List of museums in Maryland explained

This list of museums in Maryland encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name	Location	County	Region	Area of study	Summary
			Central	Local history
				Art	works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters
		Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Open air	eight historic buildings and the gravestones of a Revolutionary War patriot and his wife, buildings open by appointment
African American Heritage House		Charles		African American	Slavery and African American culture in 19th–20th-century Charles County, open by appointment^[1]
African American Schoolhouse Museum		Kent	Eastern Shore	School	Open by appointment^[2]
			Central	Art	masks, sculptured figures, textiles, basketry, jewelry, household items, and musical instruments from Africa
			Capital	Agriculture	10acres complex with historic 1908 Bussard Farmstead farmhouse, barn, assorted farm buildings and an activity center
		Prince George's	Capital	Military	history of enlisted airmen from 1907 to the present day
			Central	Art	Part of University of Maryland, Baltimore County
		Allegany		Local history	exhibits include transportation, natural history, changing life, industry, folk art
		Frederick	Western	History	history of the American Red Cross and the Frederick County Chapter
			Central	Maritime	maritime environment and culture of the Chesapeake Bay area, includes Barge House Museum
		Anne Arundel	Central	Education	One room colonial school
			Southern	Art	30acres outdoor sculpture park and arts building for exhibits, classes and workshops
		Washington	Western	Civil War	Includes Visitor Center with exhibits about the Battle of Antietam and the Pry House Field Hospital Museum, about medical care of the wounded in the Civil War
		Prince George's	Capital	Art	Exhibition of significant and challenging contemporary art with an emphasis on emerging and mid-career artists, permanent collections of traditional African sculpture, Social Realist Work from the 1930s, Chinese vessels from 2nd-century B.C. to 17th-century AD, 20th-century Japanese prints, 1930s mural studies
	Salisbury	Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Art	visual arts center
		Howard	Central	Railway	Oldest surviving railroad station in America, freight house features 40feet HO-gauge model train
		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Military	history of United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge
		Baltimore	Central	Historic house	19th-century-period house with American Decorative arts from 1780-1880
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	African American	Black life in Maryland, African and African American art, important African American Marylanders
		Frederick	Western	Historic house	Reconstructed house of Barbara Fritchie, heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem from the Civil War. "Shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country's flag, she said" while leaning out an upstairs window. https://web.archive.org/web/20151019062408/http://www.visitfrederick.org/members/view/84
Barren Creek Springs Heritage Center and Museum		Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Local history	operated by the Westside Historical Society, includes the museum, Barren Creek Springs Church and Barren Creek Springhouse
Barron's C & O Canal Museum & Country Store		Washington	Western	History	C&O Canal artifacts, located at Snyder's Landing^[3]
		Montgomery	Capital	Historic house	Operated by the Montgomery County Historical Society, early-19th-century-period house including indoor slave quarters, and the Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Historic house	owned by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, open by appointment, 1732 Beatty house, c.1855 Cramer house addition, 18th-century spring house, 19th-century smoke house
		Washington	Western	History	operated by the Washington County Historical Society, 1904 two-room schoolhouse, exhibits include a recreated workshop, cobblers station, vintage toys and dolls, clothing, antique instruments, recreation of an early-20th-century parlor
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	Five-part Georgian plantation house of Samuel Ogle, Provincial Governor of Maryland, later home to William Woodward, Jr., famous horseman in the first half of the 20th century
	Bowie	Prince George's	Capital	Historic site	Horse stable museum
		Howard	Central	Historic house	Mid 18th century manor house and park
		Baltimore	Central	Biographical	Operated by Baltimore County, 138acres park with museum about African American mathematician and scientist Benjamin Banneker^[4]
		Anne Arundel	Central	Historic house	Operated by the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society
Betterton Heritage Museum		Kent	Eastern Shore	Local history
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	brick Tidewater Colonial plantation house that sits on 430acres
Bjorlee Museum	Frederic	Frederick	Western	Education	History of the Maryland School for the Deaf^[5]
		Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Natural history	Visitors center contains wildlife exhibits, bird-watching cameras and viewing areas
		Howard	Central	Transportation	historic BMW motorcycles, parts and accessories, trophies, collectibles, BMW toys and scale models, advertising
Boonsborough Museum of History		Washington	Western	Local history	Civil War and local history artifacts
Boonsboro Trolley Museum	Boonsboro	Washington	Western	Railway	restored trolley station and cars
	Boonsboro	Washington	Western	Historic house	19th-century log house, operated by the Boonsboro Historical Society
Boyds Negro School		Montgomery	Capital	School	operated by the Boyds Historical Society, one room building that served as the only public school for African Americans in the Boyds area from 1895–1936
	Cumberland	Allegany	Western	Decorative arts	collections include Chinese ceramics, Allegany County historic glassware, American furniture, period rooms, Asian works of art, American, British, and European decorative arts; operated by the Allegany County Historical Society
