MHC brings programs in the humanities to people throughout Maryland. In 2006, MHC reached nearly1.5 million Marylanders through:

	Maryland History Day, reaching annually 12,000 Maryland students
	Chautauqua living history performances at six Maryland community colleges
	Speakers Bureau presentations
	Maryland Center for the Book activities
	Key Ingredients: America by Food exhibition
	Grants to not-for-profits statewide
	Special Initiatives: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Remembrance and Reconciliation

The humanities include archeology, art and architectural history, poetry, comparative religion, ethics, history, jurisprudence, language, literature, philosophy, and related social sciences.