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The 2026 Illuminator Award Honorees

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...

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The Guild @ The Peale

The Guild @ The Peale Building the Next Generation of Preservation Tradespeople​ The Guild @ The Peale is a paid apprenticeship program training the next...

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Several people work with power tools in the basement of the Peale museum.
Jobs
Heather Shelton

Job Position: Program Manager  

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

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A black graphic that says, Curiosity Shop, in a gold type. Includes The Peale logo.
Artists
Heather Shelton

The New Curiosity Shop!

The Peale, in collaboration with Dear Globe Coffee, 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

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A group of people meet together in a room in a museum.
Community Events
Heather Shelton

Host a Meeting at The Peale

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 are invited to reserve galleries at the museum for their

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

Sarah Miriam Peale Studio at The Peale

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

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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.
Community Events
Heather Shelton

Welcome to the Community Advisory Team

The votes are in! Congratulations to our inaugural Community Advisory Team (CAT). New members include: Elected by Baltimore community members, the purpose of the group is to ensure that the programs and exhibitions hosted by The

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A silhouette of a man with a cravat and a long braid in the back.
Artists
Heather Shelton

Moses Williams: A History

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

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Two women sit in chairs in a darkened room and watch a screen in a meeting.
Community Events
Heather Shelton

Vote for Community Advisory Team Members

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

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Two people wearing black sweatshirts use power tools to strip and sand columns.
AAA
Heather Shelton

JOB: Call for AAA Instructors 

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

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A child's drawing of the COVID-19 virus.
Storytelling
Heather Shelton

Communities for Immunity

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,

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