Maryland Women's Suffrage Movement on 3/27, Heritage Investment Grant Info and BNHA Partner Profile: 1 W. Mount Vernon Place

March 2020

Walters Art Museum, 1 W. Mount Vernon Place by Robert Zunikoff

We are all adjusting to a new normal and the Heritage Area wants to continue to be the support system you need in telling the great stories of Baltimore.

Please join us for future virtual events and connect with us via our social media channels every day as we bring you the latest grant opportunities, partner programs and heritage features from around the City. Continue supporting our cultural institutions and organizations - most of them offer virtual tours and online methods for learning more about their unique space in Baltimore history. The times are changing, but we are all up to the challenge.

Feel free to reach out to me for any assistance in getting your organization's message out. Our hope is that we can still showcase the best of Baltimore even if the delivery is a bit different than usual. Remember ... we are your partner in this. Let's keep telling Baltimore's stories!

Wishing you the best,

Shauntee Daniels

Executive Director

Virtual Lecture - Remembering the Maryland Women’s Suffrage Movement with Kacy Rohn

3/27 - Noon - 1pm - RSVP Required

Maryland women played an important role in the passage of the 19th Amendment. They organized, demonstrated, and campaigned for decades to win the right to vote, but their names and contributions have been forgotten or omitted from the historical record.

Kacy Rohn will discuss her research she performed for the Maryland Historical Trust that provided new insight into the statewide suffrage movement and uncovered over fifty historic sites where women fought for voting rights. Many of these sites are concentrated in Baltimore, which served as a hub of statewide organizing and home to many prominent suffragists.

Produced by the Baltimore National Heritage Area and presented by the Peale at Carroll Mansion

The event is FREE. RSVP is Required.

RSVP HERE

Heritage Investment Grant Fund 2018-19 Grantee Profile:

The Walters Art Museum for 1 W. Mount Vernon Place was awarded a 2019 Maryland Preservation Award for its excellence in Institutional Rehabilitation by the Maryland Historical Trust to refurbish its 1850 residential house. The museum’s commitment to treat the historic building as a work of art in its own right was innovative along with historic details carefully restored or preserved.

Supported in part by a Heritage Investment Grant Fund, the Walters Art Museum now shares the stories of the artisans who constructed the house, the families who inhabited it, and the enslaved who served them through a new app called "1 W. Mount Vernon" allows you to "explore" the house virtually.

Image - Amy Davis - Baltimore Sun

Mark Your Calendar: The Heritage Investment Grant Fund

Opens - April 15

The Baltimore National Heritage Area’s Heritage Investment Grant program offers a matching grant award up to $15,000 for non-capital programs and/or $10,000 for a matching grant award for operating support for organizations/projects that promote heritage tourism.

Please check back to our website on April 15 for new guidelines and news!

Grant Opportunities

NEW!

Maryland Small Business/Nonprofit

COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grant Fund* , this emergency assistance provides interim relief and proceeds that can be used to pay cash operating expenses including payroll, suppliers, rent, fixed debt payments and other mission critical cash operating

NEW! Click here to learn about COVID-19 Layoff Aversion Fund* designed to support businesses undergoing economic stress due to the pandemic by preventing or minimizing the duration of unemployment resulting from layoffs.

* Please read the eligibility requirements before applying. Note that loans need to be repaid and grants do not have to be repaid.

2020 Competition is COMING SOON!

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