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Museums Maryland Boonsboro - Centreville

  Boonsboro

  Boonesboro Museum of History

  113 North Main Street

  Boonsboro  MD  21713    

  Phone  301 432-6969

  Web Site http://www.marylandmemories.org/museum/

  Alt Web http://www.hagerstownedc.org/Quality_of_Life/Communities/boonesboro.ht

  Description

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Local History

  Collection A-F  Arms

  Era  Civil Way

  New or Updated:  6/8/2007

  Boonsboro
  Gathland State Park
  900 Arnoldstown Road
  Boonsboro  MD  21713    
  Phone  301 791-4767
  Web Site  http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/gathland.html
  E-mail  mailto:dspedden@dnr.state.md.us
  Description  parks holds buildings of estate with unique buildings, many of stone,                         museum holds exhibit on builder Townsend and Battle of Crampton's Gap
  Type of Resource  Museum
  Era  Civil War
  New or Updated:  10/28/2003

  Maryland
  Bowie
  Bowie Railroad Station/Huntington Museum
  8614 Chestnut Ave
  Bowie  MD
  Phone  301 809-3089
  Web Site  http://www.cityofbowie.org/comserv/museums.htm
  Description  collection of restored PRR buildings
  Type of Resource  Museum
  Primary Focus  Railroad
  Building Type  Depot
  Owner/Operator:  City of Bowie
  New or Updated:  10/29/2003

  Bowie
  City of Bowie Museums
  12207 Tulip Grove Drive
  Bowie  MD  20715    
  Phone
  Web Site  http://www.cityofbowie.org/comserv/museums.htm
  Description  city operates several museums including Belair Mansion & Stable, RR
                        Station, Radio & Television Museum
  Type of Resource  Museum
  Primary Focus  Local history
  Owner/Operator:  City of Bowie
  New or Updated:  10/29/2003

Maryland

  Brunswick

  Brunswick Railroad Museum

  40 West Potomac Street

  Brunswick   MD   21716    

  Phone  301 834-7100

  Web Site http://www.brrm.net/

  Alt Web http://www.fredericktourism.org/MainListings.aspx?c=7

  Description  2000 square foot interactive HO scale railroad depicting B&O line

                    located in C&O Canal Visitor Center

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Railroad

  Collection G-M  Models

  New or Updated:  6/26/2007

  Cambridge

  La Grange Plantation

  902 LaGrange Avenue

  Cambridge  MD  21613    

  Phone  410 228-7953

  Web Site http://home.comcast.net/~dchs_inc/

  E-mail  mailto:DCHS@verison.net

  Description  campus holds Meredith house, Neild museum, gardens, stable,

                    heritage center, 1831 McCormick Reaper

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  Collection G-M   Machinery

  Collection N-Z   Woodcarving

  Group Identity  Native American

  Owner/Operator:  Dorchester County Historical Society

  New or Updated:   6/28/2007

Maryland
Catonsville
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum
300 Oelia Avenue
Catonsville MD 21228
Phone 410 887-1081
Web Site http://thefriendsofbanneker.org/park_&_museum.htm
Description museum on life of Benjamin Banneker, outdoor exhibits and archaeology, living history farm under development
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Famous People
Group Identity African American
New or Updated: 07/05/2003

 Centreville

  Queen Anne's Museum of Eastern Shore Life

  126 Dulin Clark Rd

  PO Box 525

  Centreville   MD  21617    

  Phone   410 758-8641

  Web Site  http://www.historicqac.org/sites/mesl.htm

  Description  household furnishings, farm equipment, blacksmith's shop, printing press

  Type of Resource   Museum

  New or Updated:  12/2/2004