MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

BALTIMORE CITY

• Museums, Baltimore City - Origin

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

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

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
www.baic.org (Center)

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

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

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; fax: (410) 962-7058
e-mail: presidentstreetstation@gmail.com
web: http://baltimore.org/listings/historic-sites/baltimore-civil-war-museum-president-street-station

Baltimore Kickers Club (German soccer memorabilia)
4810 Gunther Ave., Baltimore, MD 21206 - 6741
(scheduled to open in summer 2015)
(410) 679-3337
web: www.baltimore-kickers.org/

mailing address: P. O. Box 70165, Rosedale, Maryland 21237

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

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

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

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

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
e-mail: info@carrollmuseums.org
web: www.carrollmuseums.org/home.html

Carroll Mansion
800 East Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 605-2964
web: www.carrollmuseums.org/history/historyindex.html

Phoenix Shot Tower
801 East Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 605-2964
web: www.carrollmuseums.org/history/towerhistory.html

Phoenix Shot Tower, 801 East Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Cylburn Nature Museum
4915 Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, MD 21209 - 4698
(410) 367-2217; fax: (410) 367-7112
e-mail: info@cylburnassociation.org
web: http://cylburn.org/visit-us/nature-museum/

Davis Planetarium (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/planetarium/

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.

mailing address: P. O. Box 23773, Baltimore, MD 21203

Evergreen House
4545 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210 - 2601
(410) 516-0341
e-mail: evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu
web: www.museums.jhu.edu/evergreen.php

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

Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
1417 Thames St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 685-0295, ext. 487; fax: (410) 276-6347
web: www.douglassmyers.org/

Fell's Point Visitor Center & Maritime Museum, 1724 Thames St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

H. L. Mencken House
1524 Hollins St., Baltimore, MD
e-mail: secretary@menckenhouse.org
web: www.menckenhouse.org/wordpress/
(not open to the public)

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

Historic Ships in Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Maritime Museum)
301 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3134
(410) 539-1797
e-mail: administration@historicships.org
web: www.historicships.org/

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

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
Druid Hill Park, Horticulture Division
Dept. of Recreation & Parks, 3100 Swan Drive, Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 396-0008; fax: (410) 523-1341
web: www.rawlingsconservatory.org/

mailing address: 4915 Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, MD 21209

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

mailing address: 1325 Bolton St., Baltimore, MD 21217

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

mailing address: 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251

Jewish Museum of Maryland

Jewish Museum of Maryland, Herbert Bearman Campus, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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

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

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

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

Mother Seton House (first American-born Catholic saint)
600 North Paca St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 1995
(410) 523-3443; fax: (410) 669-8140
e-mail: smscbalto@verizon.net
web: www.stmarysspiritualcenter.org/Mother_Seton_House/Mother_Seton_House.html

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

mailing address: P. O. Box 719, Brooklandville, MD 21022 - 0719

Museum for Contemporary Art (see Contemporary Museum)
(410) 756-0397

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

Museum of Baltimore Legal History, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, 2013. Photo by William M. Dunn.

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

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: www.marylandnature.org

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

Pharmacy Museum
Maryland Pharmacists Association, 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 333, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 727-0746; fax: (410) 727-2253
e-mail: admin@mdpha.com

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

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

Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards
Camden Station, 301 West Camden St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 727-1539
web: http://baberuthmuseum.org/sports-legends-museum/

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

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; fax: (410) 837-0845
web: www.viewbaltimore.org/index.cfm

USS Constellation
Pier 1, Baltimore Inner Harbor
301 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3134
(410) 539-1797; fax: (410) 539-6238
e-mail: administration@historicships.org
web: www.historicships.org/constellation.html

University of Maryland Scool of Nursing Living History Museum, Room 490
655 West Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-2822
e-mail: ritterpusch@son.maryland.edu
web: www.nursing.umaryland.edu/about/community/museum/

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

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