Private Tour of the Baltimore Immigration Museum June 30, 2024
On Sunday June 30, 2024, the Baltimore Immigration Museum gave a private tour of the museum to members of the German Society.
Members were welcomed to the museum by Brigitte Fessenden, President of the Baltimore Immigration Museum. Brigitte is also a past president of the German Society and serves on the Society’s Board of Directors.
Nicholas Fessenden, Historian for the Immigration Museum, spoke about German immigration to the United States and the role that the port of Baltimore played.
Located in Locust Point, the Baltimore Immigration Museum is housed in the former Immigrant House, which was built in 1904 by the neighboring Deutsche Vereinigte Evangelische Christus Kirche (now the Locust Point Community Church UCC) to provide temporary housing for newly arrived immigrants, especially from Germany.
Members had been encouraged to submit the names of ancestors who landed in Baltimore so that museum databases could be searched for information about those people. During the event, participants were able to sit down with a museum volunteer to review what materials had been found their family members.
Participants also enjoyed coffee, iced tea, and other refreshments, as well as homemade Bienstich (Bee Sting) cake baked by German Society President, Steven Harper.
