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History Alive Tour

Experience Baltimore’s industrial past with a guided tour. Stops may include visits to a belt-driven machine shop, blacksmith’s shop, oyster cannery, print shop, and garment loft. Students learn about jobs that were important to Baltimore’s history as an industrial city and engage in discussions and…

In the Neighborhood

The BMI is transformed into an early 20th century neighborhood in this program where students become workers of the past as they take an interactive tour through our galleries. They are given different jobs, including ship’s captain, pharmacist, grocer, baker, and banker, and are paid…

City Builders

What did Baltimore look like in 1896? Students help build a map of historic South Baltimore out of paper models and learn about its houses, workplaces, trains, and more. They learn where residents lived, worked, and shopped, and take home their creations.

Little Gears

In this hands-on activity, students will learn about an industry important to Baltimore and participate in a craft, story, and visit to a gallery related to that industry. Choose one of the three options below, or book more than one hour-long session! Hats Off to…

Kids’ Motorworks

Learn how assembly lines revolutionized American factories and jump-started the era of mass consumption. Students take a job on the line and work together to build paper model cars to take home.

Design It!

Young engineers learn the basics of experimentation, observation, and design. Choose one of the projects below, or book more than one session! Balls and Tracks: Build and test model roller coasters Wiring: Use custom circuit boards to learn the basics of electricity Bridges: Experiment with…

Lights On!

Students explore the use of light as a communication method in this hands-on STEM program. They make real-world connections with artifacts throughout the museum to see how light and sound have been used historically to communicate. Students then test their knowledge by building their own…

Needles & Threads

What was it like to work in Baltimore’s garment industry during its heyday from 1865 to 1930? Students investigate this question by imagining themselves as garment workers for the Baltimore Clothing Company in 1929. Students become cutters, sewers, and management personnel.

Kids’ Cannery

Students become managers, can-makers, printers, shuckers, can-fillers, and labelers in Mr. Platt’s 1883 cannery. They learn about differences in training and wages and the inequality of segregated work. Students grasp the value of a day’s work by being paid in tokens and spending them at…

Farm to Factory

In this classroom-visit program, students are encouraged to think about the different types of work involved in the process of preparing, preserving, and providing food for communities. Students explore primary source images through an interactive discussion, assemble their own vegetable can, and design a label.