List of museums in Maryland

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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.

Lists of Marytland institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

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Name Location Region Area of study Summary
American Visionary Art Museum Baltimore Art
Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum Baltimore Biographical Presents the life & times of Babe Ruth, Baltimore’s native son who became America’s first sports celebrity & an international icon. Website
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum Baltimore Railway
Baltimore Maritime Museum Baltimore Maritime
Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore Art
Baltimore Museum of Industry Baltimore Industrial
Baltimore Public Works Museum Baltimore Industrial
Banneker-Douglass Museum Annapolis Cultural Website
Belair Mansion Bowie Historic site
Belair Stable Museum Bowie Historic site
Brunswick Railroad Museum Brunswick Railway
Calvert Marine Museum Solomons Website
Calvin B. Taylor House Museum Berlin
Carroll County Farm Museum Westminster Historic site Website
Carroll Mansion Baltimore History
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels Maritime Website
Chesapeake Fire Museum Hebron
Costen House Pocomoke City
Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum Baltimore Historic site
Fells Point Maritime Museum Baltimore Maritime Presents shipbuilding history of Fells Point.
Fire Museum of Maryland Lutherville Website
Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum Baltimore Historic Site
Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Meade Military Website
Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum Snow Hill
Geppi's Entertainment Museum Baltimore History
Girdletree Barnes Bank Museum Girdletree
Great Blacks In Wax Museum Baltimore Cultural
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum Hagerstown Railway
Harve de Grace Decoy Museum Havre de Grace Fine collection of working & decorative Chesapeake Bay decoys. Website
Janus Museum Washington Grove Art Website
Jewish Museum of Maryland Baltimore Religious
Julia A. Purnell Museum Snow Hill Art
J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum Crisfield Historical Traces the history of the Maryland lower shore.
Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame Baltimore Hall of fame
Maryland Historical Society Museum Baltimore History Website
Maryland Museum of Military History Baltimore Military Website
Maryland Science Center Baltimore Science
Maryland State Police Museum Pikesville History Website
Mt. Zion One Room School Museum Snow Hill
Museum of Rural Life Denton
National Capital Trolley Museum Colesville Railway
National Cryptologic Museum Fort Meade History
National Museum of Dentistry Baltimore History
National Museum of Civil War Medicine Frederick Military Website
Neild Museum Cambridge Exhibits broad spectrum of items illustrating industrial & agricultural life in Dorchester County from pre-colonial times to the recent past. Website
Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum Ocean City Military
Phoenix Shot Tower Baltimore Industrial
Poplar Hill Mansion Salisbury Historic site Circa 1795 mansion on National Register of Historic Places.
Queponco Railway Station Newark
R. Frank Jones Museum Snow Hill
Rose Hill Manor Park & Children's Museum Frederick Historic site Website
South Dorchester Folk Museum Church Creek History Preserves the heritage & history of the southern areas of Dorchester County. Website
St. Martin's Episcopal Church Museum Showell
Steppingstone Museum Havre de Grace Trades Preserves & demonstrates rural arts & crafts of the 1880-1920 period in Harford County. The collection is comprised of domestic arts, skilled trades & husbandry. Website
Sturgis One Room School Museum Pocomoke City
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Frederick Historic site Website
Sports Legends at Camden Yards Baltimore Sports
Teackle Mansion Princess Anne Historic site Outstanding example of neoclassical architecture. Listed on National Register of Historic Places.
U.S. Army Ordnance Museum Aberdeen Military
U.S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis Military Website
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art Salisbury Art Extensive collection of wildfowl carvings including sculptures & decoys
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Hagerstown Art Website
Star Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum Baltimore History
USS Constellation Museum Baltimore Maritime
Walters Art Museum Baltimore Art
Waterman's Museum Rock Hall History Website

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