The Museum | Exhibitions | Tours | Gardens | The Museum Shop
| The Historical Society of Talbot County's campus includes a Museum, three Historic Homes, an Auditorium and Tharpe Antiques Shop. The campus is located in charming downtown Easton, near to shops and restaurants. Ample parking is right next to our buildings. |
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The Museum presents exhibitions using artifacts, images and stories that reflect the diversity and cultural heritage of the Talbot County community. The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm and by advance appointment. Admission to the museum is FREE.
Exhibitions
In the Front Exhibit Hall: Native Americans, Quakers, Merchants, Slaves and a wide variety of other people have all influenced Talbot County over the centures.
Tour through the exhibit for an overview of the people and events that made our county what it is. Special Travelling Exhibit in both exhibit spaces in September Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Tours "The Craftsmen and the Collector" Historic Homes Tour Gardens Our Museum Shops
History of Talbot County
Permanent Exhibit
In the Rear Exhibit Hall:
Easton A to Z: A celebration of 300 years
June - August 2010
Easton celebrates its 300th anniversary this year, and the museum is joining in by presenting an alphabetic overview of the town's history.
September 2010
HSTC is proud to host this professionally prepared exhibit, presented by the National Endowment for Humanities. This exhibit examines the profound changes the last century has brought to farming. Through artifacts, photographs, graphic text panels, and interactives, audiences learn about the social, economic, and cultural framework of farms and their surrounding communities. The four sections of this exhibit (the farmhouse, fields, barn, and gathering places in the larger community) explore universal themes of family and community, touching on issues that resonate with farming and non-farming viewers alike.
In conjunction with this exhibit, a variety of programming will be offered to our members and the public. Go to our Programs page (on the bar at the left) for more information
Journey through a cabinetmakers shop, 
a Federal-era home, and the museum/studio of noted architect H. Chandlee Forman on this exciting guided tour! The tour is offered at 11:30 a.m.
Fridays, April through November and costs $5 per person. Tours can be booked any other time by advance notice. For details on this tour, visit the House Tour page.
The Historic Homes Tour is also available for groups - visit our Group Tours page.
Walking Tours of Historic Easton
Pick up a map and take a self-guided tour of Easton's historic downtown area. From the
historic courthouse to Victorian mansions, Easton features numerous
sites that illustrate the fascinating story of Talbot County's
development.
Guided tours are only available for groups of 10 or more by advance appointment at $5 per person.
Frederick Douglass Driving Tour of Talbot County
The Historical Society is pleased 
to present a self-guided driving tour of 14 sites related
to Frederick Douglass' life in Talbot County. The sites chronicle many of the critical moments in Douglass' life, both
as a slave and later as a free man. Visitors will visit Tappers Corners, Cordova, Unionville, St. Michaels, and Easton
as they experience the county through Frederick Douglass' eyes. The map guide is free to the public and copies are
available at the Historical Society of Talbot County, the Talbot County Office of Tourism, and the Easton Welcome &
Resource Center. If you would like to have a copy mailed to you, please contact the Museum staff.
For more information on Douglass' life and times, visit the Historical Society's Frederick Douglass Page
If you have taken the driving tour and would like to tell us what you thought, please click here.
Group Tours
All of our tours and exhibits are open to large groups! If you would
like to bring a large group (10 or more people) to visit the Historical
Society, please visit the Group Tours page for information on booking and costs.
For more
information on tours, email the Museum staff
The Historical Society of Talbot County gardens 
have been created and maintained
through a long generous partnership with the Talbot County Garden Club.
The award-winning gardens feature mature boxwood, a
terraced shade garden, an herb garden, fully established perennial beds,
and fruit and flowering trees. The gardens are open free to the public
Monday through Saturday and are a great verdant escape in downtown
Easton.
The Historical Society of Talbot County operates a small Museum Store in the Museum building that features gift items with historical significance and regional history books.
The society also owns and operates Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts, an antique consignment shop, located across the street from the museum, at 30 South Washington
Street in Easton. All proceeds from the shops support the activities of the historical society.
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Historical Society of Talbot County
25 South Washington Street
Easton, MD 21601
Telephone Number: 410-822-0773
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