Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum

10/12/2026

The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum will be closed on Tuesday, October 13th for staff's off-site professional development.

The museum will reopen on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. We look forward to welcoming you back to the museum during normal hours.

10/09/2026

10/02/2026

Proud to share that our Executive Director Chanel C. Johnson will take the stage today as part of a panel at the Community College Humanities Association National Convention 2026 to share insights on the state of the humanities. 🙌🏿

10/01/2026

Help preserve the history of Crownsville Hospital. 🕯️

Join the Crownsville Hospital Historic Documentation and Storytelling Project for a free Oral History Training & Workshop at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum.

Led by Historian and Program Manager Dr. Le Datta Denise Grimes, this workshop will provide participants with foundational oral history skills and help prepare them to conduct research, ask meaningful questions, navigate sensitive topics, and contribute to preserving the stories connected to Crownsville Hospital.

📅 October 10, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
📍 Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum
84 Franklin St, Annapolis, MD 21401

Registration is free. Sign up at aacounty.org/crownsvillehistory or scan the QR code on the graphic.

Join us in preserving history and carrying these important stories forward.



Anne Arundel County Government, County Executive Steuart Pittman, Friends of the Crownsville Patient Cemetery

10/01/2026

The Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture (MCAAHC) and the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) are proud to announce that, on October 1st, we will rename our African American Heritage Grant Program the "Speaker Adrienne Jones African American Heritage Preservation Program" in honor of the delegate's career-long advocacy.

Speaker Jones has profoundly impacted preservation in Maryland. She championed the 2022 legislation that increased annual grant funding from $1.5 million to $5 million and introduced House Bill 1010 to create the new Non-Capital Grant Program. This new initiative funds organizational capacity to ensure heritage sites remain vibrant and community-centered.

Applications for the FY27 Non-Capital funding round ($250,000 allocation) open October 1st and close on November 20, 2026, with award notifications expected in March 2027. Interested organizations are encouraged to visit the program webpage for more information and to apply: https://mht.maryland.gov/funding/african-american-heritage-preservation-program-grants/aahpp-non-capital-grants .

Read more about the AAHPP Non-Capital Grant Program: https://mdhistoricaltrust.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/new-name-more-fun

09/29/2026

Join us for the October 2026 Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) Public Meeting in Talbot County!

📅 Monday, October 5, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM
📍 Building African American Minds (BAAM): 31 Jowite St. Easton, MD 21601
✅ Register here: https://bit.ly/MCAAHCOctober2026PublicMeeting

This month’s meeting will be hosted by Commissioner Dina Daly.

✨ About Commissioner Dina Daly:
Commissioner Dina Daly, representing Talbot County, was appointed to the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture in 2025 by Governor Wes Moore. Dina Gomes Daly is the Executive Director of Building African American Minds (BAAM), Inc., a nonprofit she co-founded with her husband, Derick Daly. Since April 2021, she has overseen the organization’s expanding programs that support youth, families, and the broader community in Easton, Maryland.

Guest Speakers:
🎤 "Rooted in Culture, Building Community Across Classrooms", Dr. James Bell, Director of Instruction, Academic Support & Community Well-Being, Building African American Minds (BAAM), Inc.
🎤 James Redman, Head of Schools, Polaris Village Academy (PVA)

We look forward to gathering with the community in Easton.

09/29/2026

As part of National Literacy Month, we welcomed educators, families, and readers on September 12th for a full day of educational programming with ‘Gallery to Classroom: VTS Workshop & Author Talk with Marley Dias & Family.’ Together, these programs gave guests space to engage with education, storytelling, and reflection on how we see ourselves in the stories we read. 📚✨

🖼️ Guests began the day with the Visual Thinking Strategies Workshop and explored how these strategies can transform the museum gallery into an interactive learning environment, strengthening observation, critical thinking, and communication skills for educators and students alike. This was led by museum Director of Programs Sabriyah Hassan-Ismail and Annapolis High School educator Tinesha McNeill.

📚 The day continued with ‘A Dream Come True: An Afternoon with Marley Dias & Family,’ an interactive Q&A and reading session featuring Marley Dias, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, and Scott Dias, in partnership with Baltimore Read Aloud. Centered around the Dias family's new picture book, ‘I Am The Dream Come True’, the conversation celebrated family, literacy, and legacy, and the importance of helping young readers see themselves and their stories reflected in books.

Thank you to Sabriyah Hassan-Ismail, Tinesha McNeill, Marley Dias, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, & Scott Dias, and everyone who joined us for this powerful celebration of literacy and learning.

Special thank you to our sponsor, The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County

📸 View the photo gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=BannekerDouglassTubmanMuseum&set=a.1713149780813099

🎥 Watch the recap video here: https://youtu.be/GVwP66vWYqI

09/26/2026

We are excited to bring you ‘Aesthetic Inheritance: Art, Archive, and African American Life’ on October 1-3, 2026.

Click the link below to learn more and register for three days of programming centering regional artists, scholars, and cultural workers in dialogue.

🔊Here’s what you can expect:

🖼️ Through a discussion of their work on view in ‘ : Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical Memory,’ the conversation between Alanna Fields, Khaleelah Harris, and Martha Jackson Jarvis, moderated by Leslie Rose, explores the role of artists in the preservation, activation, interrogation, and reimagining of African American historical narratives within national, community, and familial archives.

🎥 ‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’ follows the remarkable journey of Faith Ringgold’s 1971 mural For the Women’s House. Join us after the screening for a conversation with Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Professor Tewodross M. Williams, and Dr. Carmen Walker.

🎤 The closing day asks: What do we inherit, what do we preserve, and what do we create anew? The responses feature a full schedule of scholarly and artistic presentations, film screenings, conversations across disciplines, and a keynote by LaToya Ruby Frazier.

Register today and join us for Aesthetic Inheritance: Art, Archive, and African American Life!

🗓️ Register here: https://aestheticinheritance2026.rsvpify.com/