Museum sights in Baltimore
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Baltimore Maritime Museum
For manufactured aquatic wonders, visit the Baltimore Maritime Museum, which consists of a lighthouse (admission free) and four US Naval vessels that visitors can tour. These include a 1930s double-masted lightship, a submarine, a warship that saw action in Pearl Harbor and, most impressive of all, the three-masted 1854 USS Constellation.
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American Visionary Art Museum
One of the most distinctive museums in Baltimore is the American Visionary Art Museum, on the south side of the harbor. This avant-garde gallery showcases the raw genius of ‘outsider’ artists: broken mirror collages, a maniacally embroidered last will, a giant model ship constructed from toothpicks, and other oddities.
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B&O Railroad Museum
The Baltimore & Ohio railway was (arguably) the first passenger train in America, and the B&O Railroad Museum is a loving testament to both that line and American railroading in general. Train spotters will be in heaven among more than 150 different locomotives, the most comprehensive collection in the country.
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Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum
For a dose of American nostalgia head to the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum. It opens the home where Mary Pickersgill sewed the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner poem. Today, it's haunted by creepy wax soldiers from the War of 1812.
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Maryland Historical Society
With more than 5.4 million artifacts, the Maryland Historical Society houses one of the largest collections of Americana in the world, including Francis Scott Key's original manuscript of the 'Star-Spangled Banner.' A new permanent exhibit traces Maryland's maritime history.
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Walters Art Museum
Baltimore's finest museum has an art collection spanning 55 centuries, from ancient to contemporary, with excellent displays of Asian treasures, rare and ornate manuscripts and books, and a comprehensive collection of French paintings. There’s also a great atrium cafe.
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Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
Few states have been as defined by their African American population as Maryland, and the Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, across the street from a pre-Civil War slave market, effectively tells their complex tale.
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Maryland Science Center
The awesome Maryland Science Center features a three-story atrium, tons of interactive exhibits on dinosaurs, asteroids and the human body, and the requisite IMAX theater. Hours change seasonally and it's best to check online or call ahead first.
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Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art, with its massive collection (the early American, Asian and African galleries are particularly impressive) and a lovely sculpture garden, easily competes with its Smithsonian cousins to the south.
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Jewish Museum of Maryland
Maryland had one of the largest, most active Jewish communities in the country; their story is told at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, worth a visit for two of the best-preserved historical synagogues in America.
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Port Discovery
This cool kids' museum, built in a converted fish market, has a playhouse, laboratory, TV studio and even Pharaoh’s tomb. Wear your kids out here. Hours change seasonally so check online or call before you go.
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National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum surreally mixes religious leaders, activists, the Atlantic slave trade and the African American struggle for social justice with…Madame Tussaud's.
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Fell's Point Maritime Museum
The Fell's Point Maritime Museum immerses you in the salt-blooded heritage that is Baltimore's birthright, including its seedy side, such as the smuggling outfits that once operated out of the city.
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Contemporary Museum
The Contemporary Museum loves to ride the cutting edge of art. Auxiliary to the on-site exhibits is the museum's mission of bringing art to unexpected spots around the city.
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Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum
The Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum celebrates the Baltimore native son who happens to be the greatest baseball player in history.
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Sports Legends at Camden Yards
The Sports Legends at Camden Yards honors more Maryland athletes. The museums share hours and tickets for $12/5.
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Baltimore Civil War Museum
Unfortunately the museum is now closed and its future is uncertain, but the building is still worth a look.
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