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.

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NameLocationCountyRegionArea of studySummary
Aberdeen Room Archives & Museum Aberdeen Harford CentralLocal history
Academy Art Museum Easton Talbot Eastern Shore Artworks on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters
Adkins Historical Museum Mardela Springs Wicomico Eastern ShoreOpen aireight historic buildings and the gravestones of a Revolutionary War patriot and his wife, buildings open by appointment
African American Heritage House La Plata Charles Southern African AmericanSlavery and African American culture in 19th–20th-century Charles County, open by appointment [1]
African American Schoolhouse Museum Worton Kent Eastern ShoreSchoolOpen by appointment [2]
African Art Museum of Maryland Columbia Howard CentralArtmasks, sculptured figures, textiles, basketry, jewelry, household items, and musical instruments from Africa
Agricultural History Farm Park Derwood Montgomery CapitalAgriculture10-acre (40,000 m2) complex with historic 1908 Bussard Farmstead farmhouse, barn, assorted farm buildings and an activity center
Airmen Memorial Museum Suitland Prince George'sCapitalMilitaryhistory of enlisted airmen from 1907 to the present day
Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery Catonsville Baltimore CentralArtPart of University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Allegany Museum Cumberland Allegany Western Local historyexhibits include transportation, natural history, changing life, industry, folk art
American Red Cross Information & History Center Walkersville Frederick WesternHistoryhistory of the American Red Cross and the Frederick County Chapter
Annapolis Maritime Museum Annapolis Anne Arundel CentralMaritimemaritime environment and culture of the Chesapeake Bay area, includes Barge House Museum
Anne Arundel County Free School Davidsonville Anne ArundelCentralEducationOne room colonial school
Annmarie Garden Solomons Calvert SouthernArt30-acre (120,000 m2) outdoor sculpture park and arts building for exhibits, classes and workshops
Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg Washington WesternCivil WarIncludes 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
Art Gallery at the University of Maryland College Park Prince George'sCapitalArtExhibition 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
Art Institute & Gallery SalisburyWicomicoEastern ShoreArtvisual arts center
B&O Ellicott City Station Museum Ellicott City HowardCentralRailwayOldest surviving railroad station in America, freight house features 40-foot (12 m) HO-gauge model train
Bainbridge Naval Training Center Museum Port Deposit Cecil Eastern ShoreMilitaryhistory of United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge
Ballestone-Stansbury House Essex BaltimoreCentralHistoric house19th-century-period house with American Decorative arts from 1780-1880
Banneker-Douglass Museum AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralAfrican AmericanBlack life in Maryland, African and African American art, important African American Marylanders
Barbara Fritchie House and Museum Frederick FrederickWesternHistoric houseReconstructed 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 Mardela Springs WicomicoEastern ShoreLocal historyoperated by the Westside Historical Society, includes the museum, Barren Creek Springs Church and Barren Creek Springhouse
Barron's C & O Canal Museum & Country Store Sharpsburg WashingtonWesternHistoryC&O Canal artifacts, located at Snyder's Landing [3]
Beall-Dawson House Rockville MontgomeryCapitalHistoric houseOperated by the Montgomery County Historical Society, early-19th-century-period house including indoor slave quarters, and the Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine
Beatty-Cramer House FrederickFrederickWesternHistoric houseowned 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
Beaver Creek School Museum Hagerstown WashingtonWesternHistoryoperated 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
Belair Mansion Bowie Prince George'sCapitalHistoric houseFive-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
Belair Stable Museum BowiePrince George'sCapitalHistoric siteHorse stable museum
Belmont Manor and Historic Park Elkridge HowardCentralHistoric houseMid 18th century manor house and park
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum Catonsville BaltimoreCentralBiographicalOperated by Baltimore County, 138-acre (0.56 km2) park with museum about African American mathematician and scientist Benjamin Banneker [4]
Benson-Hammond House Linthicum Anne ArundelCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society
Betterton Heritage Museum Betterton KentEastern ShoreLocal history [2]
Billingsley House Museum Upper Marlboro Prince George'sCapitalHistoric housebrick Tidewater Colonial plantation house that sits on 430 acres (1.7 km2)
Bjorlee MuseumFredericFrederickWesternEducationHistory of the Maryland School for the Deaf [5]
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Cambridge Dorchester Eastern ShoreNatural historyVisitors center contains wildlife exhibits, bird-watching cameras and viewing areas
Bob's Vintage Museum Columbia HowardCentralTransportationhistoric BMW motorcycles, parts and accessories, trophies, collectibles, BMW toys and scale models, advertising
