unnoticed. Science helps us organize the water cycle and stories help us understand it. But how do we come to appreciate something we seldom see? In this space of curiosity, Jann Rosen-Queralt, artist, and Angelica Chavez Duckworth, activist, will lead participatory activities that aspire to express the value of water, both seen and unseen. In combining science, storytelling, reflection, and relationship, it is our hope that everyone walks away feeling anchored to their connection to water, above and especially below. **\*We highly recommend visiting the* [**One Chiliad**](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepeale.org%2Fexhibition-one-child-jann-rosen-queralt%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7C83b5a4c9428a402ba2cf08ddeff64ba6%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638930563305218117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yvy6Qc6OoO1swQy2oKxjeaGi5AOZ6WL%2BasIV9tlwcQY%3D&reserved=0 "https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepeale.org%2Fexhibition-one-child-jann-rosen-queralt%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7C83b5a4c9428a402ba2cf08ddeff64ba6%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638930563305218117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yvy6Qc6OoO1swQy2oKxjeaGi5AOZ6WL%2BasIV9tlwcQY%3D&reserved=0") *exhibit at The Peale before the event. Families and friends of all ages are encouraged.** Sunday September 21st, 2:00 – 3:30 Closing Event, One Chiliad, The Peale Museum GET TO KNOW: [Angelica (Jellie) Chavez Duckworth](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aquarianatlas.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7C83b5a4c9428a402ba2cf08ddeff64ba6%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638930563305243885%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FiCJly5IqG5DDhq9TNvg3UcTKtNpYBS2jcj4I3X9K8s%3D&reserved=0 "https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aquarianatlas.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7C83b5a4c9428a402ba2cf08ddeff64ba6%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638930563305243885%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FiCJly5IqG5DDhq9TNvg3UcTKtNpYBS2jcj4I3X9K8s%3D&reserved=0") is an activist and artist dedicated to addressing social and ecological imbalances, including renter protections, freshwater conservation, and energy justice. Her experience as an environmental social scientist has led her to Baltimore to study the surface water-groundwater relationship while pursuing a Masters in Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. [Jann Rosen-Queralt](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jannrosenqueralt.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7C83b5a4c9428a402ba2cf08ddeff64ba6%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638930563305264301%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0hCWXjkhOC6vStyCgNCZcVZNNBH%2FkzpeORVoubzk5AA%3D&reserved=0 "https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jannrosenqueralt.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cprograms%40thepeale.org%7C83b5a4c9428a402ba2cf08ddeff64ba6%7C3102f5ba19184235a63d324b5f8dfc71%7C0%7C0%7C638930563305264301%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0hCWXjkhOC6vStyCgNCZcVZNNBH%2FkzpeORVoubzk5AA%3D&reserved=0") an interdisciplinary artist whose artworks address the poetic nature of water, exploring social and ecological relationships. Her labors are that of a visionary and an aesthetician, balancing between collaborator and provocateur. She dedicates herself full time to her art practice after many decades at the Maryland Institute College of Art, her last four years as Interim Director of the Rinehart Graduate School of Sculpture. --- ### [Improv @ The Peale!](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale-2/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale!](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19447_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 16 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a night of spontaneous laughter and creativity at Improv @ The Peale! Welcome to ****Improv @ The Peale!**** Join us for a night of laughter and creativity at ****The Peale****. Talented performers will take the stage to improvise scenes, guaranteeing a unique and hilarious experience every time. Whether you’re a seasoned improv fan or new to the scene, this event is perfect for anyone looking to have a good time. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness spontaneous comedy at its finest! --- ### [Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/glenn-walker-in-the-room-and-beyond-opening-reception/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Glenn Walker: In the Room and Beyond Opening Reception](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19611_image.png) Details **Date:**September 12 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Celebrate the inspiring legacy and creative vision of Baltimore artist, Glenn Walker. The Peale is proud to present a rare retrospective of Baltimore artist ****Glenn Walker****, whose bold and unflinching vision left an indelible mark on the city’s art scene. From intimate portraits to charged social commentary, Walker’s work captures the beauty, humor, and complexity of everyday life. ****Glenn F. Walker**** (1927-1988) was a Baltimore painter trained at the then-Maryland Institute of Arts and a “best kept secret” among area art aficionados. Walker, who died in 1988, continues to be known for working in a breathtaking variety of media and styles including oils, pastels, watercolors, drawings, and woodcuts. He won prizes for his art from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Peale Museum, and elsewhere. Walker is remembered in part as the subject of controversy: Baltimore Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. saw a Walker painting, “In a Room”, during a 1955 Peale exhibition, and declaring it obscene and “morally objectionable,” ordered it removed. The painting showed a nude man smoking a cigarette and a woman lying on a bed. The museum’s director, Wilbur H. Hunter Jr., put the painting on display in his office, and other painters protested the mayor’s order by removing their works from the exhibition. A year later, the Baltimore Sun’s art critic, Kenneth Sawyer, called Walker “a draftsman of sensitive imagination, a technician with few peers in Baltimore.” Walker remained at the center of the city’s art scene for many years, continuing to paint and teach throughout his four-decade career. This exhibition is made possible thanks to the generosity of ****Buzz Cusack****, who has preserved and championed Walker’s artistic legacy. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore works spanning Walker’s career, including the controversial **In the Room**, the 1955 painting at the center of one of Baltimore’s most infamous art censorship battles. Join us as we celebrate Walker’s fearless creativity and rediscover an artist whose work still challenges, delights, and inspires nearly 70 years later. --- ### [Johanna Rose & the Dreamboats Performance](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/johanna-rose-the-dreamboats-performance/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Johanna Rose & the Dreamboats Performance](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/19609_image.jpg) Details **Date:**September 7 **Time:**09:00 am – 11:00 am **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* New Orleans band with a unique sounds is playing out front of The Peale for a performance you don’t want to miss! Johanna Rose & the Dreamboats are a New Orleans band with a unique sound and wicked style. Self described as a “gutter jazz bass slayer”, Johnanna Rose brings a sounds and evergy you do not want to miss. Happening right out front of The Peale – just steps away from the Baltimore Farmers Market – make sure to swing by for some tunes. And don’t forget your dancing shoes! --- ### [Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/marshall-eddie-conway-and-the-black-panther-party-3/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19525_image.jpg) Details **Date:**October 5 **Time:**10:00 am – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us as we dive into the history and impact of Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party in an insightful and engaging event. ### ****Friday October 3, 2025**** #### ****Evening Reception**** – ****6:00-9:00 PM**** ****Weekend Welcome**** - Art Exhibit featuring works from local artists - Erica Woodland speaking on the significance of Eddie’s life - Poetry by featuring Laini Mataka and others ### ****Saturday October 4, 2025**** #### Opening Welcome – ****1:00-4:30p**** - Teach In: Ward Churchill’s COINTELPRO - Panel Conversation with Malik Rahim, James Tracy and Mansa Musa ****6:00-8:00p**** - Reading from Dominque Conway’s **If I Should Die Tonight by** Bashi Rose and Meres-Sia Gabriel - Musical Performance with Bashi Rose, Meres-Sia Gabriel, and others ### ****Sunday October 5, 2025**** #### ****3:00-7:00 PM**** - Teach In: Preserving Radical Movement History with James Tracy - Performance of **I Was There Too** by Meres-Sia Gabriel - Keynote: Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense ****Emcee****: Unique Robinson Contact us at exonerateeddie@gmail.com --- ### [Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/marshall-eddie-conway-and-the-black-panther-party/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19525_image.jpg) Details **Start:**October 3 – 06:00 pm **End:**October 3 – 09:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us as we dive into the history and impact of Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party in an insightful and engaging event. ### ****Friday October 3, 2025**** #### ****Evening Reception**** – ****6:00-9:00 PM**** ****Weekend Welcome**** - Art Exhibit featuring works from local artists - Erica Woodland speaking on the significance of Eddie’s life - Poetry by featuring Laini Mataka and others ### ****Saturday October 4, 2025**** #### Opening Welcome – ****1:00-4:30p**** - Teach In: Ward Churchill’s COINTELPRO - Panel Conversation with Malik Rahim, James Tracy and Mansa Musa ****6:00-8:00p**** - Reading from Dominque Conway’s **If I Should Die Tonight by** Bashi Rose and Meres-Sia Gabriel - Musical Performance with Bashi Rose, Meres-Sia Gabriel, and others ### ****Sunday October 5, 2025**** #### ****3:00-7:00 PM**** - Teach In: Preserving Radical Movement History with James Tracy - Performance of **I Was There Too** by Meres-Sia Gabriel - Keynote: Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense ****Emcee****: Unique Robinson Contact us at exonerateeddie@gmail.com --- ### [Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/marshall-eddie-conway-and-the-black-panther-party-2/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19525_image.jpg) Details **Start:**October 4 – 10:00 am **End:**October 4 – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us as we dive into the history and impact of Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party in an insightful and engaging event. ### ****Friday October 3, 2025**** #### ****Evening Reception**** – ****6:00-9:00 PM**** ****Weekend Welcome**** - Art Exhibit featuring works from local artists - Erica Woodland speaking on the significance of Eddie’s life - Poetry by featuring Laini Mataka and others ### ****Saturday October 4, 2025**** #### Opening Welcome – ****1:00-4:30p**** - Teach In: Ward Churchill’s COINTELPRO - Panel Conversation with Malik Rahim, James Tracy and Mansa Musa ****6:00-8:00p**** - Reading from Dominque Conway’s **If I Should Die Tonight by** Bashi Rose and Meres-Sia Gabriel - Musical Performance with Bashi Rose, Meres-Sia Gabriel, and others ### ****Sunday October 5, 2025**** #### ****3:00-7:00 PM**** - Teach In: Preserving Radical Movement History with James Tracy - Performance of **I Was There Too** by Meres-Sia Gabriel - Keynote: Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense ****Emcee****: Unique Robinson Contact us at exonerateeddie@gmail.com --- ### [Improv @ The Peale!](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/improv-the-peale/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Improv @ The Peale!](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19447_image.jpg) Details **Date:**September 18 **Time:**06:00 pm – 08:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue The Peale *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* Join us for a night of spontaneous laughter and creativity at Improv @ The Peale! Welcome to ****Improv @ The Peale!**** Join us for a night of laughter and creativity at ****The Peale****. Talented performers will take the stage to improvise scenes, guaranteeing a unique and hilarious experience every time. Whether you’re a seasoned improv fan or new to the scene, this event is perfect for anyone looking to have a good time. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness spontaneous comedy at its finest! --- ### [Haunted Peale: A Halloween Celebration](https://thepeale.org/eventbrite-event/haunted-peale-a-halloween-celebration/) **Published:** September 2, 2025 **Author:** John Suau **Content:** ![Haunted Peale: A Halloween Celebration](https://thepeale.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/19430_image.png) Details **Date:**October 26 **Time:**01:00 pm – 04:00 pm **Click to Register:** Organizer The Peale **Website:** Venue 225 Holliday St *225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202* *Baltimore, MD, US, 21202* This October, the spirits come out to play in the nation’s oldest purpose-built museum building, right in Baltimore, Maryland. This October, the spirits come out to play in the nation’s oldest purpose-built museum building. Step into The Peale’s 211-year-old halls for spooky fun, haunted history, and maybe even a few ghostly encounters. Legend has that the ghosts of artists Rembrandt and Rubens Peale still linger in the galleries, and if you listen closely, you might hear the whispers of an exasperated Sarah Miriam Peale as she attempts to perfect her portraiture under the constant gaze of her cousin, Rembrandt. 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