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Museums
and Historic Sites
Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum
216 Emory Street
410-727-1539
e-mail:
babe@baberuthmuseum.com
web: www.baberuthmuseum.com
Daily
(April-October): 10am-5pm
Open until 7pm during Oriole home games
Daily
(November-March): 10am-4pm
$ P
The birthplace of the Sultan of Swat offers
fans an up-close portrait of baseball's greatest star. Also the official Baltimore
Orioles Museum and Baltimore Colts Archives.
Baltimore American Indian Center
113 South Broadway
Baltimore,
MD 21231 - 1727
(410) 675-3535
web: www.baic.org
B&O
Railroad Museum
901 W. Pratt Street
410-752-2490
web: www.borail.org
Daily: 10am-5pm
$ P
Site of the birthplace of American railroading, the
most important collection of railroad artifacts and rolling stock in the Western
Hemisphere, national landmark B&O Roundhouse.
Baltimore
Civil War Museum
601 South President St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4472
(410) 385-5188
web: www.mdhs.org/explore/baltcivilwar
Baltimore Maritime Museum
Piers 3 & 5, Inner Harbor
410-396-3453
web: www.baltomaritimemuseum.org
Fr-Sun (January-February): 10am-5pm
Daily (March-December):
10am-5pm
Open until 7pm in August
$
Tells the fascinating story of
American naval power, enterprise and technology with three historic ships, the
US Coast Guard cutter Taney, the US submarine Torsk, the lightship Chesapeake,
and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse.
Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Highway
410-727-4808
web: www.thebmi.org
M-Sat: 10am -5pm
Sun: Noon-5pm
$ P
A museum dedicated
to preserving the industrial, maritime and labor heritage of Maryland. Programs
include award-winning interactive exhibits and hands-on activities, theater, Scout
programs and tours for seniors.
Baltimore Public Works Museum
751 Eastern Avenue
410-396-5565
web: www.baltimorepublicworksmuseum.com
Tues-Sat: 10am-4pm
$
Explore the fascinating technology behind clean water,
wastewater, recycling, roads, tunnels and bridges. Acquaint yourself with the
essential role of public services each day.
Baltimore
Streetcar Museum
1901 Falls Road
410-547-0264
web: www.baltimoremd.com/streetcar
Sat (June-October): Noon-5pm
Sun (year-round): Noon-5pm
$ P
Collection
of Baltimore street railway vehicles, 1859-1944. Streetcar rides, exhibits, tours,
video program, gift shop
Cylburn Nature Museum
4915 Greenspring Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21209
- 4698
(410) 396-0180
web: www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/MD/177032
Davis
Planetarium (Maryland Science Center)
601 Light St.
Baltimore, MD 21230 - 3803
(410) 685-5225
tdd: (410)
962-0223
web: www.mdsci.org/shows/davis/index
Edgar
Allan Poe House & Museum
203 Amity St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2501
(410) 396-7932
web: www.eapoe.org
Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Center
web: www.eubieblake.org
Evergreen House
4545 N. Charles Street
410-516-0341
e-mail: bnowell@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
web: www.jhu.edu/~evrgreen/evergreen
M-F: 10am-4pm
Sat-Sun 1-4pm
$ P
48-room Italianate home of the
Garrett family (1878-1952) features post-Impressionist paintings, Japanese &
Chinese porcelains and artwork, 35,000 rare books and Baltimore's only private
Russian Theatre by Leon Bakst. Set on 26 acres. Musuem shop.
Fell's
Point Visitor Center
1724-26 Thames St.
Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 675-6750 ext.16
web: www.preservationsociety.com, www.mdhs.org/explore/maritime
Jan-Mar Sun, Tu-Fr 12-5, Sat 11-7
Apr-Nov Sun, Tu-Th 12-5, Fr 11-8, Sat 10-8
Dec Sun, Tu-Fr 12-5, Sat 11-7
Free P
The Visitor Center is operated by the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell's Point and provides information on Fell's Point and the greater Baltimore region. The Center has a gift shop, as well as a museum with exhibits about Fell's Point history. The Preservation Society also conducts walking tours that leave from the museum; reservations can be made by calling the Visitor Center.
