The Peale | |
.jpg) Museum building in 2013 | |
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| Location | 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′30.89″N 76°36′38.28″W / 39.2919139°N 76.6106333°W |
| Built | 1814 |
| Architect | Robert Carey Long, Sr. |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Website | thepeale.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000915 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHL | December 21, 1965[2] |
| Designated BCL | 1971 |
The Peale is a community museum in Baltimore, Maryland, which opened in 2022 after a 5-year renovation. It occupies the first building in the Western Hemisphere to be designed and built specifically as a museum.
Rembrandt Peale's original museum was open from 1814 until 1829. The collection was moved to a new building as the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts. The original building later served as Baltimore's City Hall from 1830 to 1875 and from 1878 to 1887 as one of the first grammar schools and the first high school for African-American students in Baltimore.
The Building was renovated and rededicated in 1931 as the Municipal Museum of Baltimore. It was renovated again starting in 1978 and was reopened in 1981 as the Peale Museum. The Municipal Museum closed in 1997 and the entire collection was moved to the Maryland Historical Society.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Peale's Baltimore Museum". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2009.