		Calvert	Southern	History	This free museum contains many significant historical items related to the sport of surfing collected by its founder over the past 50 years. Website
		Frederick	Western	Railway	Demonstrates the effect of railroads on society in a company town
		Montgomery	Capital	Living	19th-century slave plantation life, features a Civil War-era barn, outbuildings, and slave cemetery, and is home to the Underground Railroad Immersion Experience; set on 60acres of Seneca Creek State Park, project of The Menare Foundation
		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Transportation - Canal	History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
		Calvert	Southern	Maritime	Traditional Chesapeake Bay wooden vessels, human activity along the Patuxent River, marine fossils, local maritime industry, lighthouses, live otters and estuary marine life
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Historic house	19th-century house museum with gallery of local memorabilia; operated by the Berlin Heritage Foundation
	Cumberland	Allegany	Western	Transportation	Location of the C&O Canal National Historical Park Cumberland Visitor Center, canal boat replica "The Cumberland" and Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
		Anne Arundel	Central	Maritime	Operated by the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society; watermen's museum in an 1860 house
			Central	Open air	Mid-19th-century rural life depicted with original farm structures, such as the 1850s farmhouse, bank barn, smokehouse, broom shop, saddlery, springhouse, Living History Center, wagon shed, general store exhibit, and one-room schoolhouse
Cecil County Farm Museum		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Agriculture
		Baltimore	Central	Art	Art gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, manages the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Historic house	home of Charles Carroll of Annapolis, (1702-1782), and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737-1832)
	Various			Transportation - Canal	Visitor centers at Georgetown, Great Falls Tavern, Brunswick, Williamsport, Hancock, and Cumberland have displays and interpretive exhibits about the history of the C & O Canal
		Talbot	Eastern Shore	Maritime	Chesapeake Bay maritime, historical and Native American artifacts, visual arts and indigenous water craft
		Calvert	Southern	Railway	History of Chesapeake Beach Railway, also local history
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Children's
		Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Firefighting
Chestertown RiverArts		Kent	Eastern Shore	Art	community art center with an exhibit gallery
	Cambridge	Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Maritime	Replica lighthouse open for tours
		Montgomery	Capital	Biographical	Early history of the American Red Cross and the last home of its founder, Clara Barton
Cliffs Schoolhouse		Kent	Eastern Shore	School	Open by appointment
	College Park	Prince George's	Capital	Aviation	Antique and reproduction airplanes, aviation artifacts associated with historic College Park Airport
Concord Point Lighthouse		Harford	Central	Maritime
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Historic house	1870 Victorian house
Country Store & Drug Store Museum		Carroll	Central	History	turn of the 20th century country store and pharmacy, tours by appointment
		Calvert	Southern	Maritime	Operated by the Calvert Marine Museum, seasonal tours of the operating lighthouse
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Historic house	1809 two-room house
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	1742 15-room brick house furnished to 1760
			Capital	Art	Part of University of Maryland, College Park
		Garrett	Western	Nature center	Exhibits about the area's natural, cultural and historical heritage
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Art	houses five galleries for art exhibits
Dickinson Gorsuch Farm Museum		Baltimore	Central	Agriculture	operated by appointment by the Historical Society of Baltimore County, farm tools and equipment
		Washington	Western	Science	Science, technology, space exploration, history, geology, health, agricultural and transportation exhibits
	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	African American
		Charles	Southern	Historic house	Home of Lincoln assassination conspirator Samuel A. Mudd
Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society Museum		Baltimore	Central	Local history	period rooms, local artifacts and photographs
		Harford	Central	Nature center	Natural history exhibits, historic grist mill
Ellicott City Colored School		Howard	Central	African American	tours by appointment
Ellicott City Fire Station	Ellicott City	Howard	Central	Firefighting	open by appointment
		Garrett	Western	History	located on the 1st floor of the Friend Family Association of America
Federalsburg Area Heritage Museum		Caroline	Eastern Shore	Local history
		Baltimore	Central	Firefighting	firefighting equipment, apparatus and memorabilia, over 50 rigs
		Washington	Western	Military	Restored stone walls, 1758 barracks, exhibits, also museum about the Civilian Conservation Corps
		Anne Arundel	Central	Military	Historical artifacts, uniforms, weapons, tanks, photographs, documents and paintings pertaining to the history of Fort George G. Meade
		Prince George's	Capital	Military	Visitor center houses exhibits about the fort
Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum	Emmitsburg	Frederick	Western	Firefighting	historic fire apparatus, equipment, uniforms
		Allegany	Western	Local history	coal mining, cameras and historic photographs, band instruments, school exhibit, tools and farm implements, doll houses, local artifacts
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Living	1830s village for local iron manufacturing industry
		Montgomery	Capital	Local history	Historic freight house, history park and a caboose
Gaithersburg - Washington Grove V.F.D. Fire Museum	Gaithersburg	Montgomery	Capital	Firefighting
