What's New at the Maryland Historical Trust

Latest Updates

Posting Date

Announcement

February 7, 2012

Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Communities Tax Credit Recipients

October 28, 2011

Maryland Historical Trust Announces Four Recipients of Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grants

October 28, 2011

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust Provide $1,000,000
to Assist African American Heritage Preservation

July 11, 2011

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Provides 51 Grants to Heritage Tourism Sites, Activities, and Organizations Across Maryland

 

Featured Story

Fourteen Individuals, Organizations, and Projects Recieve 2012 Maryland Preservation Awards


The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has selected 14 projects, organizations and individuals to receive the 2012 Maryland Preservation Awards. The awards, presented annually by MHT's Board of Trustees, are the highest level of recognition for historic preservation and heritage education projects in Maryland.

February 2012

Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Six Recipients of Sustainable Communities Tax Credits

Governor Martin O'Malley today announced the recipients of the latest round of Sustainable Communities Tax Credits, which will help create 500 construction jobs in projects designed to revitalize communities and promote green building practices.

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Click here to learn more about the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program

October 2011

Maryland Historical Trust Announces Four Recipients of Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grants

MHT awarded Maryland nonprofit groups and local governments four grants totaling $81,779 through its Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grant Program.

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Click here to learn more about the Non-Capital Grant Program

 

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust Provide $1,000,000 to Assist African American Heritage Preservation

Nonprofit groups, local governments, and businesses around Maryland have received 16 grants totaling $1,000,000 in FY2012 through the African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP), a partnership of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) and the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT).

Click here to read the press release with a list of funded projects

Click here to learn more about the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Program

 

July 2011

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Provides 51 Grants to Heritage Tourism Sites, Activities, and Organizations Across Maryland

Maryland Heritage Areas AuthorityFifty-one matching grants totaling $2,298,000 were awarded to Maryland non-profits – including museums, tourism sites, historic preservation, natural resources and educational organizations, as well as local jurisdictions – by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA). These grant funds support heritage tourism projects and activities that expand economic development and tourism-related job creation throughout the state.

MHAA oversees Maryland's system of 12 locally-administered, State-certified Heritage Areas. Heritage Areas are places to experience – see, hear and even taste – the authentic heritage of Maryland in a unique way that cannot be experienced anywhere else. Stories of the people, the land and the waters of Maryland are told in these distinctive places.

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Click here for the complete list of funded projects

Click here to learn more about the Heritage Areas program

 

 

Press Releases

February 7, 2012

Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Communities Tax Credits

January 31, 2012

Maryland Historical Trust Announces 2012 Maryland Preservation Award Recipients

October 28, 2011

Maryland Historical Trust Announces Four Recipients of Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grants

October 28, 2011

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust Provide $1,000,000
to Assist African American Heritage Preservation

July 11, 2011

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Provides 51 Grants to Heritage Tourism Sites, Activities, and Organizations Across Maryland

June 10, 2011

County Archaeology Collections Exhibit Project to Celebrate Archaeology in Washington County   

May 11, 2011

Maryland Historical Trust Announces 2011 Maryland Preservation Award Recipients: William Donald Schaefer to receive the Calvert Prize for Statewide service

February 4, 2011

Mark Thompson Appointed Director Of Jefferson Patterson Park And Museum: Provides New Leadership For The State Museum Of Archaeology

September 27, 2010

Maryland Archaeology Lab Receives Preserve America Grant: Will Create County Archaeology Collections Exhibits in St. Mary's and Washington Counties

September 22, 2010

Maryland Historical Trust Receives Preserve America Grant
to Improve Public Access to Maryland Historic Property Database

August 17, 2010

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to Hold Hearing on a Request to Amend the Management Plan of the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area 

August 16, 2010

Applications for Sustainable Communities Tax Credits now being accepted

July 13, 2010

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Provides 55 Grants to Heritage Tourism Sites, Activities, and Organizations Across Maryland

May 4, 2010

Governor O’Malley Signs Bill Establishing
African American Heritage Preservation Program

March 26, 2010

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Releases Strategic Plan

January 22, 2010

Tobacco Barns Summit Reconvenes After Five Years.

January 8, 2010

Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Plans for Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program

September 22, 2009

Maryland Historical Trust provides 29 grants to assist museums and preservation organizations

July 24, 2009

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Provides 57 Grants to Heritage Tourism Sites, Activities, and Organizations Across Maryland

June 1, 2009

Maryland Historical Trust Announces 2009 Maryland Preservation Award Recipients

April 28, 2009

Maryland’s U-1105 Black Panther Historic Shipwreck Preserve Becomes a Charter Member of the National System of Marine Protected Areas

 

Employment and Internship Opportunities

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Closing Date

Position Announcement

Application for Maryland State Employment (MS-100)

December 5, 2011

January 9, 2012

Easement Inspector

December 9, 2011

January 4, 2012

Historic Preservation Data / GIS Technician

 

Requests for Proposals

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This page updated on: February 7, 2012