Maryland's Birthday Weekend Celebration. 40+ Events Highlighting Local History, Heritage, Culture, & The Great Outdoors For Free Or $1.

Schedule Of Events:

Annapolis Tours by Watermark
1:00pm – 2:30pm Free
188 Main Street Annapolis, MD 21401
 
Lafayette in Annapolis: starting at 188 Main Street:
Join your period-attired guide for a special Maryland Day tour featuring the Marquis de Lafayette and his favorite people and places in Annapolis.  See his portrait in the State House, the legislation granting him Maryland citizenship, the magnificent "Surrender at Yorktown" painting and key points associated with his 1824-1825 Farewell Tour of the United States. Free, advanced registration recommended.

Anne Arundel County Public Library - Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library

10:30 am - 12:30 pm FREE

1410 West St. Annapolis, MD 21401

410-222-1750

Come celebrate Maryland Day with fun family crafts and activities highlighting the past and present of our great state!

​Banneker - Douglass - Tubman Museum

10 am - 4 pm Free
84 Franklin Street, Annapolis MD 21401
The museum dedicated to the history and culture of African Americans, notably Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.

And in the main gallery join BDTM for a dive into the powerful work of artist Jabari Jefferson as he brings Maryland's Black history to life through transformed discarded materials and digital technology in an exhibit titled 'Sacred Spaces'.

​Charles Carroll House of Annapolis

12 - 4pm Free

107 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

​Stories & Art in the Galleries: "ABCs of Maryland" An Alphabet Book of Love, family, and Togetherness" with an art project to follow: Crab Suncatcher

Saturday, March 22nd 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Free

Appropriate for children ages 1-6 with an Adult - Registration is required.

​Join us for Stories & Art in the Galleries! Celebrate Maryland Day with an age-appropriate art activity while viewing CAC's latest gallery exhibit. A guided reading of the  "ABCs of Maryland" An Alphabet Book of Love, family, and Togetherness" an Alphabet Book of Love, family, and Togetherness. After the story, children will be invited to make Crab Suncatchers.

​Stories & Art in the Galleries is made possible through the generosity of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County.

​Maryland Collage - Saturday, March 22nd 12:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. Free  - Registration is required

All Ages with an Adult

Our popular Free Family Workshops are back with even more opportunities to get creative as a family! Come celebrate all things Maryland by making a Maryland collage with us!

​​Chesapeake Children's Museum
10am - 4pm $1 admission
25 Silopanna Road, Annapolis 21403
1$ ADMISSION to the Chesapeake Children Museum featuring themed playrooms involving nature, art,
theater, Culture Carriers and our 1918 Room.
Explore our 5 acre park with a self-guided tour of Native American plants as well as a musical playground and truck pit.

​​​Special Event 11 am - 2 pm - $1

The Legacy of the Annapolis Five: Civil Rights Work is Still Alive.

Briayna Cuffie introduces stories about Civil Rights history in Annapolis. Hear about the county's first African American police officer, Reginald Harris, Sr. who was encouraged by school teacher, Marita Carroll to join up.  There are family names in Annapolis that carry on the work of the brave individuals who took risks to improve opportunities for all. Archival interviews will be played featuring participants from sit-ins at local restaurants. The "Annapolis Five" descendants will share family stories about at an event at the former Terminal Café, now the site of the Graduate Hotel, that sparked changes for the better.

Children will be encouraged to create a picket sign to express their views as an example of civil disobedience - an important strategy for making systemic change throughout our country's history.

​​​​Hammond-Harwood House
11am -3 pm Free
19 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis MD 21401
Hammond-Harwood House will be offering in-person, free tours of the new introductory gallery. Step into history and learn the stories that shape a community.

​​Historic Annapolis - William Paca House
11 am - 3 pm $1 Admission
186 Prince George Street Annapolis, MD 21401​

Start your Maryland Day weekend off with a special 30-minute guided tour of the William Paca House. Built in the 1760s, this magnificent home features period furnishings and paintings and reveals the inner workings of an upper-class household including the lives of the enslaved laborers in colonial and revolutionary Annapolis. Enjoy special family-friendly activities and explore the 2-acre garden, a restful oasis nestled in the heart of bustling Annapolis.

​​​Historic Annapolis - Waterfront Warehouse
11am - 3pm Free
Waterfront Warehouse – 4 Pinkney Street Annapolis, MD 21401

Visit a rare surviving example of a small Annapolis waterfront warehouse from the 18th century. Today
you'll discover the model of our city, circa the late 18th century, featuring a birds-eye view of the historic
landscape.

Historic Annapolis - Hogshead
11am - 3pm $1 Admission
43 Pinkney Street Annapolis, MD 21401

Take a short walk down Pinkney Street to Hogshead, where you'll find colonial tradespeople working hard on their trades. You may find a cobbler, baker, midwife or printer, sharing their skills.

Historic Annapolis - William Paca House & Garden
11am - 3pm $1 Admission
William Paca House & Garden - 186 Prince George Street Annapolis, MD 21401

Visit the William Paca Garden and explore a secret oasis of natural beauty nestled in the heart of Annapolis. This colonial garden, hidden behind the William Paca House, has been reconstructed to its original design featuring a terraced landscape with formal parterres, naturalistic wilderness, and practical kitchen and medicinal gardens.

