Name
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Neighborhood
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Area of study
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Summary
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American Visionary Art Museum |
Federal Hill |
Art |
Visionary art
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B&O Railroad Museum |
Washington Village |
Railway |
Collection includes 250 pieces of railroad rolling stock, 15,000 artifacts, an outdoor G-scale layout, an indoor HO scale model, and a wooden model train
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Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum |
Downtown Baltimore |
Sports |
Life & times of Babe Ruth, Baltimore’s native son who became America’s first sports celebrity & an international icon, also the official Museum of the Baltimore Orioles and the archives of the Baltimore Colts and Johnny Unitas[1]
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Baltimore Clayworks |
Mount Washington |
Ceramics |
Artists and student studios with public exhibition gallery
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Baltimore Museum of Art |
Homewood |
Art |
Over 90,000 works including African, American, Ancient Americas, Antioch Mosaics, Asian, Contemporary, European, Modern, Native American, Pacific Islands, prints, drawings & photographs, sculpture gardens, textiles
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Baltimore Museum of Industry |
Federal Hill |
Industry |
Exhibits highlight Baltimore and Maryland's companies and industries, including a cannery, a 1900 garment loft and machine shop, a print shop, Dr. Bunting's Pharmacy (where Noxzema was invented) and the food industry (McCormick, Domino Sugar, Esskay); also home to the steam tugboat Baltimore
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Baltimore Streetcar Museum |
Charles Village |
Railway |
Historic trolleys and electric bus streetcars
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Carroll Mansion |
Jonestown |
Historic house |
An 1811 mansion with changing art exhibits
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The Contemporary |
Downtown Baltimore |
Art |
A nomadic, non-collecting art museum
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Cylburn Nature Museum |
Cylburn |
Natural history |
Part of Cylburn Arboretum
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Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum |
Downtown Baltimore |
Biographical |
Former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s
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Eubie Blake Cultural Center |
Mount Vernon |
Art |
Celebrates African American visual and performing arts [2]
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Evergreen Museum & Library |
Homewood |
Historic house |
48-room Gilded Age mansion with exhibits of paintings, decorative arts, rare books, philanthropy, Baltimore's railroad history and more; operated by Johns Hopkins University
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Fort McHenry |
Locust Point |
Military |
Visitor center houses exhibits about the history of the fort, the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner
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Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park |
Fell's Point |
Maritime |
Galleries and interactive learning centers about the role of African Americans in maritime history; operated by Living Classrooms [3]
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G. Krug & Son Ironworks and Museum |
Downtown Baltimore |
Industrial |
Historic blacksmith shop established in 1810
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Historic Ships in Baltimore |
Inner Harbor |
Maritime |
Historic museum ships including the USS Constellation, the Chesapeake (LV-116), and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse
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Homewood Museum |
Homewood |
Historic house |
1801 Federal-period brick house with 19th-century-period rooms, part of Johns Hopkins University
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Irish Railroad Workers Museum |
Hollins Market |
Historic house |
5 alley houses where the Irish immigrants who worked for the adjoining B&O Railroad lived, project of the Railroad Historical District Corporation[4]
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Jewish Museum of Maryland |
Jonestown |
Ethnic - Jewish |
Jewish history and culture in Maryland and beyond, tours of the Lloyd Street Synagogue
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Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum |
Homewood |
Archaeology |
Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern antiquities
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Lovely Lane Museum & Archives |
Barclay |
Religious |
Operated by the Baltimore-Washington Conference United Methodist Historical Society, history of Baltimore-Washington Conference, important Methodist ministers, bishops and memorabilia[5]
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Maryland Art Place |
Downtown Baltimore |
Art |
Contemporary art exhibition gallery
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Maryland Center for History and Culture |
Mount Vernon |
History |
Multiple exhibit spaces featuring the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, quilts, fashion, photography, furniture, and more.
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Maryland Institute College of Art Galleries |
Bolton Hill |
Art |
Three major gallery spaces mount curated exhibitions by outside artists and exhibitions of faculty and student work: the Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries in the Fox Building and the Pinkard Gallery in the Bunting Center; also several galleries for student art
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Maryland Museum of Military History |
Baltimore |
Military |
Located in the Fifth Regiment Armory[6]
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Maryland Science Center |
Federal Hill |
Science |
Displays include physical science, space, and the human body
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Mother Seton House |
Mount Vernon |
Historic house |
Located in Seton Hill Historic District, house where Elizabeth Ann Seton founded a school for girls
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Mount Clare Museum House |
Carrollton Ridge |
Historic house |
Mid 18th-century plantation house, operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
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National Great Blacks In Wax Museum |
Oliver |
Wax |
Features important African American and black Maryland figures
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National Museum of Dentistry |
Downtown Baltimore |
Medical |
Dental history, oral health and dentistry professionals
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National Slavic Museum |
Fell's Point |
Ethnic - Slavic |
Polish and Slavic history museum
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Peale Museum |
Downtown Baltimore |
Community & culture |
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Phoenix Shot Tower |
Downtown Baltimore |
Industrial |
Tower used to produce lead shots, tours operated by the Carroll Mansion
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Port Discovery |
Downtown Baltimore |
Children's |
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Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture |
Little Italy |
African American |
Shows the struggles for self-determination made by African American Marylanders
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Robert Long House |
Fell's Point |
Historic house |
1765 brick house, operated by the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point
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School 33 Art Center |
Federal Hill |
Art |
Contemporary visual art[7]
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Star Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum |
Little Italy |
Historic house |
House where the "Star-Spangled Banner" flag was sewn; exhibits on War of 1812, period rooms
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University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History Museum |
Downtown Baltimore |
Nursing |
History of the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Walters Art Museum |
Mount Vernon |
Art |
18th- & 19th-century art, Ancient Americas, Ancient Art, Asian, Islamic, Medieval, manuscripts & rare books, Renaissance & Baroque art
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