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Preserving and Transcribing NHSM’s Past with Digital Maryland

Photograph of a man and a woman standing on a hill overlooking Loch Raven Reservoir and the surrounding wooded landscape taken by Irving Edward Hampe on June 12, 1938, in Loch Raven, Maryland. From Photograph Record album BE, negative number Ec20. This photo can be seen with its original notes in the album under identifier nhsm0011.

Community Science Lectures & Workshops Open to the Public

The Natural History Society of Maryland has teamed up with Digital Maryland to digitize some amazing archival materials including photographs, correspondence, field notes/ledgers and more. The first tranche of materials is now available here: https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/nhsm. But that’s not all. Much of the material is handwritten. To make it easier to access, search and utilize, it […]

Cost: $0-5

Digging Up the Past

Community Science Field Experiences Open to the Public

Experience archaeological excavation alongside the experienced team at the Blue Rock Heritage Center. This Washington Boro location was home to the Susquehannock people’s largest village, and was inhabited in the time of John Smith’s travels in 1608. Numerous graves and burial sites have been discovered here, as well as a butchery and cooking area. Archaeologists […]

Cost: $15-30