Evergreen Museum & Library

Earlier this summer, the museum’s main entrance got power washed and now it’s looking oh-so-fresh-and-so-clean, just like it must have when it was originally constructed in 1895. Also note the 1905 Tiffany canopy shielding the doors. with
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It's amazing what can be accomplished with a power washer.

Happy 290th birthday to our dear City of Baltimore! Evergreen’s collection contains many objects that speak to the history and development of the city, and we are proud to been a part of that history since 1857!

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“Evergreen.” Residence of T. Harrison Garrett, publishes by L.H. Everts, c.1887, image courtesy of Evergreen House Foundation.

Looking for a great weekend activity? Head to Evergreen this weekend for a guided tour of the house and its collections. Plus, regular admission gets you in to see the museum’s current exhibition, Fantasia Reimagined: Don Joint & Evergreen’s Meissen Garden. From the mind of contemporary artist Don Joint, the exhibition juxtaposes 18th-and 19th-century German porcelain figures from Evergreen’s collection with the artist’s own large-scale glass mosaic. The museum is open noon to 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Last tour of the day departs at 3 p.m.
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Fifty years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the the moon. The Apollo 11 mission that brought Armstrong and Aldrin to the lunar surface was a long time coming. Many connect it’s beginning to a 1962 speech given by then-President John F. Kennedy in which he said, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

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While Kennedy’s were inspiring, the truth is man had been wanting to visit the moon for much longer.

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Nearly 100 years before Kennedy’s speech, Jules Verne (French, 1828-1905) published “De la terre à la lune” (“From the Earth to the Moon”). The novel—which, oddly enough, is set in Baltimore—tells the story of a group of explosive experts and amateur explorers who launch a spaceship to the moon. Ina remarkable coincidence, the mission described in the book shares a number of details with the real mission: both mission launched from Florida and return via splash down in the Pacific Ocean. Additionally, the rocket ship in the book is named Columbia’s, while the Apollo 11 astronauts flew aboard the Colombia. In face, the similarities were notable enough for Neil Armstrong to mention the book during the Apollo 11 broadcast.

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Pictured here is an 1874 translation of “De la terre à la lune,” returned “The Baltimore Gun Club.”

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“The Baltimore Gun Club, from the French of Jules Verne; freely translated by Edward Roth. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1874; 442 pages. The John Work Garrett Library, Evergreen Museum & Library, The Johns Hopkins University. 🌎🚀🌖
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Evergreen is fortunate to have approximately 100 works by the artist Léon Bakst (Russian, 1866-1924) in its collection. Although Bakst had a varied career that encompassed many artistic disciplines, he is perhaps best known for his work as a set and costume designer for the Ballets Russes. Alice Warder Garrett, the last mistress of Evergreen, befriended Bakst and acted as his agent and patron during his final decade. When Bakst visited the Garretts at Evergreen in the early 1920s, he completed a number of artistic projects for Alice, including creating this corseted costume for her to wear during her amateur dancing and singing performances.

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Costume by Léon Bakst; c. 1922; silk, silk velvet, cotton, lace; Evergreen House Foundation, bequest of Alice Warder Garrett.

Well, who are we to argue with that? with
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The grounds of Evergreen Museum & Library definitely gives us secret garden vibes🌼🌸🌺. Housed in a former Gilded Age mansion surrounded by Italian-style gardens, this hidden gem should be on your list of Charm City sites to visit this summer! 📷:
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🚨🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨🚨🚨
Tonight’s Free Summer Social is still ON! Because of inclement weather, we will hold the festivities in our grand historic Carriage House. Because of the weather, some individual events, like the scooter derby, will not be held. But almost everything else—magic show, arts & crafts, board games, face painting, co****le, summery treats, tours of the museum’s first floor from 5-6 p.m., and more—will go on as planned! Please join us starting at 5 p.m.!