Boonsborough Museum of History Boonsboro WashingtonWesternLocal historyCivil War and local history artifacts
Boonsboro Trolley MuseumBoonsboroWashingtonWesternRailwayrestored trolley station and cars
Bowman House BoonsboroWashingtonWesternHistoric house19th-century log house, operated by the Boonsboro Historical Society
Boyds Negro School Sandy Spring MontgomeryCapitalSchooloperated 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
Brooke Whiting House & Museum CumberlandAlleganyWesternDecorative artscollections 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
Bruce "Snake" Gabrielson's Surf Art Gallery and Museum Chesapeake Beach CalvertSouthernHistoryThis free museum contains many significant historical items related to the sport of surfing collected by its founder over the past 50 years. Website
Brunswick Heritage Museum Brunswick FrederickWesternRailwayDemonstrates the effect of railroads on society in a company town
Button Farm Living History Center Germantown MontgomeryCapitalLiving19th-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 60 acres (240,000 m2) of Seneca Creek State Park, project of The Menare Foundation
C&D Canal Museum Chesapeake City CecilEastern ShoreTransportation - CanalHistory of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Calvert Marine Museum Solomons CalvertSouthernMaritimeTraditional Chesapeake Bay wooden vessels, human activity along the Patuxent River, marine fossils, local maritime industry, lighthouses, live otters and estuary marine life
Calvin B. Taylor House Berlin Worcester Eastern ShoreHistoric house19th-century house museum with gallery of local memorabilia; operated by the Berlin Heritage Foundation
Canal Place CumberlandAlleganyWesternTransportationLocation of the C&O Canal National Historical Park Cumberland Visitor Center, canal boat replica "The Cumberland" and Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Captain Salem Avery House Museum Shady Side Anne ArundelCentralMaritimeOperated by the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society; watermen's museum in an 1860 house
Carroll County Farm Museum Westminster Carroll CentralOpen airMid-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 Elkton CecilEastern ShoreAgriculture
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture Catonsville BaltimoreCentralArtArt gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, manages the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park
Charles Carroll House of Annapolis AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralHistoric househome of Charles Carroll of Annapolis, (1702-1782), and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737-1832)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park VariousTransportation - CanalVisitor centers at Georgetown, Great Falls Tavern, Brunswick, Williamsport, Hancock, and Cumberland have displays and interpretive exhibits about the history of the C & O Canal
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels TalbotEastern ShoreMaritimeChesapeake Bay maritime, historical and Native American artifacts, visual arts and indigenous water craft
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Chesapeake Beach CalvertSouthernRailwayHistory of Chesapeake Beach Railway, also local history
Chesapeake Children's Museum AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralChildren's
Chesapeake Fire Museum Hebron WicomicoEastern ShoreFirefighting
Chestertown RiverArts Chestertown KentEastern ShoreArtcommunity art center with an exhibit gallery
Choptank River Light CambridgeDorchesterEastern ShoreMaritimeReplica lighthouse open for tours
Clara Barton National Historic Site Glen Echo MontgomeryCapitalBiographicalEarly history of the American Red Cross and the last home of its founder, Clara Barton
Cliffs Schoolhouse Cliff City KentEastern ShoreSchoolOpen by appointment [2]
College Park Aviation Museum College ParkPrince George'sCapitalAviationAntique and reproduction airplanes, aviation artifacts associated with historic College Park Airport
Concord Point Lighthouse Havre de Grace HarfordCentralMaritime
Costen House Pocomoke City WorcesterEastern ShoreHistoric house1870 Victorian house
Country Store & Drug Store Museum Mt. Airy CarrollCentralHistoryturn of the 20th century country store and pharmacy, tours by appointment
Cove Point Light Lusby CalvertSouthernMaritimeOperated by the Calvert Marine Museum, seasonal tours of the operating lighthouse
Cray House Stevensville Queen Anne's Eastern ShoreHistoric house1809 two-room house
Darnall's Chance House Museum Upper Marlboro Prince George'sCapitalHistoric house1742 15-room brick house furnished to 1760
David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora College Park Prince George's County CapitalArtPart of University of Maryland, College Park
Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center Swanton Garrett WesternNature centerExhibits about the area's natural, cultural and historical heritage
Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center FrederickFrederickWesternArthouses five galleries for art exhibits
Dickinson Gorsuch Farm Museum Cockeysville BaltimoreCentralAgricultureoperated by appointment by the Historical Society of Baltimore County, farm tools and equipment
Discovery Station Hagerstown WashingtonWesternScienceScience, technology, space exploration, history, geology, health, agricultural and transportation exhibits