Fire Museum of Maryland
1301 York Road, Lutherville
410-321-7500
web: www.firemuseummd.org
Sat (May-Nov): 11am-4pm
Tu-Sat (June-Aug):
11am-4pm
$ P
Hand-drawn, horse-drawn and self-propelled fire-fighting
equipment from 1804. Telegraph system. Films. Discovery room. 1904 Great Fire.
Special events. Museum store.
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine
East Fort Avenue
410-962-4290
e-mail: fomc_superintendent@nps.gov
web: www.nps.gov/fomc
Daily: Summer, 8am-8pm; Winter, 8am-5pm
$; park grounds are Free P
The successful defense of this late 18th-century star-shaped fort on September
13-14, 1814, inspired 35-year-old poet-lawyer Francis Scott Key to write "The
Star-Spangled Banner."
Friends of Hancock's Resolution
2795 Bayside Beach Road, Pasadena
410-255-4048
Sun (April-October): 1-4pm
Free P
One of the few 18th-century
farmsteads of a "Middling Planter" still existing and open to the public
in the Baltimore/Annapolis region. Served as a signal point to warn Baltimore
of the approaching British fleet in the War of 1812.
The Great Blacks in Wax Museum
1601-03 E. North Avenue
410-563-3404
or 410-563-6416
web: www.greatblacksinwax.org
Summer (January 15-October 14): Tues-Sat: 9am-6pm; Sun: Noon-6pm
Winter
(October 15-January14): Tues-Sat: 9am-5pm; Sun: Noon-5pm
Closed Monday except
during February, July and August
$ P
The Great Blacks in Wax Museum, the
nation's first wax museum of African-American history, houses over 100 life-sized,
life-like wax figures in dramatic historical scenes.
Hampton National Historic Site
535 Hampton Lane, Towson
410-823-1309
www.nps.gov/hamp
Daily: 9am-4pm for tours
Grounds open until 5pm
$
P
Hampton's grand estate reflects over 200 years of history and people, including
enslaved and indentured workers. Original mansion, slave quarters, gardens and
furnishings.
Homewood House Museum
3400 N. Charles Street
410-516-5589
e-mail:
homewood@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
web: www.jhu.edu/~hwdhouse/homewood
Tues-Sat: 11am-4pm
Sun: Noon-4pm
$ P
Celebrated for its architectural
ornamentation and detail, the Federal period home of Charles Carroll, Jr. is one
of the finest early 19th-century houses in the United States. This National Historic
Landmark has been exactingly restored and furnished. Museum shop.
Irish
Shrine and Railroad Workers Museum
918 Lemmon Street
Baltimore, MD
21223-2605
e-mail: info@irishshrine.org
web: www.irishshrine.org
The
Jewish Museum of Maryland
15 Lloyd Street
410-732-6400
e-mail:
info@jewishmuseummd.org
web:
www.jhsm.org
Tues-Thurs
& Sun: Noon-4pm
$ P
Includes a museum with two exhibition galleries,
library and two restored historic synagogues: the Lloyd Street Synagogue (1845)
and B'nai Israel Synagogue (1876)
Lacrosse Hall
of Fame Museum
113 West University Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21210 - 3300
(410) 235-6882
web: www.lacrosse.org/museum
Lloyd
Street Synagogue (Maryland's first synagogue)
15 Lloyd St.
Baltimore,
MD 21202 - 4606
(410) 342-7561
e-mail: info@jewishmuseummd.org
web: www.jhsm.org
Lacrosse Hall
of Fame Museum
113 W. University Parkway
web: www.lacrosse.org/museum/index
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
830 East Pratt Street
(Bottom of I-83 near President Street )
web: www.africanamericanculture.org
Lovely
Lane Museum
2200 St. Paul Street
410-889-4458 or 410-889-1512 for
tours
web: www.bwconf.org/archivehistory/index
Th-Fr: 10am-4pm
Tours
every Sunday at Noon
By appointment
Free P
Highlights manuscripts
and artifacts of local Methodist history from the 18th-century to present. Designed
by Stanford White in 1884. Tours, research and workshops available.
