Reynolds Tavern Exhibit

I wanted to take a moment to follow-up on Genevieve's last entry. Amelia and I are in fact hard at work putting the finishing touches on the off-site exhibits. We were able to complete the small exhibit at Reynolds Tavern which was debuted at the Queen Anne's birthday celebration in February. It was a celebration worthy of the Queen, complete with a lively costumed Queen Anne impersonator and speeches by current British diplomat Dominik Chilcott and Annapolis Mayor, Ellen O. Moyer. Everyone was very interested in the artifacts on display and we got some really positive feed-back!

In this exhibit we included contents from the second cache of materials found in the Reynolds Tavern basement. It is believed that this distinct deposit of materials, which dates to the early 1800's, is related to African Spiritual practices and was possibly used for healing or safeguarding. Material in the cache includes everyday objects such as pieces of broken glass and pottery, oyster shells, rusted nails, crab claws, pieces of smoking pipes and many more objects. The other cache found at Reynolds is still on display at the Banneker-Douglass Museum.

The exhibit at Reynolds includes many other exciting artifacts, all of which were found during excavations at the Tavern in the early 1980s. Be sure to visit the exhibit ... and stay for tea if you can!

For information on visiting Reynolds Tavern visit:
www.reynoldstavern.org/tea.html

To read more about Queen Anne’s birthday celebration see the following links:
www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/02/07-03/Queens-legacy-yields-new-significance-on-344th-birthday.html?ne=1

www.ci.annapolis.md.us/headlines.asp?ID=13666