Architecture (Palladian and Federal), silver, Baltimore furniture, American history. Homewood offers visitors the chance to explore diverse interests in tremendous depth and provides an intimate look at life in early-19th-century Baltimore.

Homewood Museum provides a year-round calendar of events, including special house tours, concerts, lectures, exhibitions, and docent training.

The Museum publishes a bi-annual newsletter, and an annual report.

The Wine Cellar at Homewood Museum may be rented for private events for up to 50 people. For more information about private event rentals at Homewood Museum, please e-mail The Private Events Office at privateeventsoffice@jhu.edu.

Homewood’s Museum Shop offers a variety of gifts and books reflecting the history of Homewood, the Carroll family, and life in early Baltimore. Many recent regional titles from the JHU Press are featured in the shop and an annual JHU Press event at Homewood extends a special 25% discount on press titles to Homewood members.

Decorative accessories, estate items, and reproductions relating to Homewood and other museum collections make the shop a perfect place to find unusual gifts or mementos of your visit. Jewelry selections range from costume to fine, including selected estate jewelry, a line of freshwater pearls and semi-precious stones, and interesting and beautiful rings, pendants, earrings, bracelets and cuff links made from blue and white Chinese export porcelain set in sterling silver.

Every effort is made to accommodate visitors with special needs. Because of the historic period and age of Homewood Museum, access may require assistance as stairs must be negotiated in order to tour the house. To make the most of your visit, we welcome and encourage any people with disabilities to contact us prior to your visit so that we may better accommodate you. For more information, call 410.516.5589 during regular business hours.