Doleman Black Heritage Museum HagerstownWashingtonWesternAfrican American
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Waldorf CharlesSouthernHistoric houseHome of Lincoln assassination conspirator Samuel A. Mudd
Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society Museum Dundalk BaltimoreCentralLocal historyperiod rooms, local artifacts and photographs
Eden Mill Nature Center & Historic Mill Museum Pylesville HarfordCentralNature centerNatural history exhibits, historic grist mill
Ellicott City Colored School Ellicott City HowardCentralAfrican Americantours by appointment
Ellicott City Fire StationEllicott CityHowardCentralFirefightingopen by appointment
Family Heritage Museum Friendsville GarrettWesternHistorylocated on the 1st floor of the Friend Family Association of America
Federalsburg Area Heritage Museum Federalsburg CarolineEastern ShoreLocal history
Fire Museum of Maryland Lutherville BaltimoreCentralFirefightingfirefighting equipment, apparatus and memorabilia, over 50 rigs
Fort Frederick State Park Big Pool WashingtonWesternMilitaryRestored stone walls, 1758 barracks, exhibits, also museum about the Civilian Conservation Corps
Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Meade Anne ArundelCentralMilitaryHistorical artifacts, uniforms, weapons, tanks, photographs, documents and paintings pertaining to the history of Fort George G. Meade
Fort Washington Park Fort Washington Prince George'sCapitalMilitaryVisitor center houses exhibits about the fort
Frederick County Fire & Rescue MuseumEmmitsburgFrederickWesternFirefightinghistoric fire apparatus, equipment, uniforms
Frostburg Museum Frostburg AlleganyWesternLocal historycoal mining, cameras and historic photographs, band instruments, school exhibit, tools and farm implements, doll houses, local artifacts
Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum Snow Hill WorcesterEastern ShoreLiving1830s village for local iron manufacturing industry
Gaithersburg Community Museum Gaithersburg MontgomeryCapitalLocal historyHistoric freight house, history park and a caboose
Gaithersburg - Washington Grove V.F.D. Fire MuseumGaithersburgMontgomeryCapitalFirefighting
Galesville Heritage Museum Galesville Anne ArundelCentralLocal historyoperated by the Galesville Heritage Society
Garrett County Historical Society Museum Oakland Garrett WesternLocal historyincludes model train layout, schools, coal mining, industry, culture, clothing, military, period room displays
Garrett County Transportation Museum OaklandGarrettWesternTransportationincludes carriages, sleighs, buggies, fire department artifacts and automobiles, blacksmith shop, local history displays, operated by the Garrett County Historical Society
Geddes-Piper House Chestertown KentEastern ShoreHistoric house1784 Georgian brick townhouse, headquarters of the Historical Society of Kent County
Geiser-Mason Farm Museum Smithsburg WashingtonWesternAgricultureOpen by appointment [6]
George Alfred Townsend Museum Burkittsville FrederickWesternBiographicalPart of Gathland State Park, includes remains of estate of Civil War correspondent George Alfred Townsend
Goldman Art Gallery Rockville MontgomeryCapitalEthnic - Jewishpart of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
Girdletree Barnes Bank Girdletree WorcesterEastern ShoreLocal historyHoused in an early-20th-century bank building
Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum Middle River BaltimoreCentralAerospaceaviation and aerospace history in Maryland, particularly the Glenn L. Martin Company
Glenview Mansion Art Gallery RockvilleMontgomeryCapitalArtChanging exhibits
Goddard Visitor Center Greenbelt Prince George'sCapitalAerospacePart of Goddard Space Flight Center
Gordon-Roberts House CumberlandAlleganyWesternHistoric househome 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 Towson BaltimoreCentralArtSilber Art Gallery, Rosenberg Gallery and Corrin Student Gallery [7]
Government House AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralHistoric houseHome for the governor of Maryland since 1870
Grantsville Community Museum Grantsville GarrettWesternLocal historyoperated by the Garrett County Historical Society
Greenbelt Museum Greenbelt Prince George'sCapitalHistoric houseoriginal International Style house furnished with objects from the period of 1936-1946
Hager House Hagerstown WashingtonWesternHistoric house1739 fieldstone frontier house
Hagerstown Aviation Museum HagerstownWashingtonWesternAviationstory of Hagerstown’s over seventy-year history of aircraft design and manufacture
Hagerstown Railroad MuseumHagerstownWashingtonWesternRailwayincludes a steam engine, signs, signals, bells, telephones and tools that were used by railroad workers
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum HagerstownWashingtonWesternRailwayArea railroad history and model train layouts
Hammond-Harwood House AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralHistoric house1774 mansion
Hampton National Historic Site Hampton BaltimoreCentralHistoric house18th-century estate including a Georgian manor house and original stone slave quarters
Hancock's Resolution Pasadena Anne ArundelCentralLiving1785 farmstead park on 26 acres (110,000 m2), 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 Hancock WashingtonWesternLocal historynatural history, orchard industry, operated by the Hancock Historical Society and the Town of Hancock
