HOPE Crew at the Peale

Students and mentors from Morgan State University School of Architecture in the HOPE Crew project at the Peale, June 25-July 13, 2018. L-R: Monique Robinson, Jamil Nelson, David Gibney (preservation contractor), Akiel Allen, Tiffany Dockins, Nathaniel Mitchell, Taylor Proctor, and Wendy McGee-Preti.

Over the past three weeks, thanks to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s HOPE Crew (Hands-On Preservation Experience), an ambitious team of six architecture students from Morgan State University has been repointing and relaying brickwork in the Peale’s historic garden, repairing decorative ironwork, and repainting our 19th century gas streetlights. Read all about their great work and come enjoy a peaceful oasis in the heart of downtown Baltimore for free on Sundays.

July 10, 2018 Media Day for the HOPE Crew at the Peale

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The renovation of the Peale’s historic garden and its gas lights has been made possible by support from BGE and the Baltimore Foundry Works, the hard work of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Hands On Preservation Experience (HOPE Crew) from Morgan State University’s School of Architecture, expert volunteers, and generous donors. Come enjoy their gifts!

Press

2018 July 18, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Morgan State Students Participate in Historical Restoration Program

2018 July 14, Baltimore Sun, Remembering Baltimore’s magical glow from gaslights on a summer night

2018 July 13, Washington Post, Project aims to help diversify architecture, historic preservation fields (repost from Baltimore Sun)

2018, July 11, Morgan State University News, Morgan State University Architecture Students Participate in National Preservation Training Pilot Program

2018 July 10, Baltimore Sun, Morgan project aims to help diversify architecture, historic preservation fields

Author: The Peale

The Peale is based in the first museum to be purpose-built in the United States, designed by architect Robert Cary Long Sr. and opened by artist Rembrandt Peale in 1814. It is a building of many firsts, and today in the creative spirit of its founder is relaunching as an innovative Center to celebrate the unique history of Baltimore, its people and their buildings through the authentic stories of the City. Currently under renovation, the Peale is open for occasional hardhat tours, and all of its programs are available online with live captioning and ASL interpretation.