FlowerMart 2013 was an absolute blast! It was wonderful meeting so many new friends — we sincerely hope you continue to visit the Peabody Library! Plus, LEMON STICKS!!!! Seriously, how can something so simple be so amazingly good?
Celebrate Pleasant Living at FlowerMart!
Baltimore! It’s the land of pleasant living! And what’s more pleasant than spending a lovely Saturday perusing flowers, eating deliciously sugary lemon sticks, and ambling around a historic neighborhood? That’s right, all ye denizens of Baltimore, FlowerMart is occurring this Friday and Saturday in Mount Vernon Square, and the George Peabody Library is hosting events both fun and enlightening in honor of this esteemed Baltimore tradition.
There will certainly be moments of whimsy, daring displays of creativity, and wonderful botanical discoveries to be had by all! Even if flowers aren’t your thing, stop by the Peabody on Saturday, May 4th and view our Stephen Crane exhibit. Enough build up, right? Well, here’s our schedule:
Saturday, May 4
Hours: 11am-5pm
12pm: Collection Spotlight Chat: Learn about Sachse’s monumental Bird’s Eye View of the City of Baltimore (1869)
1pm: 20 Minute Talk: Learn about the Peabody Library and its Collections
2pm: Classical guitar concert featuring Yisak Lee (concert will take place in the Exhibition Gallery)
3pm: 20 Minute Talk: Learn about the Peabody Library and its Collections
4pm: Collection Spotlight Chat: Learn about Sachse’s monumental Bird’s Eye View of the City of Baltimore (1869)
Daffy, the unofficial Peabody mascot, is currently in France enjoying the museums. Don’t worry, though! Being quite the intrepid jetsetter, Daffy will be back in Baltimore in time for FlowerMart!
Don’t forget you can enjoy all these things and much, much more at the Peabody Library on Saturday!
Saturday, May 4
Hours: 11am-5pm
12pm: Collection Spotlight Chat: Learn about Sachse’s monumental Bird’s Eye View of the City of Baltimore (1869)
1pm: 20 Minute Talk: Learn about the Peabody Library and its Collections
2pm: Classical guitar concert featuring Yisak Lee (concert will take place in the Exhibition Gallery)
3pm: 20 Minute Talk: Learn about the Peabody Library and its Collections
4pm: Collection Spotlight Chat: Learn about Sachse’s monumental Bird’s Eye View of the City of Baltimore (1869)
FlowerMart! FlowerMart! FlowerMart!
Join us on Saturday, May 4 from 11am-5pm as we join our fellow Baltimoreans in our love of all things flowers! It’s civic pride at its most florid! Not only will you have a rare chance to view select works from our collection, but we will also have oodles of free craft activities for you to do! Make your own book! Design your own Mother’s Day card! Color a lovely bookmark! And while you are getting all crafty, why not check out one of our scheduled events listed below?
12pm: Collection Spotlight Chat: Learn about Sachse’s monumental Bird’s Eye View of the City of Baltimore (1869)
1pm: 20 Minute Talk: Learn about the Peabody Library and its Collections
2pm: Classical guitar concert featuring Yisak Lee (concert will take place in the Exhibition Gallery)
3pm: 20 Minute Talk: Learn about the Peabody Library and its Collections
4pm: Collection Spotlight Chat: Learn about Sachse’s monumental Bird’s Eye View of the City of Baltimore (1869)
Daffy times at the Peabody Library! Introducing Daffy, our library’s unofficial mascot! It’s odd! It’s blue! It’s kind of morbidly cute! It’s a perfect compliment to our wunderkammer works! Plus, it provided some much needed whimsy during our FlowerMart preparations. That’s right, FlowerMart is just around the corner and the library will be open for all to see (and maybe Daffy will make a surprise appearance)! Details to follow.
C’mon! You know you really, really, really wanna keep it real with the mad Realist stylings of the one and only Stephen Crane, so follow the beat to the Peabody exhibition gallery and explore early editions and much, much more! Seriously, there’s more to Crane than The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie … like photos of him with skeletons!
Now through June 14, 2013.
George Peabody Library, 17 E. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202. The George Peabody Gallery is open Monday through Friday 9 – 5, Saturdays 9 – 3, and Sundays 12 – 5. Admission is free.
Happy Opening Day at Camden Yards!!
Can you hear the screaming? Smell the popcorn, the peanuts, the hot dogs? Do you feel that hype??
To celebrate this momentous occasion, we, the proud Baltimore Orioles fans, present to you a peek at America’s greatest pastime ever (besides Oreos and Disney): baseball.
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Be astounded and amazed with this incredible panorama view of the Peabody Library created by Hopkins undergrad Matthew Petroff!
And away we go!
Aren’t these photos totally cool? They were taken by Hopkins undergrads enrolled in our class, “Introducing the George Peabody Library.” The students had 45 minutes to explore the library and photograph anything that captured their fancy, including shenanigans in our old Cage elevator, fashion shoots involving antique eye wear, and books they found along their way.