Hancock Town Museum Hancock WashingtonWesternLocal historyantiques, 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
Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center CambridgeDorchesterEastern ShoreBiographicallife of Harriet Tubman
Havre de Grace Decoy Museum Havre de Grace HarfordCentralArtcollection of working & decorative Chesapeake Bay decoys, historical and cultural legacy of waterfowling and decoy making
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum Havre de Grace HarfordCentralMaritimecollection of working & decorative Chesapeake Bay decoys, historical and cultural legacy of waterfowling and decoy making
Hays House Museum Bel Air HarfordCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Historical Society of Harford County, Colonial period house
Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Exhibit and Visitor Center SharpsburgWashingtonWesternCivil WarDisplays about the Civil War in the Washington, Carroll and Frederick County, area visitor information
Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River Essex BaltimoreCentralLocal history
His Lordship's Kindness Clinton Prince George'sCapitalHistoric house1780s Georgian mansion and plantation, also known as Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness
Historic Annapolis Museum AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralLocal historyalso called 99 Maine Street, operated by the Historic Annapolis Foundation
Historic Port Tobacco Village Port Tobacco CharlesSouthernLocal historycostumed docents tell story of Port Tobacco from 1620 to present, tours include the Port Tobacco Courthouse, Stagg Hall, and Burch House
Historical Society of Baltimore County CockeysvilleBaltimoreCentralCounty history, genealogy resourcesLocated in a historic almshouse
Historical Society of Carroll County WestminsterCarrollCentralHistoric houseoperates the 1807 Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House and adjacent Shriver-Weybright Exhibition Gallery in the Kimmey House
Historical Society of Cecil County Elkton CecilEastern ShoreLocal history19th-century furnishings, historic artifacts, works of art of local interest, country store, log house, the Early American kitchen and John F. DeWitt Military Museum
Historical Society of Harford County Bel Air HarfordCentralLocal historylocal and county history artifacts, Native American rock carving collection
Historical Society of Talbot County Museum Easton TalbotEastern ShoreLocal historyalso gives guided tours of three adjacent historic homes: Joseph's Cottage, James Neall House, Forman's Studio
Historic London Town and Gardens Edgewater Anne ArundelCentralMultiple23-acre (93,000 m2) park with William Brown House, a historic house museum, ongoing archaeological digs of the late-17th- and early-18th-century Londontowne, 8 acres (32,000 m2) of botanical gardens
Historic St. Mary's City St. Mary's City St. Mary'sSouthernLiving17th-century setting including reconstructed State House of 1676, Smith's Ordinary, the Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation, a working colonial farm
Hogshead AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralHistoric houseOperated by Historic Annapolis Foundation, 18th-century period house with Colonial-era enactors
House of Yoder GrantsvilleGarrettWesternHistoric housemodern house of mid-18th-century-period design construction, located in Spruce Forest Artisan Village
Howard County Heritage Orientation CenterEllicott CityHowardCentralLocal historyexhibits on 18th- and 19th-century milling techniques, floods of Ellicott Mills, the Ellicott Family
Howard County Historical Society Ellicott CityHowardCentralLocal historymuseum housed in the former First Presbyterian Church
Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum West Friendship HowardCentralFarmoperated by the Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club
Huntington Railroad Museum BowiePrince George'sCapitalRailwayHistoric Bowie Station switch tower, freight depot, and waiting shed, caboose
Hyattstown Mill Hyattstown MontgomeryCapitalArthistoric mill housing the Hyattstown Mill Arts Project
Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum Oldtown AlleganyWesternHistoric houseAlso known as Michael Cresap Museum, 1764 stone house with period furnishings, open by appointment and for special events
Irvine Nature Center Owings Mills BaltimoreCentralNatural historySet 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 MuseumStevensvilleQueen Anne'sEastern ShoreHistoric houseoperated by the Kent Island Heritage Society
Janus Museum Washington Grove MontgomeryCapitalArtwork and collections of Allan Janus
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum St. Leonard CalvertSouthernArchaeologyHome of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
Jerusalem Mill Village Jerusalem HarfordCentralLivingLocated in Gunpowder Falls State Park, Quaker village demonstrating 18th- through early-20th-century life
J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum Crisfield SomersetEastern ShoreLocal historyTraces the history of the Maryland lower shore
John Poole House Poolesville MontgomeryCapitalHistoric houseoperated by Historic Medley, 1793 log house and general store, includes E.L. Stock, Jr. Memorial Arboretum
Josiah Henson Park North Bethesda MontgomeryCapitalAfrican Americanlocated 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 .
