More than one visitor has arrived at Historic St. Mary’s City and, scanning the horizon with hand to brow, asked, “So, where’s the city?” This short question has a long answer. Maryland ...

Hundreds of people visited Historic St. Mary's City over the weekend for some participatory history during Tidewater Archaeology Days. They helped search through piles of dirt for artifacts at a ...

The 17th Annual RiverFest is returning to Historic St. Mary’s City on Saturday, September 28, 2024. The festival is free and open to the public, and will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ...

Historic St. Mary’s City is continuing in its attempts to build a new interpretive center, and was recently granted nearly $500,000 by the Maryland Board of Public Works to restart its planning ...

St. Mary’s Fort, which was built in 1634, is roughly the size of a football field. It’s believed to be the fourth-oldest English colony in U.S. history.

There are about 400 graves on the chapel grounds, including 60 to 70 inside the chapel, above, which Historic St. Mary’s City Maryland Heritage Scholar Henry Miller said was the largest cemetery ...

Historic St. Mary's City, a Maryland-based museum and archaeological organization, is opening up a reconstructed 17th-century Catholic Church called the Brick Chapel on Apr. 12.

ST. MARY’S CITY — It’s a tiff by the standards of battle established in this settlement in the 17th century, when fences were burned, livestock slaughtered and homes pillaged. But… ...

Historic St. Mary's City has acquired a mural titled "Leonard Calvert Landing to Establish the Palatinate of Maryland on March 25, 1634." The mural was created by Baltimore artist Robert McGill ...

Historic St. Mary’s City, MD – Historic St. Mary’s City has announced the appointment of Mike Bellis as the new Director of Advancement & Communications. After an extensive national search ...

Historic St. Mary's City (HSMC) is looking to hire a shipmaster for the Maryland Dove. HSMC is Maryland’s founding site where Native Americans, Europeans and Africans came face to face in the 1600s.

And Historic St. Mary’s City does encourage people to visit the fort site. There are daily tours, or you can just walk over to the field and chat with the archaeologists who are at work. They might ...