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baltimore.org A HERITAGE GUIDE Welcome to Baltimore, Table of Contents a city with a rich cultural heritage and a dynamic creative spirit. 8 Attractions This is a place where people dream big. We celebrate who we 14 Neighborhoods are, where we’ve come from, and who we aspire to be through 18 Heritage Museums the arts, history and our diverse ethnic traditions. This powerful and profoundly creative spirit is uniquely our own. 20 Historic Sites and Monuments In Baltimore, you can feel this creative energy in our world-class 25 Tours cultural attractions, sporting venues, and historic sites as well 30 Art Museums and Galleries as in our shops, markets and restaurants. This also includes 36 Theaters and Performing Arts the city’s many museums, galleries, theaters and monuments 40 Cultural Shops and Boutiques dedicated to our distinctive heritage. Enjoy festivals and events that bring our citizens, tourists and different communities 44 Historic Religious Venues together throughout the year. 46 Culinary Delights Dream Baltimore is a guide to help you experience Baltimore’s 47 Historically Black Colleges cultural identity. Celebrate and explore the legends and legacies and Universities that are the backbone of our historic city. We want you to be 48 Festivals and Events inspired by the dreamers that are fueling Baltimore’s creative 49 Around Maryland spirit today. 50 City and State Resources Whatever your pleasure, there is truly something for everyone. So enjoy your time in Baltimore. Stroll our streets, delight in the sights and sounds of our neighborhoods, and be welcomed by the people who make this city great. baltimore.org Stephanie Tom Rawlings-Blake Noonan Mayor President & CEO City of Baltimore Visit Baltimore Photo: Exterior of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture In Baltimore, we dream Today, Baltimore is brimming with creative energy and dreams made big. Throughout our real: local artists, musicians and city’s history, countless entrepreneurs carry on the city’s visionaries have called legacy of creativity and innovation. Baltimore’s unique blend of grit, Baltimore home. elegance and charm makes our town Legends like Frederick a popular destination for travelers Douglass and Thurgood across the globe. There is something for everyone, from Marshall pressed eclectic restaurants beyond boundaries to to world-class venues for culture, sports and make their dreams come the arts. We invite alive. Artists like Billie you to share our Holiday and Cab stories, see your own dreams anew and Calloway changed the be inspired by the world of music forever. legends we treasure. 4 5 The Arts History Art is an expression of culture, The Walters Art Museum house Baltimore is home to a rich historic vision and soul. It captures who we art from every era, including legacy. Headquartered in Baltimore, are and who we hope to be. Artists ancient artifacts from Africa and the NAACP is the nation’s oldest tell stories, and through their eyes the Americas – and admission is civil rights organization, central to we see ourselves. They speak of love always free. legal, cultural and social milestones and laughter, sorrow and loss, hope Baltimore’s performing arts scene is in American history. Hear the and possibility – experiences shared a vibrant mix of music, dance and stories of African-American by every human being across race, theater. Center Stage, Everyman Marylanders at The Reginald culture and nationality. Art connects Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare F. Lewis Museum of Maryland us to our humanity. Company, Arena Players, Creative African American History & In Baltimore, the arts shine. Alliance and the Hippodrome Culture and the Frederick Baltimore is home to a dynamic feature live performances year- Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime creative community. Works by fresh, round. For a hip vibe and local Park. Retrace the African- new voices are featured year-round flavor, visit Station North Arts American journey at The National at local gallery spaces. At the & Entertainment District, Great Blacks In Wax Museum. American Visionary Art Museum home to art galleries, theaters and Celebrate moments of triumph at in Federal Hill, art is a celebration Open Walls Baltimore (OWB). the Sports Legends Museum at of the innovative and the eclectic, The OWB project invites street Camden Yards, and learn about the while the James E. Lewis Museum artists from around the world to city’s early days at the Baltimore & at Morgan State University invites a paint murals on outdoor spaces in Ohio Railroad Museum and the global perspective with Station North. On the city’s east Baltimore Museum of Industry. contemporary art from and west sides respectively, two At Fort McHenry National around the world. havens for local artists are emerging: Monument and Historic Shrine, see the view that inspired Francis The permanent the Highlandtown Arts & Scott Key to write the poem that collections at the Entertainment District (known as would become “The Star-Spangled Baltimore Museum “ha!”), and the Bromo Tower Arts Banner.” In Baltimore, you’ll find of Art and & Entertainment District. history all around you. Visit baltimore.org for more information about history and the arts in Baltimore. 