View of doors, stairs, and bare floors at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, before the museum's 1930 restoration. Built in 1814 by Rembrandt Peale, the Peale Museum was the first building in North America to be designed and built specifically as a museum. After its 1930 restoration, the museum reopened in 1931 as the…

Doors and stairs at Peale Museum before restoration

Description

View of doors, stairs, and bare floors at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, before the museum's 1930 restoration. Built in 1814 by Rembrandt Peale, the Peale Museum was the first building in North America to be designed and built specifically as a museum. After its 1930 restoration, the museum reopened in 1931 as the Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore. It remained commonly known as "the Peale."

Creator

Hughes Company

Date

1930-09-03

Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Extent

1 negative

Resource ID

11147

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.