Galesville Heritage Museum		Anne Arundel	Central	Local history	operated by the Galesville Heritage Society
		Garrett	Western	Local history	includes model train layout, schools, coal mining, industry, culture, clothing, military, period room displays
	Oakland	Garrett	Western	Transportation	includes carriages, sleighs, buggies, fire department artifacts and automobiles, blacksmith shop, local history displays, operated by the Garrett County Historical Society
		Kent	Eastern Shore	Historic house	1784 Georgian brick townhouse, headquarters of the Historical Society of Kent County
Geiser-Mason Farm Museum		Washington	Western	Agriculture	Open by appointment^[6]
		Frederick	Western	Biographical	Part of Gathland State Park, includes remains of estate of Civil War correspondent George Alfred Townsend
Goldman Art Gallery		Montgomery	Capital	Ethnic - Jewish	part of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Local history	Housed in an early-20th-century bank building
		Baltimore	Central	Aerospace	aviation and aerospace history in Maryland, particularly the Glenn L. Martin Company
	Rockville	Montgomery	Capital	Art	Changing exhibits
		Prince George's	Capital	Aerospace	Part of Goddard Space Flight Center
	Cumberland	Allegany	Western	Historic house	home of the Allegany County Historical Society, Second Empire style home decorated for upper-class family life of the late 19th century
Goucher College Art Galleries		Baltimore	Central	Art	Silber Art Gallery, Rosenberg Gallery and Corrin Student Gallery^[7]
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Historic house	Home for the governor of Maryland since 1870
Grantsville Community Museum		Garrett	Western	Local history	operated by the Garrett County Historical Society
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	original International Style house furnished with objects from the period of 1936-1946
		Washington	Western	Historic house	1739 fieldstone frontier house
	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	Aviation	story of Hagerstown’s over seventy-year history of aircraft design and manufacture
Hagerstown Railroad Museum	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	Railway	includes a steam engine, signs, signals, bells, telephones and tools that were used by railroad workers
	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	Railway	Area railroad history and model train layouts
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Historic house	1774 mansion
		Baltimore	Central	Historic house	18th-century estate including a Georgian manor house and original stone slave quarters
		Anne Arundel	Central	Living	1785 farmstead park on 26acres, consists of stone house, kitchen added in the 1850s, a stone milk house, gardens, a cemetery and an active beehive, operated by the Friends of Hancock's Resolution
Hancock Museum and Visitor's Center		Washington	Western	Local history	natural history, orchard industry, operated by the Hancock Historical Society and the Town of Hancock
Hancock Town Museum		Washington	Western	Local history	antiques, tools, local artifacts, exhibits on C & O Canal, National Pike, and Western Maryland Railroad; operated by the Hancock Historical Society, also Hancock Toll House open by appointment
	Cambridge	Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Biographical	life of Harriet Tubman
		Harford	Central	Art	collection of working & decorative Chesapeake Bay decoys, historical and cultural legacy of waterfowling and decoy making
		Harford	Central	Maritime	collection of working & decorative Chesapeake Bay decoys, historical and cultural legacy of waterfowling and decoy making
		Harford	Central	Historic house	Operated by the Historical Society of Harford County, Colonial period house
	Sharpsburg	Washington	Western	Civil War	Displays about the Civil War in the Washington, Carroll and Frederick County, area visitor information
		Baltimore	Central	Local history
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	1780s Georgian mansion and plantation, also known as Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Local history	also called 99 Maine Street, operated by the Historic Annapolis Foundation
Historic Port Tobacco Village		Charles	Southern	Local history	costumed docents tell story of Port Tobacco from 1620 to present, tours include the Port Tobacco Courthouse, Stagg Hall, and Burch House
	Cockeysville	Baltimore	Central	County history, genealogy resources	Located in a historic almshouse
	Westminster	Carroll	Central	Historic house	operates the 1807 Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House and adjacent Shriver-Weybright Exhibition Gallery in the Kimmey House
Historical Society of Cecil County		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Local history	19th-century furnishings, historic artifacts, works of art of local interest, country store, log house, the Early American kitchen and John F. DeWitt Military Museum
		Harford	Central	Local history	local and county history artifacts, Native American rock carving collection
		Talbot	Eastern Shore	Local history	also gives guided tours of three adjacent historic homes: Joseph's Cottage, James Neall House, Forman's Studio
		Anne Arundel	Central	Multiple	23acres park with William Brown House, a historic house museum, ongoing archaeological digs of the late-17th- and early-18th-century Londontowne, 8acres of botanical gardens
		St. Mary's	Southern	Living	17th-century setting including reconstructed State House of 1676, Smith's Ordinary, the Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation, a working colonial farm
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Historic house	Operated by Historic Annapolis Foundation, 18th-century period house with Colonial-era enactors
	Grantsville	Garrett	Western	Historic house	modern house of mid-18th-century-period design construction, located in Spruce Forest Artisan Village
Howard County Heritage Orientation Center	Ellicott City	Howard	Central	Local history	exhibits on 18th- and 19th-century milling techniques, floods of Ellicott Mills, the Ellicott Family