Julia A. Purnell Museum Snow Hill WorcesterEastern ShoreLocal historyKitchen and hearth exhibits, Victorian clothing and adornments, machines and tools, general store
Kennedy Farm Sharpsburg WashingtonWesternHistoric housePlace where John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, open by appointment
Kent Museum Kennedyville KentEastern ShoreAgricultureAgricultural equipment and antique household items [2]
King Dairy Barn Mooseum Germantown MontgomeryCapitalAgriculturedairy farming
Kingsley Schoolhouse Clarksburg MontgomeryCapitalSchoollate-19th-century one-room schoolhouse
Kitzmiller Coal Mining Museum Kitzmiller GarrettWesternIndustry - mining
Ladew Topiary Gardens Monkton HarfordCentralHistoric houseIncludes the manor house with antique English furniture, equestrian paintings and fox hunting memorabilia
La Grange Plantation Cambridge DorchesterEastern ShoreOpen airHome 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 Middletown FrederickWesternMedicalhome of the Central Maryland Heritage League, turn-of-the-century rural medical sanitarium, open by appointment
La Plata Train Station La Plata CharlesSouthernRailwaystation and caboose
Latvian Museum Rockville MontgomeryCapitalEthnicLatvian costumes and textiles, original and reproduction farm tools, examples of traditional crafts
Laurel Museum Laurel Prince George'sCapitalLocal historyOperated by the Laurel Historical Society, mill town roots, railroad connections, African-American community, early suburban experiences, schools, fire department, shops, banks, Main Street
Mansion House Art Center Hagerstown WashingtonWesternArt1846 Georgian-style house, headquarters for the Valley Art Association
Marietta House Museum Glenn Dale Prince George'sCapitalHistoric houseFederal style mansion furnished to reflect three generations from 1815 to 1902
Marion Station Railroad Museum Marion SomersetEastern ShoreRailway
Maryland Dove St. Mary's City St. Mary'sSouthernMaritimeRe-creation of a late-17th-century trading ship
Maryland State House AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralState capitolOldest state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772
Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum Newburg CharlesSouthernMilitary
Massey Air Museum Massey KentEastern ShoreAviationLocated at the Massey Aerodrome, collection of small aircraft from the 30s to 50s, also puts on air shows
McMahon's Mill Civil War Military & American Heritage Museum Williamsport WashingtonWesternHistoryopen by appointment, military weapons and artifacts, ceramic art, brass rubbings, antique record players, coins, jewelry
Miller House Museum HagerstownWashingtonWesternHistoric houseFederal period brick townhouse, home of the Washington County Historical Society
Mitchell GalleryAnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralArtpart of St. John's College
Monocacy National Battlefield FrederickFrederickWesternCivil WarVisitor center houses interpretive displays and artifacts from the Battle of Monocacy Junction
Montpelier Mansion LaurelPrince George'sCapitalHistoric house1780s five-part Georgian home with period rooms
Mount Aventine Bryans Road CharlesSouthernHistoric houseLocated in Chapman State Park, mid 19th-century manor house, open for events
Mount Calvert Historical & Archaeological Park Upper Marlboro Prince George'sCapitalArchaeologyincludes 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
Mount Harmon Plantation Earleville CecilEastern ShoreHistoric house18th-century tobacco plantation on 290 acres (1.2 km2)
Mount Savage Museum Bank and Jail Mount Savage AlleganyWesternLocal historyrestored 1800s miners home with exhibits about the Mt. Savage Iron Works, railroad, brick and mining industries, operated by the Mount Savage Historical Society
Mt. Zion One Room School Museum Snow Hill WorcesterEastern ShoreSchool19th-century one-room school
Museum of Frederick County History FrederickFrederickWesternLocal historyoperated by the Historical Society of Frederick County, exhibits of historical artifacts, decorative and fine arts that tell the story of Frederick County, Maryland
Museum of Rural Life Denton Caroline Eastern ShoreLocal historyoperated by the Caroline County Historical Society
Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and CultureSalisburyWicomicoEastern ShoreLocal historychanging exhibits from its collections, part of Salisbury University
National Capitol Radio & Television Museum BowiePrince George'sCapitalMediaHistory of radio and television from the telegraph through the rise of television
National Capital Trolley Museum Colesville MontgomeryCapitalRailwayHistoric trolleys used in Washington D.C.
