THE GLASS-GLEN BURNIE MUSEUM INC

EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THE MSV UTILIZES ITS ENTIRE CAMPUS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.IN FY 2025, THE MSV OFFERED 295 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SERVING 8,365 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - INCLUDING GARDEN LIGHTS, CONCERTS, JUNETEENTH, AND PRIDE AT THE MSV - SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 29,158 PEOPLE. THE MSV MAKERSPACE STUDIO SERVED 1,158 INDIVIDUALS.YOUTH PROGRAMS INCLUDED HANDS-ON ART AND NATURE WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION-RELATED ACTIVITIES. ADULT PROGRAMS ADDRESSED TOPICS INCLUDING VALLEY HISTORY, ART, MUSIC, LITERATURE, AND GARDENING. CONTINUING PROGRAMS INCLUDED VIRTUAL TALKS, GALLERY TALKS, GARDEN TOURS, CURATOR-LED PROGRAMS, AND ART-AND GARDEN-FOCUSED WORKSHOPS. SCHOOL PROGRAMMING ENGAGED 3,880 STUDENTS.THE MSV PROVIDED RENT-FREE USE OF CAMPUS PROPERTY TO THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH CORPORATE UNDERWRITING AND ACCESS INITIATIVES SUCH AS MUSEUMS FOR ALL AND BLUE STAR MUSEUMS, 8,880 NON-MEMBER VISITORS RECEIVED FREE GENERAL ADMISSION, AND 6,075 PEOPLE ATTENDED FREE-ADMISSION COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.THE MUSEUM STORE SUPPORTS REGIONAL ARTISTS THROUGH A CONSIGNMENT PROGRAM. IN FY 2025, WORK BY 66 REGIONAL ARTISTS WAS REPRESENTED.

OUR COLLECTION THE MSV CARES FOR A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 24,400 OBJECTS, ENCOMPASSING SHENANDOAH VALLEY MATERIAL CULTURE; FINE AND DECORATIVE ART COLLECTED BY MSV BENEFACTOR JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. (1910-1992); MINIATURE HOUSES ASSEMBLED BY R. LEE TAYLOR (1924-2000), GLASS'S FORMER PARTNER AND THE MUSEUM'S FIRST CURATOR OF GARDENS; ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FROM THE VALLEY'S WOOD AND GLASS FAMILIES; THE GLEN BURNIE QUEER STUDIES COLLECTION; AND A GARDENS AND GROUNDS COLLECTION.SITUATED ON A 194-ACRE LANDSCAPE, THE MSV INCLUDES A GALLERIES BUILDING, THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE, SEVEN ACRES OF FORMAL GARDENS, PASTURE LAND, AND THE TRAILS AT THE MSV, A 90-ACRE ART PARK.THE OLDEST PORTIONS OF THE GLEN BURNIE HOUSE DATE TO 1793, AND THE HOUSE SITS ON LAND ORIGINALLY CLAIMED IN 1735 BY WINCHESTER FOUNDER JAMES WOOD. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN THE WOOD AND GLASS FAMILIES UNTIL ITS ACQUISITION BY JULIAN WOOD GLASS JR. IN 1952. FOLLOWING GLASS'S DEATH, THE HOUSE AND GARDENS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1997, WITH THE 50,000-SQUARE-FOOT GALLERIES BUILDING OPENING IN 2005.THE TRAILS AT THE MSV OPENED IN 2020 AND NOW FEATURE MORE THAN FIVE MILES OF PAVED AND RUSTIC TRAILS, INTEGRATED WITH LANDSCAPE FEATURES AND OUTDOOR ART.IN FY 2025, THE MSV ACCESSIONED 102 OBJECTS, DEACCESSIONED 103, AND CONSERVED SEVEN, REFLECTING ONGOING CARE AND THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP OF THE COLLECTION.THE MSV ALSO MANAGES ROSE HILL FARM, SITE OF THE CIVIL WAR'S FIRST BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN. THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE ADJACENT TO THE FARMHOUSE OPENED AS ROSE HILL PARK IN 2016 AND INCLUDES A 1.3-MILE WALKING TRAIL, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, PARKING, RESTROOMS, A PLAYGROUND, AND OPEN PLAY FIELDS. A FREE-ADMISSION COMMUNITY PARK, ROSE HILL IS CO-MANAGED WITH THE FREDERICK COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.THE MSV IS SUPPORTED BY THE GLASSGLEN BURNIE FOUNDATION AND OPERATES BOTH THE MSV AND ROSE HILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE FOUNDATION.IN FY 2025, 4,231 MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS JOINED THE MSV, WHILE 1,294 DONORS - INCLUDING 481 NEW SUPPORTERS - AND 40 CORPORATE PARTNERS CONTRIBUTED TO ADVANCING THE MUSEUM'S MISSION. MORE THAN 100 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS GAVE 3,400 HOURS OF SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE MSV.