ATTRACTIONS & RECREATION CENTRAL MARYLAND Maryland 911 Memorial Reddy Gray Burial Site Loudon Park National Cemetery, 3445 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, 410-644-9696 www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/loudonpark.asp Former slave and Civil War Veteran buried in Baltimore’s Loudon Park National Cemetery– the first VA burial site. In the National Park Service Network to Freedom site. Waverly Brewing Company 1625-C Union Ave, Baltimore, 443-438-5765 www.waverlybrewingcompany.com Hosting a quaint beer garden, this is the perfect spot for a seasoned craft beer veteran or a curious casual beer drinker. Edgar Allan Poe House National Historic Landmark 203 N Amity St, Baltimore, 410-462-1763 www.poeinbaltimore.org Baltimore’s Poe House (a NHL) is open year-round. Visit here for events and conversations celebrating Poe’s legacy. $ The Wine Collective Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse Pier 5, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, 410-539-1797 www.historicships.org Built in 1856. Oldest surviving screwpile lighthouse. Contains extensive exhibit of artifacts and information on lighthouses around the Chesapeake region. $ 1700 W 41st St, Ste 490, Baltimore, 443-438-7366 www.winecollective.vin Full winery production facility, tasting room, tapas bar. d e EVENT FACILITIES Evergreen Museum & Library World Trade Center, 401 E Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-767-7911 www.msac.org/node/35491 In Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, memorial commemorates Marylanders who lost their lives in the September 11th terrorist attacks. Free audio tour available. Baltimore Convention Center Sherwood Gardens 4310 Underwood Rd, Baltimore, 410-889-1717 www.sherwoodgardens.org At more than 6 acres, Sherwood Gardens has no gates, fences, or other barriers. Although a private park, the public is invited to stroll throughout the grounds. d e 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-649-7000 www.bccenter.org The premier location for conventions, tradeshows and expositions in the Mid-Atlantic Region. HISTORY & HERITAGE c/o The Johns Hopkins University, 4545 N Charles St, Baltimore, 410-516-0341 www.museums.jhu.edu Italianate mansion with post-Impressionist paintings, rare books, Tiffany glass, Japanese netsuke and Baltimore’s only private theater. Maryland Center for History and Culture 610 Park Ave, Baltimore, 410-685-3750 www.mdhistory.org The Maryland Center for History and Culture collects, preserves, and shares Maryland history through its museum, library, and education programs. d $ Fell’s Point Heritage Trail Tour Maryland Historical Society Museum 1724 Thames St, Baltimore, 410-878-6411 www.explorebaltimore.org Route exploring this maritime community’s special place in national and local history. B&O Railroad Museum e Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, 410-962-4290 www.nps.gov/fomc Fort’s successful defense during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Film, interpretive programs, living history, events. d $ e St. Jude Shrine 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-752-2490 www.borail.org Visit the birthplace of American railroading and see the most important American railroad collection in the world. Seasonal train rides and free parking. d $ 201 W Monument St, Baltimore, 410-685-3750 www.mdhs.org Discover Maryland’s history with Civil War and War of 1812 exhibitions, our nation’s anthem, antique silver, art, furniture, folk art and a Maryland library. d $ Mother Seton House and Historic Seminary Chapel Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum 308 N Paca St, Baltimore, 410-685-6026 www.stjudeshrine.org Nationwide Center of Devotion to St. Jude, Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes. Daily mass, Novena services, Catholic gift shop, Millennium room, bus trips. See ad on page 89. 216 Emory St, Baltimore, 410-727-1539 www.baberuthmuseum.org Learn of the life and times of George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Baltimore’s native son who became an American and international sports celebrity and icon. d $ 600 N Paca St, Baltimore, 410-728-6464 www.stmaryspacast.org The historic site was home to the first Roman Catholic Seminary in the U.S. (1791) and Elizabeth Ann Seton (1808), the first U.S. born canonized saint. d Frederick Douglass Freedom and Heritage Trail and Tour The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum Baltimore Museum of Industry Todd’s Inheritance Historic Site 1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore, 410-727-4808 www.thebmi.org The museum celebrates the innovators, entrepreneurs and workers who propelled this port city into the industrial age and beyond. d $ POBox 3014, Baltimore, 443-983-7974 www.bdx443.com/bbh-tours.html Walk through historic Fells Point to see locations associated with Baltimore abolitionists. A National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. 