MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

BALTIMORE COUNTY

[photo, Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland] Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Ballestone/Stansbury House
1935 Back River Neck Road, Essex, MD 21221
(410) 887-2818
e-mail: ballestonehouse@aol.com
web: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/recreation/parks-directory/ballestone-stansbury-house

Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum
300 Oella Ave., Baltimore, MD 21228
(410) 887-1081; fax: (410) 203-2747
e-mail: bannekermuseum-rp@baltimorecountymd.gov
web: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/recreation/parks-directory/benjamin-banneker-historical-park-and-museum

Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society & Museum, Inc.
P. O. Box 21781
4 Center Place, Dundalk, MD 21222
(410) 284-2331
e-mail: dundalkhistory@verizon.net
web: www.dundalkhistory.org/the-society.html

[photo, volunteer and visitor on early 1800s hand-pumped engine, Fire Museum of Maryland, Lutherville, Maryland] Fire Museum of Maryland
1301-R York Road, Lutherville, MD 21093
(410) 321-7500
e-mail: sgheaver@firemuseummd.org
web: www.firemuseummd.org/

Volunteer & visitor on early 1800s hand-pumped engine, Fire Museum of Maryland, Lutherville, Maryland, May 2009. Photo by Len Brown, courtesy of Fire Museum of Maryland.

Fire Service Museum
Public Safety Building (lobby), 700 East Joppa Road, Towson, MD 21286 - 5500

Fort Garrison (one of Maryland's oldest buildings, circa 1694)
6 Garrison Farms Court, Pikesville, MD 21208
(410) 887-1238
web: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/recreation/parks-directory/fort-garrison

[photo, Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland] Hampton National Historic Site (Ridgely family house & grounds)
535 Hampton Lane, Towson, MD 21286
(410) 962-4290, option 2; fax: (410) 823-8394
web: www.nps.gov/hamp/index.htm


Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland, January 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Heritage Society of Essex & Middle River Museum
516 Eastern Blvd., Essex, MD 21221
(443) 579-5266
e-mail: essexmuseum@gmail.com
web: www.essexmuseum.com/

[photo, Dickenson-Gorsuch Farm & Agriculture Museum, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville, Maryland] Historical Society of Baltimore County Museum (includes Historic Almshouse, Civil Defense Fallout Shelter, & Dickenson-Gorsuch Farm & Agriculture Museum)
9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville, MD 21030
(410) 666-1878
e-mail: info@hsobc.org
web: www.hsobc.org/museum/

Dickenson-Gorsuch Farm & Agriculture Museum, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville, Maryland, November 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Hubert V. Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball Inc. (formerly the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum of Maryland)
10302 Grand Central Ave., Owings Mills, MD 21117
(443) 487-6698
web: www.smnlbinc.org/

Irvine Nature Center
11201 Garrison Forest Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117
(443) 738-9200; fax: (410) 902-8210
e-mail: info@explorenature.org
web: www.explorenature.org/

Jacob House
Carver Community Center, 300 Lennox Ave., Towson, MD 20286
(410) 296-4615
(open by appointment)

Lutherville Historical Colored School #24 Museum
1426 School Lane, Lutherville, MD 21093
(410) 825-6114
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/attraction/lutherville-historical-colored-school-24-museum

[photo, Rosie the Riveter exhibit, Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum, 701 Wilson Point Road, Middle River, Maryland] Maryland Aerospace Heritage Center (formerly Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum)
P. O. Box 5024
2323 Eastern Blvd. Middle River, MD 21220 - 5024
(410) 682-6122
e-mail: museum@mdairmuseum.org
web: www.mdairmuseum.org/
(opening in Spring 2026)

"Rosie the Riveter" exhibit, Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum, 701 Wilson Point Road, Middle River, Maryland, October 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

[photo, Maryland State Police Museum, 1201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Maryland] Maryland State Police Museum
1201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208
(closed in 2009)

National Electronics Museum
338 Clubhouse Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21031
web: www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/
(moved from Linthicum in 2024; moved to Maryland Aerospace Heritage Center in Spring 2026)

Maryland State Police Museum, 1201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

National Lacrosse Hall of Fame & Museum
2 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD 21152
(410) 235-6882; fax: (410) 366-6735
web: www.usalacrosse.com/national-lacrosse-hall-fame-and-museum
(moved from Baltimore in 2016)

Oregon Ridge Nature Center (includes Peter Goff Tenant House Museum)
13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, MD 21030
(410) 887-1815
e-mail: ornaturecenter-rp@baltimorecountymd.gov
web: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/recreation/parks-directory/oregon-ridge-nature-center

Perry Hall Mansion
3930 Perry Hall Road, Perry Hall, MD 21128
web: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/recreation/parks-directory/perry-hall-mansion
(closed, property to be sold by County)

Robert W. & Diane E. Gibson Museum of Sheppard Pratt
Sheppard Pratt Towson Campus, 6501 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204
(410) 938-3000
e-mail: archivist@sheppardpratt.org
web: www.sheppardpratt.org/museums-art-collections/the-gibson-museum/
(open by appointment)

Rosenberg Gallery
Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204
(410) 337-6477
web: www.goucher.edu/events-and-conference-services/venues/rosenberg-gallery

Spring Grove Hospital Center Alumni Museum
Spring Grove Hospital Center, Garrett Building, 55 Wade Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228
(443) 402-7856; fax: (410) 402-7050
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/history-heritage/spring-grove-alumni-museum
(open by appointment)

System Source Computer Museum (Maryland Technology Museum)
338 Clubhouse Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21031
(410) 771–5544
web: https://museum.syssrc.com/

Townsend House & Pullen Museum
Catonsville Historical Society, 1824 Frederick Road, Catonsville, MD 21228 - 9311
(closed; buildings sold in June 2019)

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