	Ellicott City	Howard	Central	Local history	museum housed in the former First Presbyterian Church
		Howard	Central	Farm	operated by the Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club
	Bowie	Prince George's	Capital	Railway	Historic Bowie Station switch tower, freight depot, and waiting shed, caboose
		Montgomery	Capital	Art	historic mill housing the Hyattstown Mill Arts Project
		Allegany	Western	Historic house	Also known as Michael Cresap Museum, 1764 stone house with period furnishings, open by appointment and for special events
		Baltimore	Central	Natural history	Set on 116 acres (0.47 km2) of land, exhibits focus on the animals, plants and environment of the Piedmont woodlands, wetlands and meadows
James E. Kirwan Museum	Stevensville	Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Historic house	operated by the Kent Island Heritage Society
Janus Museum		Montgomery	Capital	Art	work and collections of Allan Janus
		Calvert	Southern	Archaeology	Home of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
		Harford	Central	Living	Located in Gunpowder Falls State Park, Quaker village demonstrating 18th- through early-20th-century life
		Somerset	Eastern Shore	Local history	Traces the history of the Maryland lower shore
		Montgomery	Capital	Historic house	operated by Historic Medley, 1793 log house and general store, includes E.L. Stock, Jr. Memorial Arboretum
		Montgomery	Capital	African American	located on the old Isaac Riley Farm where Reverend Josiah Henson lived and worked as a slave from 1795 to 1830. His 1849 autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's landmark novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Local history	Kitchen and hearth exhibits, Victorian clothing and adornments, machines and tools, general store
		Washington	Western	Historic house	Place where John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, open by appointment
Kent Museum		Kent	Eastern Shore	Agriculture	Agricultural equipment and antique household items
		Montgomery	Capital	Agriculture	dairy farming
		Montgomery	Capital	School	late-19th-century one-room schoolhouse
Kitzmiller Coal Mining Museum		Garrett	Western	Industry - mining
		Harford	Central	Historic house	Includes the manor house with antique English furniture, equestrian paintings and fox hunting memorabilia
		Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Open air	Home of the Dorchester County Historical Society, includes mid-19th-century Georgian Meredith House with period rooms, exhibits on local history, agriculture, domestic life, antique transportation vehicles, trade tools
Lamar Surgical Suite and Civil War Museum		Frederick	Western	Medical	home of the Central Maryland Heritage League, turn-of-the-century rural medical sanitarium, open by appointment
La Plata Train Station		Charles	Southern	Railway	station and caboose
		Montgomery	Capital	Ethnic	Latvian costumes and textiles, original and reproduction farm tools, examples of traditional crafts
		Prince George's	Capital	Local history	Operated by the Laurel Historical Society, mill town roots, railroad connections, African-American community, early suburban experiences, schools, fire department, shops, banks, Main Street
		Washington	Western	Art	1846 Georgian-style house, headquarters for the Valley Art Association
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	Federal style mansion furnished to reflect three generations from 1815 to 1902
		Somerset	Eastern Shore	Railway
		St. Mary's	Southern	Maritime	Re-creation of a late-17th-century trading ship
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	State capitol	Oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772
Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum		Charles	Southern	Military
		Kent	Eastern Shore	Aviation	Located at the Massey Aerodrome, collection of small aircraft from the 30s to 50s, also puts on air shows
		Washington	Western	History	open by appointment, military weapons and artifacts, ceramic art, brass rubbings, antique record players, coins, jewelry
	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	Historic house	Federal period brick townhouse, home of the Washington County Historical Society
Mitchell Gallery	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Art	part of St. John's College
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Civil War	Visitor center houses interpretive displays and artifacts from the Battle of Monocacy Junction
	Laurel	Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	1780s five-part Georgian home with period rooms
		Charles	Southern	Historic house	Located in Chapman State Park, mid 19th-century manor house, open for events
		Prince George's	Capital	Archaeology	includes outdoor interpretive panels highlighting area's cultural history and a restored plantation house with exhibits about the Native Americans, English Colonists and African Americans at Mount Calvert, as well as artifacts from the ongoing archaeological digs
		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Historic house	18th-century tobacco plantation on 290acres
Mount Savage Museum Bank and Jail		Allegany	Western	Local history	restored 1800s miners home with exhibits about the Mt. Savage Iron Works, railroad, brick and mining industries, operated by the Mount Savage Historical Society
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	School	19th-century one-room school
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Local history	operated by the Historical Society of Frederick County, exhibits of historical artifacts, decorative and fine arts that tell the story of Frederick County, Maryland
		Caroline	Eastern Shore	Local history	operated by the Caroline County Historical Society
Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture	Salisbury	Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Local history	changing exhibits from its collections, part of Salisbury University
	Bowie	Prince George's	Capital	Media	History of radio and television from the telegraph through the rise of television
		Montgomery	Capital	Railway	Historic trolleys used in Washington D.C.
