Attraction Type: History museum Museum Hours: Both facilities: and historic house/historic landmark October/March: 10 AM – 5 PM Tues. – Sun. Sports Legends Museum Address: Birthplace and April/September: 10 AM – 6 PM Daily “I was captivated with its Museum Executive Offices (7:00 PM on game day) originality, creative activities 216 Emory Street, , MD 21230 Closed New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, for the young, and wealth at Camden Yards offers Sports Legends Museum and Christmas Day. of historical artifact…the at Camden Station museum offers students 301 W. Camden Street, Group Tours: Reservations are in public schools Baltimore, MD 21201 required for groups of 15 or more and must a myriad of learning opportunities to students be made in advance. For more information opportunities and exhibits.” Contact Information: on the reservation process or to schedule —Dr. Nancy Grasmick, Maryland State that go well beyond sports. Joseph F. Herrick III, Director of Marketing a group tour, contact the Museum M-F, Superintendent of Schools & Sales • 410.727.1539 x3033 9 AM – 5 PM, 410-727-1539 x3033. Cooperative Learning Fax: 410.727.1652 “As both a parent and Instructing Investigating Comparing/contrasting an educator, I found Sports By using this great Museum as a [email protected] Accessibility: The Birthplace’s first Museum educators are available Students acquire and apply new Guests compare a variety of Students are engaged Legends Museum to be through activities, team work, floor has limited wheelchair accessibility. throughout the tour as they, vocabulary from various resources similarities and differences spectacular. Having taught throughout the Museum. and small group instruction. Sports Legends has wheelchair accessibility instruct, direct and challenge through the use of the Museum’s vehicle for learning, students are on both floors. 4th grade, I could see how students during their visit. artifacts and its collection. well the Museum meets the introduced to various concepts in Bus Parking: Bus parking is available at educational goals of the the corner of Emory and Pratt streets for Maryland State Curriculum.” the Birthplace; for Sports Legends parking —Cathleen Maloney, Parent/educator art, math, history and language arts is available at the Camden Yards complex. Call the “Central Parking” hotline at “Sports Legends Museum 410-347-9330, M-F prior to arrival for interweaves the heritage that are unique only to this facility. available lots and rates. and heroes of Maryland sports by generating Plan your next “road trip” to Sports Legends admission: enthusiasm for history as Birthplace well as cleverly developing Museum and watch your students have fun while Retail: Adults: $6 • Senior/ themes of economics, Military: $4 • Children (3-12 yrs.): $3 geography, journalism, learning! Also, schedule a visit to group rates: Adults & Seniors: $3 culture and racial justice.” Students thru grade 12: $2 —Randy Kozik, Agnes Myer Outstanding our other facility, Ruth Teacher Recipient – Washington Post Challenging Sports Legends Museum Discovering Interacting Engaging “A visit to Sports Legends Students are asked to answer Birthplace, located just four at Camden Yards New knowledge and concepts Challenging activities offer Students are involved Retail: Adults: $10 • Senior/ Museum can spark a are found in a variety students the opportunity to throughout their visit with questions, solve problems, find data, young person’s interest in discuss results and analyze findings. Military: $8 • Children (3-12 yrs.): $6.50 of displays and activities. participate throughout their visit. exciting hands-on activities. blocks from Sports Legends. group rates: Adults: $8 • Seniors: $6.50 the history of Maryland Students thru grade 12: $5.50 communities, colleges, and the sports industry.” Sports Legends Museum is located right next to Combination Birthplace & —Ed Cassidy, Middle School Principal, at Camden Yards. The fully interactive Sports Legends Museums: Calvert County attraction, chocked full with the ‘real deal’ of local Retail: Adults: $14 • Seniors/ sports memorabilia, puts fans up close and personal with the legends and teams Military: $11 • Children (3-12 yrs.): $9 that provided them a roster full of championship memories. Housed in historic GROUP RATES: Adult: $10.50 Camden Station, Sports Legends has been dubbed “A Must See” by USA Today, Senior: $9 • Students thru grade 12: $7 and “Baltimore’s Snazziest Downtown Attraction” by United Airlines Hemispheres!

The Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum features the historic house The Babe Ruth Museum, is an independent, not-for-profit educational institution dedicated to preserv- where Babe Ruth was born in 1895, along with exhibits and displays ing Maryland’s sports heritage: the legacy of Babe Ruth, America’s first sports celebrity; Baltimore’s on the life and times of the greatest ballplayer of them all and Orioles and Colts; and local and regional sports at the amateur, collegiate, and professional levels. The America’s true cultural sports icon. Once inside, visitors thrill Museum preserves, exhibits, interprets, and augments its collections for a diverse audience. Educa- to the touch of a real Babe Ruth bat, and get to see his Baltimore tional programs for school tour groups occur almost daily. The Museum operates two sites: Babe Ruth Fun Orioles’ 1914 rookie card, his childhood catcher’s mitt, and the box Birthplace on Emory Street and Sports Legends at Camden Yards, which is located in historic Camden Celebrating Exploring Role Playing Station at the gateway to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Activities abound while score from his first professional game, along with hundreds of other Young people learn the great Students encounter, read and Students take on special roles students learn as they play. unique, game-used and family mementoes. Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum & Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards cultural history and sporting organize information found at as they are introduced www.baberuthmuseum.com heritage of the State of Maryland. various locations in our facility. to first-hand experiences. Educational Programming The featured programs are a Designing a Sports Jersey: Grades K-6 Students will discuss the many attributes used when designing a sampling of the educational uniform and what makes one uniform unique from another. As a follow-up to the lesson, each student will design their own jersey. opportunities offered at Sports Discovering a Diamond in the Stuff: Grades 4-8 Legends Museum at Camden Using a Venn diagram, students will compare and contrast sports 1st Preakness is run in Baltimore. First intercollegiate lacrosse game… Babe Ruth born Baltimore Black Sox Babe Ruth hits Babe Ruth’s famous “called shot” vs. the Jackie Robinson become first African Baltimore’s Al Kaline goes directly from Winning horse: Survivor NYU vs. Manhattan College in Baltimore (Negro League) begin play 60 home runs Cubs during the World Series American to play in the Major Leagues Southern High School to the Orioles come to Baltimore figures, concepts, and specific sports vocabulary words. Museum Yards. These programs are guides will introduce “diamonte” poetry and assist students in 1873 1877 1895 1916 1927 1932 1947 1953 1954 completing their own poem, using their Venn diagram as a guide. available for individual classes, Teamwork on Paper: Grades 6-12 1st U.S. postcard issued Phonograph invented by Ellis Island becomes a major gateway 1st female elected to Charles Lindbergh is 1st person to Frito Corn Chips are introduced CIA is established England’s Queen USS Nautilus (1st atomic submarine) not to exceed 35 students, and Thomas Alva Edison for immigrants to the USA Congress...Jeanette Rankin fly across the Atlantic Ocean Elizabeth II is crowned is commissioned Working as a team, students will be given the opportunity to complete a sports story using sports vocabulary, ideas and themes are available by reservation only. found throughout the Museum. Each team be given “four quarters” to finish their stories. Who, When and Where in Maryland: Grades 1-6 Students will investigate Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards and search for answers to various questions given at the beginning of the tour. Students will work in teams as they complete the many tasks and responsibilities given to them. miracles & moments, highs & lows; sports & history lessons of the past mold our future

And What a Time It Was: Grades 1- 6 This program investigates significant dates in the history of sports and how those dates relate to American, Maryland and Baltimore history and economics. A Picture’s Worth a Play on Words: Grades 4 - 12 Each student will be given a sports photo and will be asked to Pre and post visit materials provide a short story about the events as well as a caption for the photo. Students will be encouraged to use brief but unique will be available. If you Johnny Unitas’ Baltimore Baltimore Colts Orioles win Baltimore Colts defeat the Dallas Baltimore Blast wins first Orioles Park at Cal Ripken breaks ’s record University of Maryland wins first Men’s captions for the photos. win NFL Championship Ravens win Super Bowl Colts rookie year first World Series Cowboys for Super Bowl V National Championship Camden Yards opens for most consecutive games played National Basketball Championship have any questions prior to 1956 1958 1966 1971 1984 1992 1995 2001 2002 ll field trips will include an your visit, please call the DNA molecule is first 1st American satellite is Medicare begins Starbucks is established The Bill Cosby Show Both Summer and Winter Olympics 1st cloned sheep Terrorists attack New York’s Congress authorizes overview of our historic photographed launched - “Explorer” debuts on NBC held in same year for last time World Trade Center force against Iraq Abuilding, the B&O Railroad’s Museum’s Education Office Camden Station, and its role in the Civil War and connection to at 410-727-1539 ext. 3030. President Abraham Lincoln. To schedule a tour, call our Reservation Hotline at 410-727-1539 ext. 3033.