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www.hammondharwoodhouse.org The Hammond-Harwood House (1774) is said to have the most beautiful doorway in Colonial America.
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The last project of the renowned architect, William Buckland, this National Historic Landmark contains an outstanding collection of John Shaw furniture and Charles Willson Peale paintings.

10/27/2026

The front entrance to the Hammond-Harwood House has a patriotic new visitor! He’s quit his day job frightening off crows and taken up arms to defend Annapolis and tell the Brits that this is the last straw!

Vote for “Sons of Liberty, Scaring Away Them Redcoats,” our 2026 entry in the Annapolis Scarecrow Stroll for the America 250 category.

Click here to vote: https://tr.ee/5iOjkP

10/26/2026

Happy National Pumpkin Day! 🎃

Celebrate the autumnal joy of pumpkins today by drinking a pumpkin spice latte or carving a jack o’ lantern! But the fun doesn’t have to stop after today. Join us at Pumpkin Walk on October 30 for an afternoon of fall family fun, including games, crafts, snacks, storytelling, face painting, and a costume parade around the mansion! Costumes are encouraged (even for grownups). B**r and w**e available for purchase.

For more information, click here: https://tr.ee/uG4sLe

10/23/2026

The beauty of the Hammond-Harwood House exists inside and out - and especially in the furniture 🪑

Join our docent Bob Biddle for a look at everything decorative in the House, including the collection of pieces by 18th century Annapolis cabinet maker John Shaw. See twelve new pieces recently loaned to the house: elegant eagle-backed chairs designed by Shaw that now reside in the dining room.

The Furniture Tour will be held Wednesday, October 28, at 2 PM.Click here to learn more and sign up: https://tr.ee/eNbDfO

10/21/2026

Did you know that October’s full moon is known as the Hunter’s Moon? 🌕

It’s easy to take the light of the moon for granted in a world with streetlights on every corner and flashlights in our pockets, but for people living before electricity, moonlight was the most reliable way to navigate the world at night. Come take a tour of the Hammond-Harwood House under the full moon on October 25. The tour will feature details about how the 19th-century Lockerman family would have kept themselves and their home safe from crime in a time before well-light streets.

Click here for more details: https://tr.ee/n23tMK

10/09/2026

Last month, the Hammond-Harwood House hosted The Ballet Theatre of Maryland for a breathtaking evening of Ballet in the Garden 🩰

Featuring beloved ballet favorites and newly choreographed repertoire, the delightful performance was the perfect way to close out the summer season. Thank you for a beautiful performance. See you next year!

10/06/2026

“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

We wish, hope, and expect that you will join us on October 14 for the Jane Austen Tour. Take a 60 minute guided tour of the Hammond-Harwood House, home of the Lockermans, a society family in the mid to late 18th century. Learn about their daily life in comparison with their fictional counterparts in Austen’s England.

Sign up for the tour here: https://tr.ee/KqpaY1

10/05/2026

Orange you excited for Pumpkin Walk? 🎃

Join us on October 30 for an afternoon of fall family fun, including games, crafts, snacks, storytelling, face painting, and a costume parade around the mansion! Costumes are encouraged (even for grownups). B**r and w**e available for purchase.

Get ready to dance, sing, and frolic through the garden with Annapolis’ favorite storyteller, Frolic the Fox! Frolic is returning this year to bring fairytale fun and a bit of fall magic for the children, so bring your imagination cap.

Follow this link for more info and to get tickets: https://tr.ee/uG4sLe

10/01/2026

Happy International Coffee Day! ☕

Coffee is a cozy fall staple, but did you know it also has historical ties to the ideas that fueled the American Revolution? Patriots (like those featured in the current exhibit Sons of Liberty: Patriots and Firebrands) used coffeehouses as forums to discuss ideas like liberty and democracy that would become central to the revolutionary movement.

If you find yourself in a coffee shop today or enjoying a cup of joe while having a riveting conversation with your friends, take a moment to realize that you’re carrying on a storied American tradition that’s been brewing for 250 years.

🫖 Credits:
SAMUEL SOUMAIEN (ca. 1718–ca.1765)
Coffeepot, ca. 1745
Silver, Annapolis, Maryland
Collection of Stiles Tuttle Colwill
Displayed in exhibition Silver in the Golden Age of Annapolis

09/09/2026

Yesterday was International Literacy Day! 📚

As fall blows in, the urge to curl up under a cozy blanket, sip warm tea, and drift off into the pages of a book grows stronger. In a world where the written word has become so ubiquitous, it is easy to forget what a privilege it is to connect with stories from across space and time.

The 18th and 19th centuries were a turning point in literature and literacy in America. Pamphleteers like Thomas Paine stirred up the revolutionary spirit that inspired Mattias Hammond. Young ladies would have gathered to chat about Jane Austen’s novels. The fare served at parties came from cookbooks like Kitchen Companion by Mrs. Eliza Ann Wheeler, a book on display in the house’s collection.

Today in the house, our staff are keeping the love of reading alive, enjoying books like:

💀 Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie
💃 Persuasion by Jane Austen (for a special Jane Austen Tour!)
🏝️ Land by Maggie O’Farrell
🏺 Homer’s Iliad
🌺 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

09/01/2026

Happy World Letter Writing Day 💌 Use today as an excuse to communicate like we did back in the day. Pick up a pen and some paper and give your friends something to read about!

Writing a letter today is just as important and sentimental as it was two hundred years ago. Here's a letter from Frances Loockerman to her daughter Hester, written in 1842, begging her to move back home to the Hammond-Harwood House from Alabama where her husband had been teaching:

"The weather is so warm we are sitting without a fire. We are all very comfortable living in the same old house, and only want you and Mr. Harwood and my dear little grandchild to make us quite happy again...Now, my beloved Hester, if you will send me word what kind of money will do to bring you all home I will send it if I must send a check on Farmers Bank notes. I send you a pair of dressmits for my dear little F***y which I hope will please her..."

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19 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD
21401

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 5pm
Wednesday	12pm - 5pm
Thursday	12pm - 5pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Website

http://hammondharwoodhouse.org/

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