		Prince George's	Capital	Living	1770s tobacco planting farm
		Anne Arundel	Central	Military	Exhibits include working World War II German Enigma machine, a bombe used to break it, and displays covering the history of American cryptology
		Baltimore County	Central	Technology	Telegraph, radio, radar and satellite equipment
National Institutes of Health Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall		Montgomery	Capital	Medical	Scientific and medical research that improves human health and prevents disease,^[8] also additional exhibits on display in several campus locations^[9] including the DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research^[10]
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Medical	Medical care during the Civil War, advancements in treatment
		Montgomery	Capital	Medical	Located in Forest Glen Annex
	College Park	Prince George's	Capital	Language	The world's languages, their origins, alphabets, and evolution
		Frederick	Western	Religious	Shrine to Elizabeth Ann Seton, also contains museum of her life and canonization, video/orientation theater, restored 1750 Stone House, 1810 White House, Basilica, cemetery and chapel
		Prince George's	Capital	Natural history	Work at the refuge, global environmental issues, migratory bird studies, habitats, endangered species, research tools and techniques used by scientists
New Windsor Museum		Carroll	Central	Local history	operated by the New Windsor Heritage Committee
		Prince George's	Capital	Open air	Ruins of the manor house, its outbuildings and roads, and the remains of two slave quarters^[11]
Oakley Cabin African American Museum and Park		Montgomery	Capital	Historic house	early-19th-century African American-owned log cabin, site on the Underground Railroad
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Maritime	Exhibits on storms, sea life, life-saving in Ocean City, sand collection, aquariums, doll houses
Old Jail Museum		St. Mary's	Southern	Local history	home for St. Mary's County Historical Society archives, also local history artifacts
	Stevensville	Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Historic site	Part of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County
Old Town Hall Bank Museum and Exhibit Hall		Montgomery	Capital	Local history	operated by Historic Medley
Original Playhouse Children's Museum		Frederick	Western	Children's	historic fire apparatus, equipment, uniforms
		Talbot	Eastern Shore	Local history
		Prince George's	Capital	Farm	Historic Mount Welby plantation home and working Oxon Hill Farm
		St. Mary's	Southern	Aviation	Heritage of the research, development, test and evaluation of naval aircraft
		Prince George's	Capital	History	includes Duvall Tool Museum, Blacksmith Shop & Farriar and Tack Shop, Tobacco Farming Museum, Duckett Cabin, Sears Roebuck and Company 1923 Simplex Sectional House
Paw Paw Museum		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Local history
		Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Historic house	Part of Pemberton Historical Park, 1741 plantation home
		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Railway	Area railroad history, model trail layout, also a MARC commuter railroad station
		St. Mary's	Southern	Lighthouse	Includes lighthouse, museum and historic boat display
		Charles	Southern	Native American	history and culture of the Piscataway tribe and other native peoples
		St. Mary's	Southern	Maritime
	Scotland	St. Mary's	Southern	Civil War	Houses the Civil War Museum/Marshland Nature Center, open on weekends
		Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Historic house	Circa 1795 mansion on National Register of Historic Places
Port Republic School Number 7		Calvert	Southern	School	one room schoolhouse
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Local history	part of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County, antique farm implements, tools, watermen's items, blacksmith shop, Native American artifacts
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Historic site	part of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Railway	Historic railway station
		Montgomery	Capital	Art	a walk through the Hebrew Bible via visual arts
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Local history	Located at Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum, exhibits on local history and processing of pig iron
		Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Maritime	models of Chesapeake Bay traditional wooden sailing vessels, boatbuilders' tools and watermen's artifacts;
Ridgeley Rosenwald School		Prince George's	Capital	School	historic segregated school that served area African American children until the 1950s
		Washington	Western Maryland	Military
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Amusement
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	Early-19th-century Federal-style plantation home
		Kent	Eastern Shore	Local history	watermen, decoys, ship models, local artifacts
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Historic house	owned by the Historical Society of Frederick County, home of fifth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Roger Brooke Taney, site includes the house, detached kitchen, root cellar, smokehouse and slaves quarters
