Baltimore Tourist Attractions

AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM (800 Key Highway)
http://www.avam.org/

Located in downtown Baltimore, the American Visionary Art Museum refers to itself as “a monument to the failure of words”. Peruse the 35,000 square foot building with six art galleries. Wind your way up the magnificent metal staircase.

BABE RUTH’S MUSEUM (216 Emory Street)
http://baberuthmuseum.org/

Famed slugger’s birthplace houses baseball memorabilia and other sports-related exhibits.

BALTIMORE MARITIME MUSEUM (Pier 3 at Pratt Street)
http://www.historicships.org/

Baltimore’s seagoing heritage is on display. Historic Ships in Baltimore are listed below:

• Sloop-of-War USS Constellation – Pier 1, Inner Harbor
• Submarine USS Torsk – Pier 3, Inner Harbor
• Lightship Chesapeake – Pier 3, Inner Harbor
• USCG Cutter Taney – Pier 5, Inner Harbor
• Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse – Pier 5, Inner Harbor

EDGAR ALLAN POE GRAVE (519 W. Fayette Street – on UMB campus)
http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm

Westminster Church and cemetery are now cared for by the UM Law school staff. Poe and Virgina Clemm along with other prominent Maryland families rest there. People still leave a few pennies in his honor.

SOUTH BALTIMORE
http://www.southbaltimore.com

SOBO / South Bmore/South Baltimore, the Peninsula – Federal Hill & Riverside to Locust Point & Fort McHenry.  This section of Baltimore encompasses neighborhoods from the Inner Harbor and Federal Hill, east to Locust Point and Fort McHenry, south to Port Covington and west to “the stadiums”.

MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER (Key Highway & Light Street)
http://www.mdsci.org/

Serving more than half a million visitors per year, the Maryland Science Center is one of Baltimore Inner Harbor’s main attractions. Entertaining and educational to the young and old alike, it has hands-on exhibits and spectacular displays in the wonderful world of science and technology.

NATIONAL AQUARIUM (501 E. Pratt Street)
http://www.aqua.org/

Is home to more than 5,000 aquatic animals, including sharks and dolphins.

PORT DISCOVERY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM (35 Market Place)
http://www.portdiscovery.org/

The museum’s exhibits and programs are designed for children ages 2-10 years old.  Everyone should be dressed to play.

REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM OF MARYLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN HS/TORY & CULTURE (830 E. Pratt Street)
http://www.lewismuseum.org/

Top 10 “Must See” Exhibit according to U.S. Today.  The museum’s permanent collection is a gateway to the history and living culture of Maryland African Americans. The collection includes art, artifacts, textiles, material culture, photographs, rare books and other items. Some of our largest collections focus on African American military experience, early American jazz recordings, and Maryland community history.

THE CARROLL MUSEUM (800 E. Lombard Street)
http://www.carrollmuseums.org/history/towerhistory.html

The Carroll Mansion is open to the public for guided tours, Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 4 pm. Tours start on the hour and the last tour starts at 3 pm.

HISTORIC SHIPS IN BALTIMORE (301 E. Pratt Street, corner of Light & Pratt Streets)
http://www.historicships.org/constellation.html

• Sloop-of-War USS Constellation – Pier 1, Inner Harbor
• Submarine USS Torsk – Pier 3, Inner Harbor
• Lightship Chesapeake – Pier 3, Inner Harbor
• USCG Cutter Taney- Pier 5, Inner Harbor
• Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse – Pier 5, Inner Harbor

Visitors may choose to visit any one ship, any two ships, or all four ships.

BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART {10 Art Museum Drive)
https://artbma.org/

This museum is free and open to the public. View ever-changing exhibition as well as its various collections.

B & 0 RAILROAD MUSEUM (901 W. Pratt Street)
http://www.borail.org/

On the National Historic landmark, the B & 0 Railroad Museum collects and preserves early American railroading artifacts, especially those from the Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Western Maryland, and other mid-Atlantic lines. Discover nearly 200 items from locomotives and rolling stock dating from 1830 to the present.

FORT McHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT (2400 East Fort Avenue)
http://www.nps.gov/fomc/index.htm

See where history was made at the site of the Fort McHenry Massacre. The grounds are exactly where the Battle of Baltimore was held during the War of 1812 and American troops stopped a British invasion. Francis Scott Key would soon after compose “The Star Spangled Banner”. You can take a self-guided tour.

HORSESHOE CASINO (1525 Russell Street)
https://www.caesars.com/horseshoe-baltimore

Is an urban two-story casino, and is the second largest casino in Maryland with a 122,000 square foot gaming floor.

WALTERS ART MUSEUM (600 N. Charles St., Charles and Centre Streets)
http://thewalters.org/

Is a public art museum founded in 1934 and has a collection of over 22,000 works.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT BALTIMORE (699 N. Charles Street)
https://baltimore.org/listings/washington-monument-and-mount-vernon-place/

The Washington Monument in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, was the first architectural monument planned to honor George Washington, and is the oldest surviving such monument.