MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

BALTIMORE CITY

[photo, American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland] American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230 - 3940
(410) 244-1900; fax: (410) 244-5858
e-mail: info@avam.org
web: www.avam.org/

American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland] [photo, American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland] Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum
216 Emory St., Baltimore, MD 21230 - 2203
(410) 727-1539
web: http://baberuthmuseum.org/babe-ruth-birthplace-museum/

Baltimore American Indian Center Heritage Museum
P. O. Box 6050
113 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231 - 6050
(410) 675-3535
e-mail: contact@baicmuseum.org
web: www.baicmuseum.org/



American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2009 (left), June 2019 (right). Photos by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, 901 West Pratt St. (at Poppleton St.), Baltimore, Maryland] Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
901 West Pratt St. (at Poppleton St.), Baltimore, MD 21223 - 2699
(410) 752-2490
e-mail: info@borail.org
web: www.borail.org/


Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, 901 West Pratt St. (at Poppleton St.), Baltimore, Maryland, May 2013. Photo by Adam N. Wexler.

[photo, Baltimore City Fire Museum. 414 North Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland] Baltimore City Fire Museum (Engine House no. 6)
414 North Gay St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 727-2414

Baltimore City Life Museums
33 South Front St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4523
(410) 396-3279
(closed in 1997 - collections transferred to Maryland Historical Society)


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

Baltimore Civil War Museum at President St. Station
601 South President St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 220-0290
e-mail: info@baltimorecivilwarmuseum.com
web: www.baltimorecivilwarmuseum.com/index.html

Baltimore Kickers Club (German soccer memorabilia)
4810 Gunther Ave., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 679-3337
web: www.facebook.com/BaltimoreKickers/

[photo, Baltimore Museum of Art entrance, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland] Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 - 3898
(443) 573-1700; fax: (443) 573-1582
e-mail: info@artbma.org
web: https://artbma.org/


Baltimore Museum of Art entrance, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Upper level, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland] [photo, Upper level (left), Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, February 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


"The Thinker" (right) by Auguste Rodin, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2014. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

[photo, Bethlehem Steele shipyard crane at Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland] Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230 - 5115
(410) 727-4808
e-mail: info@thebmi.org
web: www.thebmi.org/


Bethlehem Steele shipyard crane at Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Baltimore Public Works Museum
see: Public Works Experience

Baltimore Streetcar Museum
P. O. Box 4881
1901 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211 - 4881
(410) 547-0264
web: www.baltimorestreetcarmuseum.org/

[photo, Baltimore Tattoo Museum, 1534 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, Maryland] [photo, Baltimore Tattoo Museum, 1534 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, Maryland]
Baltimore Tattoo Museum
1534 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 522-5800
e-mail: bmoremuseum@gmail.com
web: www.baltimoretattoomuseum.com

Baltimore Tattoo Museum, 1534 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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

Carroll Museums
800 East Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 605-2964; fax: (410) 528-1196
e-mail: info@carrollmuseums.org
web: www.carrollmuseums.org/

[photo, Phoenix Shot Tower, 801 East Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland]

Contemporary (Museum) of Baltimore
P. O. Box 1572, Baltimore, MD 21203 - 1572
(443) 388-8980; fax: (410) 387-7658
e-mail: info@contemporary.org
web: www.contemporary.org/

Cylburn Mansion & Nature Museum
Cylburn Arboretum Association, 4915 Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, MD 21209 - 4698
(410) 367-2217
e-mail: info@cylburn.org
web: http://cylburn.org/

Phoenix Shot Tower, 801 East Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry entrance, 31 South Greene St., Baltimore, Maryland] Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry (Smithsonian affiliate)
31 South Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 1504
(410) 706-0600; fax: (410) 706-8313
e-mail: pcutter@umaryland.edu
web: www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/index.php


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.

Edgar Allen Poe House & Museum*
203 North Amity St., Baltimore, MD 21223
(410) 462-1763
e-mail: poebaltimoremanager@gmail.com
web: www.poeinbaltimore.org/
*(Maryland's first Literary Landmark in the United for Libraries Registry as of Jan. 19, 2020)

[photo, Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland] Evergreen Museum & Library
Johns Hopkins University, 4545 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 516-0341
e-mail: evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu
web: www.museums.jhu.edu/evergreen.php


Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine
2400 East Fort Ave., Baltimore, MD 21230 - 5393
(410) 962-4290, ext. 250; fax: (410) 962-2500
web: www.nps.gov/fomc/index.htm

Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park & Museum
1417 Thames St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 685-0295
web: https://livingclassrooms.org/ourp_fdimmp.php

Geppi's Entertainment Museum (history of pop culture)
Camden Station
301 West Camden St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 625-7060; fax: (410) 625-7090
(closed permanently June 3, 2018 - collection donated to Library of Congress, Washington, DC)

