Lunch & Learn: Unlocking the Vault: Reopening MD Old Treasury Building

Have you ever wondered what that little building on the State House grounds was, or wished you could go inside it? The Old Treasury Building, the oldest public building in Maryland, will soon reopen after years of careful restoration with a new exhibition. Hear from State Archivist Elaine Rice Bachmann, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property Director Chris Kinzel and Curator Robin Gower how these new exhibits were developed as they share behind-the-scenes stories and images. A short virtual walk-through of the exhibits will also be provided.

Elaine Rice Bachmann was appointed Maryland State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents in July 2021. She began at the Archives in 1994 as curator of the Commission on Artistic Property, which manages the state-owned art collection. Previously she served as Director of Artistic Property, as well as Deputy State Archivist, 2016-2021. She also serves as secretary of the State House Trust. Bachmann graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Art History and received her M.A. from the University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture.

Chris Kintzel, director of the Commission on Artistic Property, joined the Maryland State Archives in the Special Collections department. He has been with the Maryland Commission on Artistic Property since 2007, and was named director in 2023. Kintzel holds a B.A. in History with minors in Classics and Sociology from Western Maryland College, and a M.A in Classics from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a concentration in Roman History, Greek and Roman Mythology, and Roman Religion. In 2003 he earned a graduate certificate in Museum Studies with a concentration in Collections Management from George Washington University.

Robin Gower started as curator of the Maryland Commission on Artistic Property in 2023. Previously she worked for Historic Annapolis, the Baltimore Museum of Industry, and the National Park Service. She received a B.A. in Anthropology with a concentration in Archaeology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in Museum Studies from Indiana University-Indianapolis.

To join virtually visit the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Facebook or Youtube page.

ASL interpretation will be available for attendees.

Presented in partnership with The Maryland State Archives and The Maryland Four Centuries Project.