News Releases

National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Deputy Regional Director Kirsten Talken-Spaulding has selected Marie Frías Sauter as superintendent of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Hampton National Historic Site and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, all based in Baltimore. She begins her new role early next year.

On June 26, Hampton National Historic Site will host a public meeting to seek community input regarding the forthcoming Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund-supported restoration projects in the park. The meeting will take place in the Orangery at Hampton National Historic Site from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Hampton National Historic Site will begin to rehabilitate many of its significant historic structures with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund.

Hampton introduces online reservation system through Recreation.gov to accommodate increased demand for mansion tours. Pilot program begins on May 1, 2024.

Hampton National Historic Site announces details for Holidays at Hampton special event scheduled for Saturday, December 9th.

Hampton National Historic Site celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding with a day of special events exploring a legacy of preservation and progress in scholarship and telling all Americans' stories.

After three years of conservation work supported by park partners, Hampton welcomes the return of one of its unique objects, an Erard harp created in 1817.

Superintendent David H. Moore is pleased to announce Robert J. Stewart as the assistant superintendent for Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine located in Baltimore, Maryland and Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Maryland.

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.

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,675,119 visitors to national parks in Maryland spent $246.6 million in the state in 2021. That spending resulted in 2,940 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $344.3 million.