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Mount Clare House Museum is undergoing a reinterpretation and is open by
appointment only. We plan to reopen to the public with regularly
scheduled hours in Summer/Fall 2023 with a museum that explores the
lives of all the people who lived and worked at Mount Clare including
three generations of the Carroll family, as well as their unpaid
laborers including enslaved people, transported convicts from Britain,
and indentured servants. To make an appointment send an email to
director@mountclare.org
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On a rise in the center of Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore stands
Maryland's first museum house and one of the oldest and finest examples
of colonial Georgian architecture in the city.
Mount Clare is a 1760 colonial Georgian home built by one of Maryland’s
leading patriots and one of our first state senators, Charles Carroll,
Barrister, a distant cousin of the Declaration of Independence signer,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Mount Clare was the center of Georgia
Plantation, a self-sufficient plantation with a diverse community. Because
of its exceptional value in interpreting our rich national heritage, Mount
Clare was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
The National Society of the Colonial Dames in America in the State of
Maryland has been the steward of Mount Clare since 1917, and owns the
museum's collection of nearly 3,000 objects from the 18th and 19th
century which includes paintings, furniture, and decorative arts, a majority
of which are on display at Mount Clare. Today, Mount Clare Museum House
educates the public about all aspects of life on an 18th century plantation
including the lives of enslaved Africans and indentured servants.
The museum has one of the finest privately owned decorative arts collections
in the country, most of which belonged to the Carroll family. It is renowned
amongst scholars and collectors alike. The collection consists of English
and Chinese export objects as well as many regional objects and furnishings
from Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. On exhibit are 16 family portraits
by notable artists such as Charles Willson Peale and Robert Edge Pine. This
exceptional collection allows us to provide a remarkably personal
interpretation of life at Mount Clare – a rare treat for historic
house visitors.
Mission Statement – Mount Clare Museum House
The purpose of the Mount Clare Museum House is to preserve the circa 1760
historic house and its supporting collections and to engage the public with
the late Colonial and early Federal periods of Maryland’s history and
lifestyles, while focusing on the historic figures who contributed to the
history of Mount Clare. Mount Clare, a National Historic Landmark, was built
by Charles Carroll, Barrister and his wife Margaret Tilghman. The National
Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Maryland and the museum staff
are dedicated to serving a diverse audience by carrying out the above goals
through accurately interpreting the house and providing programs that offer
a variety of learning experiences and enhanced educational opportunities to
all visitors.