Our Partners

Maryland Humanities is able to serve every corner of the state thanks to our amazing local partners.

The following is just a partial list of the hundreds of cultural, educational, government, historical, and social service organizations that help bring the humanities to your community.

  • Statewide

    • Maryland Council for Social Studies
    • Maryland Department of Planning
    • Maryland Historical Trust
    • Maryland Public Television
    • Maryland Rural Development Corporation
    • Maryland State Department of Education
    • Maryland State Library Agency
    • Maryland TESOL
    • Preservation Maryland

  • Allegany County

    • Allegany County Public Schools
    • Allegany Museum
    • Cumberland Theatre
    • Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation
    • Frostburg Museum Association, Inc.
    • Frostburg State University
    • Historic Frostburg, a Maryland Main Street Community Inc.

  • Anne Arundel County

    • Anne Arundel County Public Library
    • Anne Arundel County Public Schools
    • Captain Avery Museum
    • Chesapeake Children’s Museum
    • Chesapeake Montessori School
    • Friends of the Rising Sun Inn
    • Galesville Community Center
    • Lost Towns Project, Inc.
    • St. Martin-In-The-Field
    • St. Mary’s Elementary School
    • Virtual Academy

  • Baltimore City

    • Baltimore City Public Schools
    • CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth
    • CityLit Project
    • Enoch Pratt Free Library
    • Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
    • Gilman School
    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive
    • Mount Saint Joseph High School
    • Muse 360 Arts
    • New Lens
    • Poe Baltimore
    • Raymond Banks “A Way With Words” Foundation
    • Reginald F. Lewis Museum
    • Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures, Inc.
    • Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association, Inc.
    • The Seed School of Maryland
    • The Bryn Mawr School
    • Writers in Baltimore Schools

  • Baltimore County

    • Al Rahmah School
    • Baltimore County Public Library
    • Baltimore County Public Schools
    • Blakehurst Senior Living
    • Charter Senior Living of Towson
    • Community College of Baltimore County, Dundalk Campus
    • Friends of Jerusalem Mill
    • Historical Society of Baltimore County
    • Immaculate Conception School
    • Loyola Blakefield
    • Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
    • Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
    • Mercy High School
    • Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County
    • Rosedale Senior Center
    • St. Mark School
    • Sisterhood Agenda, Inc.
    • Towson University
    • Writing Hearts, Inc.

  • Calvert County

    • Asbury Solomons
    • Bayside History Museum
    • Calvert Library
    • Calvert County Public Schools
    • Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

  • Caroline County

    • Caroline County Public Library
    • Caroline School District

  • Carroll County

    • Downtown Sykesville Connection, Inc.
    • Carroll County Public Library
    • Carroll County Public Schools
    • North Carroll Senior Center
    • Union Mills Homestead Foundation, Inc.

  • Cecil County

    • Cecil County Public Library
    • Historical Society of Cecil County
    • The Tome School
    • Women’s Civic League of North East

  • Charles County

    • Charles County Public Library
    • Charles County Public Schools
    • Clark Senior Center
    • Farm Heritage Conservancy
    • Friends of Maxwell Hall Inc
    • Indian Head Senior Center
    • Life Journeys Writers Club
    • Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park
    • Neighborhood Creative Arts Center
    • St. Mary’s Bryantown School
    • Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco

  • Dorchester County

    • Alpha Genesis Community Development Corporation
    • Dorchester County Historical Society
    • Dorchester County Public Schools
    • Groove City Black Heritage & Culture Group Inc.
    • Richardson Maritime Museum, Inc.

  • Frederick County

    • African-American Resources Cultural Heritage Society
    • Brunswick Potomac Foundation, Inc.
    • Catoctin Furnace Historical Society
    • Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
    • Frederick County Public Libraries
    • Frederick County Public Schools
    • Global Z Recording Project
    • Hood College
    • Maryland School for the Deaf

  • Garrett County

    • Garrett County Public Schools
    • Garrett Lakes Arts Festival
    • The Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County

