The Lost Towns Project, Inc., in cooperation with the Anne Arundel County Cultural Resources Section, has numerous volunteer opportunities year-round and welcomes newcomers of all levels of experience! Whether you want to assist in the field or in the lab, we have plenty of different experiences offered throughout the week. We have volunteer opportunities in the Anne Arundel County
The Lost Towns Project is a volunteer non-profit and donations assist us in achieving our mission of furthering research into the cultural heritage of the Mid-Atlantic! With your help, we are able to continue public outreach efforts and research into our Mid-Atlantic heritage. Without a doubt, our success is directly tied to our many dedicated
The Lost Towns Project name has been used loosely over the past 25 years to refer to a collection of scholars who have worked in partnership with Anne Arundel County, the Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation and various other history and heritage organizations in the region. Early research revolved around the discovery and investigation
Documenting African American Heritage Sites The Lost Towns Project has been hard at work on two grants sponsored by the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Grant Program and the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to document important sites that speak to African American heritage and the Civil Rights Era. Currently, we just finished developing a multi-media African American Heritage
The Lost Towns Project supports archaeological and historical research throughout the Mid-Atlantic, and is known for successfully managing substantial research grants. The results of its research includes a large collection of publications on archaeological and historical research which you can check out here! With more than 10,000 years of human occupation in “the Land of Pleasant