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Geppi's Entertainment Museum
Geppi's brings visitors back to their youth no matter how old they are. Pop art includes comic books, toys, media and characters and child icons that range from Superman and Mickey Mouse to Ronald McDonald and Big Bird. The displays strive to illustrate how such objects have educated and entertained as well as shaped US culture. Some items, such as rare toys and an original Ben Franklin cartoon, date back to the late 18th century. Each room represents another time period and contains a timeline.
301 West Camden Street
Tel: (410) 625 7060.
Website: www.geppismuseum.com
Opening hours: (Apr-Oct) Daily 1000-1800; (Nov-Mar) Tues-Sun 1000-1700.
Admission charge.
Lexington Market
Lexington Market is the stuff of everyday life - unusual characters, enjoyable smells and sights, the hubbub of commerce and the pleasures of people-watching. Established in 1782, it quickly became a market for farmers, who sold directly from their wagons, since there were no streets at this time. As it gained popularity (it now has over 150 vendors), other craftspeople and vendors joined the throng, so that this, the oldest farmers' market in the USA, became more diversified. Purchasing is purely optional but visitors should not be permitted to leave the market without sampling a Faidley crab cake.
400 West Lexington Street
Tel: (410) 685 6169.
Website: www.lexingtonmarket.com
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 0830-1800.
Free admission.
Port Discovery, the Kid-Powered Museum
Created by Walt Disney Imagineering, this unique museum is both fun and educational for the whole family. Some of its offerings include Kidworks, a three-storey tree house, where kids climb, crawl and swing, and Adventure Expeditions, which recreates a trek to ancient Egypt. Visitors get to play detective at Miss Perception's Mystery House, where every room is filled with clues as to the whereabouts of the Baffield Family. Other exhibits include Adventure Expeditions, a treasure hunt for a lost Pharaoh's tomb; The Diner, where kids cook and serve food to their parents; Sensation Station, a sensory experience for four-year-olds and younger tots, including arts and crafts, a TV studio and movable dinosaurs.
35 Market Place
Tel: (410) 727 8120.
Website: www.portdiscovery.org
Opening hours: (May-Aug) Daily 1000-1700; (Sep) Fri-Sat 1000-1700, Fri 0930-1630, Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700; (Oct-May) Tues-Sat 0930-1630, Sun 1200-1700.
Admission charge.
Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
This 'living museum' or centre for learning is a tribute to two 19th century African American leaders. Douglass was a former slave who, after buying his freedom, became a renowned antislavery leader and Myers, who was born free and started the first African American shipyard. Located on the Boston Harbor, the museum focuses on their lives and the 19th century African American community and their relationship with maritime history. Educational programs are offered on the first floor which serves a shipbuilding classroom.
1417 Thames Street, Fells Point
Tel: (410) 685 0295.
Website: www.douglassmyers.org
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 1000-1700, Sat-Sun 1100-1800, closed Tues.
Admission charge.
Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
Enter this facility via a 'steamy bridge'. The Bridge over Troubled Waters is symbolic of the 350 years of the state's African American history. It chronicles Maryland 's slave worker skills in ironwork, sail making, tobacco and caulking and goes on through the years to include sports, entertainment and modern times. The museum is named for Maryland native and Harvard-educated lawyer Reginald F Lewis, who went on to become one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
830 East Pratt Street
Tel: (443) 263 1800.
Website: www.africanamericanculture.org
Opening hours: Tues-Sat 1000-1700; Sun 1200-1700.
Admission charge.
The Walters Art Museum
Featuring 55 centuries of art, the Walters is known for its collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian Renaissance art and medieval armour. The original museum entrance was patterned after a palace in Genoa, Italy. Its newest permanent exhibit, the Palace of Wonders, presents art the way noblemen of the 16th or 17th century might have viewed it. The Chamber of Wonders is an odd collection - Buddhas, Hindu gods, starfish, snakeskin, jewellery and even a case filled with beetles and butterflies. It would have been used to wow noblemen's guests.
600 North Charles Street
Tel: (410) 547 9000.
Website: www.thewalters.org
Opening hours: Wed-Sun 1100-1700; Fri until 2000.
