News Release

Experience Historic Holidays at Hampton

Experience centuries of holiday traditions during our annual Holidays at Hampton event

NPS Photo / Tim Ervin (NPS volunteer)

News Release Date: November 28, 2022

Contact: Shannon McLucas, 443-691-3002

TOWSON, Md. – Experience how the holiday season was celebrated by those who lived at worked at Hampton by exploring the stories of free and enslaved African Americans, indentured servants, and the Ridgely family on Saturday, December 10th.  Join park staff and volunteers for guided tours, traditional African American storytelling, living history, kid’s activities, a variety of holiday musical performances, and an open house exploration of the mansion decorated for Christmases from the Early Republic to the Twentieth Century.

The mansion will be decorated through January 8, 2023. Mansion tours will be available throughout the holiday season. Please check the website for more information.

Schedule of Events

 Mansion
 Guided Tours 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
 Open House 1:00—8:00 p.m.

 Farm
 Families, Farming, and Freedom guided tour 11:00 a.m.
 Living History and Kids Crafts 11:00—4:00 p.m.
 African American Storytelling by Griots Circle of Maryland 1:00—2:30 p.m.

 Live Music 1:30—7:30 p.m.
 Carolers will rove the grounds outside with sounds of the season.
 Choirs from ConneXions Academy Baltimore and The Larks Junior League of Baltimore will also perform.

Admission: All activities are FREE

Parking: Parking is free. Free shuttle service is available from the parking lot at Towson United Methodist Church at 501 Hampton Lane beginning at noon on Saturday. Limited parking is available at Hampton National Historic Site. ADA parking is available in the upper lot at Hampton NHS. Shuttle service runs from 11:00 a.m.—9:00 p.m.

Accessibility: The mansion, farmhouse, slave quarters, and orangery are all ADA accessible.

Health and Safety Precautions: Due to the ongoing pandemic there will be limited capacity for indoor activities including the mansion tour, visitors should expect to wait outdoors for mansion entrance. Visitors are encouraged to take advantage of other activities going on throughout the park during the day and dress for the weather. Activities take place rain or shine.
 

www.nps.gov/hamp

About Hampton National Historic Site: Hampton National Historic Site, the northernmost former slave plantation in the National Park Service. It was the first site to be designated a National Park due to its architectural significance and its remaining 63 acres include many original structures including a late Georgian-style mansion, slave quarters, and various outbuildings. Hampton is fundamentally the story of its people, as the estate evolved through the actions of the Ridgely family, enslaved African Americans, European indentured servants, and paid laborers within a nation struggling to define its own concept of freedom.