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26-696: In its early years, Baltimore city government met in a series of buildings that it purchased or leased, including the Maryland Insurance Company building on South Street from 1801 to approximately 1812; the Baltimore Dancing Assembly Rooms at the northeast corner of Holliday and East Streets (later Fayette Street) from 1818 to 1823; the Baltimore Exchange Company from 1823 to 1830; and Peale's Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts from 1830 until city government moved into

52-543: A museum. Rembrandt Peale's original museum was open from 1814 until 1829. The collection was moved to a new building as the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts . The original building later served as Baltimore's City Hall from 1830 to 1875 and from 1878 to 1887 as one of the first grammar schools and the first high school for African-American students in Baltimore. The Building was renovated and rededicated in 1931 as

78-546: A prehistoric mastodon exhumed by Charles Willson Peale in 1801. During the Battle of Baltimore a month after opening, Rembrandt Peale, his wife, and seven children spent the night in the museum hoping that the British military would think the museum was their home and spare the building. The fame of Peale's museum was such that it was occasionally described as simply the "Baltimore Museum." Rembrandt's brother, Rubens Peale , managed

104-696: The Battle Monument Square and the Baltimore City Courthouse . This second building became the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts (also known as the Baltimore Museum Theatre) in 1834. From 1830 to 1875, the museum's former building served as the first Baltimore City Hall . The building was turned over to the city's Board of School Commissioners and the Baltimore City Public Schools . In 1878, it became

130-735: The First Unitarian Church , the Maryland Science Center , and the Maryland School for the Deaf . The organization changed its name from "Maryland Historical Society" to "Maryland Center for History and Culture" in September 2020 shortly after celebrating its 175th anniversary. Since 1906, the MCHC has published Maryland Historical Magazine , a peer-reviewed quarterly journal boasting one of

156-545: The Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), founded on March 1, 1844, is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland . The organization "collects, preserves, and interprets objects and materials reflecting Maryland's diverse heritage". The MCHC has a museum, library, holds educational programs, and publishes scholarly works on Maryland. The MCHC has been located at the Enoch Pratt House in

182-533: The Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland , since 1919. Built in 1847, the Enoch Pratt House was presented to MdHS in 1916 by Ms. Mary Washington Keyser as a tribute to her husband, H. Irvine Keyser, who was a member of MdHS from 1835 until his death in 1916. Enoch Pratt (1806–1896) was a well-known philanthropist who created the Enoch Pratt Free Library and gave substantial contributions to

208-547: The Municipal Museum of Baltimore . It was renovated again starting in 1978 and was reopened in 1981 as the Peale Museum . The Municipal Museum closed in 1997 and the entire collection was moved to the Maryland Historical Society . In 1814, artist Rembrandt Peale established "Peale's Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts" at 225 North Holliday Street between East Saratoga and East Lexington streets in Baltimore. Rembrandt

234-848: The MCHC are the original manuscript of " The Star-Spangled Banner " and the letters and journals of Benjamin Banneker . The MCHC showcases include 231 weapons, 866 pieces of jewelry, 2,200 Native American prehistoric archaeological objects, 15,000 musical scores as well as a remarkable collection of 18th- and 19th-century paintings and silver, maritime artifacts, Maryland painted and inlaid furniture, quilts, costumes, ceramics, dolls and toys. Exhibits include Maryland's history, Maryland in art and furniture in Maryland life. The H. Furlong Baldwin Library’s collections are both diverse and substantive. The library enables researchers, teachers, and students to see for themselves

260-526: The Male and Female Colored School No. 1. The school, which operated until 1887, was one of the first grammar schools and the first high school for African American students in Baltimore. The high school, which opened in 1883, was the predecessor of Frederick Douglass High School . The building housed the Bureau of Water Supply from 1887 to 1916 and was rented by various shops and factories from 1916 to 1928. By 1928,

286-672: The Maryland Center for History and Culture, leaving the original building on North Holliday Street vacant until it was reopened for periodic public programs and events in 2017. In 2014, a campaign was being waged by a Maryland group to raise $ 4 million for restoration of the museum. The restoration project was completed in 2022 and "the Peale", "Baltimore’s Community Museum" opened in August 2022. Maryland Historical Society The Maryland Center for History and Culture ( MCHC ), formerly

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312-465: The building had been repeatedly condemned and was in danger of demolition. It was renovated and rededicated in 1931 as the Municipal Museum of Baltimore. The renovation of the building was supervised by John Henry Scarff, a Baltimore-born architect, painter, and archaeologist, who later worked closely on policies governing looted art and damaged monuments during and after World War II. The building

338-407: The building. Usable space was increased almost twofold after the renovation, by fitting in two extra floors, by replacing dead storage space in the basement with offices, and by moving corridor walls to maximize office space. In 2009, a building survey found that sections of the building's marble exterior were cracked and crumbling due to age. The city approved spending $ 483,000 for repairs to be made

