Baltimore Sights

  1. American Visionary Art Museum

    We've got nothing but love for the American Visionary Art Museum. Exclusively showcasing self-taught (or 'outsider' art), AVAM is what every art museum should be: a happy celebration of unbridled creativity utterly free of arts-scene pretension. Some of the work comes from asylums, others are created by self-inspired visionaries, but it's all totally captivating and well worth a long afternoon.

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  2. 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. Trainspotters will be in heat among more than 150 different locomotives, the most comprehensive collection in the country.

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  3. 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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  4. Baltimore Civil War Museum

    A mob of antiwar, slave-owning Marylanders rioted against Union soldiers at the start of the Civil War, and the Baltimore Civil War Museum does an excellent job of documenting the event, the first bloodshed of America's bloodiest conflict.

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  5. Baltimore Maritime Museum

    Shipspotters should consider a visit to the Baltimore Maritime Museum, which does ship tours aboard a Coast Guard Cutter, lightship and submarine.

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  7. 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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  8. Contemporary Museum

    So modern it's probably post, 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. Call or check the website for the latest guerrilla art attack.

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  9. 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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  10. Jewish Museum of Maryland

    Maryland also has traditionally had one 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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  11. Maryland Historical Society

    The Maryland Historical Society, with some 5.4-million artifacts (including the original Star-Spangled Banner manuscript) is technically the largest museum in Maryland. The society building is part scholarly attic, part well-executed peek into the many ingredients that blend into one of America's most mixed-up states.

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  13. 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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  14. National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

    In East Baltimore, 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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  15. Port Discovery

    Swinging into a three-level jungle treehouse, producing a TV show and solving riddles in the Mystery House are a sample of the interactive adventures at Port Discovery , a cool kids' museum where even the adults have fun. The HiFlyer Balloon offers a bird's-eye view of Baltimore, but it's temporarily closed.

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  16. 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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  17. Sports Legends at Camden Yards

    Sports Legends at Camden Yards honors more Maryland athletes (Johnny Unitas, Brooks Robinson, Pam Shriver) and, with almost 40 exhibits, is basically every (American) sports fans' most lascivious fantasy.

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  19. Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum

    The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum is where Mary Pickersgill sewed the gigantic flag that inspired America's national anthem. Today, it's haunted by creepy wax soldiers from the War of 1812.

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  20. Walters Art Gallery

    Don't pass up the Walters Art Gallery, which spans 55 centuries, from ancient to contemporary, with excellent displays of Asian treasures, rare and ornate manuscripts and books and a comprehensive French paintings collection.

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