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The historic “Picture Gallery” at the Peale.

The Peale urgently requires upgrades to key facilities in order to meet modern standards and ensure the safety of the building and those in it.

We have already raised more than $43,000 toward our $50,000 Fall campaign goal from generous supporters like you! We are so close to being able to add a secondary exit and staircase to the Peale’s Picture Gallery: the room that makes the building architecturally unique and serves as our main events space, hosting ground-breaking theater, dance, music, film, talks, storytelling, and exhibitions. Your donation today can help put us over the finish line!

How you can help the Peale:
Give to our Fall 2018 Campaign or give through Facebook
Join our Nov 28th Storytelling Showcase (see below)
Donate your time, skills and gently used items
Attend an upcoming program or event

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

Catch the last two episodes of the Institute of Visionary History

Find out why one person called these unique immersive theater performances “visually and emotionally vivid!”

Here’s the back story! Discovered in the basement beneath The Peale Center, the Archives of the Deep Now are the records of a centuries-old secret society calling themselves The Institute of Visionary History. The Institute believed the building to be a kind of “thin place” where one can more easily transcend our present reality and contact other planes, places, and times. Their experiments combined scientific inquiry and visionary sight to uncover histories heretofore untold.

 

EPISODE SIX: “A HORSE BY THE TAIL IN THE NIGHT. RUNS NOVEMBER 10, 17. TIMED TICKETS

Two obscure aristocrats are fated to dine together indefinitely over the course of an evening that will not cease. Cursed with abundance, they chew away the hours, their food and drink complemented with the bitter fruits of their recollections; spiced with regret and desire, mellowed with well-worn stories. Any attempt to exhaust the inexhaustible is doomed to fail. But like a finely cured meat there is pleasure to be had in consuming the decay and even more in sharing it with whom you may. (Yes, Episode Six comes before Episode five!). Each experience runs 45-60 minutes for a group of up to five people.

EPISODE FIVE: “SHE WHO SEES AND HEARS THE CRIES OF THE WORLD” RUNS NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 2. TIMED TICKETS

This experiment was originally conducted in 1836, but was so disastrous the results were suppressed for almost 200 years…until an anonymous informant gave us new information in an effort to answer the question: “How can one escape a curse?” (Actualized by Elizabeth Ung.)

Please note: The Institute is recommended for ages 12 and above. You will be required to ascend and descend at least two staircases at a relaxed pace. Plan to arrive a full ten minutes before your scheduled start time and to spend about an hour (or more if you choose) at The Peale. Beverages and light snacks will be available (donations appreciated). Restrooms will be accessible before and after the experience. Coat racks and safe storage for bags will also be available. Each experience runs 45-60 minutes for a group of up to five people.

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.