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The Peale is Baltimore’s Community Museum.

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A "New" Museum

The Peale’s $5.5 million Capital Campaign to raise money for the renovation of the building is complete. Thanks to the generosity of more than 500 individuals and organizations, the renovation of the 1814 Peale Museum building is complete, after many years of fundraising and grassroots work to save Baltimore’s (and the country’s) landmark museum building!

The exterior work to renovate the roof, windows, and brickwork was completed in 2019. The interior work began in earnest in 2020. Inside the historic walls, master craftspeople repaired plasterwork, flooring, and all woodwork. Check out a gallery of photos of the work!

The facade of a brick building with boarded up windows.
The facade of the Peale during initial phases of renovation.
The metal roof of an old brick building in historic downtown Baltimore.
An aerial view of the building with the garden in the rear. Secondary structures, where Peale may have experimented with gaslight, no longer exist.
Men work to install pipes along a sidewalk.
Workers replace water pipes on the sidewalk outside the Peale.
A historic room under renovation has scaffolding and plywood boards on the floors.
Repairs to the ceiling of a second floor room.
A man stands on a scaffold and works on plaster in a historic museum space.
A worker repairs plasterwork in the Latrobe Room.
A sample of historic wallpaper showing bunches of roses and white lattice work.
Historic wallpaper fragments discovered during the renovation.
Board President Chick Chickering waves through a hole in the floor during the renovation.
Board President Chick Chickering waves through a hole in the floor during the renovation.
Pipes leading to the ceiling of a historic building's basement.
The Peale's fire suppression system.
A series of doorways in a building that is under renovation.
The interior of the building during a demolition phase.
A master craftsman mixes plaster.
A master craftsman mixes plaster.
Two men work on painting a historic staircase in a historic museum foyer.
Workers put finishing touches on the paint in the foyer of the building.
A person with a red hard hat ties belts and ropes to a large piece of metal equipment as its lifted by a crane.
Workers lift a new HVAC system into place.
A person bends down to operate a sanding machine in a historic room that is having its floors refinished.
Gray cinder blocks line a shaft that is designed for an elevator.
A new elevator shaft in the building.
The Peale's new elevator with gray doors.
The Peale's accessible elevator.
Drops cloths on the floor of a historic rooms with white plaster walls.
Workers uncover an original stove niche in an upper floor room.
Two workers stand outside in a garden space and lay brickwork alone a pathway.
Workers add a brick sidewalk in the garden.
The bright, shiny wooden floors in a museum space with several large windows.
The Moses Willams Center will host events and even has a small cafe space.
View of the facade of the brick Peale building on a bright, sunny day.

After 20+ years, the Peale's renovation is complete!

A historic space with elaborate plaster on the ceiling and bright, wooden floors.
Scaffolding surrounds an old brick building.

More renovation photos on Flickr!

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By phone: +1 667-222-1814
By email:  info@thepeale.org 

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225 Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21202

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