Join the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum for a lecture series detailing our permanent exhibit on the Underground Railroad in the greater Upper Chesapeake Bay region, as well as new research on the history and experience of Black watermen for a future update on our current "Working on the Bay" exhibit. Admission to the lecture series is free to the public.

Learn about the artists who created the powerful original artwork in The Underground Railroad: Other Voices of Freedom exhibit at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. Leslie Kaufman, art curator and President of Philadelphia Sculptors, will illuminate the process of selecting artists, their personal connections to the subject matter, and the special creative techniques they used. Art is a critical part of this important exhibit.

Contact us at info@hdgmaritimemuseum.org or 410-939-4800

Other lectures in the series: 

The Story Behind the Underground Railroad Exhibit  

Bruce Russell

Commander, US Coast Guard (Retired)

September 8, 2024 at 3 pm

Maryland’s Black Watermen in the Lower Susquehanna and Upper Chesapeake Bay Region

Cecelia Hough

Historian

September 11, 2024 at 6 pm

Sisters of the Tide: The Untold History of Black Women on the Chesapeake Bay

Noelle Gibson

History Intern

September 14, 2024 at 3 pm

This project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Historical Trust, an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning which is an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Historical Trust or the Maryland Department of Planning.