List of museums in Baltimore

This list of museums in Baltimore encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name Neighborhood Area of study Summary
American Visionary Art MuseumFederal HillArtVisionary art
B&O Railroad MuseumWashington VillageRailwayCollection includes 250 pieces of railroad rolling stock, 15,000 artifacts, an outdoor G-scale layout, an indoor HO scale model, and a wooden model train
Babe Ruth Birthplace MuseumDowntown BaltimoreSportswebsite, life & times of Babe Ruth, Baltimore’s native son who became America’s first sports celebrity & an international icon, also the official Museum of the Baltimore Orioles and the archives of the Baltimore Colts and Johnny Unitas
Baltimore Museum of ArtHomewoodArtOver 90,000 works including African, American, Ancient Americas, Antioch Mosaics, Asian, Contemporary, European, Modern, Native American, Pacific Islands, prints, drawings & photographs, sculpture gardens, textiles
Baltimore Museum of IndustryFederal HillIndustryExhibits highlight Baltimore and Maryland's companies and industries, including a cannery, a 1900 garment loft and machine shop, a print shop, Dr. Bunting's Pharmacy (where Noxzema was invented) and the food industry (McCormick, Domino Sugar, Esskay); also home to the steam tugboat Baltimore
Baltimore Streetcar MuseumCharles VillageRailwayHistoric trolleys and electric bus streetcars
Carroll MansionJonestownHistoric house1811 mansion with changing art exhibits
The ContemporaryDowntown BaltimoreArtA nomadic, non-collecting art museum
Cylburn Nature MuseumCylburnNatural historyPart of Cylburn Arboretum
Edgar Allan Poe House and MuseumDowntown BaltimoreBiographicalFormer home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s, currently closed
Eubie Blake Cultural CenterMount VernonArtwebsite, celebrates African American visual and performing arts
Evergreen Museum & LibraryHomewoodHistoric house48-room Gilded Age mansion with exhibits of paintings, decorative arts, rare books, philanthropy, Baltimore's railroad history and more; operated by Johns Hopkins University
Fort McHenryLocust PointMilitaryVisitor center houses exhibits about the history of the fort, the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner
Frederick Douglass Isaac Myers Maritime ParkFell's PointMultiplewebsite, permanent and temporary galleries and interactive learning centers about art, history and maritime history
Historic Ships in BaltimoreDowntown BaltimoreMaritimeHistoric museum ships including the USS Constellation and a lighthouse
Homewood MuseumHomewoodHistoric house1801 Federal-period brick house with 19th-century-period rooms, part of Johns Hopkins University
Irish Railroad Workers MuseumHollins MarketHistoric housewebsite, 5 alley houses where the Irish immigrants who worked for the adjoining B&O Railroad lived, project of the Railroad Historical District Corporation
Jewish Museum of MarylandJonestownEthnic - JewishJewish history and culture in Maryland and beyond, tours of the Lloyd Street Synagogue
Johns Hopkins Archaeological MuseumHomewoodArchaeologyAncient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern antiquities
Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of FameHomewoodHall of fame - sportsHistory of the game of lacrosse
Lovely Lane Museum & ArchivesBarclayReligiouswebsite, operated by the Baltimore-Washington Conference United Methodist Historical Society, history of Baltimore-Washington Conference, important Methodist ministers, bishops and memorabilia
Maryland Art PlaceDowntown BaltimoreArtContemporary art exhibition gallery
Maryland Historical Society MuseumMount VernonHistoryMultiple exhibit spaces featuring the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, quilts, fashion, photography, furniture, and more.
Maryland Institute College of Art GalleriesBolton HillArtThree major gallery spaces mount curated exhibitions by outside artists and exhibitions of faculty and student work: the Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries in the Fox Building and the Pinkard Gallery in the Bunting Center; also several galleries for student art
Maryland Museum of Military HistoryBaltimoreMilitarywebsite, located in the Fifth Regiment Armory
Maryland Science CenterFederal HillScienceDisplays include physical science, space, Earth science, the human body and blue crabs that live in the Chesapeake Bay
Mother Seton HouseMount VernonHistoric houseLocated in Seton Hill Historic District, house where Elizabeth Ann Seton founded a school for girls
Mount Clare Museum HouseCarrollton RidgeHistoric houseMid 18th-century plantation house, operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
National Great Blacks In Wax MuseumOliverWaxFeatures important African American and black Maryland figures
National Museum of DentistryDowntown BaltimoreMedicalDental history, oral health and dentistry professionals
National Slavic MuseumFell's PointEthnic - SlavicPolish and Slavic history museum
Phoenix Shot TowerDowntown BaltimoreIndustrialTower used to produce lead shots, tours operated by the Carroll Mansion
Port DiscoveryDowntown BaltimoreChildren's
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & CultureLittle ItalyAfrican AmericanShows the struggles for self-determination made by African American Marylanders
Robert Long HouseFell's PointHistoric house1765 brick house, operated by the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point
School 33 Art CenterFederal HillArtwebsite, contemporary visual art
Star Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 MuseumLittle ItalyHistoric houseHouse where the "Star Spangled Banner" was sewn; exhibits on War of 1812, period rooms
System Source Computer Museum Hunt Valley Computer History website, collection includes computers, calculators, phones, and more.
University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History MuseumDowntown BaltimoreNursingHistory of the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
Walters Art MuseumMount VernonArt18th- & 19th-century art, Ancient Americas, Ancient Art, Asian, Islamic, Medieval, manuscripts & rare books, Renaissance & Baroque art