H. L. Mencken House
1524 Hollins St., Baltimore, MD 21223
(410) 878-6411
e-mail: info@baltimoreheritagearea.org
web: www.explorebaltimore.org/places/h-l-mencken-house
(not currently open to the public; possible reopening in 2019)

Historic Ships in Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Maritime Museum)
301 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3134
(410) 539-1797; fax: (410) 539-6238
e-mail: administration@historicships.org
web: www.historicships.org/
(temporarily closed; new water taxi terminal being constructed on current site will house museum exhibits)

[photo, Homewood House (home of Charles Carroll, Jr.), 3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland] Homewood House (home of Charles Carroll, Jr.)
3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 2608
(410) 516-5589
e-mail: homewoodmuseum@jhu.edu
web: www.museums.jhu.edu/homewood.php


Homewood House, 3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

[photo, Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, 3100 Swan Drive, Baltimore, Maryland] Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
Druid Hill Park, Horticulture Division
Dept. of Recreation & Parks, 3100 Swann Drive, Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 396-0008; fax: (410) 523-8456
web: www.rawlingsconservatory.org/

Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, 3100 Swan Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Irish Railroad Workers Museum
920 Lemmon St., Baltimore, MD 21223 - 2605
(410) 347-4747
e-mail: info@irishshrine.org
web: www.irishshrine.org/

James E. Lewis Museum of Art
Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center, Morgan State University
2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, MD 21251 - 0001
(443) 885-3030
e-mail: jelmamuseum@morgan.edu
e-mail: robin.howard@morgan.edu
web: www.jelmamuseum.org/

[photo, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Herbert Bearman Campus, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, Maryland] Jewish Museum of Maryland
Herbert Bearman Campus, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4606
(410) 732-6400; fax: (410) 732-6451
e-mail: info@jewishmuseummd.org
web: http://jewishmuseummd.org/


Jewish Museum of Maryland, Herbert Bearman Campus, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum, 1320 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum
150 Gilman Hall
3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 2608
(410) 516-0383; fax: (410) 516-5218
e-mail: archmuseum@jhu.edu
web: http://archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu/the-collection/

Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
1320 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217
(443) 885-5300
e-mail: lcjmuseum@morgan.edu
web: www.lilliecarrolljacksonmuseum.org/


Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum, 1320 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Lloyd Street Synagogue, 11 Lloyd St., Baltimore, Maryland] Lloyd Street Synagogue (Maryland's first synagogue; nation's third oldest surviving synagogue)
Herbert Bearman Campus, 11 Lloyd St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4606
(410) 732-6400; fax: (410) 732-6451
e-mail: info@jewishmuseummd.org
web: http://jewishmuseummd.org/visiting/lloyd-street-synagogue/


Lloyd Street Synagogue, 11 Lloyd St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Lovely Lane Museum (Conference Archives Library & Museum)
United Methodist Historical Society
2200 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218 - 5805
(410) 889-4458
e-mail: archives-history@bwcumc.org
web: www.lovelylanemuseum.com/
[photo, Fell's Point Visitor Center & Maritime Museum, 1724 Thames St., Baltimore, Maryland] Lucretia B. Fisher (Fell's Point) Visitor Center (includes maritime museum)
1724 Thames St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(closed in 2019; operations moved to Robert Long House)

Maryland Historical Society Museum
201 West Monument St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 4674
(410) 685-3750; fax: (410) 385-2105
e-mail: museum_dept@mdhs.org
web: www.mdhs.org/museum/collections

Lucretia B. Fisher (Fell's Point) Visitor Center, 1724 Thames St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

[photo, Maryland Museum of Military History, Fifth Regiment Armory, 29th Division St., Baltimore, Maryland] Maryland Museum of Military History
5th Regiment Armory, 219 29th Division St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2288
(410) 576-1496
e-mail: info@marylandmilitaryhistory.org
web: www.marylandmuseumofmilitaryhistory.org/

Maryland Museum of Military History, Fifth Regiment Armory, 29th Division St., Baltimore, Maryland, January 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., Baltimore, Maryland] Maryland Science Center
601 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230 - 3803
(410) 685-2370, (410) 685-5225
e-mail: guestservices@marylandsciencecenter.org
web: www.mdsci.org/


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

Maryland Women's Heritage Center
P. O. Box 719, Brooklandville, MD 21022 - 0719
(443) 996-1788; 1-888-631-4445 (toll free)
e-mail: info@mdwomensheritagecenter.org
web: https://mdwomensheritagecenter.org/
(closed until new location is chosen)

Mother Seton House (first American-born Catholic saint)
St. Mary’s Spiritual Center & Historic Site, 600 North Paca St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 1920
(410) 728-6464
web: http://stmaryspacast.org/mother-seton-house/

