70th Anniversary Show September 11th – 14th, 2025

Free Admission and Parking

Show Highlights: Exhibits including, Steam Engines (Traction, Portable and Stationary) Gas Engines, Tractors, Saw Mill, Threshing, Shingle Mill & Rock Crusher Demonstrations Daily. Huge Flea Market/Crafts area 200+ Vendors, All exhibits are open from 9 a.m. each day – Show closes on Sunday – 4:00 P.M. Food served daily from breakfast until dusk at the Main Kitchen and the Pit Beef/Ham Kitchen

Special thanks to all volunteers, exhibitors and spectators who attended our 2024 69th annual show. Everyone’s attendance and hard work helped to make this years show a great success as well as one of our biggest yet. It was a great turnout of equipment and displays as well as public spectators. We look forward to seeing all of you again in the 2025 show season.

Be sure to mark your calendar for our spring crank up in April of 2025.

Volunteers, Steam Schools, Donations and Fundraisers!

Volunteers

ATTENTION Teens and High school Students. We are always looking for good help. Helping at our show qualifies for Service Hours for Graduation and other programs (IE. 4-H, etc.) Please Contact Jan Graf at 443-677-3761 if your interested in volunteering.

Steam School

We offer a Steam School Bi-Annually as time and interest permits. This is your chance to learn all about and operate these machines of yesteryear. Contact Jerry Lucabaugh for details. (Click the link below for Contact info)Contacts Page

Donate

Help us fund our steam engine repairs as well as other projects for the show. If you'd like to donate money or time, see any of our Board Members/Directors for more info on donations or how you can help.

Fundraisers

Check out our Fundraising page for our current fundraiser we are running. From Cash Raffles to Gun Raffle Dinners. READ MORE

Vintage Video Highlights from sometime in the 1970s

Special Events

Annual Consignment Sale

Auction begins on Thursday of the show at 9:00 AM. Lots of items. Antiques, collectibles, farm equipment.

Antique/Garden Tractor Fun and Competitive Pull

Friday at 5:00 PM there will be a antique tractor fun pull located at the demo derby track. Saturday at 2:00 PM there will be a garden tractor fun pull at the demo derby track as well. Starting at 4:00 PM the competitive garden tractor pull will begin. Checkout our Contacts page for more info.

Black Smith Demonstrations

See Blacksmithing demonstrations as well as tools and crafted items with members of the Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland. Located next to the Outdoor Stage and Steam engines.

Equipment Operation, Sawmill, Threshing, and Rock Crushing Demonstrations

Don't miss the demonstrations throughout the day. You'll find examples of how Harvest items such as lumber and grains were processed. From Threshing to Milling to Rock Crushing. There are also many smaller displays located throughout the Gas Engine section. Check out our Schedule page for demonstration times.

Check out these videos on YouTube.

Our show was featured on Maryland Farm and Harvest!

Maryland Farm And Harvest featured a members Steam Traction Engine in a episode of "The Way it Works"

Show highlights filmed/photographed by visitors or exhibitors

Our Mission

The objective of the Maryland Steam Historical Society, Inc. shall be to bring together persons interested in steam traction engines, other steam-operated equipment, gas and diesel tractors and engines, antique farm equipment of all kinds, horse operated equipment, and models of all the above, for displaying, education, and demonstrating for the public at a show, for the exchange of information, and for mutual assistance regarding the preservation and operation of this historically valuable machinery.

Check out our Steam Building

Stop by our Steam building for a unique display of stationary engines in operation.

Our Lattner steam boiler provides steam for our soup kitchen as well as steam for all the stationary engines and models in our steam building.
We have a dedicated steam model table where students and hobbyists can display and run their models off of steam.
Stationary Steam engine
Steam Models of all types
Stationary Steam Engine
Hit and Miss engine that has been converted to run on steam
A Scale model of a traction engine
Hercules Hit and Miss Engine

70th Anniversary Show September 11th – 14th, 2025

Free Admission and Parking

Be sure to mark your calendar for our spring crank up in April of 2025.

LIVE MUSIC

GOOD FOOD

Activities for Kids.

Steam Games

Spark Show

Volunteers, Steam Schools, Donations and Fundraisers!

Vintage Video Highlights from sometime in the 1970s

Special Events

Annual Consignment Sale

Antique/Garden Tractor Fun and Competitive Pull

Black Smith Demonstrations

Equipment Operation, Sawmill, Threshing, and Rock Crushing Demonstrations

Check out these videos on YouTube.

Our show was featured on Maryland Farm and Harvest!

Maryland Farm And Harvest featured a members Steam Traction Engine in a episode of "The Way it Works"

Show highlights filmed/photographed by visitors or exhibitors

Our Mission

Check out our Steam Building

Stop by our Steam building for a unique display of stationary engines in operation.

Our Lattner steam boiler provides steam for our soup kitchen as well as steam for all the stationary engines and models in our steam building.

We have a dedicated steam model table where students and hobbyists can display and run their models off of steam.

Stationary Steam engine

Steam Models of all types

Stationary Steam Engine

Hit and Miss engine that has been converted to run on steam

A Scale model of a traction engine

Hercules Hit and Miss Engine

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