Pratt Library participates in Maryland STEM Festival 2017
The Maryland STEM festival kicks off from now until November 12th. The Enoch Pratt Free Library will be offering collaborative and interactive programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to celebrate. Our hands-on programs tap into your creativity and encourage STEM exploration in a fun and engaging way. From cool experiments, to sensory Olympics, even 3D printing, we’ve got something for everyone.
Several programs will be conducted as part of our NASA @ Your Library grant including building a space pod, roving robots, and indoor stargazing.
The NASA@ My Library project is led by the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute. Partners include the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, Pacific Science Center, Cornerstones of Science, and Education Development Center. NASA@ My Library is made possible through the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate as part of its STEM Activation program.
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is proud to announce when the Central Library is fully renovated in 2019, we will be dedicating a room honoring Senator Barbara A. Mikulski. The room will be used for adult literacy and women’s leadership programs. It will include a display of historic artifacts from the Senator’s career in politics. Take a look at this video to see the wonderful partnership between the Senator and the Pratt.
Ever wonder what it was like to be in the United States Naval Academy in 1893? The latest collection on Digital Maryland gives you an inside look at Annapolis, capturing the life of both the institution and the cadets training there. From 1882 to 1902, the title “naval cadet” was used instead of “midshipman”.
Artillery Drill, Naval Academy, 1893
The collection of 150 photographs was taken in 1893 by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952). Johnston, after her graduation from the Notre Dame of Maryland Collegiate Institute in 1883, trained at the Académie Julian in Paris and, upon return home to Washington, D.C. in the mid-1880s, studied photography and was trained in darkroom technique by Smithsonian Director of Photography Thomas Smillie, opening her own studio about 1890.
Cadets in class, 1893
These photographs, which were taken early in her professional career, show the breadth of Johnson’s abilities as both a photojournalist and portrait photographer and an early interest in architectural photography.
Pratt Library participates in Maryland STEM Festival 2017
