Maya Davis

Maya Davis is the Director of the Riversdale House Museum, the former 19th Century Plantation home in Prince George's County. Prior to her arrival she was the Research Archivist and Legislative Liaison at the Maryland State Archives where she consulted on statewide projects related to the African American experience and facilitated discussions on state legislation and contemplated legislation. Some of her recent projects include the Adam Francis Plummer Portrait Commission, Installation of the Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Statue at the Maryland State House, Annapolis Port Marker project, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Park and Visitor Center. Maya currently serves as a Commissioner on the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and board member at the Maryland Center for History and Culture and Prince George’s County Historical Society. Previously she served as the Interim Director of the Banneker-Douglass Museum, staff at the City Museum of Washington, DC, and Vice Chair of the Annapolis 1864 Commission to Commemorate Maryland Emancipation Day. A native Washingtonian, Maya is a graduate of Howard and George Washington Universities where she obtained degrees in History and Museum Studies.