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Open air	Includes the late-18th-century historic home, garden, ice house, smokehouse, blacksmith shop, carriage museum, log cabin and farm museum
Salisbury University Art Galleries	Salisbury	Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Art	University Gallery, Electronic Gallery and Gallery at Downtown Campus^[12]
		Montgomery	Capital	Local history
Sandy Spring Slave Museum & Art Gallery	Sandy Spring	Montgomery	Capital	History	slave experience, open by appointment
	Frederick	Frederick	Western	Historic house	1756 colonial German house, owned by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
Seabrook Schoolhouse		Prince George's	Capital	School	1896 one-room schoolhouse, open by appointment
Seneca Schoolhouse Museum		Montgomery	Capital	School	operated by Historic Medley
Sharptown Historical Museum	Salisbury	Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Local history	^[13]
		Montgomery	Capital	Local history
		Charles	Southern	Historic house	Houses Smallwood's Retreat, 1760 plantation home of William Smallwood
Smithsburg Town Museum		Washington	Western	Local history	operated by the Smithsburg Historical Society
		St. Mary's	Southern	Historic house	18th-century plantation home, slave cabin and outbuildings on 95acres
		Dorchester	Eastern Shore	History	Preserves the heritage & history of the southern areas of Dorchester County. Website
South Mountain Heritage Society	Burkittsville	Frederick	Western	Local history	themes include commerce, industry, religion, community, African American, and Civil War
Spocott Windmill	Cambridge	Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Open air	includes replica 19th-century post windmill, miller's cottage, blacksmith shop, country store and museum
	Grantsville	Garrett	Western	Multiple	arts and heritage center with resident and visiting artisans demonstrating their craft, living history programs and several historic house museums
		Anne Arundel	Central	Toy	private collection of Star Wars toys and collectibles, open by appointment
		St. Mary's	Southern	History	Maryland’s earliest history and Potomac River heritage, includes Little Red Schoolhouse, also known as Potomac River Museum
		Harford	Central	Living	Preserves & demonstrates rural arts & crafts of the 1880-1920 period, includes Victorian farmhouse, blacksmith, joiner, woodwright, copper, potter, wheelwright, dairy farmer, spinner and weaver
	Stevensville	Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Railway	Part of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	Church	1764 Georgian brick church
St. Michaels Museum at St. Mary's Square		Talbot	Eastern Shore	Local history
		Montgomery	Capital	Medical	Operated by the Montgomery County Historical Society at the Beall-Dawson House, one room doctor's office
		Carroll	Central	Biographical	home of Robert Strawbridge, founder of American Methodism, open by appointment
		Montgomery	Capital	Art	Music performing center, art exhibitions and outdoor sculpture park
		Worcester	Eastern Shore	School	Historic African American one-room school
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Local history	memorabilia of baseball player Jimmy Foxx
		Prince George's	Capital	Historic house	Mid-19th-century home of Mary Surratt, safe house for the Confederate underground, exhibits about the Lincoln conspiracy
	Havre de Grace	Harford	Central	Local history	restored canal lock house with local history exhibits and living history special events
	Havre de Grace	Harford	Central	Multiple	Contains historic Rock Run Grist Mill and Rock Run House, a 14-room stone mansion built in 1804
Sykesville Colored Schoolhouse Museum		Carroll	Central	School
Sykesville Gate House Museum of History	Sykesville	Carroll	Central	Local history
	Hunt Valley	Baltimore	Central	Computer History	Vintage Computing Devices
		Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Local history	open by appointment
		Somerset	Eastern Shore	Historic house	Federal era, Neoclassical style house built between 1802 and 1819
Thomas Isaac Log Cabin	Ellicott City	Howard	Central	Historic house	1780 rustic log cabin
Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Maritime	Guided tours of the lighthouse, arrival by boat
	Port Tobacco	Charles	Southern	Historic house	1770s house of Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence
		Allegany	Western	Transportation	horse-drawn vehicles include pleasure vehicles, funeral wagons, sleighs, carts, and more in a renovated 19th-century warehouse
		Talbot	Eastern Shore	Maritime	Island's watermen, tools, boat models, art
Tolchester Beach Museum		Kent	Eastern Shore	History	museum about the closed Tolchester Amusement Park
Tory House/107 House		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Historic house	^[14]
	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	Railway	one of the largest operating O-gauge model railroad displays in the East Coast, railroad memorabilia, toys
