Carroll
Museums, Inc. is pleased to announce a $90,000 grant from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to support the revitalization of the
Phoenix Shot Tower. These funds will
be matched 1:1 by City Bond funding secured by Baltimore voters last fall.
Carroll
Museums will use these funds to complete the design and implementation of new
lighting and stair improvements at the Shot Tower. The goal is to improve
safety along the interior stair and have better public access to reach the
tower’s upper floors and roof.
“Carroll
Museums wants to provide an immersive experience at the Tower,” said Paula
Hankins Carroll Museums Executive Director. “One that conveys the scale of the
building and what it might have felt like to be a 19th century Tower worker. We also want guests to experience
the historical narrative of Baltimore
City using the 360 degree
vista from the tower’s top. It’s a living “map” from Fort
McHenry to Baltimore County.”
This
grant is one of 52 that the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority recently awarded
statewide. The grants support heritage tourism projects and activities that
draw visitors and expand economic development and tourism-related job creation
throughout Maryland.
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