MUSEUMS

Maryland's long, rich past is accessible through the State's many museums. Some specialize in art, history, and culture or focus on the Chesapeake Bay, a dominant feature of Maryland life and landscape. Others highlight industry, technology, or science.

Besides its traditional museums, the State has museums with living-history and hands-on exhibits. Many historic houses, gardens, and buildings are open to the public year-round or seasonally. In Baltimore, both the Science Center and the National Aquarium host hundreds of Maryland school children every year and provide stimulating and fun weekend excursions for families.

ALLEGANY COUNTY

  • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Boat Replica, Cumberland (301) 729-3136
  • Frostburg Museum, Frostburg (301) 689-6853
  • George Washington Headquarters (Washington's first military command), Cumberland (301) 759-6636
  • History House, Cumberland (301) 777-8678
  • Industrial & Transportation Museum, Cumberland (301) 784-5301
  • Lonaconing Iron Furnace (early 19th-century iron-making), Lonaconing (301) 463-2920
  • Michael Cresap Museum, Oldtown (301) 478-5154
  • Mt. Savage Museum (19th-century Irish laborers home) and Cardinal Mooney House, Mt. Savage (301) 264-4175
  • Thrasher Carriage Museum, Frostburg (301) 777-5905

    ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

    [color photograph of Anne Arundel County Free School, Davidsonville]
    Anne Arundel County Free School,
    Davidsonville, Maryland, April 1999.
    Photo by Diane P. Frese.
  • Anne Arundel County Free School, Davidsonville (410) 647-3126, (410) 573-0840
  • Banneker-Douglass Museum (African-American history & culture), Annapolis (410) 974-2893
  • Barge House Museum (Eastport neighborhood history), Annapolis (410) 268-1802
  • Benson-Hammond House, Glen Burnie (410) 768-9518
  • Captain Salem Avery House (mid-19th-century waterman's life), Shadyside (410) 867-4486
  • Charles Carroll House (early home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of Declaration of Independence), Annapolis (410) 269-1737
  • Chase-Lloyd House (Samuel Chase, signer of Declaration of Independence; Edward Lloyd IV of Continental Congress), Annapolis (410) 263-2723
  • Chesapeake Childrens' Museum, Annapolis (410) 266-0677
  • Epiphany Episcopal Church (World War I history), Odenton (410) 674-8819
  • Fort George G. Meade Museum, Fort Meade (301) 677-6966
  • Frederick Douglass Museum & Cultural Center, Annapolis (410) 295-7233
  • Hammond-Harwood House, Annapolis (410) 263-4683
  • Historic Annapolis Foundation, Annapolis (410) 267-7619
  • Historical Electronics Museum, Linthicum (410) 765-3803
  • London Town Publik House & Gardens, Edgewater (410) 222-1919
  • Maryland State House, Annapolis (410) 974-3400
  • Mitchell Art Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis (410) 626-2556, (410) 263-2371
  • National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade (410) 688-5849
  • State Archives, Annapolis (410) 260-6400
  • U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis (410) 293-2108
  • William Paca House & Garden, Annapolis (410) 263-5553

