Destination Guide Refined by Monument + Museum Attraction Arts (3) Camps + Parks (1) Gardens (1) Sightseeing + Tours (1)
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Hillwood Museum and Gardens 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20015 202.686.5807 |
As a local resident, I always like to find new things to do in DC. I read about Hillwood in a magazine and decided to go on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The property is located in the Van Ness neighborhood...
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American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21223 410.244.1900 |
The nation's primary museum and education center for self-taught or outsider art has won great acclaim by both museum experts and those who don't even consider themselves art aficionados. Seven galleries exhibit the unus... more
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National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave., Washington, DC 20045 202.783.5000 |
What drew me to Washington at this particular time was the exhibit being shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, entitled ?śWomen Artists from the State Hermitage Museum?? Unfortunately for anyone who might wi... more
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Baltimore Maritime Museum Pier 3, Baltimore, MD 21207 410.396.3453 |
This museum is comprised of three boats and a lighthouse that tell recent maritime history. The Coast Guard Cutter Taney survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The submarine USS Torsk sank the last two Japanese merchant s... more
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National Museum of Health & Medicine 6900 Georgia Ave. and Elder St., NW, Washington, DC 20330 202.782.2200 |
Better known to my friends as the Museum of Medical Oddities, this place is full of fascinating, often freaky displays. If you like distended colons, limbs with elaphantitis, giant hairballs removed from...
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Washington Monument Mt. Vernon Pl., Baltimore, MD 21207 410.396.1049 |
Just 10 years after George Washington died in 1799, a group of citizens organized a lottery to raise $100,000 for Baltimore's monument. Robert Mills, who later became architect of the other Washington Monument, won the c... more
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Great Blacks in Wax Museum 1601-03 E. North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202 410.563.3404 |
Though not as convincing as the likenesses at a Madame Tussaud's, the more than 100 wax figures on display here do a good job of recounting the triumphs and trials of Africans and African-Americans. The wax figures are a... more
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American Dime Museum 1808 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21213 410.230.0263 |
amusement business of today is vastly different than it was in Barnum?™s museum days--but the human mind of today is still susceptible to the contagion of the germ of curiosity??br>~ Joe Tracy Emmerling ~ The suspension ... more
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Baltimore Tattoo Museum 1534 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202 410.522.5800 |
the baltimore tattoo museum has a clever name. it even has a good location. however, it is not a museum. it is no more a tattoo museum than bestbuy is an appliance museum. the tattooing performed as live...
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Calvert Marine Museum and Drum Point Lighthouse 14200 Solomons Island Rd. (P.O. Box 97), Solomons and Calvert County, MD 800.735.2258 |
In a state brimming with maritime museums, this is the best. It has exhibits on local industry and the environment, fossils from nearby Calvert Cliffs, and a lighthouse, even an otter to visit. The seahorse exhibit is in... more
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