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Thursday, February 22, 2018

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




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Defunct museums


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  • American Dime Museum - museum of curiosities, closed in 2006
  • Antique Toy Museum, Baltimore, closed in 2012
  • B. Olive Cole Pharmacy Museum - was located in the Kelly building at the Maryland Pharmacists Association
  • Baltimore Clayworks, ceramics art center in Mount Washington with public exhibition gallery - closed in 2017 but plans to reopen
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting - Closed 2002, collection now at Baltimore Museum of Industry on Francis Scott Key Highway near Federal Hill.
  • 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
  • National Pinball Museum - 2014, collection sold off in March 2014
  • Peale Museum / Baltimore City Life Museums - Originally established in old historic Rembrandt Peale museum building of 1812 - 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
  • 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

Gallery


Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore Museum of Art. Source : shop.artbma.org

See also


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  • List of museums in Maryland

References


Free Things to Do in Baltimore | Visit Baltimore
Free Things to Do in Baltimore | Visit Baltimore. Source : baltimore.org


Grace Hartigan | BMA Blog
Grace Hartigan | BMA Blog. Source : blog.artbma.org

 
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