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The Lab Partners with Earprint

Partnership Advances Sound-Based Storytelling The Lab @ The Peale is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Earprint LLC and immersive media pioneer C....

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The Illumination Project @ The Peale

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...

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John Suau

Announcing the Illuminator Awards 2026

The Peale Announces the Illuminator Awards 2026 An Evening Celebrating the People and Organizations Shaping Baltimore’s Future The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, will host the 2026 Illuminator Awards on Thursday, April 16, 2026. The event

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John Suau

Where Light City Began

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

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Andie Townsend

Spark VII: Industrial Afterglow

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,

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John Suau

Sassy Toes Returns to The Peale

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

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John Suau

Founding Fossils: When Science Met Imagination

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

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John Suau

The Light of Discovery: From Mastodons to Modern Makers

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

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Andie Townsend

Intersections

On View: October 29, 2025 – January 18, 2026 Intersections is the inaugural exhibit curated by the Fund for Educational Excellence’s Curation Club, a group of Baltimore City Schools students who spent the summer translating

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Andie Townsend

Chamber Music Maryland Returns to The Peale

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

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Andie Townsend

Arco Belo at The Peale – Tickets on Sale Now!

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

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