National Colonial Farm Accokeek Prince George'sCapitalLiving1770s tobacco planting farm
National Cryptologic Museum Fort Meade Anne ArundelCentralMilitaryExhibits include working World War II German Enigma machine, a bombe used to break it, and displays covering the history of American cryptology
National Electronics Museum Linthicum Anne ArundelCentralTechnologyTelegraph, radio, radar and satellite equipment
National Institutes of Health Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall Bethesda MontgomeryCapitalMedicalScientific 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]
National Museum of Civil War Medicine FrederickFrederickWesternMedicalMedical care during the Civil War, advancements in treatment
National Museum of Health and Medicine Silver Spring MontgomeryCapitalMedicalLocated in Forest Glen Annex
National Museum of Language College ParkPrince George'sCapitalLanguageThe world's languages, their origins, alphabets, and evolution
National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Emmitsburg FrederickWesternReligiousShrine 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
National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge Laurel Prince George'sCapitalNatural historyWork at the refuge, global environmental issues, migratory bird studies, habitats, endangered species, research tools and techniques used by scientists
New Windsor Museum New Windsor CarrollCentralLocal historyoperated by the New Windsor Heritage Committee
Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters Lake Arbor Prince George'sCapitalOpen airRuins of the manor house, its outbuildings and roads, and the remains of two slave quarters [11]
Oakley Cabin African American Museum and Park Brookeville MontgomeryCapitalHistoric houseearly-19th-century African American-owned log cabin, site on the Underground Railroad
Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum Ocean City WorcesterEastern ShoreMaritimeExhibits on storms, sea life, life-saving in Ocean City, sand collection, aquariums, doll houses
Old Jail Museum Leonardtown St. Mary'sSouthernLocal historyhome for St. Mary's County Historical Society archives, also local history artifacts
Old Stevensville Post Office StevensvilleQueen Anne'sEastern ShoreHistoric sitePart of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County
Old Town Hall Bank Museum and Exhibit Hall Poolesville MontgomeryCapitalLocal historyoperated by Historic Medley
Original Playhouse Children's Museum New Market FrederickWesternChildren'shistoric fire apparatus, equipment, uniforms
Oxford Museum (Maryland) Oxford TalbotEastern ShoreLocal history
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Oxon Hill Prince George'sCapitalFarmHistoric Mount Welby plantation home and working Oxon Hill Farm
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Lexington Park St. Mary'sSouthernAviationHeritage of the research, development, test and evaluation of naval aircraft
Patuxent Rural Museums Upper Marlboro Prince George'sCapitalHistoryincludes 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 Port Deposit CecilEastern ShoreLocal history
Pemberton Hall Salisbury WicomicoEastern ShoreHistoric housePart of Pemberton Historical Park, 1741 plantation home
Perryville Railway Museum Perryville CecilEastern ShoreRailwayArea railroad history, model trail layout, also a MARC commuter railroad station
Piney Point Light Piney Point St. Mary'sSouthernLighthouseIncludes lighthouse, museum and historic boat display
Piscataway Indian Museum Waldorf CharlesSouthernNative Americanhistory and culture of the Piscataway tribe and other native peoples
Point Lookout Light Scotland St. Mary'sSouthernMaritime
Point Lookout State Park ScotlandSt. Mary'sSouthernCivil WarHouses the Civil War Museum/Marshland Nature Center, open on weekends
Poplar Hill Mansion Salisbury WicomicoEastern ShoreHistoric houseCirca 1795 mansion on National Register of Historic Places
Port Republic School Number 7 Port Republic CalvertSouthernSchoolone room schoolhouse
Queen Anne's Museum of Eastern Shore Life Centreville Queen Anne'sEastern ShoreLocal historypart of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County, antique farm implements, tools, watermen's items, blacksmith shop, Native American artifacts
Queenstown Colonial Courthouse Queenstown Queen Anne'sEastern ShoreHistoric sitepart of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County
Queponco Railway Station Newark WorcesterEastern ShoreRailwayHistoric railway station
Ratner Museum Bethesda MontgomeryCapitalArta walk through the Hebrew Bible via visual arts
R. Frank Jones Museum Snow Hill WorcesterEastern ShoreLocal historyLocated at Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum, exhibits on local history and processing of pig iron
Richardson Maritime Museum Cambridge DorchesterEastern ShoreMaritimemodels of Chesapeake Bay traditional wooden sailing vessels, boatbuilders' tools and watermen's artifacts;