364-552: The city voted to renovate the old city hall rather than build a new one. Architectural Heritage Inc., in association with Meyers, D'Aleo and Patton Inc., local architects, were retained to begin the design. The ceremonial chambers were restored and the office space was doubled. In the process the dome was disassembled and put back together. Two years and $ 10.5 million later the Mayor, the City Council and other city departments moved back into

390-469: The end of World War II , City Hall was showing signs of age and deterioration. The slate roof leaked, the exterior marble was eroding in places and the heating, cooling and electrical systems needed to be replaced. Even the cast iron dome's fastenings had rusted through and many plates were cracked. In 1959, 15 pounds of iron ornament came loose and plunged 150 feet into the Board of Estimates hearing room. In 1974

416-588: The largest readerships among state historical organization journals. The organization also publishes books on Maryland history that are distributed through a partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Press , including Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland written by former MdHS librarian Raphael Semmes (1890–1952). The MCHC has over 100 titles in the Library of Congress . Notables on exhibit at

442-511: The library acquired 80 photographs by Bert Sadler , noted for his work in capturing everyday American life. On July 9, 2011, Barry Landau and Jason Savedoff were arrested and later indicted for the theft of 60 society documents. The MCHC is a community partner of Preserve the Baltimore Uprising , a digital archive devoted to preserving and making accessible media created and captured by people and organizations involved in or witness to

468-477: The museum until 1829. Extensive reviews by John Neal of the museum's annual exhibitions in 1822 and 1823 are some of the earliest published works of American art criticism. The museum was the first building in Baltimore to have gas lighting. In 1829, the museum building was sold due to financial difficulties and the exhibits were moved to a newly constructed building on the northwest corner of North Calvert Street and East Baltimore Street, one block south of

494-512: The new City Hall in the spring of 1875. At the laying of the cornerstone for the new building on October 18, 1867, speaker John H.B. Latrobe noted of the museum location that "the First Branch held its sessions in what was formerly the very modest picture gallery of Peale's Museum, and the Second Branch succeeded a collection of stuffed animals in an adjacent room." The site for the new building

520-421: The records of the past, and to study and learn from its many treasures. The library’s collections include 60,000 books, 800,000 photographs, 5 million manuscripts, 6,500 prints and broadsides, 1 million pieces of printed ephemera, extensive genealogy indexes, and more, reflecting the history of Maryland and its people. These collections are accessible to visitors on-line and at the MCHC campus in Baltimore. In 1968

546-608: The same year. In 2008, the City Hall's bell "Lord Baltimore", cast in 1887, was repaired by its original manufacturer, McShane Bell Foundry . On October 11, 1883, James F. Busey, a Democratic ward operative, was shot and killed outside of City Hall. The man who shot him, William T. Harig, was also a Democrat from another ward. The two got into a political argument and after some punches were thrown, both men drew their pistols and began firing at each other in rapid succession. Busey fired wildly; Harig did not, hitting Busey four times. Harig

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572-552: Was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. The building underwent a major two-year renovation starting in 1978 and was reopened in 1981 as the Peale Museum. In 1985, the Peale Museum became part of the Baltimore City Life Museums (BCLM), a consortium of historic homes, building and sites. BCLM folded in 1997 and the entire Peale Museum collection was moved to the Maryland Historical Society , now called

598-540: Was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings but has spent most of his life since then at mental health facilities. In 2007, a Baltimore judge reduced his level of confinement. Peale Museum The Peale is a community museum in Baltimore , Maryland , which opened in 2022 after a 5-year renovation. It occupies the first building in the Western Hemisphere to be designed and built specifically as

624-636: Was selected and some designs were submitted before the American Civil War . The cornerstone for the building, under Frederick's new design, was not laid until 1867; construction was completed eight years later. At a cost of more than $ 2 million (in 1870s money), the Baltimore City Hall is built largely of many courses and rows of thicknesses of brick with the exterior walls faced with white marble. The marble alone, quarried in Baltimore and Baltimore County (famous "Beaver Dam" quarry), cost $ 957,000. By

650-490: Was taken into custody and charged with murder. Nearly 93 years later, Charles A. Hopkins stormed the temporary City Hall with a hand gun and killed a city councilman. On April 13, 1976, Hopkins, angered that his restaurant was being shut down, killed Dominic Leone, a member of the Baltimore City Council. Hopkins also wounded another city councilman, a police officer and a mayoral aide during the shooting spree. Hopkins

676-409: Was the second son of Charles Willson Peale , the artist and founder of Peale's Philadelphia Museum . The museum occupied the first building in the Western Hemisphere to be designed and built specifically as a museum. It was designed by architect Robert Cary Long, Sr. Rembrandt Peale's museum featured portraits of famous Americans, including some by its founder, as well as the complete skeleton of

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