MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

HOWARD COUNTY

African Art Museum of Maryland
Long Reach Village Center, Suite 112
8775 Cloudleap Court, Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 740-7411
e-mail: info@africanartmuseum.org
web: https://africanartmuseum.org/
[photo, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Caboose (C-2149), Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station Museum, 3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland] Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum
3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4661
(410) 313-1945
e-mail: cconneally@howardcountymd.gov
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/recreation-parks/baltimore-ohio-ellicott-city-station-museum

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Caboose (C-2149), Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station Museum, 3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Belmont Manor & Historic Park
6555 Belmont Woods Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
(410) 313-0200
e-mail: belmontmanormd@howardcountymd.gov
web: www.belmontmanormd.com/belmont-manor-historic-park
(open to public for scheduled events)

Carrollton Hall (summer estate of Charles Carroll)
12280 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 531-2800
e-mail: info@shrineofstanthony.org
web: https://shrineofstanthony.org/carrollton-hall-1

Ellicott City Colored School
8683 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-0422
e-mail: info@visitoec.com
web: www.visithowardcounty.com/listings/the-ellicott-city-colored-school-restored/1262/

[photo, Firehouse Museum, Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, Maryland] Firehouse Museum
3829 Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4436
(410) 313-0422
e-mail: membership@ellicottcityvfa.com
web: www.visithowardcounty.com/listings/ellicott-city-firehouse-museum/2909/

Firehouse Museum, Church Road, Ellicott City, Maryland, July 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Heritage Orientation Center (County's first courthouse)
8334 Main St., Ellicott City, MD 21043
(destroyed in 2018 flood)

Howard County Center of African American Culture
5434 Vantage Point Road, Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 715-1921
e-mail: hccaac@gmail.com
web: https://hccaac.org/

Howard County Historical Society Museums
Archives Center at Miller Branch Library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 480-3250
e-mail: info@hchsmd.org
web: www.hchsmd.org/our-facilities

[photo, Howard County Historical Society Museum, 8328 Court Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland]

Museum of Howard County History, 8328 Court Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum
c/o Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club, P.O. Box 335
12985 Frederick Road, West Friendship, MD 21794 - 0335
web: www.farmheritage.org/about-the-museum
(closed in 2023)

[photo, Mount Ida Mansion, 3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, Maryland] Howard County Police Department Museum
2200 Scott Wheeler Dr., Marriottsville, MD 21104

Mount Ida Mansion
3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21043
(closed)

Mount Ida Mansion, 3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park (partially-restored ruins)
3655 Church Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-0419
e-mail: emosher@howardcountymd.gov, info@visitoec.com
web: www.visithowardcounty.com/listings/patapsco-female-institute/1259/

Pfeiffer's Corner Schoolhouse
Rockburn Branch Park, 6109 Rockburn Branch Park Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
(closed)

Robinson Nature Center
6692 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 313-0400
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/recreation-parks/RobinsonNatureCenter

[photo, Bollman Iron Truss Bridge at Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Maryland] Savage Mill, Historic (former cotton mill)
8600 Foundry St., Savage, MD 20763 - 9512
(410) 792-2820
e-mail: info@savagemill.com
web: www.savagemill.com/history/

Bollman Iron Truss Bridge (semi-suspension bridge example of system invented by Baltimore engineer Wendel Bollman in 1850), built in 1869 by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad over Little Patuxent River at Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Maryland, January 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Thomas Isaac Log Cabin, 8394 Main St., Ellicott City, Maryland] Thomas Isaac Log Cabin
8394 Main St., Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-0422
e-mail: info@historicec.com
web: www.visithowardcounty.com/listings/thomas-isaac-log-cabin/1260/

Thomas Isaac Log Cabin, 8394 Main St., Ellicott City, Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Vintage BMW Motorcycle Museum
10630 Riggs Hill Rd. Suite Y, Jessup, MD 20794
(301) 497-8949, ext. 218
e-mail: bob@bobsbmw.com
web: www.bobsmotorcycles.com/gallery/vintage-bmw-motorcycle-museum/

Waverly Mansion
2300 Waverly Mansion Drive, Marriottsville, MD 21104
(410) 313-0200
e-mail: waverlymd@howardcountymd.gov
web: www.visithowardcounty.com/listings/historic-waverly-mansion/10459/

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