I already mentioned I recently moved to Baltimore, so it didn't take long to get there. I wouldn't suggest you follow my example if you live farther than two hours from the Harbor. You have to take some friends or family with you, or it won't be much fun at all. If you goalone,you'll feel alone and you'll feel like you've seen everything there is to see way before your feet hurt.
I went on a recent trip to the grocery store with my wife and, as I went searching for cheap dried mangoes, she continued down the regular grocery list. I scoured the store for these delicious bits of heavenly chewy fruitiness, going up aisle after aisle to no avail. It seemed like forever to me, but when I got back to my wife, she was on the third or fourth thing. She hadn't yet made it up an aisle yet. According to market research, most people go around the aisles along the outside wall of the store. We start at that outside wall and then hit the aisles we specifically need. All this to say time seems to go by faster when you're alone than when you have some friends.
So first you need to live close, then you need some friends or relatives.
After that, you just walk around and do the free stuff. You can check out Federal Hill where you get an overlooking view of the Harbor, and then you can look for the singing fudge guys at the Fudgery. After all this, your feet probably hurt and it's time for lunch, so if you haven't quite filled up with fudge, grab a bite at Uno's Pizzeria (one of my favorite places) or any of the other quality food places.
Across the street from Uno's is the Gallery at Haborplace where you can find a food-court with restaurants that are often less crowded than the ones at either Light Street or Pratt Street Pavilions. Harborplace also has clothing shops and shoe stores to look around in. It's a great, open building with a fountain on the first floor.
So there you have it, that's how I manage to take a day trip and not spend much more than I would eating out. Now onto the list. Most of these places I found on Googlemaps where I searched for museums, but some of these places didn't show up there.
The Public Works museum is one such place. When their website was working, I found that tickets cost $3 for adults and are free for children under a certain age (hey, I don't have kids of any age, why should I know the cutoff point? it's just $3). I'd like to go, but I don't know if their website being down means the museum will be closed when you get there or not.
| Name | Address | Website |
| Port Discovery Museum | 34 Market Place Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.portdiscovery.org |
| B&O Railroad Museum | 901 W Pratt St Baltimore, MD 21223 | www.borail.org |
| Babe Ruth Museum | 216 Emory St Baltimore, MD 21230 | www.baberuthmuseum.com |
| Great Blacks in Wax Museum | 1601 E North Ave # 3 Baltimore, MD 21213 | www.ngbiwm.com |
| Baltimore Museum of Industry | 1415 Key Hwy Baltimore, MD 21230 | www.thebmi.org |
| Homewood House Museum | 3400 N Charles St Baltimore, MD 21218 | www.museums.jhu.edu/homewood |
| The Flag House Museum | 844 E Pratt St Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.flaghouse.org |
| The National Museum of Dentistry | 31 S Greene St Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.dentalmuseum.umaryland.edu |
| Baltimore Civil War Museum | 601 S President St Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.mdhs.org/explore/baltcivilwar.html |
| Baltimore Maritime Museum | 802 S Caroline St Baltimore, MD 21231 | www.baltomaritimemuseum.org/ |
| The Jewish Museum of Maryland | 15 Lloyd St Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.jhsm.org/ |
| The Carroll Mansion | 800 E. Lombard Street Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.carrollmuseums.org/Secondary%20Pages/Carroll%20Mansion.htm |
| The Phoenix Shot Tower | 800 E. Lombard Street Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.carrollmuseums.org/Secondary%20Pages/Shot%20Tower.htm |
| Washington Monument & Museum | 699 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.baltimoremuseums.org/washington.html |
| Sports Legend Museum at Camden Yards | 301 W Camden St Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.baberuthmuseum.com/ |
| American Dime Museum | 1808 Maryland Ave Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.dimemuseum.net |
| Baltimore Street Car Museum | 1905 Falls Rd Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.baltimoremd.com/streetcar/ |
| Fell's Point Maritime Museum | 1724 Thames Street Baltimore, MD 21231 | www.mdhs.org/explore/maritime/ |
| Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture | 830 E Pratt St Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.africanamericanculture.org |
| Contemporary Museum | 100 W Centre St Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.contemporary.org |
| Peale Museum | 225 Holliday St Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.ansp.org/museum/jefferson/otherPages/peale_museum.php |
| The Maryland Zoo | Druid Hill Park Baltimore, MD 21217 | www.marylandzoo.org |
| Baltimore Public Works Museum | 751 Eastern Ave Baltimore, MD 21202 | http://www.baltimorepublicworksmuseum.org/ http://baltimoremuseums.org/publicworks.html |
| Eubie Blake National Jazz Center | 847 N Howard St Baltimore, MD 21201 | www.eubieblake.org |
| National Aquarium in Baltimore | 501 E Pratt St Baltimore, MD 21202 | www.aqua.org |