Ridgeley Rosenwald School Capitol Heights Prince George'sCapitalSchoolhistoric segregated school that served area African American children until the 1950s
Ritchie History Museum Fort Ritchie WashingtonWestern MarylandMilitary
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum Ocean City WorcesterEastern ShoreAmusement
Riversdale Riverdale Prince George'sCapitalHistoric houseEarly-19th-century Federal-style plantation home
Rock Hall Museum (Rock Hall, Maryland) Rock Hall KentEastern ShoreLocal historywatermen, decoys, ship models, local artifacts
Roger Brooke Taney House FrederickFrederickWesternHistoric houseowned 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
Rose Hill Manor Park & Children's Museum FrederickFrederickWesternOpen airIncludes the late-18th-century historic home, garden, ice house, smokehouse, blacksmith shop, carriage museum, log cabin and farm museum
Salisbury University Art GalleriesSalisburyWicomicoEastern ShoreArtUniversity Gallery, Electronic Gallery and Gallery at Downtown Campus [12]
Sandy Spring Museum Sandy Spring MontgomeryCapitalLocal history
Sandy Spring Slave Museum & Art GallerySandy SpringMontgomeryCapitalHistoryslave experience, open by appointment
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum FrederickFrederickWesternHistoric house1756 colonial German house, owned by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
Seabrook Schoolhouse Lanham Prince George'sCapitalSchool1896 one-room schoolhouse, open by appointment
Seneca Schoolhouse Museum Seneca MontgomeryCapitalSchooloperated by Historic Medley
Sharptown Historical MuseumSalisburyWicomicoEastern ShoreLocal history [13]
Silver Spring Historical Society Silver Spring MontgomeryCapitalLocal history
Smallwood State Park Marbury CharlesSouthernHistoric houseHouses Smallwood's Retreat, 1760 plantation home of William Smallwood
Smithsburg Town Museum Smithsburg WashingtonWesternLocal historyoperated by the Smithsburg Historical Society
Sotterley Plantation Hollywood St. Mary'sSouthernHistoric house18th-century plantation home, slave cabin and outbuildings on 95 acres (380,000 m2)
South Dorchester Folk Museum Church Creek DorchesterEastern ShoreHistoryPreserves the heritage & history of the southern areas of Dorchester County. Website
South Mountain Heritage SocietyBurkittsvilleFrederickWesternLocal historythemes include commerce, industry, religion, community, African American, and Civil War
Spocott WindmillCambridgeDorchesterEastern ShoreOpen airincludes replica 19th-century post windmill, miller's cottage, blacksmith shop, country store and museum
Spruce Forest Artisan Village GrantsvilleGarrettWesternMultiplearts and heritage center with resident and visiting artisans demonstrating their craft, living history programs and several historic house museums
Star Toys Museum Linthicum Anne ArundelCentralToyprivate collection of Star Wars toys and collectibles, open by appointment
St. Clement's Island Museum Colton's Point St. Mary'sSouthernHistoryMaryland’s earliest history and Potomac River heritage, includes Little Red Schoolhouse, also known as Potomac River Museum
Steppingstone Museum Havre de Grace HarfordCentralLivingPreserves & demonstrates rural arts & crafts of the 1880-1920 period, includes Victorian farmhouse, blacksmith, joiner, woodwright, copper, potter, wheelwright, dairy farmer, spinner and weaver
Stevensville Train Depot StevensvilleQueen Anne'sEastern ShoreRailwayPart of the Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County
St. Martin's Episcopal Church Museum Showell WorcesterEastern ShoreChurch1764 Georgian brick church
St. Michaels Museum at St. Mary's Square St. Michaels TalbotEastern ShoreLocal history
Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine Rockville MontgomeryCapitalMedicalOperated by the Montgomery County Historical Society at the Beall-Dawson House, one room doctor's office
Strawbridge Shrine New Windsor CarrollCentralBiographicalhome of Robert Strawbridge, founder of American Methodism, open by appointment
Strathmore North Bethesda MontgomeryCapitalArtMusic performing center, art exhibitions and outdoor sculpture park
Sturgis One Room School Museum Pocomoke City WorcesterEastern ShoreSchoolHistoric African American one-room school
Sudlersville Train Station Museum Sudlersville Queen Anne'sEastern ShoreLocal historymemorabilia of baseball player Jimmy Foxx
Surratt House Museum Clinton Prince George'sCapitalHistoric houseMid-19th-century home of Mary Surratt, safe house for the Confederate underground, exhibits about the Lincoln conspiracy
Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House Havre de GraceHarfordCentralLocal historyrestored canal lock house with local history exhibits and living history special events
Susquehanna State Park Havre de GraceHarfordCentralMultipleContains historic Rock Run Grist Mill and Rock Run House, a 14-room stone mansion built in 1804
