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Maryland’s Black history has a home. Help us keep the doors open.

For over 40 years, the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum has been the state’s home for African American history and culture, free to every visitor who walks through our doors.

Free isn’t at no cost. Every exhibit, every school field trip, every preserved photograph and oral history is paid for by people who believe this story deserves to be told right.

That’s you.

Your gift impact

• $25 — Puts a Maryland student in front of history they won’t find in a textbook
• $50 — Helps preserve one fragile document, photograph, or artifact
• $100 — Supports a free public program: a lecture, a film, a family day
• $250 — Backs the research behind a new exhibit
• $1,000+ — Helps build the next major exhibition from the ground up

Give monthly. Give once. Give in someone’s name.

Become a sustaining donor. A recurring gift of $10 a month keeps our programs steady year-round.

Double your impact. Many employers match charitable gifts. Ask your HR department, it may cost you nothing to give twice as much.

Honor someone you love. Make a tribute or memorial gift, and we’ll notify the family.

The Ted Mack Museum Visionary Fund

Ted Mack (1934–2025) spent his life making sure Maryland’s African American history survived.

He chaired the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture for eight years, secured the state’s $1 million African American Preservation Grant Program, and expanded representation to every Maryland county. Before that, he served 35 years in the military, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 and becoming the first active-duty officer inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame. In 2022, he became the first African American to receive the Calvert Prize, Maryland’s highest honor in historic preservation.

The Ted Mack Museum Visionary Fund carries that work forward, supporting exhibits and programs at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum.

“Ted worked tirelessly to advocate for the preservation of African American buildings, sites, and cultural history documentation, reaping benefits for generations to come.” — Chanel C. Johnson, Executive Director

A gift to this fund honors a man and continues a mission.

Prefer to give by mail?

The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3). Your gift is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Questions about giving? Contact Chanel C. Johnson at [email protected].

The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Endowment Fund

Help support the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum Endowment Fund, created through a Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) 25th Anniversary Designated Fund​, with a special gift. Consider making a tax-smart donation with appreciated stocks and bonds, qualified charitable distributions (QCD) from an IRA, or a variety of planned gifts. Non-cash donations, such as gifts of appreciated stock, are also accepted for the benefit of this fund. Click below to learn more!

Gift of Stock

If you would like to make a gift of stock, please contact the Executive Director at [email protected].

Cultural Heritage Materials

Donations of historical and cultural materials of all kinds relating to the history of African Americans in Maryland or African American history of national significance. Please visit the collections page for a link to our online database.

Prospective Donor Questionnaire

Interested in donating items to the BDTM collection? If so, please complete our Prospective Donor Questionnaire including photographs of the object (s), and either email it to our Curator of Collections & Exhibitions at martina[email protected] or mail it to:

Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum
84 Franklin Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

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