All Museums in Berlin

Originally built in 1922, this school house was just one of over 5,000 Rosenwald Schools built in the South through the collaboration between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald. These schools were vital in providing an education to African American children until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 desegregated schools nationwide. This school in particular was a remarkable achievement Read more...

Built in 1832 for Isaac Covington and his family, this gable-fronted, Federal-style house was saved from demolition in 1981 and now swerves as a Town museum of local history. In the early 19th century, this house was the home of Robert J. Henry, who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to Berlin. In the 1890s and early 20th century it was Read more...

A 1740s merchant-planter’s home overlooking Assateage Island and scenic Sinepuxent Bay. Rackliffe House was constructed in the 1740s by Captain Charles Rackliffe, the merchant-planter grandson of one of the earliest English immigrants to Maryland’s seaside. The large two-story, three-bay Manor House features Flemish bond brickwork with random glazed headers, a steeply pitched gabled roof with kicked eaves, and large windows. Read more...

Memorabilia associated with Isaiah Fassett, one of the area’s longest surviving Civil War veterans, and other African American Civil War soldiers are in the collections of the Calvin B.Taylor House Museum here in Berlin. Read more...