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Baltimore American Indian Center
113 South Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231 - 1727
(410) 675-3535
web: http://www.baic.org/

B&O Railroad Museum
901 W. Pratt Street
410-752-2490
web: http://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.html
(open Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Baltimore Maritime Museum
Piers 3 & 5, Inner Harbor
410-396-3453
www.baltomaritimemuseum.org
F-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
http://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
Tues-Sat: 10am-4pm
$
web: http://www.baltimorepublicworksmuseum.com/
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
264
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.htm

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.cfm

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
http://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.html
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.

Fells Point Maritime Museum
1724 Thames St.
Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 732-0278
web: www.mdhs.org/explore/maritime

Fire Museum of Maryland
1301 York Road, Lutherville
410-321-7500
www.firemuseummd.org
Sat (May-November): 11am-4pm
Tues-Sat (June-August): 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 and 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.html
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.html

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
http://www.lacrosse.org/museum/index.phtml

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
830 East Pratt Street
(Bottom of I-83 near. President Street )
www.AfricanAmericanCulture,org

Lovely Lane Museum
2200 St. Paul Street
410-889-4458 or 410-889-1512 for tours
www.bwconf.org/archivehistory/index.htm
Thurs-F: 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.html

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.htm

Mount Clare Mansion
Carroll Park
1500 Washington Blvd.
410-837-3262, FAX 410-837-3262
web: www.nscda.org/museums/maryland.htm
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 and 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, Bath 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 and Garden
812 S. Ann Street
410-675-6750
www.preservationsociety.com
web: www.baltimoremd.com/fellstour/12.html
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.html

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: http://www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/MD/177406.htm

University of Maryland School of Nursing Museum
655 W. Lombard Street, 2nd Floor
410-706-1502
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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