Defunct museums
  • American Dime Museum - museum of curiosities, closed in 2006[1][2]
  • Antique Toy Museum, Baltimore, closed in 2012[3][4]
  • B. Olive Cole Pharmacy Museum - was located in the Kelly building at the Maryland Pharmacists Association[5]
  • Baltimore Clayworks, ceramics art center in Mount Washington with public exhibition gallery - closed in 2017 but plans to reopen[6]
  • Baltimore Public Works Museum in the old Eastern Avenue Sewage Pumping Station of 1910 on the east bank of the Jones Falls by Pier 6 and Harbor East area, in the Inner Harbor - closed temporarily in 2010 by the City D.P.W.
  • Contemporary Museum on West Centre Street and Park Avenue in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood on Cathedral Hill, closed in 2012[7]
  • Fells Point Maritime Museum on Thames Street in the Fells Point waterfront community, opened 2004 by the Maryland Historical Society to exhibit its George Radcliffe Maritime Collection extensive but previously hidden in the basement level of the Md.H.S. Monument Street galleries - closed in 2007 with collections returned to Monument Street in Mount Vernon-Belvedere.[8]
  • Geppi's Entertainment Museum - closed in 2018
  • Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting - Closed 2002, collection now at Baltimore Museum of Industry on Francis Scott Key Highway near Federal Hill.[9][10]
  • Museum of Baltimore Legal History - established 1990s in former Orphans Court chambers at the 1896-1900 Clarence Mitchell Baltimore City Courthouse between North Calvert and Saint Paul Streets - open for Courthouse visitors intermittently - historical artifacts/exhibits of Baltimore’s Bench and Bar, managed by the Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation[11]
  • National Pinball Museum - 2014, collection sold off in March 2014[12]
  • Peale Museum / Baltimore City Life Museums - Originally established in old historic Rembrandt Peale museum building of 1814 - former Baltimore City Hall, (1830-1875) - Renovated and opened 1931 as Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore - absorbed 1980s into Baltimore City Life Museums system - Closed 1997 during Baltimore City's Bicentennial celebration - holdings/collections/exhibits transferred to Maryland Historical Society in 1999[13]
  • Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, opened inside historic Camden Street Station of 1857-1865 for the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as their main terminal and headquarters. Renovated/restored exterior in 1992 as part of adjacent Camden Yards sports complex of stadiums - Opened 2005 as sports museum for Maryland by the nearby Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum on Emory Street - closed in 2015
  • American Visionary Art Museum
  • B & O Railroad Museum
  • Baltimore Museum of Art
  • Baltimore Streetcar Museum
  • Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
  • Homewood Museum
  • Maryland Science Center
  • Mount Clare
  • former Sports Legends Museum at historic Camden Street Station (1857–65) of the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - open 2005-2015
  • Star Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum - East Pratt and Albermarle Streets - home of flagmaker Mary Young Pickersgill of the Star-Spangled Banner flag
  • USS U.S.S.

See also

References
  1. http://www.acurse.com/hunt_dimemuseum.html American Dime Museum - description and photos
  2. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7622218 NPR, All Things Considered, February 27, 2007
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2014-08-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Antique Toy Museum, accessed 11/4/2012
  4. "Toy Story". Baltimore Sun. April 25, 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "Bessie Olive Cole". Marland Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 January 2018. The B. Olive Cole Pharmacy Museum was established by the Maryland Pharmacists Association in Honor of Dr. B. Olive Cole, Professor Emerita of Pharmacy Administration, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
  6. "Baltimore Clayworks to reopen with new board, old debt". The Baltimore Sun. September 27, 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  7. http://www.contemporary.org/ Contemporary Museum Baltimore, accessed 10/21/2012
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2013-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Maryland Historical Society: Fells Point Maritime Collection
  9. http://www.bulbcollector.com/article002.html Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting - information about museum founder and the museum
  10. http://www.angelfire.com/pe/pasttech/tour.html Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting - photos
  11. http://www.baltocts.sailorsite.net/about/courthouseguide.pdf
  12. http://nationalpinballmuseum.org
  13. "Peale/Baltimore City Life Museum Photograph Collection". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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