Maryland Historical Society Museum
201 West Monument St.
Baltimore,
MD 21201 - 4625
(410) 685-3750
e-mail: library@mdhs.org
web: www.mdhs.org/explore/museum
Mother
Seton House (first American-born Catholic saint)
600 North Paca St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 - 1995
(410) 523-3443
web: www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/baltimore/b13
Mount
Clare Mansion
Carroll Park
1500 Washington Blvd.
410-837-3262, FAX 410-837-3262
web: www.nscda.org/museums/maryland
Tues-Sat: 10am-4pm. Last tour at 3
$ P
Mount Clare was built in 1760, and it became Maryland's first house
museum in 1917. Once owned by Charles Carroll, Barrister, 85 percent of
the objects on view are original to the family.
Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church & Asbury House
10 East Mt.
Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21202 - 2390
(410) 685-5290
Museum
of Baltimore Legal History
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 2nd floor
Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4403
(410) 962-2820 (Judge James F. Schneider)
(410)
727-5020 (Phillip Sherman)
(open Tue., Wed., Thurs., 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. & by
appointment)
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Pier III
501 East Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3103
(410) 576-3800
web: www.aqua.org
$
National Museum of Dentistry
31 South Greene Street
410-706-0600
web: www.dentalmuseum.umaryland.edu
W-Sat: 10am-4pm
Sun: 1-4pm
$
The National Museum of Dentistry,
an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, celebrates the great heritage of
dentistry, its present and its future. The museum's historical artifacts, interactive
exhibitions and engaging programs expand public awareness of the importance of
oral health in overall health.
Natural
History Society of Maryland
2643 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218 - 4590
(410) 235-6116
web:
www.naturalhistory.org
Nine
North Front Street
Shot Tower Park
410-837-6862
By appointment
Free
Circa 1790 home of Baltimore's second mayor, Thorowgood Smith. Features
a Colonial kitchen and an art gallery highlighting the Shot Tower.
Old
Otterbein United Methodist Church
112 West Conway St.
Baltimore, MD
21201 - 2478
(410) 685-4703
web: www.southbaltimore.com/church/Otterbein
Orioles
Museum, Babe Ruth Birthplace &
216 Emory St.
Baltimore, MD 21230 -
2235
(410) 727-1539
web: www.baberuthmuseum.com
Peale
Museum (holdings transferred to Maryland Historical Society in 1999)
Pharmacy Museum
Maryland Pharmacy Association
650 West Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
- 1572
(410) 727-0746
Robert
Long House & Garden
812 S. Ann Street
410-675-6750
www.preservationsociety.com
web: www.baltimoremd.com/fellstour/12
Daily (March 15-December 30): 10am-4pm
Daily (January 2-March 14): Noon-4pm
$
Restored to its 1765 appearance, the house reflects working life of an 18th-century
merchant in its location and furnishings. The L-shaped garden recreates the kind
of colonial garden they may have cultivated.
Rosenberg Gallery
(Goucher College)
102 Dulaney Valley Road
Baltimore,
MD 21204
(410) 337-6333
web: www.goucher.edu/rosenberg
Star-Spangled
Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum
844 E. Pratt Street
410-837-1793
e-mail: info@flaghouse.org
web: www.flaghouse.org
Tues-Sat: 10am-4pm
$ P
Built in 1793, this National Historic Landmark
was the original home of Mary Pickersgill, maker of the flag that flew over Fort
McHenry during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the National
Anthem.
Top-of-the-World Observation Level & Museum
World Trade Center
401 East Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3117
(410)
837-8439
web: www.bop.org/topworld/index
The USS
Constellation Museum
Pier 1, 301 E. Pratt Street
410-539-1797
e-mail: jheimbach@constellation.org
web: www.constellation.org
Daily (October-April): 10am-4:30pm
Daily (May-September): 10am-6pm
$
The USS Constellation Museum offers tours, demonstrations and activities
daily. Discover how thousands of crewmembers lived on board the last all-sail
ship built for the US Navy.
Washington Monument & Museum
Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201
- 5185
(410) 396-1049
web: www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/MD/177406
University
of Maryland School of Nursing Museum
655 W. Lombard Street, 2nd Floor
410-706-1502
web: www.nursing.umaryland.edu
M-W (September-May): 10am-3pm
By appointment
Free
Maryland's only museum of nursing history and heritage!
Jam-packed with original artifacts and photographs, audio and video. Unforgettable
nurse-docents share their stories.
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