Thanksgiving hours

The Peale will be closed Thursday, November 22 and will reopen Friday, Nov 23 from 4-8pm. We are also open Saturday Nov 24 from 12-8pm, and Sunday Nov 25 9am-5pm. Enjoy the weekend!

Next week our hours are:

Thursday, November 29: 6:00pm-10:00pm
Friday, November 30: 6:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday, December 1: 6:00pm-10:00pm
Sunday, December 2: 9:00am-5:00pm

Save the date! 28 November Storytelling Showcase & Fundraiser at the Peale

Nate Couse of The Artist Exchange Radio Show and Aaron Henkin, producer of WYPR’s Out of the Blocks

Support the Peale and celebrate the close of our Fall capital campaign initiative with a special evening of authentic Baltimore stories hosted by WYPR’s Aaron Henkin, producer of the award-winning Out of the Blocks series, and Nate Couser of The Artist Exchange Radio Show. Tour the historic Peale Museum building and explore installations and immersive theater vignettes from recent productions at the Peale, and an exhibition of work by Baker Award-winning artists. Get more information and tickets here! 

Free and family-friendly! Dia de los Muertos with the Smithsonian Latino Center

An advertisement for the Day of the Dead event, featuring a listing of events and an avatar of woman in a red and white dress.Three days of astonishing experiences between the digital and the real, between life and death!

Join the Smithsonian Latino Center at the Peale Center Nov 2-4, 2018 in a celebration of life and death. Walk the path of the spirits, participate in art installations by Latino artists, explore different Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos cultural practices, and learn about the legend of la Llorona, our highlighted mythological figure.

Free and family-friendly! See the full program here

3 days only! Episode 3 of the Institute of Visionary History

October 18, 20, & 21 | TIMED TICKETS

In “Altar Ego,” the third in the series of participatory experiences created by Submersive Productions at the Peale this Fall, you are invited to a unique house party to learn more about your “model citizen” Vietnamese-American neighbor, and explore the boundaries between home and not home. (Actualized by Kim Le.) More info…

The Peale’s Fall 2018 Campaign launches today

The $50,000 goal will help make the historic building safe and accessible for all.

A reception for the Architecture/Baltimore exhibition from 6-8pm this evening kicks off the Peale’s campaign to fund an elevator and upgrades to safety and accessibility features for the Peale Museum building. For more information, download the Fall 2018 Campaign Press Release here.

Now Open! Architecture/Baltimore Exhibition

Architecture/Baltimore

Thu-Sat 6-10pm; Sun 9am-5pm & by appointment

  • Reception & Talk by Steve Ziger: 6-8pm Wed, Sept 26
  • Artists’ Talk: 12-1pm Sun, Oct 7

Free admission with suggested donation to reception and talks.

Photographs of places of Baltimore’s worship, museums, schools, breweries, theaters, galleries, historical sites, converted industrial structures, and more by Vivian Doering, Brian P. Miller and Andrew Nagl, made in cooperation with the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and AIA Baltimore for Doors Open.

Episode One of the Institute of Visionary History opens tonight!

September 13-30 | Thu-Sat 7-10pm; Sun 2-5pm
The Institute of Visionary History and the Archives of the Deep Now: Episode One
Tickets $15-45

From the creators of H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum!, a new immersive experience from Submersive Productions. Participants are invited to unravel the mysteries of a centuries-old secret society and their uncanny methods for re-visioning new histories heretofore untold. Each experience runs 30-45 minutes for a group of about five people. For Episode One, we join Harriet Tubman at a crucial juncture to ask “How does one prevent catastrophe?”