    BALTIMORE CITY

    [Photograph of Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore City]
    Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, February 1999.
    Photo by Diane P. Frese.
  • American Visionary Art Museum (410) 244-1900
  • Babe Ruth Birthplace & Baseball Center (410) 727-1539
  • Baltimore American Indian Center (410) 675-3535
  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum (410) 752-2392
  • Baltimore Black Museum (410) 243-9600
  • Baltimore Childrens' Museum (410) 727-8120
  • Baltimore City Fire Museum (410) 239-6930
  • Baltimore Civil War Museum (410) 385-5188
  • Baltimore Kickers Club (German heritage) (410) 276-4949
  • Baltimore Maritime Museum, Pier III (410) 396-3453
  • Baltimore Museum of Art (410) 396-7100
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry (410) 727-4808
  • Baltimore Public Works Museum (410) 396-5565
  • Baltimore Streetcar Museum (410) 547-0264
  • Brewer's Park Carroll Mansion (winter home of Charles Carroll, signer of Declaration of Independence) (410) 396-3523
  • Center for World Culture (Asian-Indian) (410) 528-0333
  • Cylburn Nature Museum (410) 396-0180
  • Davis Planetarium (410) 685-5225
  • Edgar Allen Poe House & Museum (410) 396-7932
  • Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Center (410) 625-3113
  • Evergreen House (410) 516-0341
  • Fells Point Museum (410) 228-7886
  • Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine (410) 962-4290
  • Great Blacks in Wax Museum (410) 563-3404
  • Heritage Museum of Art (410) 664-6711
  • Homewood House (home of Charles Carroll, Jr.) (410) 516-5589
  • James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University (443) 885-3030
  • Jewish Museum of Maryland (410) 732-6400
  • Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Museum (410) 516-8221
  • Lacrosse Hall of Fame Museum (410) 235-6882
  • Liberian Museum, Baltimore City College (410) 396-9327
  • Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson Museum (410) 669-7580
  • Lithuanian Hall Museum (410) 795-9318
  • Lloyd Street Synagogue (410) 342-7561
  • Lovely Lane Museum, United Methodist Historical Society (410) 889-4458
  • Maryland Historical Society Museum (410) 685-3750
  • Maryland Science Center (410) 685-2370
  • Mother Seton House (first American-born Catholic saint) (410) 523-3443
  • Mount Clare Mansion & Plantation Museum (Georgian architecture) (410) 837-3262
  • Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting (410) 752-8586
  • Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House (410) 685-5290
  • Museum for Contemporary Art (410) 333-8600
  • Museum of Baltimore Legal History (410) 962-2850, (410) 396-5070
  • National Aquarium (410) 576-3800
  • National Museum of Dentistry (410) 706-8314
  • Natural History Society of Maryland (410) 235-6116
  • Norman & Sarah Brown Art Gallery (410) 542-4900, ext. 239
  • Old Otterbein United Methodist Church (410) 685-4703
  • Pharmacy Museum, Maryland Pharmacy Association (410) 727-0746
  • Robert Long House (oldest city residence) (410) 675-6750
  • Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College (410) 337-6333
  • Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum (410) 837-1793
  • Steamship Historical Society Collection, University of Baltimore Library (410) 837-4334
  • Top-of-the-World Observation Level & Museum, World Trade Center (410) 837-4515
  • USS Constellation, Pier One (reopens July 1999) (410) 539-4018, (410) 539-1797
  • Walters Art Gallery (410) 547-9000
  • Washington Monument & Museum (410) 396-1049

    BALTIMORE COUNTY

  • Banneker Historical Park & Museum, Oella (410) 887-1081/2
  • Fire Museum of Maryland, Lutherville (410) 321-7500
  • Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum, Middle River (410) 682-6122
  • Hampton National Historic Site (house & grounds), Towson (410) 823-1309
  • Lutherville Historical Colored School #24 Museum, Lutherville (410) 825-6114
  • Peter Goff Museum (archaeology), Cockeysville (410) 838-1774

    CALVERT COUNTY

  • Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center, Prince Frederick (410) 535-5327
  • Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons (410) 326-2042
  • Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum, Chesapeake Beach (410) 257-3892
  • Jefferson Patterson Historical Park & Museum (archeological artifacts), St. Leonard (410) 586-8500

    CAROLINE COUNTY

  • Old Harford Town Maritime Center Museum, West Denton (410) 437-6975

    CARROLL COUNTY

  • Carroll County Farm Museum (formerly an alms house), Westminster (410) 876-2667, (410) 848-7775
  • Springdale School, near New Windsor (410) 848-8355
  • Strawbridge Shrine (first Methodist meetinghouse & log cabin), New Windsor (410) 635-2600
  • Sykesville Gate House Museum, Sykesville (410) 549-5150
  • Union Mills Homestead & Grist Mill (Shriver family home & industrial complex), Westminster (410) 848-2288
  • Western Maryland Railway Historical Society Museum, Union Bridge (410) 775-0150

    CECIL COUNTY

  • Brick Meeting House, Rising Sun (410) 658-6850
  • Chesapeake & Delaware Lock Canal Museum (Old Lock Pump House), Chesapeake City (410) 885-5621
  • Colonial Charlestown, Charlestown (410) 287-8262
  • Fair Hill Nature & Environment Center, Elkton (410) 398-4909
  • Historical Society Museum & John F. DeWitt Military Museum, Elkton (410) 398-1790
  • Mount Harmon Plantation (18th century), Earleville (410) 275-8819
  • Paw Building (early Methodist church), Port Deposit (410) 378-2940
  • Rodgers Tavern (early 18th-century building), Perryville (410) 642-6066
  • Upper Bay Museum (early boats, hunting, fishing & Native-American artifacts), North East (410) 287-0672

