The Celebrate Annapolis Juneteenth Curated Cultural Experience
Freedom
House.
Where culture lives, history speaks, and freedom is remembered beautifully.
The Vision
History, art, music,
and story.
Freedom House is a vibrant cultural destination in the heart of Annapolis where history, art, music, food, and storytelling come together. It is designed as more than a museum — it is an immersive experience celebrating African American history, Juneteenth heritage, and the rich cultural legacy of Annapolis and beyond.
Through powerful exhibits, digital storytelling, live jazz, curated desserts, wine, cultural merchandise, and community-centered programming, Freedom House creates a space where the past is honored, the present is celebrated, and the future is inspired.
Whether you visit for an exhibit, a jazz and dessert evening, a school experience, a private gathering, or simply to connect with the stories that shaped Annapolis — Freedom House is where culture lives, history speaks, and freedom is remembered beautifully.
Three Pillars
What lives here.
History
Immersive exhibits and digital storytelling that surface African American history, Juneteenth heritage, and the deep cultural legacy of Annapolis and beyond.
Culture
Live jazz, curated desserts, wine, cultural merchandise, and gatherings where the past is honored and the present is celebrated together.
Community
Shared histories of African American, Jewish, Greek, and Indigenous peoples — the ways we worked, lived, resisted, and built across lines.
Signature Exhibits
Untold stories, brought forward.
The Crab Pickers
Honoring the hands and hours behind Annapolis's maritime economy — a story of labor, dignity, and quiet endurance.
The Seafarers
Black watermen, navigators, and mariners whose skill shaped the Chesapeake long before their names reached the record.
Royal Blood
Lineage, inheritance, and the sovereign dignity carried across the Middle Passage and into the American story.
Annapolis & Famous Presidents
The city's overlooked role in shaping political power — and the Black lives that stood at the center of it.
Blue Blood
Freedom, courage, and the through-line of resistance that runs from the harbor to the halls of influence.
Freedom House also explores the shared histories of African American, Jewish, Greek, and Indigenous communities — highlighting the ways people worked, lived, resisted, and built community across cultural and racial lines.
Support Freedom House
Help build the doorway.
Freedom House is being built with intention. If you feel called to support this work, share your interest below. A member of the team will be in touch as the project moves forward.
“Freedom House is not a monument. It is a doorway — and every visitor walks through it changed.”
— Dr. Craig Coates