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Living History Camp — a program teaching children about farm life in the 1800s with hands-on learning — had its first day for incoming fifth graders Monday.

The family-friendly daytime events at the Carroll County Farm Museum are more than just a prelude to the night's fireworks.

The inaugural Sweet Corn Festival and corn-eating contest will be held Saturday, July 20 in the Flood Zone parking lot in Union Bridge.

Join your friends and family at the Carroll County Farm Museum from 3 to 10 p.m. on July 4, for a fireworks extravaganza with food, fun and so much more.

Here's how you can celebrate the Fourth of July in Baltimore.

By Hallie Miller

Jun 28, 2019

From the Carroll County Farm Museum to Mount Airy, here's where you can catch some fireworks this Fourth of July.

The Baltimore Museum of Art launches BMA Lexington Market with an exhibition of youth art works Wednesday before officially opening the next day.

BSO's treatment of musicians is equivalent to BMA disposing of its prize paintings.

The Baltimore Museum of Art has so far this year added more than 70 contemporary and historic artworks to its broad collection.

If you head to the Carroll County Farm Museum on Saturday donning a flapper dress or other 1920s-era attire, you might just win a prize.

A proposal to add steps to the east slope of Federal Hill  ran into opposition from neighbors and the founder of the American Visionary Art Museum.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 12, 2019

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of June 9-15, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jun 9, 2019

Food Truck Sunday Funday will be held at the Carroll County Farm Museum on Sunday, June 9.

Following a $10.5-million transformation, Baltimore's Port Discovery Children's Museum will be re-opening on June 14.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jun 6, 2019

A new Water Taxi terminal is set to begin construction at Pier I in the Inner Harbor

By Brittany Brown

Jun 5, 2019

When it comes to sharing Puerto Rican culture, “the music does the translating for us,” says Hanover resident Angel Rivera.

Lindsey Baker, 35, took the helm of Patapsco Heritage Greenway, a preservation-based nonprofit, in January 2018.

The Taneytown Heritage and Museum Association will host the 2019 Hudson Car Show on June 15.

Here are a few ideas that should be strongly considered to continue the Historical Society of Carroll County moving forward for future generations.

The exhibit on water's effect on local history and society runs through July 6.

By Libby Solomon

May 29, 2019

Northwest Middle School will host a family-friendly magic show, Fool of Illusions, starring comedy illusionist Reggie Rice, at Francis Scott Key High School.

Community service opportunities at Mt. Airy Train Station Museum

Damage from last year's flood has made it so selling the property is the most "fiscally responsible" move for the society.

By Cody Boteler

May 22, 2019

Blacksmith Days at Carroll County Farm Museum, featuring demonstrations, sale of blacksmith equipment, auction of hand-forged items, on Saturday and Sunday.

When you need a break from the beach, head to one of these Jersey Shore attractions. 

By John-John Williams IV

May 16, 2019

Want to add some variety to your Myrtle Beach vacation? Check out these local attractions.

What makes a community great is not just its museums, restaurants and rich people.

Welcome to May, dear readers. Join us for Defenders Weekend and John O'Neill Day, Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, in Concord Point Park.

James Sieling was a Bainbridge Naval Training Center Historical Society Museum volunteer and board member.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 11, 2019

Cheeny Celebrado-Royer a graduate of McDaniel and MICA, was named a 2019 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize finalist. Her work will be displayed alongside her fellow finalists at the Walters Art Museum.

Who received thumbs up from the Carroll County Times this week?

‘A Celebration of Frank’ in Frank Robinson's memory will begin at 6:15 p.m. April 6 at Orioles Park at Camden Yards. The event will feature a video tribute to Robinson, as well as appearances from Orioles greats Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer and Boog Powell.

By Nathan Ruiz

Mar 29, 2019

The Easter Bunny already made his first rounds and the Easter tree is up at the Havre de Grace Visitor Center, 450 Pennington Ave. Drop in to see it.

Eight Sykesville residents were nominated Monday evening for the three seats opening on the Town Council, though it’s not yet clear how many will officially run.

The Baltimore Streetcar Museum's visitors' center will reopen to the public Sunday after a train derailment shut down the museum last weekend.

By Sarah Meehan

Mar 20, 2019

The Obama portraits, by Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore's Amy Sherald, have catapulted the National Portrait Gallery to the top tier of the ity’s attractions by dramatically increasing attendance.

A new local museum, The Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures, is expected to open in Park Heights around Juneteenth Day.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Feb 27, 2019

Farm Museum offers volunteer opportunities

The Orioles announced plans to honor the memory of Hall of Famer Frank Robinson beginning with Saturday's Grapefruit League opener and continuing throughout the season at Camden Yards.

By Jon Meoli

Feb 22, 2019

Dan Carson is one of a handful of waterfowl artisans in the Harford County town, the self-proclaimed “Decoy Capital of the World” and home of the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.

By Mike Klingaman

Feb 19, 2019

The members of the Mount Airy Hall of Fame, which inducted its 20th class in 2019.

The Baltimore Museum of Art announced Friday that it is receiving a $3.5 million donation to endow the position of the organization’s chief curator from the philanthropists Eddie and Sylvia Brown.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Feb 8, 2019

Just 10 years later, the Newseum is shrinking into an uncertain future, the distress sale of its building to Johns Hopkins University marking the end of a troubled tenure that has become a cautionary tale of bloated budgets and unrealized ambition.

For several years, the gap between the rich and the poor has increased in the United States. Baltimore continues to be a strikingly unequal and segregated city. Yet, in these hard times, the Walters Art Museum has given us a refreshing gift and a strong reminder of our common humanity

Who knew the Smithsonian Institution was once one of Howard County’s premier landowners?

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 31, 2019

Farm Museum volunteer opportunities

Jackie Copeland, who has spent three decades working for major museums nationwide and studying every aspect of how successful arts institutions operate, is the new executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 25, 2019

Mostly Main Street neighborhood column.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is offering federal employees free tickets to this week's performances.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 9, 2019

Wanda Draper is retiring as the executive director of Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis Museum to spend more time with her family; her last day will be Feb. 12.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 4, 2019