6 7 Attractions Baltimore boasts some of the what popular American brand was Enoch Pratt Free Library Historic Ships in Baltimore nation’s most exciting attractions. created by an African-American Central Library Pier 1 at the Inner Harbor From the National Aquarium and dining car attendant on the B&O. 400 Cathedral Street 301 E. Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 the Maryland Science Center to 410-396-5430 410-539-1797 our many cultural attractions, you’ll Baltimore Museum of Industry www.prattlibrary.org www.historicships.org find shows, special exhibitions 1415 Key Highway Browse through books, attend Launched in 1797, the USS and activities that spark your Baltimore, Maryland 21230 lectures and workshops and find Constellation was pivotal in the imagination. 410-727-4808 www.thebmi.org fun family activities at the Enoch fight against the transatlantic slave Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum In the 1800s, Baltimore was one Pratt Free Library. With nearly two trade. During Black History Month, 216 Emory Street of the busiest ports in the United million books, pamphlets and tapes, weekend tours on this U.S. Navy Baltimore, Maryland 21230 States. See a replica of an early the library is one of Baltimore’s ship tell the story of “Black Sailors 410-727-1539 best-known treasures. in Navy Blue.” Historic Ships also www.baberuthmuseum.org dock, and walk through the original 1865 Platt Oyster Cannery. operates the USS Torsk submarine, Born in Baltimore in 1895 and Learn about the roles played by Fort McHenry National the Chesapeake lightship, the beloved by baseball fans around the Baltimoreans of every background Monument and Historic Shrine USCG Cutter Taney and the Seven globe, Babe Ruth is an American 2400 E. Fort Avenue in Baltimore’s first industries, Foot Knoll Lighthouse. legend. Visit Babe’s birthplace at Baltimore, Maryland 21230 including canning, printing, 216 Emory Street. The museum 410-962-4290 Howard Peters Rawlings metalworking and garment-making. www.nps.gov/fomc features exhibits and programs that Conservatory & Botanic Gardens Experience ranger-led talks and Druid Hill Park every baseball fan will enjoy. 3100 Swann Drive Carroll Mansion informative historical exhibits at 800 E. Lombard Street Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad one of the nation’s most beloved Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-396-0008 Museum historical sites. Learn little-known ww.rawlingsconservatory.org 901 W. Pratt Street 410-605-2964 facts about African-American Baltimore, Maryland 21223 www.carrollmuseums.org Named for one of the most military history, and take in the 410-752-2490 Take a guided tour of Carroll influential African-American view that inspired Francis Scott www.borail.org Mansion, the winter residence lawmakers in Maryland history, Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner.” If you’re a history buff, don’t miss of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the conservatory features colorful Fort McHenry also holds a special the B&O Railroad Museum, known Maryland senator and signer of the flowers and plants year-round. Visit Juneteenth celebration each year, as the birthplace of American Declaration of Independence. The the 1888 Palm House, the Orchid recognizing the end of slavery in the railroading. Discover how people Carroll Mansion offers a unique Room, Mediterranean House, United States. of all backgrounds played a part in look at Baltimore history, as well as Tropical House and Desert House. America’s railway history. Learn art exhibits, programs and lectures. 8 9 In 1945, EUBIE BLAKE married Marion National Aquarium Museum has in-depth exhibits DID 501 E. Pratt Street Tyler, a 1920s showgirl in African-American about baseball’s Negro League, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 along with information about all YOU musicals. Tyler’s grandfather was Hiram S. 410-576-3800 of Baltimore’s sports teams, from KNOW? Thomas, proprietor of Moon’s Lake House, www.aqua.org college-level to the pros. where potato chips were invented. For more than 30 years, the National Aquarium in Baltimore The Star-Spangled Banner has dazzled visitors from all over Flag House the world. Each year more than one 844 E. Pratt Street Leon Day Park Maryland Science Center million visitors come with family Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-837-1793 Trailhead 4 at Gwynns Falls Trail 601 Light Street and friends to see more than 17,000 www.flaghouse.org 1200 block of N. Franklintown Road Baltimore, Maryland 21230 kinds of birds, fish, reptiles and Baltimore, Maryland 21216 410-685-5225 mammals. The aquarium also hosts Enjoy exhibits, guided tours and www.gwynnsfallstrail.org/trail_info.cfm www.mdsci.org cultural events throughout the year. programs at Baltimore’s Star- Leon Day Park is one of eight For kids and grown-ups alike, the Spangled Banner Flag House, a parks connected by the Gwynns Maryland Science Center is filled Port Discovery Children’s stop on the Baltimore Heritage Falls Trail, Baltimore’s 15-mile with magic and discovery.