Foundation Mission Statement

Park Objectives

Park Mission Statement

Facilities List

Exhibition space


Boat Building workshop


Promenade


Bernstein Computer Lab/Digital Arts Center


Founders Room

Rental Rates

 

 


1417 Thames Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Tel:  410.685.0295 x 252
Fax: 410.276.6347

Living Classrooms Foundation Mission Statement

The Living Classrooms Foundation is a non-profit educational organization, operated for the community at large, providing hands-on education and job skills training for students from diverse backgrounds, with a special emphasis on serving at-risk youth. The Foundation uses maritime settings, community revitalization projects and other challenging learning environments, and a low staff to student ratio. Our "learning by doing" education programs emphasize the applied learning of math, science, literacy, history, economics, and ecology. Key objectives of all Living Classrooms programs are career development, community service, elevating self-esteem, and fostering multicultural exchange.

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Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Objectives and Mission Statement

The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, the newest Living Classrooms Foundation facility, has adopted the Foundation motto, "Learning by Doing." In addition to encompassing this philosophy, the Maritime Park pledges to do the following

  • Open and claim a positive presence in the community of Maryland's public history and fine arts sites
  • Become a significant African American heritage tourism site
  • Educate all segments of the visiting public
  • Preserve artifacts while conserving the natural environment
  • Attract those interested in maritime history
  • Function as a viable Living Classrooms facility
  • Contribute to the success of the National Historic Seaport.
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The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park will serve the public in three primary ways

  • Through the site's set operational hours, regularly given tours and availability for public events
  • Through community outreach and special programs
  • Through educational programs with public and private school groups and organizations
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Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Mission Statement

The mission of the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park is to preserve, re-claim, and share the past in order to enrich the present and future.

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Facilities List

Exhibition space

  • Galleries are located in the newly renovated and historic Sugar House (The Alex Brown Maritime Education Center) — The oldest standing industrial building on the Inner Harbor and in a new state of the art visitor center/complex (The Weinberg Education Pavilion).

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Boat building workshop

  • Living Classrooms teachers, students and program participants will recreate famed long boats on the first level of the Sugar House.

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Promenade

  • The newly constructed portion of the waterfront Promenade wraps around the site providing thrilling views of the Inner Harbor and the Baltimore’s 21st Century skyline.

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Bernstein Computer Lab/Digital Arts Center

  • Students from all over the region use state-of-the-art computer
    technology  to create digital images and films of their own.

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Founders Room

  • One of Baltimore’s most sought after gathering places.  An event planner’s delight.  Reserve rooms looking out over the Harbor for events year round.
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Rental Rates

Founders' Room
Year Round:

Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

$600.00 three hour minimum
$150.00 each additional hour

  Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

$1,050.00 three hour minimum
$150.00 each additional hour

  Friday - Sunday
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

$800.00 three hour minimum
$150.00 each additional hour

  Friday - Sunday
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

$1,050.00 three hour minimum
$150.00 each additional hour

Herbert Bearman Gallery
Year Round:

Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

$350.00 three hour minimum
$75.00 each additional hour

  Full Day Retreat
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

$600.00 Flat Rate

Founder's Room & Herbert Bearman Gallery
Year Round:

Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$1875.00 three hour minimum
$550.00 each additional hour

  Friday-Sunday
11:00 am-11:00 pm

$2,375.00 three hour minimum
$550.00 each additional hour

The maximum capacity for the Maritime Park's Founders Room & Annex is 300 persons which include:
guests, event organizers and any other subcontractors such as bands, etc.

Cafe & Terrace
Year Round:
Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$1,750.00 three hour minimum
$450.00 each additional hour

  Friday - Sunday
11:00 am - 11:00 pm

$2,100.00 three hour minimum
$550.00 each additional hour

  Full Day Retreat
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

$600.00 Flat Rate

The maximum capacity for the Maritime Park's Café & Terrace is 120 persons, which includes:
guests, event organizers and any other subcontractors such as bands, etc.

Grounds
Year Round:

Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

$1,500.00 for the duration of the
event for up to 350 persons

  Friday - Sunday
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

$1,800.00 for the duration of the
event for up to 350 persons

Grounds & Pier
Year Round

Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$1,800.00 for the duration of the
event for up to 650 persons

  Friday - Sunday
11:00 am - 11:00 pm

$1,800.00 for the duration of the
event for up to 650 persons

Grounds, Pier & Promenade
Year Round:

Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$2,250.00 for the duration of the event for up
to 900 persons in conjunction with the rental
of the Café & Terrace and Grounds

Grounds, Pier & Promenade
Year Round:

Friday - Sunday
11:00 am - 11:00 pm

$2,250.00 for the duration for the event
for up to 900 persons in conjunction with the
rental of the Café & Terrace and Grounds

An additional $150.00 will be charged to all events with an outside component to cover Baltimore City fees and permits.

Scope of Rental

The Maritime Park asks you to respect that our facilities and campus have been designed to meet the needs of our museum, gallery space and educational programs, not as a professional event facility.

The Maritime Park is wheelchair accessible.

Maritime Park restroom facilities are provided in the museum building.

The Maritime Park will provide a contact person to assist guests and answer any questions or concerns throughout the event; and may assign additional staff, as it deems necessary to cover the event.

Rental of the Maritime Park's campus and facilities does not cover catering of any kind, tables, chairs, tents, additional toilet facilities or other equipment required for the event. The client agrees to administer, make provisions, and pay for all such catering, food, equipment, necessary permits, licenses and insurance.

Client will be permitted to begin set up 2 hours prior to the start of the event and cleanup shall be completed in accordance 1 hour following the contracted ending time of the event.

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Preferred Caterers

Agape House Catering
Reverend Edward G. Robinson
222 N. Carrollton Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
410-728-2222
410-523-0919 (fax)
Elderrobinson2003@yahoo.com
www.agapehouseinc.org
Class Act Catering
James “Jimmie” Britton
825 Yale Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21229
410-368-1334
410-368-1342 (fax)
classactcatering@verizon.net
A la Carte Distinctive Catering
Daniel Raffel
3313 Southern Avenue, Suite 220
Baltimore, MD 21214
410-608-3500
DANIEL@ALACARTECATERING.COM
www.AlaCartecatering.com
Classic Catering
Alan Pressman
99 Painters Mill Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-356-1666
410-581-9358 (Fax)
apressman@classiccatering.com
www.classiccatering.com
The Black Olive
Dimitris Spiliadin
814 South Bond Street
Fells Point, MD 21231
410-276-7141
410-276-7143 (fax)
dimitris@theblackolive.com
www.theblackolive.com
Forum Caterers
Brian Haysberg
4210 Primrose Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-539-6103
brianh@forumcaterers.com
www.forumcaterers.com
Catering by Crabtree
Connie Crabtree
124 West Montgomery Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
410-332-0273
410-332-0828 (fax)
conniecrabtree@verizon.net
www.cateringbycrabtree.com
Sascha’s Catering
Tara Frascati
5527 Lovegrove Street
Baltimore, MD 2121
410-358-1101
410-764-6562 (Fax)
catering@saschas.com
www.saschas.com
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For more information, contact:

Caprece Jackson-Garrett
410-685-0295 ext 487
caprecejg@douglassmyers.org