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The Self-Guided Audio Walking Tours


Explore historic Annapolis on your own schedule and at your own pace…with authoritative, informative and fascinating walking tours, available today from the Historic Annapolis Museum, at 99 Main Street.

Annapolis Audio Tours – Digital Random Access

Begin your Annapolis Adventure with self-guided digital access audio tours, complete with souvenir maps! These random-access digital walking tours allow you to set your own pace, see only what you want to see, and learn more about the rich history of this colonial city. Your $5 purchase includes a souvenir map. Purchase at the Historic Annapolis Museum!

Choose from four theme tours:

Annapolis Highlights – Visit some of the most important buildings and places in Annapolis. We’ve chosen the “must see” sights for those with just a short time to tour, because together they speak to many of the most significant stories in Annapolis history.

African-American Annapolis – From the colonial period to the present, African-Americans have made up about one-third of Annapolis’s population, and have always played an important, though often overlooked role in the town. Share that history as you explore the contribution made by African-Americans to the Annapolis story.

A City Divided: Annapolis during the Civil War – As a slave-owning border state, Maryland straddled the fault line that divided North from South in the years leading to the Civil War. Even though Annapolis was home to many free African -Americans, most white Annapolitans sympathized with the South as tensions mounted. When Civil War erupted in April 1861, Federal troops rushed to secure and occupy Annapolis for the Union. No major military actions took place here, but the city did participate in the conflict in other important ways.

Rebels to Statesmen: Revolution in Annapolis – Visit the places that tell the story of Annapolis during the Revolutionary Era – the long years before and after 1776, when American independence first became a possibility, and then finally a reality. Of national significance, Annapolis’s role in the revolution was an important one – reserve your tour today to find out why!

Stop by the Historic Annapolis Museum to pick up your Annapolis Audio Tour.

For additional information, call 410-267-6656.