CARR’S - ELKTONIA BEACH HERITAGE PARK

Educating our Visitors

Welcome!

We welcome you to the new Carr’s-Elktonia Beach African American Heritage Park experience hosted by the City of Annapolis Department of Recreation and Parks!

You are at one of the highly touted and publicized “places to be.” We recognize that this park has brought a wide range of visitation, expectations, experiences, and outlooks to the park, which is why we haven't curated for you a one-size-fits-all program. This experience you're about to go through will be equitable as our content has been tailored to any visitor's age, abilities, and cultural background. We also respect that people learn differently, and that educational programming should reflect this.

This information you can view while you're at the Park, sitting in the comfort of your home, or even thousands of miles away, because this information is 100% virtual!

Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation and its education partners help put together content for you that puts the historic significance of the Carr's beach experience into context. Interpretive features infused with technology, artefacts, art installations, and in-person education programs will explore various themes. We are also continuing to collect stories through our Elevating Black Voices public engagement process. Check here (link will be here shortly) for ways to contribute your memories of the beaches and of the Jim Crow era in the Annapolis area.

Elevating Black Voices

At the heart of the Carr's-Elktonia African American Heritage Park, we are elevating Black voices and history to ensure that the often-overlooked stories of African American life in Anne Arundel County are heard, celebrated, and preserved. With few sites dedicated to interpreting the African American experience in the region, this site serves as a groundbreaking space where visitors, like yourself, can connect to the deep, complex, and emotional narratives tied to this unique location.

CLICK the Image below that will take you to your educational journey!