Group Tours

Interested in a group tour at the Maryland Center for History and Culture? Guided tours are available by appointment, Wednesday through Saturday, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Currently, tours are not being given to groups larger than 20 people. Masks are strongly encouraged.

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.

Audience: high school to adults
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $9 students; $3 members (includes museum admission)
Length: 1 hour

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.

Audience: families and adults
Cost: free with museum admission (must be booked in advance)
Length: 45 minutes

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.

Audience: high school to adults
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $9 students; $3 members (includes museum admission)
Length: 45 minutes

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.

Audience: high school to adults
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $9 students; $3 members (includes museum admission)
Length: 45 minutes

Fill out our form here. Tours must be requested more than one week in advance.

Call 410-685-3750, ext. 334; or email alothstein@mdhistory.org.