Maryland Humanities creates and supports educational experiences in the humanities that inspire all Marylanders to embrace lifelong learning, exchange ideas openly, and enrich their communities.

The humanities help us to reflect on the past, understand the present, and shape the future. We believe in the power of lifelong learning in the humanities to create thoughtful citizens and thus strengthen democracy. The humanities offer a rich source of knowledge, an invaluable set of skills that promote rigorous thinking, and challenge us to consider new ideas and alternate points of view.

Maryland Humanities serves about a half a million Marylanders each year, through programs such as One Maryland One Book, Maryland History Day, Museum on Main Street, and other humanities-based programming. We also support other nonprofit organizations and their humanities projects through our Grants program.