Current & Upcoming Programs

Monday – Wednesday: Closed
Thursday-Friday: 3:00pm- 7:00pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00am-4:00pm

*Please note: We are transitioning to a new website in the next few weeks, and not all Peale events are included on this site. Stay tuned for exciting updates!

Exhibitions

On the left, an orange triangle with the words, Hostile Terrain, in white, bold font. In the center, a photo of tags hanging on a map, and on the right, a yellow triangle.

Hostile Terrain exhibition
May 21, 2022 – November 1, 2022
FREE | In-person at the Peale
Thursdays-Fridays: 3-7pm
Saturdays-Sundays: 10-4pm

Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory art project sponsored and organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research-art-education-media collective, directed by anthropologist Jason De León. The exhibition is composed of over 3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2019. These tags are geolocated on a wall map of the desert showing the exact locations where remains were found. This installation will simultaneously take place at a large number of institutions, both nationally and globally in 2021 throughout 2022.

A group of individuals stands in a market space and hold up small black silhouette portraits of themselves.

Peale Faces by Lauren Muney
Through August 13, 2023
FREE | In-person at the Peale
Thursdays-Fridays: 3-7pm
Saturdays-Sundays: 10-4pm

Baltimore artist and participatory-history specialist Lauren Muney hand-cut and installed hundreds of custom silhouette portraits of Baltimore City residents silhouettes at the Peale. These faces encircle several rooms on the first floor, giving visitors, residents and guests the opportunity to feel the Baltimore ‘family’ all around them. You can also hear select stories that were recorded by the sitters through our Smartify tour.

A woman with a color orange dress and necklaces uses a mircophone with an audience.

The SANKOFA Experience: Reaching Back to Move Forward
30 years of Music, Movement and Folkways
October 23-January 1, 2023
FREE | In-person at the Peale
Special events coming soon

Since 1989, Baltimore-based Sankofa Dance Theater has created world-class, authentic African art in the form of dance, music, and folkways for national and international audiences.

Events

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Doors Open Baltimore
October 1, 2022, 10am-4pm
FREE | In-person at the Peale

Doors Open is an annual event run by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and the AIA Baltimore, in which people are encouraged to visit and learn about historic buildings in the city. Many buildings which are normally closed to the public open their doors for this special day. The Peale will be open and visitors are invited to see and learn more about the historic museum building’s many uses over its 208 years, the recent renovations, and its current and future plans as Baltimore’s Community Museum.

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Our Voises, Our Truth Storytelling Event
October 11, 2022, 4pm-7pm
FREE | In-person at the Peale
RSVP in advance

Our VOISES, Our Truth will be a storytelling event focused on LGBTQ youth experiences as it relates to understanding their identities, sharing that understanding with others and their experiences of support from parents, family, school and community (or lack thereof). Our goal is to build support for LGBTQ youth (particularly racial/ethnic minority youth) within their communities -through storytelling which is such a powerful tool for building empathy and understanding.

A pink background with a mosaic-style ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Behind the Diagnosis, Through My Eyes
October 13-15, 6-10pm
October 14, 11-4pm
FREE | In-person at the Peale
RSVP in advance

This pop-up art exhibition (October 13-15) will be centered on educating, celebrating and illustrating the stories of several African American women within Baltimore (and surrounding areas) who have been personally affected by breast cancer.

A man in a black sweatshirt uses a belt sander to sand down a large, wooden column.

Accomplished Arts Apprentices Recruiting Fair
October 22, 2022 | 12:00-3:00pm
FREE | In-person at the Peale

The aim of the event is to invite everyone who would like to be involved in or know more about Accomplished Arts Apprenticeships to meet the program’s leaders and sponsors at the Peale. In particular, we hope prospective apprentices, instructors, and supporters of the program will come to the Peale to find out how they can be part of this game-changing program.

A woman in an army green jacket leans against a brick column, in front of a multi-story, cream-colored house.

The Guardians Reveal Party: Announcing a New Cohort of Amazing Women
October 26, 2022 | 5-7pm
In-person at the Peale
$25 per ticket
RSVP in advance

Don’t miss PART 2 of the acclaimed Guardians project! The Peale is hosting a party to announce the next cohort of amazing Baltimore Guardians. We’ll also feature a pop-up exhibition of the first round of Guardians recipients.

Online Exhibitions

Screenshot of the homepage of the Out of the Blocks website, featuring a photo of a woman in black boxing gloves and braids in her hair.

Out of the Blocks
An Immersive Listening Experience
Free Online

Out of the Blocks, created by Aaron Henkin and Wendel Patrick of WYPR 88.1, is an immersive listening experience built from a mosaic of voices and soundscapes collected on the streets of Baltimore. Produced by the Peale, this online exhibition of the 25 Baltimore blocks recorded so far will grow over the coming year. Check back regularly or subscribe to receive alerts when new blocks are added.

A black and white photo of Marguerite Woods, an individual who became completely blind as an adult. She is looking to the right in the photo, which shows her upper torso. She appears to be sitting, but a chair is not in the image. She is wearing a dark denim jacket over a white shirt, large circular earrings with metal embellishments and dark sunglasses. She is bald and her mouth is slightly open as if about to speak. The background is black. Her image is on the left-half of the photo. On the right-half is a text that reads, " 'They think because I can't see that I'm not capable.' – Marguerite Woods." Her story will be featured in the REDEFINE | ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility Exhibit. The logotype for the exhibit is in the lower right-hand corner of the image.

Redefine/ABLE
Virtual Exhibition
FREE online

The year 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and yet we as a society still have far to go in terms of providing accessible, inclusive spaces and cultural experiences. As the U.S. population ages, developing effective universal design approaches to experiences and public spaces becomes more urgent. During the current pandemic, the need to be accessible and inclusive is even more critical. Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility is an online exhibition, as well as a series of social media channels, that address diversity, inclusion and ableism and seeks to engage audiences about the successes and challenges of persons with disabilities in Maryland and beyond.

A screenshot from The Guardians exhibition website that shows a portrait of a woman with red hair and red glasses.

The Guardians: Reshaping History Online Exhibition
An Immersive Listening Experience
Free Online

Check out images and audio from the women in The Guardians exhibition. This site features the women changemakers in Baltimore and provides a platform for women who spend their lives fighting for a better, more equitable Baltimore.