    CHARLES COUNTY

  • Afro-American Heritage Society & Cultural Center, Waldorf (301) 843-0371
  • Maryland Indian Heritage Society Museum, Waldorf (301) 372-1932
  • McConabie School & Farm Museum, La Plata (301) 934-9175, (301) 743-7558
  • Mudd House Museum (Dr. Samuel A. Mudd treated John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln assassination), Waldorf (301) 934-8464
  • Piscataway-Conoy Museum, Pomonkey (301) 932-2899
  • Port Tobacco Courthouse, One-Room Schoolhouse, and Catslide House, Port Tobacco (301) 934-4313
  • St. Thomas Manor (Georgian mansion), Port Tobacco (301) 934-8245
  • Smallwood House Museum (Revolutionary War General William Smallwood), Marbury (301) 743-7613
  • Thomas Stone National Historic Site (signer of Declaration of Independence), Port Tobacco (301) 934-6027

    DORCHESTER

  • Brannock Maritime Museum, Cambridge (410) 228-6938
  • Dorchester Heritage Museum, Cambridge (410) 228-5530, (410) 228-1899
  • East New Market Heritage Center at the Trading Post, East New Market (410) 228-4840
  • Meredith House & Neild Musuem, Cambridge (410) 228-7953
  • Richardson Maritime Museum, Cambridge (410) 228-4185
  • Spocott Windmill Foundation (historic town buildings), Cambridge (410) 228-7090
  • Stanley Institute (one-room school house & artifacts), Cambridge (410) 228-0401

    FREDERICK COUNTY

  • Barbara Fritchie House and Museum (popularized by Longfellow poem), Frederick (301) 698-0630
  • Brunswick Railroad Museum, Brunswick (301) 834-7100
  • Catoctin Furnace, Catoctin (301) 271-2306
  • Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick (301) 698-0656
  • Frederick Historic Sites & Consortium, Frederick (301) 663-8687
  • George Alfred Townsend Museum (Civil War journalist), & War Correspondents Arch, Gathland State Park, Burkittsville (301) 371-6923, (301) 791-4656
  • Hessian Barracks (Revolutionary War prisoner-of-war barracks), Frederick (301) 663-8687
  • Monocacy National Battlefield (Civil War), Frederick (301) 662-3515
  • Mount Saint Mary's College (Catholic history), Emmitsburg (301) 447-6868
  • National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick (301) 695-1864
  • National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg (301) 447-6606
  • New Market Telegraph & Wire Station Museum, New Market (301) 865-3318/9
  • Roger Brooke Taney Home & Francis Scott Key Museum, Frederick (301) 663-3540
  • Rose Hill Manor Park Children's Museum, Farm Museum, & Carriage Museum, Frederick (301) 694-1648/50
  • Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, Frederick (301) 663-3885

    GARRETT COUNTY

  • Coal Mining Museum & Oral History, McHenry (301) 387-3003
  • Heritage Museum & Genealogical Library (focus on Youghiogheny River Valley), Friendsville (301) 746-5615
  • Spruce Forest Artisan Village & Compton School Museum, Grantsville (301) 895-3332

    HARFORD COUNTY

  • Aberdeen Room Archives & Museum, Aberdeen (410) 273-6325
  • Friends of Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre de Grace (410) 939-0768
  • Havre de Grace Decoy Musuem (410) 939-3739
  • Havre de Grace Maritime Musuem (410) 939-4800
  • Hays Horse Museum, Bel Air (410) 838-7691
  • Liriodendron Foundation (historic house & gardens), Bel Air (410) 838-3942
  • Rock Run Grist Mill, Susquehanna (Rocks) State Park, Jarrettsville (410) 557-7994, (410) 836-6735
  • Skipjack Martha Lewis, Bradshaw 1-800-406-0766 (toll free)
  • Steppingstone Museum, Havre de Grace (410) 939-2299
  • Susquehanna Museum of Havre de Grace (19th-century canal lock facilities), Havre de Grace (410) 477-4406
  • Tudor Hall (John Wilkes Booth family house), Bel Air (410) 838-0466
  • U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen (410) 278-3602

