Maryland Humanities is pleased to announce that along with partners Maryland Public Television (MPT) and the Maryland State Department of Education it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Library of Congress through its Teaching with Primary Sources program.
August 24, 2016
Maryland Humanities will welcome 2016 One Maryland One Book authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely to Maryland from September 25–28 for a six-stop statewide tour to speak about their award-winning book, All American Boys.
July 12, 2016
Maryland Humanities is pleased to announce that at the National History Day awards ceremony on June 16 three Maryland History Day students received top awards. Sixty-three exceptional students from Maryland participated in the competition.
June 22, 2016
Maryland Humanities, with local partners, will present Chautauqua, its annual living history series in seven Maryland counties from July 5 through July 14.
June 20, 2016
Maryland Humanities is hosting a free grants workshop for humanities, heritage preservation, and arts organizations to learn about grant programs and procedures on Thursday, June 30 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Kent County Public Library in Chestertown.
June 13, 2016
Maryland Humanities has awarded major grants to six area nonprofit and educational organizations in its recent grant cycle for public humanities programming.
June 8, 2016
Maryland Humanities is seeking nominations for new members to join its dynamic Board of Directors. Nominees should be able to make a significant commitment of time and resources to the governance of Maryland Humanities and our many public programs.
May 18, 2016
More than 650 talented middle and high students converged on the campus of UMBC on Saturday, May 7, 2016 to compete in the annual Maryland History Day state contest. 63 students were selected to advance to the National History Day competition.
May 11, 2016
Maryland Humanities has chosen five sites to host The Way We Worked, a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition, which will tour throughout Maryland from February to November 2017 and showcase Maryland’s unique work stories and history.
May 9, 2016
91 student-writers honored in our 2016 Letters About Literature awards ceremony.
April 28, 2016
