Johns Hopkins University Museums

JHU Museums Closed
2022-12-24 | MD
The Johns Hopkins University Museums (Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library) will be closed from Saturday, December 24 through Monday, January 2, 2023. Both museums will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Music at Evergreen: Ying Li, piano
2023-01-15 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Music at Evergreen is Evergreen Museum & Library’s popular and eclectic series of classical music concerts that continues The Honorable John Work Garrett and Alice Warder Garrett’s tradition of presenting intimate performances in their home. The series’s 69th season continues on January 15 with a performance by pianist Ying Li.
Please note: These are tickets for a single concert. To purchase subscription tickets for all three concerts in the 2022-2023 Music at Evergreen Concert Series, click HERE.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Twenty-four-year-old Chinese pianist Ying Li is the First Prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as recipient of The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize. She has received top awards in numerous national and international competitions, including the inaugural Antonio Mormone International Prize, Sarasota Artist Series Piano Competition, Brevard Music Festival, and the International Liszt Piano Competition for Young Pianists. She also was a finalist at Concours musical international de Montréal.
She has performed with many leading orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, L’Accademia Orchestra del La Scala, and the NWD-Philharmoniker.
Recent recitals also include Sala Verdi in Milan, Hammerklavier International Piano Festival in Barcelona, Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Fazioli Pianoforti in Sacile, and the C. Bechstein Series at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Li was also featured on WQXR’s Eine-kleine Birthday-musik, a free, all-Mozart live-streamed concert from The Greene Space in New York City, to celebrate Mozart’s 266th birthday.
As an avid chamber musician, Li has appeared at prestigious festivals around the world, including the Verbier Festival Academy, ClassicheFORME International Chamber Music festival in Lecce, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, La Jolla Music Society, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Artists Series Concerts in Sarasota, and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.
She began piano lessons at age five in China, and was a student at the Elementary School division of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She then moved to Philadelphia in 2012, at age fourteen, to study at the Curtis Institute of Music with Jonathan Biss and Seymour Lipkin. After receiving the Bachelor of Music degree at Curtis Institute in 2019, she received her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School in New York with Robert McDonald, and continues her studies with McDonald at the Juilliard School’s Artist Diploma Program.

SPONSORSHIP
The Music at Evergreen concert series is made possible by the Evergreen House Foundation.

Evergreen Museum & Library Closed
2023-01-19 11:00 - 16:00 | Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Evergreen Museum & Library will be closed to the public from Thursday, January 19, through Thursday, January 26 for a restoration project. Tours and normal visiting hours will resume on Friday, January 27. To plan your visit, CLICK HERE.

Botanical Happy Hour w/ Mixologist Brendan Dorr - SOLD OUT!
2023-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Without plants, we would not have the vast variety of spirits we enjoy. Corn, sugar cane, wheat, rye, gentian, juniper, wormwood, cucumber, and many more provide the base and flavors of the spirits and cocktails we consume.
Join Brendan Dorr, co-owner of the celebrated Baltimore cocktail bar Dutch Courage, for a talk celebrating the connection between common plants and creative cocktails. Sip pre-made cocktails and/or mocktails, nosh on gourmet snacks, listen to Dorr’s presentation, and explore the museum’s current exhibition, A History of Houseplants.

This is a 21+ only program, please bring ID with you.
There will be a non-alcoholic (mocktail) option available. Purchase either a mocktail-only ticket or a mocktail & cocktail ticket.
A “Cocktails & Mocktails” ticket entitles the ticket-holder to two cocktails and one mocktail.
A “Mocktail-only” ticket entitles the ticket-holder to two mocktails.
The museum gift shop will be offering a 10% discount to program participants
Discount pricing is extended to JHU Museums members. To enjoy this and other benefits, please consider becoming a member.

Free Admission February at Homewood Museum
2023-02-01 11:00 - 16:00 | Homewood Museum, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
ABOUT THE EVENT
In Honor of Black History Month, Homewood welcomes visitors free of charge during the month of February. A National Historic Landmark, Homewood was built circa 1801 for members of Maryland’s prominent Carroll family. The house also was home to at least 25 enslaved individuals, including members of the Castle, Conner, and Ross families. Tour the house’s period rooms and learn how the lives of all of Homewood’s early inhabitants intersected as they reached for liberty and fulfillment in vastly unequal circumstances.

REGISTRATION

All tours are free during the month of February. Visitors have two tour options to choose from:
Docent-led tours are available Tuesday-Sunday and take about an hour to complete. To reserve a docent-led tour, CLICK HERE.
Self-guided tours will take about 30 minutes to complete. To reserve a self-guided tour, CLICK HERE.

Space is limited within the museum. All tours (both self-guided and docent-led) must be reserved in advance.
Due to the historic nature of the building, some parts of the museum are accessible only by stairs.
Homewood Museum adheres to all Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 policies. Masks are optional on all tours and programs.
For more information on visiting Homewood, CLICK HERE.

My Jazzy Valentine: Love Songs from the Great American Songbook
2023-02-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Celebrate an early Valentine’s Day with an evening of romantic jazz, performed by students in Peabody Conservatory’s prestigious Jazz Program. Selections will come from the Great American Songbook, including standards by Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, and many others! Light refreshments served.

REGISTRATION

$10 Full-time students* (w/ valid ID)
$15 JHU Museums Members
$15 JHU Faculty, Staff, Alumni* (w/ valid ID)
$20 General Admission

To register, CLICK HERE.

Black History Month: The Power of Children
2023-02-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Homewood Museum, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Explore the influence of Black art in America and celebrate African American heritage through dance, music, and visual art at this family program co-hosted by Homewood Museum and Inheritance Baltimore. Participants will be able to imitate the style of famous African American artists, including Tom Miller, David Driskell, and Romare Bearden. There will be a live drum call, a brief remembrance ceremony, and a dance performance by Baltimore School for the Arts student Edward Lee III.
REGISTRATION

Open to children 5 years old and above.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Both children, and any adults accompanying them, need to purchase individual tickets.
Due to limited space, there is a maximum of one parent/guardian per child.
A second session of this program will be held from 2-3 p.m.

To reserve a spot at either session, CLICK HERE.
