HEAT CLOSURE: The outdoor living history exhibits will close June 12, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., due to the heat index. The Visitor Center and the St. John's Site Museum will remain open until 4:00 p.m.

The Struggle for Freedom exhibit has reopened to visitors Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Our maritime exhibit, Maryland Dove, will be away from home port beginning June 15, 2026, to transit to and participate in Sail 250 Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia. 

Exhibits

Your experience awaits at Historic St. Mary’s City! As you arrive on the outdoor grounds, travel the same paths of those that were here over three hundred years ago. Download your copy of our exhibits map below.

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11 Exhibits
  • Brick Chapel (ca. 1667) stands as a symbol of religious tolerance in early Maryland.
  • State House of 1676
  • Garrett Van Sweringen's sympathetically recreated "private inn" on its original foundation
  • Mackall Barn
  • St. John's Site Museum
  • The Struggle for Freedom Exhibit at the Brome Quarter
  • Visitor Center
  • A HSMC staff member is demonstrating how to tan a deer hide in a manner similar to how Native Americans living around the Chesapeake Bay