Authentic Baltimore

The Walters Art Museum, Graham Auditorium Explore the journey of the John Bourne collection of 300 ancient Americas artifacts from a private collection to the Walters, a public art museum. Using a multi-faceted approach, Senior Objects Conservator Julie Lauffenburger will address how the museum tackled issues of authenticity, over-restoration and materials identification now that the [...]

Kosher Soul February 19, 1-3pm Free with Museum Admission Join culinary historian and Judaics teacher Michael W. Twitty for a cooking demonstration and discussion of how he blends his African American roots in the Deep South with his adopted Jewish culture and faith. Kosher/Soul is about how cooking can reflect personal identity while honoring family, faith, and [...]

Admission General admission to the Walters Art Museum is free. Special exhibitions are paid, ticketed events. Hours Hours of operation for the museum are Wednesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Get directions to the Walters Art Museum, located at 600 North Charles Street in Baltimore’s historic Mt. Vernon Cultural District. Parking is available. Details about visitor policies [...]

Hours Wednesdays through Sundays – 10am – 4pm

The George Peabody Library is a remarkable research library housed in a remarkable building. The goal of the Peabody Library’s first librarian was to build a library that contained the best and latest literature in all branches of knowledge except law and medicine. Begun in 1860, the library collection contains over 300,000 volumes largely from [...]

About The Jewish Museum of Maryland is America’s leading museum of regional Jewish history, culture and community. At the JMM, visitors can uncover the roots of Jewish history in our landmark historic sites – the Lloyd Street Synagogue, built in 1845, now the nation’s third oldest surviving synagogue and B’nai Israel Synagogue, built in 1876 [...]

About Baltimore experienced an avalanche of newly arrived immigrants between 1840 and1850. A large percentage were Irish, coming to America to escape the “Great Hunger,” Ireland’s famine of 1845-1853. They settled in southwest Baltimore and promptly went to work for the vibrant Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The Irish Shrine is part of a larger history-rich [...]

About For hundreds of years, over 80% of the American population lived in semi-isolation on small family farms scattered throughout the countryside. Award-winning Hancock’s Resolution is one of the very few of those farms still remaining. Due to its authenticity and simplicity it is considered a “National Treasure”. It is a small house with a [...]

About The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion is a jewel in the crown of Baltimore’s most distinctive historic homes. A unique example of a building that combines the work of two of America’s most distinguished and influential architects: Stanford White and John Russell Pope, the Mansion epitomizes nineteenth-century Golden Age elegance and grandeur.

Hours Open Year round – Sunday Noon to 5PM Open Saturdays (June through October) Noon – 5PM Admission Adults $7.00 – – – Senior Citizens $5.00 Children (4-11) $5.00 — Children under 4 FREE Family Maximum $24.00

About Housed in President Street Station, one of America’s oldest surviving railroad stations, the BCWM explores the history of Maryland railroads, the escape of the slaves to the north and the station’s role in the Civil War.

About The Reginald F. Lewis Museum is dedicated to be the premier experience and best resource for information and inspiration about the lives of African American Marylanders. The museum seeks to realize its mission by collecting, preserving, interpreting, documenting and exhibiting the rich contributions of African American Marylanders from the state’s earliest history to the [...]

About Visitors to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine should begin at the Visitor Center. A short 10-minute orientation film is shown two times per hour: on the hour and half-past the hour throughout the day. Restrooms, exhibits and a gift shop are also located in the building. Plan to spend about one hour [...]

About Lovely Lane United Methodist Church is an architectural landmark, which houses an active congregation and the United Methodist Historical Society of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. The Society’s interests range from circuit riding Methodist preachers in colonial Maryland to modern Methodist Churches. A museum and research services are available on site. History The cornerstone of this [...]

About The Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum features the historic house where Babe Ruth was born in 1895, along with exhibits and displays on the life and times on the greatest ballplayer of them all and America’s true cultural sports icon. Once inside, visitors thrill to the touch of a real Babe Ruth bat,and get [...]

About St. Mary’s Spiritual Center & Historic Site is unique within the history of the Catholic Church and our nation. This site was home to the first Catholic Seminary (1791), and home to the first U.S. born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton (1808). The Chapel is the first Neo-Gothic church in the U.S., the “Chapelle Basse” [...]

About A hidden jewel in Baltimore’s crown, Mount Clare Museum House resides in Historic Carroll Park in west Baltimore. Built in the Georgian style, Mount Clare was the 18th century summer home of Charles Carroll, Barrister and his wife Margaret Tilghman Carroll. Today Mount Clare, furnished with a world-class collection of Carroll family furnishings, offers [...]

About Public and reserved tours of the Carroll Mansion and Phoenix Shot Tower.  Various special events and educational programs at both sites. History Home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Carroll Mansion became over time a saloon, tenement, school and recreation center. Built in 1828, the Phoenix [...]

About Come discover Baltimore’s firsts! Housed in the historic Platt Oyster Cannery (c.1870) its exhibits explore the stories of Maryland’s industries past and present and the people who created and worked in them. History Founded in 1977 as a project of the Mayor’s Office, the Baltimore Museum of Industry is a private, nonprofit organization established [...]

From the official website: On a rise in the center of Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore stands Maryland’s first museum house and one of the oldest and finest examples of colonial Georgian architecture in the city. Mount Clare is a 1760 colonial Georgian home built by one of Maryland’s leading patriots and one of our [...]