1601-03 E North Ave, Baltimore, 410-563-3404 www.greatblacksinwax.org More than 150 life-size wax figures and a slave ship replica. Museum details the African-American experience from ancient Africa and slavery to the present. $ Historic Ships in Baltimore Pride of Baltimore II 9000 North Point Rd, Baltimore, 410-477-3784 The Maryland militia used the house as a lookout post during the War of 1812, Battle of North Point. Now a museum and interpretive site. Baltimore Streetcar Museum Top of the World Observation Level 1901 Falls Rd, Baltimore, 410-547-0264 www.baltimorestreetcarmuseum.org Outstanding collection chronicles Baltimore street railway history, 1859-1963. Rides, displays, tours, video and museum store. d $ e 301 E Pratt St, Pier 1, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, 410-539-1797 www.historicships.org Homeport to USS [Constellation], the submarine USS [Torsk], USGC Cutter [Taney], Lightship 116 [Chesapeake] and the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse. d $ Inner Harbor, Baltimore, 410-539-1151 www.pride2.org Pride of Baltimore II is a reconstruction of an early 19th-century Baltimore Clipper. Come aboard for a deck tour or day sail, or sail as guest crew between ports. World Trade Center, 27th Floor, 401 E Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-837-VIEW www.viewbaltimore.org Located atop the world’s tallest regular pentagonal building, it offers a spectacular, unobstructed panoramic view from floor to ceiling windows. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Homewood Museum/The Johns Hopkins University Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture Union Craft Brewing Co. 409 N Cathedral St, Baltimore, 410-727-3565 www.baltimorebasilica.org The first metropolitan cathedral constructed in America after the adoption of the Constitution, completed in 1821. d 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, 410-516-5589 www.museums.jhu.edu One of the nation’s best examples of Federal-period architecture and a NHL. Provides an intimate look at life in early 19th-century Baltimore. $ 830 E Pratt St, Baltimore, 443-263-1800 www.lewismuseum.org Smithsonian affiliate. Exhibits, musical performances, soul food café and more. A National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. d $ The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House 1700 W 41st St, #420, Baltimore, 410-467-0290 www.unioncraftbrewing.com Situated along the Jones Falls, in the historic Woodberry neighborhood of Baltimore. Makes great beer and great company. Carroll Mansion 800 E Lombard St, Baltimore, 410-605-2964 www.carrollmuseums.org Winter home of Charles Carroll, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. Later a saloon, tenement, vocational school, recreation center. $ Irish Shrine and Railroad Workers Museum USS Constellation 301 E Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-539-1797 www.historicships.org The last all-sail war ship built by the U.S. Navy and the only Civil War-era vessel still afloat. Hands-on activities and live cannon firings daily. d $ Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry 918-920 Lemmon St, Baltimore, 410-347-4747 www.irishshrine.org Built in 1848, museum displays the life of an Irish-immigrant family in the 1860s, plus changing exhibits relating to Irish-American history. 844 E Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-837-1793 www.flaghouse.org Birthplace of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen what is now our National Anthem. $ Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & Museum The Walters Art Museum 31 S Greene St, Baltimore, 410-706-0600 www.dentalmuseum.com Celebrate healthy smiles and the unique story of dentistry by sinking your teeth into fun for all ages with interactive exhibits and mouthfuls of toothy history! d $ Jewish Museum of Maryland 600 N Charles St, Baltimore, 410-547-9000 www.thewalters.org Acclaimed by critics as one of America’s greatest art museums with a collection spanning 5,000 years in three buildings in Baltimore’s cultural district. d 15 Lloyd St, Baltimore, 410-732-6400, 1-877-376-7190 www.jewishmuseummd.org Exhibits on Jewish history and culture. Museum has two galleries that host changing exhibits, and exhibit about the Lloyd Street Synagogue. d $ e 844 E Pratt St, Baltimore, 410-837-1793 www.flaghouse.org The Flag House is a historic house museum that preserves the historic 1793 structure and interprets the life of flagmaker Mary Young Pickersgill. d $ Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Place 699 N Charles St, Baltimore, 410-962-5070 www.mvpconservancy.org The first monument to Washington in the United States. Marble column forms centerpiece of the four park squares of Mount Vernon Place, a NHLD. d DESTINATION MARYLAND / 123
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