Attention Researchers: 

As of August 16, 2018, Special Collections at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society will be available by appointment only. Appointments can be requested Wednesday through Friday and the second Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The appointment request form can be found here.

The main reading room and the general collection will remain available Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will close for lunch on Saturdays, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Please feel free to email specialcollections@mdhs.org with any further questions. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you!

Special Collections includes:

• Manuscript Collections
• Photograph Collections
• Vertical Files
• Maps and Rare Atlases
• Prints, Broadsides, and Works on Paper
• Architectural Drawings and Blueprints
• Oral Histories
• Sheet Music
• Ephemera

For all other research requests, the library remains open Wednesday-Saturday. For more information, visit this link.