Welcome to the Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park & Museum

Welcome to the Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum. . , The Maritime Park and Museum, one of many Living Classrooms Foundation facilities, opened in 2006 and uses our motto "Learning by Doing" to engage visitors through interactive displays, hands-on activities and special programs. The exhibits recount and reclaim stories of Baltimore's African American communities as they developed in and around Baltimore's harbor in historic Fell's Point. It was here that Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers crossed paths. Douglass became a mentor to Myers and their legacies continue to inspire the community they helped build., Living Classrooms Foundation is a non-profit organization that strengthens communities and inspires individuals to achieve their potential through five foundational pillars: Education and Enrichment, Workforce Development, Community Safety and Violence Prevention, Health and Wellness, and Family and Community Programming. We use urban, natural, and maritime resources as "living classrooms" to create diverse programs that are community driven, research-based, and ultimately designed to disrupt the cycle of poverty that can be directly traced to both historic and contemporary racial, social, and economic disparities., Frederick Douglass came to Fell's Point in 1826 when he was 8 years old. At the age of 20, he ran away to claim his freedom. Along with being an orator and writer, Douglass became known as a fierce advocate of education as the key to equality., Isaac Myers was born free in Baltimore in 1835. He along with 14 other influential African Americans, founded the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company, the first black owned and operated shipyard in the United States.