Free admission.
Geppi's brings visitors back to their youth no matter how old they are. Pop art includes comic books, toys, media and characters and child icons that range from Superman and Mickey Mouse to Ronald McDonald and Big Bird. The displays strive to illustrate how such objects have educated and entertained as well as shaped US culture. Some items, such as rare toys and an original Ben Franklin cartoon, date back to the late 18th century. Each room represents another time period and contains a timeline.
301 West Camden Street
Tel: (410) 625 7060.
Website: www.geppismuseum.com
Opening hours: (Apr-Oct) Daily 1000-1800; (Nov-Mar) Tues-Sun 1000-1700.
Admission charge.
Lexington Market
Lexington Market is the stuff of everyday life - unusual characters, enjoyable smells and sights, the hubbub of commerce and the pleasures of people-watching. Established in 1782, it quickly became a market for farmers, who sold directly from their wagons, since there were no streets at this time. As it gained popularity (it now has over 150 vendors), other craftspeople and vendors joined the throng, so that this, the oldest farmers' market in the USA, became more diversified. Purchasing is purely optional but visitors should not be permitted to leave the market without sampling a Faidley crab cake.
400 West Lexington Street
Tel: (410) 685 6169.
Website: www.lexingtonmarket.com
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 0830-1800.
Free admission.
Port Discovery, the Kid-Powered Museum
Created by Walt Disney Imagineering, this unique museum is both fun and educational for the whole family. Some of its offerings include Kidworks, a three-storey tree house, where kids climb, crawl and swing, and Adventure Expeditions, which recreates a trek to ancient Egypt. Visitors get to play detective at Miss Perception's Mystery House, where every room is filled with clues as to the whereabouts of the Baffield Family. Other exhibits include Adventure Expeditions, a treasure hunt for a lost Pharaoh's tomb; The Diner, where kids cook and serve food to their parents; Sensation Station, a sensory experience for four-year-olds and younger tots, including arts and crafts, a TV studio and movable dinosaurs.
35 Market Place
Tel: (410) 727 8120.
Website: www.portdiscovery.org
Opening hours: (May-Aug) Daily 1000-1700; (Sep) Fri-Sat 1000-1700, Fri 0930-1630, Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700; (Oct-May) Tues-Sat 0930-1630, Sun 1200-1700.
Admission charge.
Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
This 'living museum' or centre for learning is a tribute to two 19th century African American leaders. Douglass was a former slave who, after buying his freedom, became a renowned antislavery leader and Myers, who was born free and started the first African American shipyard. Located on the Boston Harbor, the museum focuses on their lives and the 19th century African American community and their relationship with maritime history. Educational programs are offered on the first floor which serves a shipbuilding classroom.
1417 Thames Street, Fells Point
Tel: (410) 685 0295.
Website: www.douglassmyers.org
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 1000-1700, Sat-Sun 1100-1800, closed Tues.
Admission charge.
Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
Enter this facility via a 'steamy bridge'. The Bridge over Troubled Waters is symbolic of the 350 years of the state's African American history. It chronicles Maryland 's slave worker skills in ironwork, sail making, tobacco and caulking and goes on through the years to include sports, entertainment and modern times. The museum is named for Maryland native and Harvard-educated lawyer Reginald F Lewis, who went on to become one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
830 East Pratt Street
Tel: (443) 263 1800.
Website: www.africanamericanculture.org
Opening hours: Tues-Sat 1000-1700; Sun 1200-1700.
Admission charge.
The Walters Art Museum
Featuring 55 centuries of art, the Walters is known for its collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian Renaissance art and medieval armour. The original museum entrance was patterned after a palace in Genoa, Italy. Its newest permanent exhibit, the Palace of Wonders, presents art the way noblemen of the 16th or 17th century might have viewed it. The Chamber of Wonders is an odd collection - Buddhas, Hindu gods, starfish, snakeskin, jewellery and even a case filled with beetles and butterflies. It would have been used to wow noblemen's guests.
600 North Charles Street
Tel: (410) 547 9000.
Website: www.thewalters.org
Opening hours: Wed-Sun 1100-1700; Fri until 2000.
Free admission.
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