Category: Contemporary Work Issues

Blast furnace “L”, or “Big L”, in 1978 after it was finished and ready for work.

By Clair Volkening The Explosion In a previous post, I recounted the story of an explosion at Sparrows Point in 1891 which killed four steelworkers. That explosion was one of countless accidents over the mill’s history that injured or killed steelworkers. Now, we move one-hundred years into the future, to 1990, to tell the story […]

The Baltimore Museum of Industry celebrates the dignity of work, and can provide a forum for exploring such issues as workers’ rights and workplace equity, providing historical context for contemporary issues that impact our community.

The Baltimore Museum of Industry celebrates the dignity of work, and can provide a forum for exploring such issues as workers’ rights and workplace equity, providing historical context for contemporary issues that impact our community.

About the Book From the publishers: Alec MacGillis’s Fulfillment is not another inside account or exposé of our most conspicuously dominant company. Rather, it is a literary investigation of the America that falls within that company’s growing shadow. As MacGillis shows, Amazon’s sprawling network of delivery hubs, data centers, and corporate campuses epitomizes a land […]

About this Series The BMI’s new Lunch & Learn series provides an opportunity to hear about significant artifacts, collections, and moments in Baltimore’s industrial history from experts at the BMI and other cultural institutions. About the Presenter Dr. Rachel Donaldson is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. In this […]

Old Line Plate is a website dedicated to exploring the foodways and cooking traditions of Maryland. For more than 10 years, Kara Mae Harris has been documenting her journey to find, cook, and eat historic, local recipes. Ms. Harris also maintains a Maryland Recipe Index with over 32,000 listings. Learn more from WYPR or Chesapeake […]

This program was a partnership with the Applied Information Technology program within the Division of Science, Information Arts and Technologies at The University of Baltimore (UB). UB’s “AstroBees” are participating in NASA’s Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Design Challenge. This activity provides students with a real-word design experience supporting the Artemis mission to […]

Unions + Workers’ Safety During the Pandemic The Baltimore Museum of Industry partnered with leaders from the Maryland & DC AFL-CIO for a conversation about the role of unions during the pandemic. What protections are in place, and how can unions ensure all working people are treated fairly in the era of COVID-19? Wednesday, September […]

About the Presenters Moderator Lindsey Baker is the Executive Director of Maryland Humanities and co-founder of Baker Cruz Services. She has a Master’s in History and Museum Studies from the University of Delaware and a Bachelor’s in History from Goucher College. Emilia Guevara is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Maryland, College […]