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Historic house	1794 home, office of the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society, period rooms
		St. Mary's	Southern	Local history	18th-century 14-room mansion, operated by the St. Mary's County Historical Society, exhibits of local history on 1st floor
		Harford	Central	Historic house	Mid 19th-century Gothic Revival cottage
		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Maritime	Located in Elk Neck State Park, lighthouse open for tours
		Carroll	Central	Historic house	Turn-of-the-19th-century house and grist mill
		Cecil	Eastern Shore	Maritime	decoys, gunning rigs, antique marine engines, mahogany miniatures
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Maritime	American naval history, ship models, flags, marine art, artifacts
		Dorchester	Eastern Shore	Local history
		Wicomico	Eastern Shore	Art	Part of Salisbury University, wildfowl carvings, antique working decoys, contemporary sculpture and painting
		Frederick	Western		Heritage railroad and museum
	Hagerstown	Washington	Western	Art	19th-century and early-20th-century American Art, Old Masters
	Boonsboro	Washington	Western	Agriculture	early rural life in Washington County, farm equipment, tools, country store
Waterfront Warehouse	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Local history	Historic Annapolis Foundation, exhibits on state and area history
Waterman's Museum		Kent	Eastern Shore	Maritime	Exhibits on oystering, crabbing, and fishing, reproduction of a shanty house, local carvings and boats^[15] ^[16]
	Cumberland	Allegany	Western	Railway	Starting point and museum of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
		Carroll	Central	Railway	Western Maryland Railway artifacts and memorabilia, N-Scale model railroad
William F. Moran, Jr. Museum	Middletown	Frederick	Western	Technology	working bladesmith shop with museum about hand forged knives and blacksmith metalwork
	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Central	Historic house	1760s five-part Georgian brick home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; operated by the Historic Annapolis Foundation
	Linthicum	Anne Arundel	Central	Medical	Part of the American Urological Association, history and science of urology
		Washington	Western	Local history	Located in a historic barn
		Montgomery	Capital	Living	18th-century brick manor house, stone barn and outbuildings
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Historic house	1744 plantation house, one room deep and two rooms wide, operated by the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society
		Queen Anne's	Eastern Shore	Mill	Restored grist mill dating back to the 17th century

Defunct Museums

• American Dime Museum,^[17] Baltimore, museum of curiosities^{[18] [19]}
• Antique Toy Museum, Baltimore, closed in 2012^[20]
• Bagpipe Museum, Ellicott City^[21]
• Brannock Maritime Museum, Cambridge - collections merged with Richardson Maritime Museum in 2004^[22]
• Christian Heritage Museum, Hagerstown^[23]
• Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, closed in 2012^[24]
• Fells Point Maritime Museum, Baltimore, collections now at Maryland Center for History and Culture^[25]
• Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, Baltimore, 2002, collection now at Baltimore Museum of Industry,^{[26] [27]}
• Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health,^[28] New Carrollton, closed in 1998, now online only,^[29]
• National Children's Museum was located in National Harbor from 2012 to 2015^[30]
• Peale Museum, Baltimore - holdings transferred to Maryland Historical Society in 1999
• PlayWiseKids, Columbia^[31]
• Presidential Pet Museum,^[32] moved from Annapolis to President's Park, Williamsburg, VA
• Queen City Transportation Museum, Cumberland, closed in 2011^[33]
• Ripken Museum, Aberdeen, memorabilia about baseball player Cal Ripken and family, baseball memorabilia^[34]
• Townsend House & Pullen Museum, Catonsville, closed in 2021 when the Catonsville Historical Society dissolved and sold the building. ^[35]
• U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, closed Maryland museum location in 2010, moving to Fort Lee (now Fort Gregg-Adams), Virginia, outdoor exhibits still on display^[36]
• Waters House History Center, Germantown, closed in 2010^[37]
• Wheels of Yesterday, Ocean City, closed in 2012^{[38] [39]}

See also

• List of museums in Baltimore
• Nature Centers in Maryland

External links

• Maryland Manual On-Line: Maryland at a Glance: Museums

Notes and References

1. Web site: African American Heritage House. Charles County, MD. 25 April 2015.
2. Web site: Museums. Kent County, Maryland. 26 April 2015.
3. Web site: Barron's C & O Canal Museum. Roadtrippers. 27 January 2016.
4. Web site: Friends site. Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum. 27 January 2016.
5. Web site: Bjorlee Museum. City of Frederick. 18 November 2014.
6. Web site: Washington County Museums. Maryland.gov. 27 January 2016.
7. Web site: Art Galleries . 7 November 2023 . Goucher College.
8. Web site: NIH Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall. National Institute of Health. 17 November 2014.
