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Specialty Museum Maryland (Baltimore to College Park)

  MD

  Aberdeen Proving Ground

  U S Army Ordnance Museum

  ATSL-A-M Aberdeen & Maryland Avenues

  Building 2601

  Aberdeen Proving Ground MD   21005    

  Phone 410 278-3602

  Web Site http://ordmusfound.org/

  E-mail  Museum@ocs.apg.army.mil

  Alt Web www.army.mil/cmh-pg/Museums/musdir.htm

  Description  tanks, artillery, bombs - US, French, German, Italian, Japanese, British                     - back to WWI

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Military

  Nature of Group or Site  Unit

  Era 20th century

  New or Updated:  1/6/2007

  MD

  Annapolis

  Annapolis Maritime Museum

  Second Street & Back Creek

  PO Box 3088

  Annapolis  MD    21403    

  Phone  410 295-0104

  Web  http://www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org/

  E-mail  mailto:AMMoffice@annapolismaritimemuseum.org

  Description  reopened Oct 2005 at the Barge House

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Maritime

  New or Updated   2/14/2006

  MD
  Baltimore
  Baltimore's Black American Museum
  1765-69 Carswell Street
  Baltimore MD  21218   
  Phone  410 243-9600
  Web Site  *****
  Alt Web  http://www.bcplonline.org/centers/aacenter/afam_localmuseums.html
  Description  contemporary & third world artists, artifacts & Memorabilia
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Group Identity  African American
  New or Updated:  07/21/2003 

  MD
  Baltimore
  Baltimore Maritime Museum
  Pier 3 Pratt Street
  802 South Caroline Street
  Baltimore  MD  21231    
  Phone  410 396-3452
  Web Site  http://www.baltomaritimemuseum.org/
  E-mail  mailto:admin@baltomaritimemuseum.org
  Description  USCG Taney, submarine Torsk, lightship Chesapeake, screwpile lighthouse
                         Seven Foot Knoll
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Maritime
  New or Updated:  07/15/2003

  MD

  Baltimore

  Baltimore Streetcar Museum, Inc

  1901 Falls Road

  PO Box 4881

  Baltimore  MD  21211    

  Phone 410 547-0264

  Web Site http://www.baltimorestreetcar.org/

  Description  rides on original streetcars, carhouse tour, streetcar history

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus Transportation

  Collection A-F Arms

  New or Updated:  7/14/2006

  MD
  Baltimore
  Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute
  847 North Howard Street
  Baltimore MD  21201   
  Phone  410 225-3130
  Web Site  http://www.eubieblake.org/
  E-mail  mailto:eubieblake@erols.com
  Alt Web  http://www.mvcd.org/members/eubie.html
  Description  performance and gallery space with museum honoring jazz musicians with                         Baltimore connections
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Famous People
  Kind of Activity  Performance
  Industry /Profession  Music
  New or Updated:  07/26/2003 

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  MD
  Baltimore
  Lovely Lane Museum
  2200 St Paul Street
  Baltimore MD  21218  
  Phone  410 889-4458
  Web Site  http://www.bwconf.org/archivehistory/museumatlovelylane.htm
  Description  Francis Asbury, Methodist bishops and memorabilia in location of much                         early Methodist activity
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Religion
  Building Type  Church
  Group Identity  Protestant
  Research /Reading  Archives
  Era  1884
  New or Updated:  08/03/2003 

  MD

  Baltimore

  National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass

  2406 Shelleydale Drive

  Baltimore  MD  21209    

  Phone  410 764-1042

  Web Site *****

  Alt Web http://www.potters.org/subject94251.htm

  Description

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  Collection A-F Ceramics

  New or Updated:   7/22/2006
 

  MD

  Baltimore

  National Museum of Dentistry

  31 South Greene Street

  Baltimore  MD  21201    

  Phone  410 706-0600

  Web Site www.dentalmuseum.org

  Description  George Washington's false teeth are part of collection on all aspects of

                    dentistry and dental history

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Industry /Profession Medical

  New or Updated:  7/23/2006

  MD
  Baltimore
  US Lacrosse Foundation and Hall of Fame Museum
  113 West University Parkway
  Baltimore MD  21210    
  Phone  410 235-6882
  Web Site  http://www.lacrosse.org/museum/index.phtml
  Description  Native American sport to the present, annual inductees since 1957,                         interactive computers, multimedia
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Sports
  Nature of Group or Site  Hall of Fame
  New or Updated:  08/01/2003

  MD
  Baltimore
  USS Constellation
  301 East Pratt Street
  Pier 1
  Baltimore  MD  21202    
  Phone  410 539-1797
  Web Site  http://www.constellation.org/
  E-mail  mailto:administration@constellation.org
  Description  frigate served on patrol duties, Civil War and as training vessel, offers                         hands-on experiences during tours, special "powder monkey" tour for
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Maritime
  Building Type  Ship
  Era      1854
  New or Updated:  08/21/2003

  MD

  Bethesda

  Stetten Museum of Medical Research

  9000 Rockville Pike

  NIH Building 31, Room 5B38 MSC 2092

  Bethesda MD   20892    

  Phone   301 496-6610

  Web Site  http://history.nih.gov/

  E-mail  mailto:museum@nih.gov

  Description  National Institutes of Health display medical devices, art, model, research projects on site and on the web

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Industry

  Industry /Profession Medical

  Collection N-Z  Photography

  Research /Reading  Library

  New or Updated:   8/19/2005
 

  MD
  Bowie
  Radio & Television Museum
  2608 Mitchelville Road
  Bowie  MD
  Phone  301 390-1020
  Web Site  http://www.radiohistory.org/
  Alt Web  http://www.cityofbowie.org/comserv/museums.htm
  Description  one time store now holds radio and television equipment & memorabilia
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Technology
  Industry /Profession  Broadcasting
  Owner/Operator:  City of Bowie
  New or Updated:  10/30/2003

  MD

  Cambridge

  Brannock Maritime Museum

  210 Talbot Ave

  Cambridge   MD   21613    

  Phone   410 228-6938

  Web Site  *****

  E-mail  http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/beaches/65254,0,98465.location

  Description  weekends by appointment

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Maritime

  Collection G-M  Models

  Collection N-Z  Photography

  Research /Reading  Library

  New or Updated:  11/30/2004

  MD

  Cambridge

  Richardson Maritime Museum

  401 High St

  PO Box 1198

  Cambridge MD      21613    

  Phone   410 221-1871

  Web Site  http://www.richardsonmuseum.org/

  E-mail  mailto:info@richardsonmuseum.org

  Alt Web  http://www.baygateways.net/contact.cfm?id=113

  Description  focus on boat building -- tools, photos, models

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Maritime

  Building Type   Bank

  Collection G-M  Models

  Collection N-Z  Tools

  New or Updated:   12/1/2004

  MD

  Chesapeake City

  C&D Canal Museum

  Address *****

  Chesapeake City  MD

  Phone  410 885-5622

  Web Site http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/sb/c&d.htm

  Description  Chesapeake and Delaware canal artifacts, working model of lock,

                    original pumping engine

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Maritime

  Building Type  Canal

  Owner/Operator:  US Army Corps of Engineers

  New or Updated:  6/12/2007