Maryland's Birthday Weekend Celebration. 40+ Events Highlighting Local History, Heritage, Culture, & The Great Outdoors For Free Or $1.

Schedule Of Events:

​​​Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park - Museum Campus
10am - 3pm Free
723 Second Street, Annapolis, 21403
Come join our craft table, where you will learn about the wide variety of wildlife found in the
Chesapeake Bay and how they impact life in Annapolis. Create your own creature from reusable
materials to take home with you.​​

​Annapolis Tours by Watermark
1:00pm - 2:30pm  Free
Market House Park (25 Market Space, Annapolis)

The Everything Tour: starting at Market House Park (25 Market Space, Annapolis):
Join Mistress Mary as she leads guests through the Historic District. You'll get a little history, a splash of scandal, some mysterious ghost stories, and much more on this entertaining sampler of Watermark's various walking tours. Free, advanced registration recommended.

Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks

Sunrise to Sunset  - Free

Explore Anne Arundel County's Natural and Cultural Heritage Parks and Sites during the Maryland Day Celebration weekend.

Anne Arundel County Farmers Market

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Free

275 Harry S Truman Parkway

Annapolis MD 21401

Serving Annapolis since 1981 and celebrating its 44th year, this farmers market has all the local and crafts people that make Annapolis and the surrounding area interesting and fun. Fresh produce and other products. There will be cooking demonstrations and more!

​​​​​Charles Carroll House of Annapolis

Noon - 4 pm Free

107 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

This period house and garden that signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll built will be open for guided and self-guided tours.

Crafting Their Future - Celebrating Women's History Month in Hal Gomer Gallery -

March  23rd 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free.

Celebrate Women's History Month with the fourth annual exhibition, Moving Forward Together: Women Educating and Inspiring Generations. This showcase honors women's contributions to crafts as tools for cultural expression, advocacy, and gender equality.

Threshold - A solo exhibition by Elizabeth Kendall in the Patricia Barland Gallery

Standing on the threshold we are both coming and going, leaving behind and anticipating what's ahead. In that moment between we can create something new and let go of what isn't serving us anymore. And we also know we will return to cross back over the threshold and bring experiences with us to enrich and expand. Think of it as both the breathe and the space between the breathe. I make work that celebrates the past, future and the space between.

 Stories & Art in the Galleries: "ABCs of Maryland" An Alphabet Book of Love, family, and Togetherness" with an art project to follow: Crab Suncatcher

All Ages with an Adult

Our popular Free Family Workshops are back with even more opportunities to get creative as a family! Come celebrate all things Maryland by making a Maryland collage with us!

​​Chesapeake Children's Museum
10am - 4pm $1 Admission
25 Silopanna Road, Annapolis 21403
Come and play at Chesapeake Children Museum's themed playrooms involving nature, art, theater, Culture Carriers and our 1918 Room. Explore our 5 acre park with a self-guided tour of Native American plants as well as a musical playground and truck pit.

​Historic Annapolis - Waterfront Warehouse
10am - 3pm Free
Waterfront Warehouse – 4 Pinkney Street Annapolis, MD 21401

Visit a rare surviving example of a small Annapolis waterfront warehouse from the 18th century. Today you'll discover the model of our city, circa the late 18th century, featuring a birds-eye view of the historic landscape.

​​​Historic Annapolis - William Paca Garden
10am - 3pm $1 admission
William Paca Garden, 186 Prince George Street Annapolis, MD 21401

Visit the William Paca Garden and explore a secret oasis of natural beauty nestled in the heart of Annapolis. This colonial garden, hidden behind the William Paca House, has been reconstructed to its original design featuring a terraced landscape with formal parterres, naturalistic wilderness, and practical kitchen and medicinal gardens.

​Maryland Federation of Art

11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free

18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

MFA is offering 10% off any artwork by a Maryland artist. Come to Circle Gallery to see the current exhibition. For online purchases, please call Circle Gallery at 410-268-4566 and we will process the sale over the phone to give you're the discount.

​Maryland Hall

11 am - 3 pm Free

801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

ArtFest returns!

Join us on Maryland Day Weekend to experience Art Fest, 2025! Live class demonstrations, free activities in media, visual, performing, and studio arts, and discounted class registrations for all attendees. A free performance will take place in the Main Theatre at 2pm!

​​Maryland State House
8:30am - 5pm Free
100 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401
Visit the oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use. Explore the many exhibits, memorials, historic documents related to the Continental Congress and notable Americans all possible through the Maryland State Archives.
 
Susan Campbell Park at Annapolis City Dock

​​Enjoy deck tours and learn of the rich maritime history of the Baltimore privateer vessels and their role in the War of 1812.

​​​St. John's College

60 College Avenue, Annapolis MD 21401

​​The Mitchell Museum - Nature's ReadyMades Exhibit

12:30 - 6:30  Free

​Is there art in nature? Nature's Readymades presents an extraordinary selection of gongshi (scholars' rocks or viewing stones) drawn from the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C. Carved by nature and relished by Chinese literati as early as the Tang dynasty (7th c.), these paradoxical objects are worlds in miniature, presenting the vital energy of the universe in a

​​​Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County - Visitors Center AND City Dock Kiosk

​10 am - 5 pm Free

26 West Street, and Annapolis City Dock

Make our Visitors Center on West Street or our Visitor Information Kiosk at City Dock your first stop for everything you need to know about the events happening throughout Annapolis and Anne Arundel County during Maryland Day Weekend. Our trained volunteer information specialists can answer your questions, make recommendations, provide you with Maryland Day literature, and help map out an itinerary that's perfect for you!

​Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center

1 pm to 4 pm Free

1101 Smithville Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

​Come hear the musical stylings of the Dan Meyer Choir as they perform music celebrating life in Maryland. The concert will feature the song "Maryland Free!!!" which was written in 1860 to celebrate emancipation in Maryland.
The concert will be from 2-3. We invite you to come a little early and stay a little long to check out the exhibit and learn more about Annapolis hero, Wiley H. Bates, and the school that bore his name.