baltimoreheritage / tours

:athletic_shoe: Maps, notes and training materials for historic building, walking, and bike tours in Baltimore, Maryland.

Baltimore Heritage Open Tours

An open-source collection of maps, data, scripts and notes related to Baltimore Heritage tour programs available under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).

What is this?

This repository is of the tour notes, maps and related materials created for use by Baltimore Heritage staff and volunteers. These materials should be considered working documents that may be modified or removed at any time. They include both original research and writing by Baltimore Heritage staff and volunteers alongside excerpts from press accounts and scholarly writing from a variety of sources. Our guided tour programs currently include:

• Behind the Scenes Tours
• Baltimore by Foot Tours
• Baltimore by Bike Tours
• Monumental City Tours
• Private Group Tours

You can find more information about our tours programs on the Baltimore Heritage website or read our guides on how we organize public programs.

Who is Baltimore Heritage?

Founded in 1960, Baltimore Heritage, Inc. is Baltimore’s nonprofit historic and architectural preservation organization. With two staff members, 33 volunteer board members, and a host of volunteers, we work to preserve and promote Baltimore’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. Find us on GitHub or visit our website to learn more about our work.

How can you contribute to these tour materials?

We welcome comments, corrections and additions from anyone with an interest in helping us to these tour materials. Please feel free to submit an issue or fork this respository then make a pull request. We are working on developing an open source style guide and contributor guidelines for this and other projects.