Join us for a revealing talk with Rachel Jamison Webster, author of Benjamin Banneker & Us!
Benjamin Banneker & Us Book Talk
Girlhood in 1820s Baltimore
Learn about the realities of girlhood in early 19th-century Baltimore.
Free Admission February
In honor of Black History Month, Homewood welcomes all visitors, free of charge, during the month of February.
Doors Open Baltimore: Homewood Museum Guided Tour
Tour Homewood as part of 2023 Doors Open Baltimore!
2023 Homewood Museum Architecture Lecture: Homewood’s Backyard with Michael Olmert
Homewood’s 2023 Architecture Lecture features features an illustrated lecture on the architecture of Homewood’s privy by professor Michael Olmert of the University of Maryland.
Border City, Border War: Freedom and Slavery in Antebellum Baltimore
Commemorate the 159th anniversary of Maryland’s Emancipation Day (November 1, 1864) at Homewood with a talk by professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland, College Park.
(Re)Valuing Black Baltimore Exhibition Opening & Talk with Christine Iko
Celebrate the opening of (Re)Valuing Black Baltimore at Homewood!
JHU Museums’ Spring Director’s Circle Event
Director’s Circle members of the Johns Hopkins University Museums are invited to this exclusive talk and reception with University of Iowa Assistant Professor of English & African American Studies, Tara A. Bynum, Ph.D.
A History of Hoes Heights
Join us for a discussion on the history of Hoes Heights, with special guests Joanne Kent and Eleanor Matthews, descendants of Grandison Hoe, the farmer and freedman who founded the neighborhood in the 1830’s.
Book Talk: Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore By Lawrence Jackson, Ph.D.
Lawrence Jackson, Ph.D., will read and discuss his 2022 memoir Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore, which is at once a nuanced biography of an American city and a lyrical memoir-in-essays.