    HOWARD COUNTY

  • African Art Museum of Maryland, Columbia (410) 730-7105, (301) 596-0051
  • Columbia Welcome Center & Archives, Columbia (410) 715-3103
  • Ellicott City B & O Railroad Station Museum, Ellicott City (410) 461-1945
  • Firehouse Museum, Ellicott City (410) 313-2690, (410) 465-0232
  • Howard County Center of African-American Culture, Columbia (410) 715-1921
  • Howard County Historical Society Museum, Ellicott City (410) 461-1050, (410) 366-1284
  • Savage Mill (early industrial buildings & bridge), Savage (410) 792-2820

    KENT COUNTY

  • Geddes Piper House, Chestertown (410) 778-3499, (410) 778-3645
  • Kent County Farm Museum, Kennedyville (410) 778-3757
  • Rock Hall Museum, Rock Hall (410) 639-2296
  • Watermen's Museum, Rock Hall (410) 778-6697

    MONTGOMERY COUNTY

  • Agricultural History Farm Park, Derwood (301) 840-5848
  • Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, (301) 652-9188
  • Beall-Dawson House, Rockville (301) 762-1492
  • Boyds Negro Schoolhouse, Boyds (301) 972-0578
  • Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Tavern Museum, Potomac (301) 739-4200
  • Clara Barton National Historic Site (founder of American Red Cross), Glen Echo (301) 492-6245
  • Dewitt Stetten, Jr. Museum of Medical Research, Bethesda (301) 496-6610
  • Gaithersburg Heritage Museum, Gaithersburg (301) 258-6160
  • George Meany Memorial Archives (labor history), Silver Spring (301) 431-5451
  • Glen Echo Park (early amusement park exhibits), Glen Echo (301) 492-6282
  • John Poole House & General Store (18th-century log building), Poolesville (301) 972-8588
  • Latvian Museum, Rockville (301) 340-1914
  • Montgomery County History Consortium (11 museums) (301) 384-6352
  • National Capital Trolley Museum, Silver Spring (301) 384-6352
  • Needwood Mansion (1857 brick home), Rockville (301) 948-3494
  • Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, Rockville (301) 762-0096
  • Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring (301) 774-0022
  • Seneca Schoolhouse Museum, Poolesville (301) 972-8588
  • Stonestreet Museum of 19th-Century Medicine, Rockville (301) 762-1492
  • Weiner Judaic Museum, Rockville (301) 881-0100

    PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

  • Agricultural Research Hall of Fame, Beltsville (301) 504-9403
  • Agricultural Research Service National Visitor Center, Beltsville (301) 504-9403
  • Airmen Memorial Museum, Suitland (301) 899-8386, 1-800-638-0594 (toll free)
  • Belair Mansion & Belair Stable Museum, Bowie (301) 809-3088
  • Billingsley Manor, Upper Marlboro (301) 627-0730
  • College Park Aviation Museum, College Park (301) 864-6029
  • Darnall's Chance, Upper Marlboro (301) 952-8010
  • Dorsey Chapel, Glenn Dale (301) 352-5544
  • Duvall Tool Museum, Upper Marlboro (301) 627-6074
  • Fort Washington Museum & Park, Fort Washington (301) 763-4600
  • Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt (301) 286-9041
  • Greenbelt Museum, Greenbelt (301) 474-1936
  • His Lordship's Kindness, Clinton (301) 856-0358
  • Howard B. Owens Science Center, Lanham-Seabrook (301) 918-8750
  • Huntington Railroad Museum, Bowie (301) 809-3088
  • Laurel Museum, Laurel (301) 725-7975
  • Marietta House Museum (19th-century furnishings), Glen Dale (301) 464-5291
  • Montpelier Mansion, Laurel (301) 953-1376
  • National Colonial Farm Museum, Accokeek (301) 283-2113
  • Oxon Hill Farm, Oxon Hill
  • Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill (301) 839-7782
  • Patuxent Research Refuge & National Wildlife Visitor Center, Laurel (301) 497-5760
  • Prince George's County Hall of Fame, Upper Marlboro (301) 952-3521
  • Riversdale (Calvert Mansion), Riverdale (301) 864-0420
  • Surratt House Museum (home of Mary Surratt, hanged as conspirator in Lincoln assassination), Clinton (301) 868-1121

    QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

  • Cray House (Kent Island Heritage Society), Stevensville (410) 643-1690
  • Queen Anne's Museum of Eastern Shore Life, Centreville (410) 758-0349
  • Sudlersville Train Station Museum, Sudlersville, Queen Anne's County (410) 778-7384
  • Wright's Chance Museum House (18th-century plantation), Centreville (410) 758-3010

    ST. MARY'S COUNTY

  • Civil War Museum, Point Lookout State Park, Scotland (301) 872-5688
  • Historic St. Mary's City (Maryland's first capital) (301) 862-0960, (301) 862-0990
  • Old Jail Museum, Leonardtown (301) 475-2467
  • Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Patuxent River (301) 863-7418
  • Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, Piney Point (301) 994-1471
  • St. Clement's Island - Potomac River Museum, Colton's Point (301) 769-2222
  • Sotterley Plantation (18th-century tidewater life), Hollywood (301) 373-2280, 1-800-681-0850 (toll free)

    SOMERSET COUNTY

  • Burgess Early Americana Museum, Marion Station (410) 623-8324
  • Eastern Shore Early Americana Museum, Marion (410) 623-8324
  • Fairmount Academy Historical Association (early schoolhouses), Upper Fairmount (410) 651-0351, (410) 651-3945
  • J. Millard Tawes Museum, Crisfield (410) 968-2501
  • Smith Island Center, Crisfield (410) 651-2292
  • Teakle Mansion, Princess Anne (410) 651-2238, (410) 651-3020

    TALBOT COUNTY

  • Academy of the Arts (works on paper), Easton (410) 822-0455
  • Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels (410) 745-2916
  • Museum of Costume, St. Michaels (410) 745-5154
  • Oxford Museum (maritime trade), Oxford (410) 226-5331
  • St. Mary's Square Museum (early town memorabilia), St. Michaels (410) 745-3984
  • Tilghman Island Museum, Tilghman (410) 886-2121
  • Wye Grist Mill (17th-century mill), Wye Mills (410) 827-6909

    WASHINGTON COUNTY

  • Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg (301) 432-5124
  • Barron's Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Museum, Sharpsburg (301) 432-8726
  • Boonsborough Museum of History, Boonsboro (301) 432-6969
  • Civilian Conservation Corps & Barracks Museum (18th-century fort), Big Pool (301) 842-2155
  • Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown (301) 739-4665
  • Hancock Museum, Hancock (301) 678-6308
  • Jonathan Hager House & Museum (town founder), Hagerstown (301) 739-8393
  • Log House Museum & Plumb Grove Mansion (1813 house), Clear Spring (301) 842-2342
  • Miller House Museum & Beaver Creek School, Hagerstown (301) 797-8782
  • Town of Williamsport History Museum, Williamsport (301) 223-7711
  • Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown (301) 739-5727
  • Wilson's General Store & One-Room Schoolhouse, Clear Spring (301) 582-4718

    WICOMICO COUNTY

  • Adkins Museum & Historical Complex (19th-century cannery, doctor's office), Salisbury (410) 749-4871
  • Charles H. Chipman Cultural Center (African-American), Salisbury (410) 749-7361
  • Chesapeake Fire Museum, Hebron (410) 546-3117
  • Pemberton Hall Foundation (1741 home of Col. Isaac Handy), Salisbury (410) 749-0124
  • Poplar Hill Mansion (Georgian house), Salisbury (410) 749-1776
  • Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury (410) 742-4988
  • Whitehaven Heritage Museum (town history), Whitehaven (410) 543-1515

    WORCESTER COUNTY

  • Calvin B. Taylor House Museum, Berlin (410) 641-1019
  • Costen House Museum (home of Pocomoke's first mayor), Pocomoke (410) 957-1297
  • Furnace Town Historic Site (19th-century iron-making), Snow Hill (410) 632-2032
  • Julia A. Purnell Museum (history of Delmarva Peninsula), Snow Hill (410) 632-0515
  • Mt. Zion One-Room School Museum, Snow Hill (410) 632-0669
  • Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, Ocean City (410) 289-4991
  • Sturgis One-Room School House, Snow Hill (410) 957-1913

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