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2021 Museum Newsletter

Museum Newsletter Click to download Museum Newsletter PDF, or click any page below to enlarge ...
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2022 First Responders Appreciation Day

First Responders Appreciation Day took place on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 11 am - 1 pm. Museum visitors stopped ...
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2022 Purple Saturday

Purple Saturday! August 27, 2022, 11 am to 1 pm Please join us for our FREE Purple Saturday Open House ...
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Christmas at the Museum, 2022

2022 Essex Community Tree Lighting Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, 5 - 7 pm Please join us for this fun family ...
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2021 Essex Community Tree Lighting

The Essex community joined us on Saturday, December 4, 2021 for some holiday cheer as we lit our 25-foot Norway ...
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1979 Flooding at Bay Drive in Bowleys Quarters

Flooding at Bay Drive on Middle River in Bowleys Quarters Baltimore, Maryland Septermber 6th, 1979-0906 WMAR-TV (Television Station: Baltimore, Md.) ...
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Essex, Maryland 1980 Revitalization Project

Fire at the Essex Diner, Essex 1980 Revitalization Project Excerpted from https://archive.org/details/WMAR-RAW-001-007 News Storage: September 3-6, 1979 by WMAR-TV (Television ...
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2021 Ghost Hunts

Essex Museum Paranormal Preview Night Friday, October 22, 2021 Join us at the Essex Museum for our Paranormal Preview Night! ...
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Christmas in July at the Essex Museum

Sunday, July 18 from 1 to 4 pm The Museum will be hosting a free Christmas in July event! We’ll ...
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It’s Baseball Season!

Batter Up! It's springtime again in Essex, Maryland and that means baseball and opening day - time to throw out ...
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2020 Heritage Society Annual Holiday Tree Lighting

We are holding our annual Essex Tree Lighting on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 from 5 to 7 pm.  Please join ...
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Christmas in Old Baltimore with Historian Wayne Schaumburg

On Thursday, December 12, 2019 we welcomed Baltimore historian and educator Wayne R. Schaumburg for a talk on “Christmas In ...
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2019 Heritage Society Annual Holiday Open House and Tree Lighting

We are holding our annual Essex Tree Lighting & Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 7th, 2019 from 5 to ...
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2019 History and Haunts Paranormal Expo

The History and Haunts Paranormal Expo was presented by The Baltimore Paranormal Society and The Heritage Society of Essex and ...
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2018 Museum Christmas Tree Lighting

Dec. 8th, 2018: Holiday Tree Lighting and Museum Open House For our 2019 Annual Open House and Tree Lighting we ...
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Baumgartner Collection Book #105: Serving Our Country

Baumgartner Collection Book #105: Serving Our Country Below are some excerpts from the collection. To view all of the clippings, ...
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Baumgartner Collection Book #8 – Essex Middle River Beauty Pageants

Baumgartner Collection Book #8: Essex Middle River Beauty Pageants Download PDF Read PDF online at archive.org ...
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Baumgartner Collection Book #153: Hart, Miller, Pooles Islands

Baumgartner Collection Book #153: Hart, Miller, Pooles Islands Download PDF Read PDF online at archive.org Hart Miller Island is located ...
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Baumgartner Collection Book #13: Citizens of Essex

Baumgartner Collection Book #13: Citizens of Essex Download PDF Read PDF online at archive.org READ ARTICLE: Helen Baumgartner's Beer Can ...
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Baumgartner Collection Book #73: Police and Auxiliary

Baumgartner Collection Book #73: Police and Auxiliary Download PDF View on archive.org Nov. 14, 1962, Eastern Beacon ...
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