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
Baltimore Sun reports on our March 29 Pulitzer Centennial panel discussing war, veterans, and national security.
March 29, 2016
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded grants to six nonprofit organizations in the second round of its new special grant program, the Humanities Fund for Baltimore. Nonprofit organizations that received support are Center Stage; Eubie Blake Cultural Center; New Lens; Penn North Kids Safe
March 22, 2016
We are pleased to welcome three new staff members to our team: Susie Hinz, who will serve as Development & Communications Assistant; Susan Millard, who will serve as Office Manager; and Theresa Worden, who will serve as Program Coordinator for grants and the Museum on Main Street program.
March 15, 2016
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely as the 2016 One Maryland One Book. The book was chosen by a committee from more than 125 titles suggested last fall by readers across the state under the theme, “the 21st Century Great American Novel.”
March 8, 2016
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is proud to announce that nineteen outstanding Maryland middle and high school students and three Maryland History Day teachers who received national honors at the annual National History Day competition were awarded commendations at sessions of the Maryland Sen
March 1, 2016
Are you a small cultural or community organization serving your local community and looking to enhance partnerships, build your organization’s programming, and tell your local “work” story and history? The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) invites small museums, public libraries, historic sites ...
February 12, 2016
We are pleased to announce that it will commemorate the centennial of the Pulitzer Prizes in 2016 with a year-long series of events highlighting the impact of this award-winning work on our lives. MHC’s events are part of the Pulitzer Prizes Centennial Campfires Initiative, a nationwide celebration
February 4, 2016