Tell Us Your Annapolis Love Story!

Historic Annapolis is celebrating love this February, and we are seeking the most Annapolitan love story around. Share with us your love story, and how Annapolis has played a starring role in your romance.

Submissions of stories will be accepted today through January 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm. Tell us your story (in 2,000 characters or less) and you could win a fabulous prize package valued at $750 courtesy of our contest partners! Learn more about the contest, rules, and voting process on our submission form.

Learn More and Submit Your Love Story

Submissions will be accepted through January 30, 2023, with public voting taking place on the Historic Annapolis Facebook page from February 1 through 10, 2023.

Virtual Lecture - The Newer World: The American Revolution and the Odyssey to Australia

Tuesday, January 24

Dr. Richard Bell shares how the loss of thirteen American colonies turned Britain’s empire upside down, shutting off a transatlantic passage that the British government had used to dump convicted criminals in the Chesapeake colonies in huge quantities before the war. In the wake of independence, that government urgently began to search for a site for a new penal colony somewhere else. After seven tries and seven failures elsewhere in its empire, the ministry eventually established a new penal colony near Botany Bay, New South Wales, in 1788. With those first 736 convicts and forced migrants came guards, supervisors, support staff and their families, seeding English settlement of Australia and turning that vast continent into the newest jewel in Britain’s imperial crown.

Advance registration required.

Time: 7 pm (ET)

Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture

Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members, Military, and HA Docents

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Virtual Lecture - Annapolis: An American Story - Sharing our Diverse History

Tuesday, January 31

Have you ever wondered how an exhibition is created? Join Mary-Angela Hardwick, Vice President of Education and Interpretation at Historic Annapolis, as she shares the story behind the development of HA's award-winning new permanent exhibition Annapolis: An American Story at the Museum of Historic Annapolis. Mary-Angela will take an in-depth look at some of the family narratives, unique images, and rare and noteworthy objects featured in the museum at 99 Main Street. Discover how the Annapolis community came together to bring forth this remarkable exhibition which spotlights the diverse history of Annapolis and its powerful connections to our larger national story.

Advance registration required.

Time: 7 pm (ET)

Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture

Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for Military; FREE for HA Members and Docents

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Virtual Lecture - Encountering Hurricanes in Colonial British America

Tuesday, February 7

Hurricanes were a new phenomenon for Europeans when they arrived in the New World, but they quickly became a defining (and terrifying) feature of the life in colonial British America. This was especially the case for colonists who ventured to the Caribbean and the southeastern mainland coast. This lecture with Matt Mulcahy of Loyola University will explore the English encounter with hurricanes, their impact on the development of colonial societies, how colonists made sense of these events, and what accommodations they made in response to the storms over time. The focus will be on colonies like Jamaica, Barbados, and South Carolina, but will also consider early hurricanes in Maryland and Virginia.

Advance registration required.

Time: 7 pm (ET)

Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture

Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for Military; FREE for HA Members and Docents

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Hands-On History Day: Annapolis Love Stories

Sunday, February 12

The second Sunday of every month is Hands-On History Day at the Museum of Historic Annapolis ! Drop in any time between 10 am and 2 pm and enjoy special activities, included with Museum admission. In February, we'll celebrate Annapolis Love Stories.

-Explore the Museum and discover all the stories of love shared throughout Annapolis: An American Story.

-Engage with an educator in our Curator’s Corner and view a special artifact from our collection: dance cards from Carvel Hall.

-Kids can create their own heart craft and help us build a big heart with blocks!

-Share your own love story on our community board!

-Read stories about different kinds of love with your family in our Anne Arundel County Public Library Book Nook.

The special Curator's Corner experience will be offered at 11 am. Advance registration recommended, but not required.

Time: 10 am - 2 pm

Location: Museum of Historic Annapolis, 99 Main Street

Cost: $5 General Admission; FREE for Children 17 and under, HA Members, and SNAP/WIC

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