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When Baltimore's Peale Museum opened in 1814, it was the first museum in the Americas to feature gas-lit chandeliers.
Two centuries later, it's the first museum in America to offer financial literacy training.
And now it's the first museum in the US to offer an apprenticeships program.
The American Association of Museums announced Tuesday that the Peale is the first museum to offer such a program, the Baltimore Sun reports.
The idea is to give young people the skills they need to find high-paying jobs, and the Peale is the first museum in the US to offer such a program, according to a press release.
The museum's director, Nancy Proctor, says the program is a way to give back to the community that helped build the museum in the first place.
"It's really about giving back to the community that made the museum possible," she tells the Sun.
The first apprentices came to the museum as part of the museum's after-school program, which teaches life skills and financial literacy, among other things.
They're also given the opportunity to work on projects within the museum, such as repairing historic windows.
The program has been running since 1997, and Proctor says she's "thrilled" about the
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