9. Web site: VISITORS INFORMATION. National Institute of Health. 17 November 2014.
10. Web site: DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research. OFFICE OF NIH HISTORY. 17 November 2014.
11. Web site: Archaeology & Native Americans... in Historic Prince George's County. Prince George's County, Maryland Tourism. Prince George's County, Maryland Conference & Visitors Bureau. 18 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202204411/http://www.visitprincegeorges.com/historical/historic_archaeology.html. 2 February 2014. dead.
12. Web site: SU Art Galleries. Salisbury University. 18 November 2014.
13. Web site: Sharptown Historical Museum. Wicomico County Tourism. 26 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043844/http://www.wicomicotourism.org/explore-directory/sharptown-historical-museum. 29 November 2014. dead.
14. Web site: Town & Local Area Activities. Historic Charlestown, MD. 25 April 2015.
15. Web site: Destination: Rock Hall. Haven Harbour, MD. 25 April 2015.
16. Web site: Watermen's Museum. Fodor's Travel. 25 April 2015.
17. http://www.dimemuseum.net/index.html
18. Web site: http://www.acurse.com/hunt_dimemuseum.html . 2008-07-02 .
19. Web site: End of an Era for Baltimore's Curiosity Museum . NPR.org . NPR . 2014-08-26.
20. Web site: Homestead | Get a site, Get found. Get customers . Antiqtoymuseum.com . 2014-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223173402/http://www.antiqtoymuseum.com/about.html . 2012-02-23 .
21. Web site: Historic Ellicott City, MD - Bagpipe Museum . Ellicottcity.net . 2014-08-26.
22. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-07-07 . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727215300/http://www.richardsonmuseum.org/files/BrannockMerger.pdf . dead .
23. Web site: Christian Heritage Museum. Trip Advisor. 17 November 2014. March 4, 2014. This location is no longer a museum.
24. Web site: contemporary.org . contemporary.org . 2014-08-26.
25. http://www.mdhs.org/explore/maritime/
26. Web site: kilokat's ANTIQUE LIGHT BULB site : Dr. Hugh Hicks . Bulbcollector.com . 2002-05-08 . 2014-08-26.
27. Web site: photos . Angelfire.com . 2014-08-26.
28. Web site: mum.org . mum.org . 2013-05-24 . 2014-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150325165749/http://www.mum.org/ . 2015-03-25 . dead .
29. Web site: Museum of Menstruation - Closed, New Carrollton, Maryland . Roadsideamerica.com . 2014-08-26.
30. Web site: National Children's Museum Prepares to Reopen in Washington, DC at Kickoff Celebration. 2018-06-18. National Children's Museum.
31. Web site: Playwisekids. Yelp. 17 November 2014.
32. Web site: presidentialpetmuseum.com . presidentialpetmuseum.com . 2014-04-14 . 2014-08-26.
33. Web site: Local Funding Cuts Doom Western Md. Transport Museum. CBS Baltimore. 17 November 2014. July 25, 2011.
34. Web site: Ripken Museum. Ballpark Reviews. 17 November 2014. The museum was located in downtown Aberdeen, just a few miles from Ripken Stadium. Unfortunately, the Ripken Museum has now closed and there are no plans to reopen it. There had been talk of creating a museum at Ripken Stadium, but apparently this fell through..
35. Web site: Catonsville Historical Society to sell its property, seeks new home for artifacts . 22 May 2019 .
36. Web site: Army Ordnance Museum . Ordmusfound.org . 2014-08-26.
37. Web site: MCHS closes Waters House History Center. Montgomery County Historical Society. 17 November 2014. June 21, 2010. https://archive.today/20141117182734/http://www.montgomeryhistory.org/mchs-closes-waters-house-history-center. 17 November 2014. dead.
38. Web site: Ocean City Antique Car Museum Closing Doors. CBS Baltimore. 16 November 2014. November 25, 2012.
39. Web site: Wheels of Yesterday. Yelp. 16 November 2014.