MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

BALTIMORE CITY

American Visionary Art Museum (right), 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, December 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
901 West Pratt St. (at Poppleton St.), Baltimore, MD 21223 - 2699
(410) 752-2490
web: www.borail.org

Baltimore Black Museum
1767 Carswell St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 4908
(410) 243-9600

Baltimore Children's Museum (Port Discovery)
35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4002
(410) 727-8120
web: www.portdiscovery.org

Baltimore City Life Museuems
33 South Front St., Baltimore, MD 21202-4523
(410) 396-3279

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 City Fire Museum. 414 North Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Baltimore Maritime Museum
Piers 3 & 5, Baltimore Inner Harbor
802 South Caroline St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 396-3453
e-mail: admin@baltomaritimemuseum.org
web: www.baltomaritimemuseum.org/

Baltimore Museum of Art, Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Baltimore Public Works Museum
Pier VII, 751 Eastern Ave. (at President St.), Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4369
(410) 396-5565
web: www.ce.jhu.edu/mdcive/public.htm
(open Wed. - Sun., 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Baltimore Streetcar Museum
1901 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211 - 5810
(410) 547-0264
web: www.ce.jhu.edu/mdcive/streetcar.htm

Baltimore's Black American Museum
1767 Carswell St., Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 243-9600
(by appointment)

Carroll Museums
800 East Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 605-2964
e-mail: info@carrollmuseums.org
web: www.carrollmuseums.org

Carroll Mansion
800 East Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 605-2964
(open, April 1 to Oct. 31: Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 4:00 p.m.; Nov. 1 to March 31: by appointment)

Phoenix Shot Tower
801 East Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 605-2964
(open, April 1 to Oct. 31: Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 4:00 p.m.; Nov. 1 to March 31: by appointment)

Cylburn Nature Museum
4915 South Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, MD 21209 - 4698
(410) 396-0180
web: www.cylburnassociation.org/aboutus.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/planetarium.html

Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry entrance (left), Smithsonian affiliate, 31 South Greene St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Evergreen House
4545 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210 - 2601
(410) 516-0341
e-mail: bnowell@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
web: www.jhu.edu/evrgreen/

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

Fell's Point Museum Cultural Program
1631 Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD 21231 - 2925
(410) 228-7886

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine
East Fort Ave., Baltimore, MD 21230 - 4526
(410) 962-4290
e-mail: fomc_superintendent@nps.gov
web: www.nps.gov/fomc/

Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
1417 Thames St., Baltimore, MD 21231
web: www.livingclassrooms.org/Facilities/fdimmp.html

Geppi's Entertainment Museum (history of pop culture)
Camden Station (above Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards)
301 West Camden St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 625-7060; fax: (410) 625-7090
web: www.geppismuseum.com

Great Blacks in Wax Museum
1601 East North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21213 - 1409
(410) 563-3404
web: www.greatblacksinwax.org

Heritage Museum of Art
Hamlet Court, 4509 Prospect Circle, Baltimore, MD 21216 - 1615
(410) 664-6711

H. L. Mencken House
1524 Hollins St., Baltimore, MD
e-mail: secretary@menckenhouse.org
web: www.menckenhouse.org/index.htm
(open by appointment only)

Homewood House (home of Charles Carroll, Jr.)
3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 2608
(410) 516-5589
e-mail: homewood@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
web: www.jhu.edu/~hwdhouse/homewood.html

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
Druid Hill Park, Horticulture Division
Dept. of Recreation & Parks, 3100 Swan Drive, Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 396-0180
web: www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/recnparks/special_facilities.htm

Irish Shrine and Railroad Workers Museum
918 Lemmon St., Baltimore, MD 21223-2605
e-mail: info@irishshrine.org
web: www.irishshrine.org

James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center
Morgan State University
2100 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, MD 21251 - 0001
(443) 885-3030
web: www.murphyfineartscenter.org/jelma.htm

Jewish Museum of Maryland
15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4606
(410) 732-6400
e-mail: info@jewishmuseummd.org
web: www.jhsm.org

Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection
129 Gilman Hall
3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 2608
(410) 516-7556

Lacrosse Museum & National Hall of Fame
113 West University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21210 - 3300
(410) 235-6882
web: www.lacrosse.org/museum/index.phtml

Lovely Lane Museum
United Methodist Historical Society
2200 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 5897
(410) 889-4458
web: www.lovelylanemuseum.com/

Lloyd Street Synagogue, Lloyd St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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

Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House
10 East Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 - 2390
(410) 685-5290
web: www.baltimoremuseums.org/mtvernon.html

Museum for Contemporary Art (see Contemporary Museum)
(410) 783-5720

Museum of Baltimore Legal History
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 2nd floor
111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4403
(410) 962-2820 (Judge James F. Schneider)
(410) 727-5020 (Phillip Sherman)
web: www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/publications/bar_bult/2004/dec04/treasure.htm
(open Tue., Wed., Thurs., 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. & by appointment)

Natural History Society of Maryland
2643 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 4590
(410) 235-6116
web: www.marylandnature.org

Dolphin, National Aquarium, 501 East Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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

Port Discovery Children's Museum
35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 864-2700
e-mail: info@portdiscovery.org
web: www.portdiscovery.org

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culture
830 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 263-1800
web: www.africanamericanculture.org/#

Robert Long House (oldest City residence)
812 South Ann St., Baltimore, MD 21231 - 3403
(410) 675-6750
web: www.preservationsociety.com/PS2005robertlonghouse.html

Rosenberg Gallery (Goucher College)
102 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204
(410) 337-6333
web: www.goucher.edu/rosenberg

Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards
Camden Station, 301 West Camden St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 727-1539
web: www.sportslegendsatcamdenyards.com

Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum, 844 East Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland, March 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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/toptheworld/topoftheworld.aspx

USS Constellation
Pier 1, Baltimore Inner Harbor
301 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3110
(410) 539-4018, (410) 539-1797
e-mail: jheimbach@constellation.org
web: www.constellation.org/

Washington Monument & Museum
Mount Vernon Place
699 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 5185
(410) 396-7931
web: www.baltimoremuseums.org/washington.html

Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland, May 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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