  • Harford County

    • Abingdon Grill
    • Edgewood Senior Activities Center
    • Harford County Public Library
    • Harford County Public Schools
    • Havre De Grace Senior Activity Center
    • Hays-Heighe House, Harford Community College
    • Hosanna Community House Inc.
    • McFaul Activities Center
    • Slate Farm Brewery
    • Susquehanna Museum of Havre de Grace, Inc.
    • The Friends of the Concord Point Lighthouse
    • The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.
    • The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc.
    • Veronica “Roni” Chenowith Activity Center

  • Howard County

    • Howard County Library System
    • Howard County Public Schools
    • Resurrection-St. Paul School
    • St Louis School
    • St. Augustine School

  • Kent County

    • Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc.
    • G.A.R. Post #25, Inc. (Sumner Hall)
    • Historical Society of Kent County, Inc.
    • Kent County Public Library

  • Montgomery County

    • Bullis School
    • Chevy Chase Historical Society
    • Docs in Progress
    • Gaithersburg’s Bohrer Park
    • Georgetown Preparatory School
    • Menare Foundation, Inc.
    • Montgomery County Public Libraries
    • Montgomery County Public Schools
    • Montgomery Virtual Academy
    • Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, Ltd.
    • Sugarland Ethno-History Project, Inc.
    • Warren Historic Site Committee, Inc.

  • Prince George's County

    • Bold Beautiful Brilliant Girls Youth Empowerment Group
    • Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, Inc.
    • EducArte, Inc.
    • Laurel Historical Society
    • Montpelier Arts Center
    • National Capital Radio and Television Museum
    • National Museum of Language
    • Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center
    • Prince George’s County Historical Society, Inc.
    • Prince George’s County Memorial Library System
    • Prince George’s County Public Schools
    • St. Vincent Palotti High School

  • Queen Anne's County

    • Queen Anne’s County Library
    • Queen Anne’s County Public Schools

  • Somerset County

    • Crisfield Heritage Foundation 
    • MD Dept. of Corrections, Eastern Correctional Institution
    • St. Michael’s School
    • Somerset County Library
    • Somerset County Historical Society
    • Somerset County Public Schools

  • St. Mary's County

    • Friends of St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums
    • Historic Sotterley Plantation
    • St. Mary’s County Library
    • St. Mary’s County Historical Society
    • St. Mary’s County Public Schools
    • St. Mary’s Ryken High School

  • Talbot County

    • Oxford Museum
    • Talbot County Free Library
    • Talbot Historical Society
    • Talbot County Public Schools
    • Tilghman Waterman’s Museum
    • Water’s Edge Museum

  • Washington County

    • Boonsboro Historical Society
    • Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc.
    • Doleman Black Heritage Museum, Inc.
    • Friends of Tolson’s Chapel
    • Grace Academy
    • Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Inc.
    • MD Dept. of Corrections, Maryland Correctional Institution, Hagerstown
    • Washington County Free Library
    • Washington County Historical Society
    • Washington County Public Schools

  • Wicomico County

    • Edward H. Nabb Research Center
    • Salisbury University
    • Wicomico Public Libraries

  • Worcester County

    • Beach to Bay Heritage Area, Inc.
    • Berlin Heritage Foundation, Inc.
    • Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum, Inc
    • Friends of the Julia A. Purnell Museum
    • Furnace Town Foundation
    • Ocean City 50+ Center
    • Worcester County Library
    • Worcester County Public Schools

  • National

    • Delaware Humanities
    • Federation of State Humanities Councils
    • Library of Congress, Teaching with Primary Sources Program
    • Middle States Council for the Social Studies
    • National Archives and Records Administration
    • National Book Festival
    • National Council for History Education
    • National Council for the Social Studies
    • National Endowment for the Humanities
    • National History Day
    • National Humanities Alliance
    • Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service

  • “In a test-driven educational system, we can sometimes lose sight of what is important. Allowing students time to read and discuss literature can never be underestimated. I appreciate that Letters About Literature recognizes, promotes, and fosters the importance of literature by getting students to write to authors. This contest gives students the opportunity to really think about how a piece has impacted them. I know that the authors don’t necessarily read the letters addressed to them through the contest, but my students have often sent an additional copy of their letter to the author. The euphoria and excitement that comes over the kids who are lucky enough to have the author respond is heart-warming. Just this past year, a student of mine received a personal letter, an autographed book, and other items of appreciation from the author he wrote to.”