​Historic Annapolis - Museum of Historic Annapolis
11am - 3pm $1 Admission
Museum of Historic Annapolis - MOHA– 99 Main Street Annapolis, MD 21401

Step into our American Story at the Museum of Historic Annapolis. Enjoy an inspiring film and explore three floors of interactive exhibits where you'll discover diverse stories and amazing objects that represent over 400 years of our shared history!​​​

​Historic Goshen Farm and Educational Center

9 am - 5 pm Free

The site will be open 9-5 for self-guided tours. Virtual Farm House and Garden Tours are on view at the Historic Goshen Farm & Educational Center Channel

​Maryland Avenue and State Circle Merchants Association

11am - 5pm Free

Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401

There's no better place to celebrate Maryland Day than on Maryland Avenue! Bring your family & friends to stroll our beautiful historic street and enjoy entertainment, historical actors, refreshments in shops, Maryland makers, and more!

​​​​Maryland Federation of Art

11 am - 5 pm Free

18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

1.MFA is offering 10% off any artwork by a Maryland artist. Come to Circle Gallery to see the current exhibition. For online purchases, please call Circle Gallery at 410-268-4566 and we will process the sale over the phone to give you're the discount.

2. On Saturday at 10 a.m., join David Diaz in a quick plein air paint out, in front of MFA's Circle Gallery. Brush up your skills for public painting during Paint Annapolis week (June 2 – 9), or just come paint and have some fun! David will be painting from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., so come around 10 a.m. and join him. Then line your easels up for display to the public until about 1 p.m. and maybe sell your artwork!​

​​​Maryland State House
8:30 am - 5pm Free
100 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401
Visit the oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use. With many exhibits, memorials, historic documents related to the Continental Congress and notable Americans all possible through the Maryland State Archives.

​Pride of Baltimore II

10 am to 4 pm Free

Susan Campbell Park, Annapolis City Dock

​Enjoy deck tours and learn of the rich maritime history of the Baltimore privateer vessels and their role in the War of 1812.

​St. John's College - 2 events free

60 College Avenue, Annapolis MD 21401

​The Mitchell Museum - Nature's ReadyMades Exhibit

12:30 - 6:30 Free
​
Is there art in nature? Nature's Readymades presents an extraordinary selection of gongshi (scholars' rocks or viewing stones) drawn from the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C. Carved by nature and relished by Chinese literati as early as the Tang dynasty (7th c.), these paradoxical objects are worlds in miniature, presenting the vital energy of the universe in a hardened, static form.

​Poets in the Conversation Room with Timothy Donnelly - Conversation Room (Mellon Hall)

at St. John's College

Saturday - 2 pm - 4 pm Free
​
Timothy Donnelly is the author of the poetry collections Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit (2003), The Cloud Corporation (2010), which won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and The Problem of the Many (2020). He earned a BA from the Johns Hopkins University, an MFA from Columbia University, and a PhD from Princeton University.

Spencer Bailey, in an article for poetryfoundation.org, called The Cloud Corporation "an eclectic, albeit judicious, mix of sprawling, cinematic subjects and literary traditions—bridging heightened, Victorian diction, say, with the modern tongue."

Donnelly's poems have been published in anthologies such as Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry, as well as magazines and journals including Harper's, jubilat, The Nation, The Paris Review, PEN America, Ploughshares, TriQuartely and various others. His work has also been translated in German and Italian.

Donnelly is an assistant professor and director of undergraduate creative writing at Columbia University. He is also the poetry editor for Boston Review. Donnelly is originally from Rhode Island but now lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and two daughters.

​Scenic Rivers Land Trust - Bacon Ridge Natural Area

Hawkins Road Trailhead, Bacon Ridge Natural Area, Crownsville, MD
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
​
Join Scenic Rivers Land Trust staff for a guided history hike of Bacon Ridge Natural Area in Crownsville.Learn the history of the land and take in the beauty of your conserved local forest in spring. The hike is approximately 2 miles on hilly, uneven terrain. All ages welcome. Pets on leashes permitted.

This event is free, but registration will be required and space is limited.Open registration on March 1.

​​​​Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis

Saturday 11 am - 3 pm Free

301 Chester Avenue, Annapolis MD 21403​

Join the Seafarers Club for an open house and learn about the Sea Scouts, water safety and more.

​​United States Naval Academy - Visitor Center

10 am - 1 pm Free

52 King George Street, Annapolis MD 21401

Join us at the USNA's Visitor Center to decorate oyster shells. Visit our Navy exhibits, watch the Call to Serve and swing into our gift shop. #GoNavy

​Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County - Visitors Center AND City Dock Kiosk

10am - 5 pm Free

26 West Street, and Annapolis City Dock

Make our Visitors Center on West Street or our Visitor Information Kiosk at City Dock your first stop for everything you need to know about the events happening throughout Annapolis and Anne Arundel County during Maryland Day Weekend. Our trained volunteer information specialists can answer your questions, make recommendations, provide you with Maryland Day literature, and help map out an itinerary that's perfect for you!