Talbot Historical Society

NEW PHOTOGRAPHS - Talbot People Exhibit
2024-03-14 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-15 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-20 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-21 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-22 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-23 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-27 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) and 17 more dates
New photographs will be on display starting on Wednesday, March 13th through the end of April, 2024.
Location: 25 S. Washington Street, Easton MD 21601
at the Larry Denton Extended Museum
Please contact THS with any questions 410-822-0773
Talbot Historical Society office/research/exhibit hours are:
Wednesday through Saturday 10am-3pm

Meet & Greet and Book Signing with Steve Lingeman
2024-03-15 17:00 - 19:00
Meet & Greet and book signing with Steve Lingeman

Steve Lingeman will be back for another Meet & Greet and book signing on Friday, March 15th from 5pm to 7pm
Light refreshments will be provided
We had a fantastic turn out for the first meet & greet in January and we are looking forward to another great evening!
Mr. Lingeman has been working for over two years to complete his book of 100 outstanding photographs of people who live and work in Talbot County. The book includes all races, ethnicities, backgrounds and even a few pets.
The exhibition includes 24 of the his photographs, printed in large format black and white. Come and enjoy an evening with the artist while experiencing his beautiful portraits.
His book will be available for purchase.
Date: Friday, March, 15th from 5-7pm
Location: 25 S. Washington Street
Please contact THS with any questions
410-822-0773

Historic Walking Tours
2024-03-16 11:00 - 13:00
Historic Walking Tours
Saturday March 16th, 2024
11am and 12pm at 25 S. Washington St.
Join us for an hour-long historic walking tour of beautiful downtown Easton. Do you recognize any of these buildings? How many times have fires spread throughout downtown Easton in the past? These questions and many more will be answered through wonderfully enriching stories about Easton’s past.
First tour: Starts at 11am
The tour guide will take you to various buildings within the historic district of downtown and explain the importance of the buildings in Easton’s history.
Second tour: Starts at 12pm (noon)
The tour guide, Prof. Mike Olmert, will take you to historic buildings on the Talbot Historical Society’s campus and downtown Easton while explaining the significance of the architecture of those historic buildings.
ALL TOURS MEET AT
25 S. Washington Street
Easton, MD 21601.
the Larry Denton Extended Museum and Hill Research Center
There are 10 spots available.
Please contact us for reservations
or if you have any questions:
410-822-0773 or email kaylaw@talbothistory.org
Talbot Historical Society office/research/exhibit hours are:
Wednesday through Saturday 10am-3pm

A Date with History: Ink, Paint, Bricks with Prof. Mike Olmert
2024-03-20 13:00 - 14:00
A Date with History Lecture Series
“Ink, Paint, Bricks: Intention & Ambiguity in the Arts”
Wednesday, March 20th , 2024 at 1pm
See below for reservation details
This lecture, presented by Professor Michael Olmert, is based on his forthcoming book Ink, Paint, Bricks: Intention & Ambiguity in the Arts.
Similar to the first two lectures in this mini-series, this illustrated talk will cover one painting, one building, and one poem. The painting: JMW Turner’s 1840 oil, entitled Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhon Coming On, is an important moment in both the Abolition movement and the history of British art. The most famous passage in John Ruskin’s Modern Painters (1852) covers Turner’s record of this nightmare. Art criticism would never be the same. The building: Homewood (1801-09), a classic 5-part Tidewater home built by Charles Carroll, Jr., son of a signer of Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll. It’s plainly meant to be seen as an Italian villa, perhaps even by Andrea Palladio (1508-80), overlooking the burgeoning industrial and maritime town in Baltimore. The poem: T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, concentrating on the 4th Quartet, entitled Little Gidding (1942). It’s about making sense of an impossibly insane world. “We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.”
Overall, Olmert’s new book is to do with intention, interpretation, and meaning in writing, art, and architecture. The book will have ten chapters, each covering one building, one painting and one novel, play or poem.
Professor Olmert has been teaching Shakespeare and drama at the University of Maryland English Department for 37 years. This is his third THS lecture based on this forthcoming book. He’s also spoken at THS on “Easton’s NeoClassical and NeoGothic world” and “The Invention of Colonial Williamsburg.”
His books include The Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg (1985-2016), The Smithsonian Book of Books (1992), Milton’s Teeth & Ovid’s Umbrella (1996), and Kitchens, Smokehouses, & Privies (2009). His television writing has won three Primetime Emmys. He’s written 80 TV documentaries, as well as 5 books, 7 plays, 3 feature films, an IMAX film, and over 200 articles, essays, and reviews. In 2005, he was inducted into the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame.
Date: Wednesday March 20th, 2024 at 1pm
Location: 25 S. Washington Street, Easton, Maryland Admission: $10 for non-members, FREE for THS members, students and children
Reservations are required and the cost is
FREE for THS members and $10 for non-members.
If you have any questions or wish to sign-up,
please contact the Talbot Historical Society at
410-822-0773 or email kaylaw@talbothistory.org

A Date with History: Talbot People with Steve Lingeman
2024-04-03 13:00 - 14:00
Talbot People with Steve Lingeman, photographer and author
Wednesday April 3rd, 2024 at 1pm
Location: 25 S. Washington St. Easton, MD
See Below for Details
“Talbot People” the exhibit by photographer, Steve Lingeman, now have new photographs on display at the Talbot Historical Society. This photographic exhibit highlights people of Talbot County – Easton, Oxford, St. Michaels Trappe and places in between. It’s about all of us and our families, ethnicities, ages, affiliations, religions and professions. This is a project of diversity and the extraordinary collective of people who live in and contribute to Talbot County.
Steve will be speaking about this two-year-long project which has resulted in more than 200 individuals and families being photographed and interviewed. The photographs and stories have been collected and are now in his book entitled “Talbot People”.
Please join us on April 3, 2024 at 1 pm to hear Steve discuss the genesis of this project and hear the stories of the extraordinary people he had the pleasure to interview.
His book will be available for purchase.
Date: Wednesday April 3rd, 2024
Time: 1pm
Location: 25 S. Washington Street
Free for THS Members, students and children and $10 for non-members
If you have any questions or wish to sign-up, please contact the Talbot Historical Society at 410-822-0773 or email kaylaw@talbothistory.org

Historic Walking Tours
2024-04-20 11:00 - 13:00
Historic Walking Tours
Saturday April 20th, 2024
11am and 12pm at 25 S. Washington St.
Join us for an hour-long historic walking tour of beautiful downtown Easton. Do you recognize any of these buildings? How many times have fires spread throughout downtown Easton in the past? These questions and many more will be answered through wonderfully enriching stories about Easton’s past.
First tour: Starts at 11am
The tour guide will take you to various buildings within the historic district of downtown and explain the importance of the buildings in Easton’s history.
Second tour: Starts at 12pm (noon)
The tour guide, Prof. Mike Olmert, will take you to historic buildings on the Talbot Historical Society’s campus and downtown Easton while explaining the significance of the architecture of those historic buildings.
ALL TOURS MEET AT
25 S. Washington Street
Easton, MD 21601.
the Larry Denton Extended Museum and Hill Research Center
There are 10 spots available.
Please contact us for reservations
or if you have any questions:
410-822-0773 or email kaylaw@talbothistory.org
Talbot Historical Society office/research/exhibit hours are:
Wednesday through Saturday 10am-3pm
