Group Tours
Interested in a group tour at the Maryland Center for History and Culture? Guided tours are offered to groups of 10-25 people by appointment. Tours are available Wednesday through Saturday, between 10 AM and 3 PM. Masks are strongly encouraged.
Current Tour Offerings

The Unfinished Revolution exhibition tour
The American Revolutionary War was just the beginning. While sometimes called the American War of Independence, the effort to become a free and independent nation could not be so tidily confined. This guided experience of The Unfinished Revolution: Maryland in the Wars for Independence explores the chaos, confusion, and conflicts of the early United States as it fought to defend its newly attained freedoms.
Details
Audience: high school to adults
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $3 students; $3 members (includes museum admission)
Length: 1 hour

discover maryland exhibition tour
Who are Marylanders, why are they so obsessed with their flag, and what does duckpin bowling have to do with the Baltimore Orioles? Explore the answers to these questions and how Maryland and its people have changed since its founding in 1634. For traveling visitors and lifelong Marylanders, this guided experience of the Discover Maryland exhibition shows there is much to uncover about Maryland.
Details
Audience: families and adults
Cost: free with museum admission (must be booked in advance)
Length: 45 minutes

WILD AND UNTAMED EXHIBITION TOUR
Follow Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. on his journey to understand the Baltimore Album Quilt tradition and learn how quilts served as the building blocks for his groundbreaking work in occupational therapy in this tour of Wild and Untamed: Dunton’s Discovery of the Baltimore Album Quilts. This tour will no longer be offered after March 1, 2023.
Details
Audience: high school to adults
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $3 students; $3 members (includes museum admission)
Length: 45 minutes

FLICKERING TREASURES EXHIBITION TOUR
From the very first purpose-built movie theater on East Baltimore Street, which opened in 1905, cinema houses have been special places. Explore the rise and fall of Baltimore’s theaters through a guided experience of Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters. This tour will no longer be offered after March 1, 2023.
Details
Audience: high school to adults
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $3 students; $3 members (includes museum admission)
Length: 45 minutes
Book a Tour
Fill out our form here. Tours must be requested more than one week in advance.
Questions?
Call 410-685-3750, ext. 334; or email dwood@mdhistory.org.