[photo, Mount Clare Museum House, Carroll Park, 1500 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland] Mount Clare Museum House (Georgian architecture)
P. O. Box 27117
Carroll Park, 1500 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 837-3262; fax: (410) 837-0251
e-mail: director@mountclare.org
web: www.mountclare.org/

Mount Clare Museum House, Carroll Park, 1500 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Museum for Contemporary Art
see: Contemporary Museum

[photo, Museum of Baltimore Legal History, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland] Museum of Baltimore Legal History
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Courthouse, 2nd floor
110 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 962-3252
e-mail: baltimorelegalhistory@gmail.com
web: www.facebook.com/BaltimoreLegalHistory/

Museum of Baltimore Legal History, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Courthouse, 110 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, 2013. Photo by William M. Dunn.

[photo, Dolphin, National Aquarium, East Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland] National Aquarium in Baltimore
Pier III, Baltimore Inner Harbor
501 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3103
(410) 576-3800
web: www.aqua.org/


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

National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
1601-03 East North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21213 - 1409
(410) 563-3404, (410) 563-7809; fax: (410) 563-7806
e-mail: jmartin@greatblacksinwax.org
web: www.greatblacksinwax.org/

National Lacrosse Hall of Fame & Museum
web: www.uslacrosse.org/about-us-lacrosse/museum
(moved to 2 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD)

National Pinball Museum
608 Water Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
(443) 438-1241
(closed permanently March 3, 2013)

Natural History Society of Maryland
P. O. Box 18750
6908 Belair Road, Baltimore, MD 21206
(410) 882-5376
e-mail: nhsm@marylandnature.org
web: http://marylandnature.org/

Peale Museum
(holdings transferred to Maryland Historical Society in 1999)

Pharmacy Museum
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Hall, 1st floor, 20 North Pine St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 1180
(410) 706-7650; fax: (410) 706-4012

[photo, Port Discovery Children's Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, Maryland] Port Discovery Children's Museum
35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4002
(410) 727-8120; fax: (410) 727-3042
e-mail: info@portdiscovery.org
web: www.portdiscovery.org/


Port Discovery Children's Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Public Works Experience (formerly Baltimore Public Works Museum)
Eastern Avenue Pumping Station, Pier VII, 751 Eastern Ave. (at President St.), Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4369
(443) 924-4671
e-mail: info@pwexperience.org
web: https://pwexperience.org/
(opens Oct. 5, 2019 as part of Doors Open Baltimore program)

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culture
830 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 263-1800; fax: (410) 333-1138
e-mail: info.services@lewismuseum.org
web: www.lewismuseum.org/

[photo, Robert Long House, 812 South Ann St., Baltimore, Maryland] Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baltimore, MD
Light Street Pavilion, 301 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 615-7878
e-mail: baltimore@ripleys.com
web: www.ripleys.com/baltimore/

Robert Long House (oldest City residence)
812 South Ann St., Baltimore, MD 21231 - 3403
(410) 675-6750
e-mail: preservationsocietyfellspt@gmail.com
web: www.preservationsociety.com/about-us/robertlong.html

Robert Long House, 812 South Ann St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Rosenberg Gallery
Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204
(410) 337-6477
e-mail: alex.ebstein@goucher.edu
web: www.goucher.edu/academics/studio-art/art-galleries/rosenberg-gallery
[photo, S.S. John W. Brown, 2020 South Clinton St., Baltimore, Maryland] S.S. John W. Brown (Liberty ship)
Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224
(410) 558-0646
e-mail: john.w.brown@usa.net
web: www.ssjohnwbrown.org/

S.S. John W. Brown, 2020 South Clinton St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

[photo, Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, Camden Station, 301 West Camden St., Baltimore, Maryland] Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures
4330 Pimlico Road, Baltimore, MD 21215
(443) 708-7046, (410) 366-0889
e-mail: info@sankofakids.org
web: https://sankofakids.org/

Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards
(410) 727-1539
web: http://baberuthmuseum.org/sports-legends-moving/
(closed Oct. 12, 2015)

Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, Camden Station, 301 West Camden St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum, 844 East Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland] Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
844 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 4403
(410) 837-1793
e-mail: info@flaghouse.org
web: www.flaghouse.org/


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

Steamship Historical Society Collection
Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore
(collection moved to Rhode Island in 2006)

Top-of-the-World Observation Level
World Trade Center, 27th floor
401 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3117
(410) 837-8439; fax: (410) 837-0845
e-mail: bopatotw@gmail.com
web: www.viewbaltimore.org/

University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History Museum
655 West Lombard St., Room 490, Baltimore, MD 21201 - 1579
(410) 706-0674
e-mail: sikorski@umaryland.edu
web: www.nursing.umaryland.edu/about/community/museum/

[photo, Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland] Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 5185
(410) 547-9000
web: http://thewalters.org/


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

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