Sykesville Colored Schoolhouse Museum Sykesville CarrollCentralSchool
Sykesville Gate House Museum of HistorySykesvilleCarrollCentralLocal history
System Source Computer Museum Hunt ValleyBaltimoreCentralComputer HistoryVintage Computing Devices
Taylor's Island Museum Taylors Island DorchesterEastern ShoreLocal historyopen by appointment
Teackle Mansion Princess Anne SomersetEastern ShoreHistoric houseFederal era, Neoclassical style house built between 1802 and 1819
Thomas Isaac Log CabinEllicott CityHowardCentralHistoric house1780 rustic log cabin
Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralMaritimeGuided tours of the lighthouse, arrival by boat
Thomas Stone National Historic Site Port TobaccoCharlesSouthernHistoric house1770s house of Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence
Thrasher Carriage Museum Frostburg AlleganyWesternTransportationhorse-drawn vehicles include pleasure vehicles, funeral wagons, sleighs, carts, and more in a renovated 19th-century warehouse
Tilghman Watermen's Museum Tilghman Island TalbotEastern ShoreMaritimeIsland's watermen, tools, boat models, art
Tolchester Beach Museum Tolchester Beach KentEastern ShoreHistorymuseum about the closed Tolchester Amusement Park
Tory House/107 House Charlestown CecilEastern ShoreHistoric house [14]
The Train Room and Museum HagerstownWashingtonWesternRailwayone of the largest operating O-gauge model railroad displays in the East Coast, railroad memorabilia, toys
Tucker House (Maryland) Centreville Queen Anne'sEastern ShoreHistoric house1794 home, office of the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society, period rooms
Tudor Hall Leonardtown St. Mary's SouthernLocal history18th-century 14-room mansion, operated by the St. Mary's County Historical Society, exhibits of local history on 1st floor
Tudor Hall Bel Air HarfordCentralHistoric houseMid 19th-century Gothic Revival cottage
Turkey Point Light Station North East CecilEastern ShoreMaritimeLocated in Elk Neck State Park, lighthouse open for tours
Union Mills Homestead Westminster CarrollCentralHistoric houseTurn-of-the-19th-century house and grist mill
Upper Bay Museum North East CecilEastern ShoreMaritimedecoys, gunning rigs, antique marine engines, mahogany miniatures
U.S. Naval Academy Museum AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralMaritimeAmerican naval history, ship models, flags, marine art, artifacts
Vienna Heritage Museum Vienna DorchesterEastern ShoreLocal history
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art Salisbury WicomicoEastern ShoreArtPart of Salisbury University, wildfowl carvings, antique working decoys, contemporary sculpture and painting
Walkersville Southern Railroad Museum Walkersville FrederickWestern Heritage railways Heritage railroad and museum
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts HagerstownWashingtonWesternArt19th-century and early-20th-century American Art, Old Masters
Washington County Rural Heritage Museum BoonsboroWashingtonWesternAgricultureearly rural life in Washington County, farm equipment, tools, country store
Waterfront WarehouseAnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralLocal historyHistoric Annapolis Foundation, exhibits on state and area history
Waterman's Museum Rock Hall KentEastern ShoreMaritimeExhibits on oystering, crabbing, and fishing, reproduction of a shanty house, local carvings and boats [15] [16]
Western Maryland Railway Station CumberlandAlleganyWesternRailwayStarting point and museum of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Western Maryland Railway Historical Society Museum Union Bridge CarrollCentralRailway Western Maryland Railway artifacts and memorabilia, N-Scale model railroad
William F. Moran, Jr. MuseumMiddletownFrederickWesternTechnologyworking bladesmith shop with museum about hand forged knives and blacksmith metalwork
William Paca House & Garden AnnapolisAnne ArundelCentralHistoric house1760s five-part Georgian brick home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; operated by the Historic Annapolis Foundation
William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History LinthicumAnne ArundelCentralMedicalPart of the American Urological Association, history and science of urology
Williamsport Town Museum Williamsport WashingtonWesternLocal historyLocated in a historic barn
Woodlawn Manor Museum Sandy Spring MontgomeryCapitalLiving18th-century brick manor house, stone barn and outbuildings
Wright's Chance Centreville Queen Anne'sEastern ShoreHistoric house1744 plantation house, one room deep and two rooms wide, operated by the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society
Wye Grist Mill Wye Mills Queen Anne'sEastern ShoreMillRestored grist mill dating back to the 17th century

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