    ​Letters About Literature teacher

  • “[One Maryland One Book is] excellent! I come to as many of the One Maryland One Book events and will continue to do so—always pleased!”

    One Maryland One Book 2016 participant

  • “We have truly enjoyed every funding experience with Maryland Humanities – mostly because it feels like a collaborative relationship. The staff at (Maryland Humanities) is very helpful when preparing grant proposals and reports, and we love seeing (Maryland Humanities) administrators attending our performances and other programming.”

    Center Stage, Humanities Fund for Baltimore grantee, Baltimore City

  • “Talking with students also helps those of us who have said little about our combat experiences because, in a sense, we feel guilty about why others died and not us/me? So, to be able to talk about it helps the veterans. The opportunity you provided to both students and veterans is wonderful and I do hope that our messages are meaningful to students.”

    ​Standing Together: Veterans Oral History Project, veteran participant

  • “[One Maryland One Book] brings cross curricular teachers together to the library to read, discuss topics and social issues in the book. It’s a way for students to read good books without the pressure of an assignment.”

    One Maryland One Book 2015 teacher

  • It was more than just a research project, it was more personal than that.

    Standing Together: Veterans Oral History Project, student participant

  • We were really moved by the testimony of the veterans and impressed by the professionalism and dedication of the students.

    Standing Together: Veterans Oral History Project, parent

  • “The impact of this particular book was probably stronger than any other Maryland One Book due to the connections we could make with real world events and police brutality in the headlines. Many groups were reading and discussing the book at our school: Student Equity Team, Drama Club, Faculty book club, sociology and English classes. It fostered important discussions about race relations.”

    One Maryland One Book 2016 teacher

  • “Without support from Maryland Humanities, we never could have put together an exhibit and programming at this scale. This support allowed us to cover many more writers, artists and musicians in the exhibit than we otherwise could have done. It enabled us to offer at lease 50 percent more programming than we could have done on our own. The funds also enabled us to promote the exhibit and programs to a wider market. Furthermore, knowing there was a chance for this grant to be awarded, we felt able to apply for (even more) support from the local cultural arts board… We are enormously grateful.”

    Carol Allen, Director for the Library & Hays-Heighe House, Harford Community College, Major Grant recipient

  • “[The students] learned a variety of ways to present their material and they could focus on what they wanted to learn about. The students had a choice in their learning. It was about their learning NOT what someone else felt they need to learn.”

    ​Maryland History Day teacher

  • “[I enjoyed the] thoughtful discussion about complex social issues that gave me hope for our future.”

    Pulitzer 100 event attendee

  • “The topic, readings and discussions have encouraged me to consider other ways of interacting with patients and families in the context of culture, lifestyle and economics.”

    ​Literature & Medicine participant

  • “[After Literature & Medicine,] I sat and spoke with a terrified family member for much longer than I would have. Building a rapport is so important for the patient’s and family’s mental health.”

    Literature & Medicine participant

  • “It is difficult to properly express our gratitude to Maryland Humanities for the help and support that we received through the grant-making process and through the project. The grant was crucial to the success of the project, and instrumental in bringing the poet (and 2016 MacArthur Fellow) Claudia Rankine to our campus. As the author of “Citizen: An America Lyric,” Rankine’s powerful reading and discussion of her work provided the anchor for our programming about public education and the role it plays in shaping the political citizen… (Maryland Humanities staff) were a constant source of encouragement and support–and we are proud to have been one of the projects that it recognized this year.”

    Dr. Kimberly Coles ~ Chair, Education and Citizenship Project Committee, University of Maryland College Park

  • “Across three months of programming, Kent County witnessed an explosion of 39 free public humanities and arts program presented by more than 20 community partners. Hosted by local churches, businesses, storefronts, art galleries, environmental groups and government agencies, these programs included lectures, exhibitions, walking tours, poster contests, book discussions, school field trips and oral history projects. This wide-ranging and grassroots approach to fostering civic dialogue created a moment for the community to pause and reflect – to consider together its diverse work experiences and shared economic histories while also discussing the county’s economic potential and planning policies moving forward.”

    Barbara Foster, Vice President, G.A.R. Post #25 Sumner Hall, Chestertown, MD, Host Site, Museum on Main Street
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