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Maryland Historical Society

Address: 201 W. Monument St., Mount Vernon, Baltimore, MD, 21201 | Map It
Phone: 410/685-3750
www.mdhs.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Mount Vernon

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Fodor's Review:

More than 200,000 objects serve to celebrate Maryland's history and heritage at this museum. One major attraction is the original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner." The first floor is devoted to an exhibit about Marylanders' pursuit of liberty, with a focus on religious freedom, voting rights, labor, and war. Featured on the second floor are portrait paintings by the Peale family and Joshua Johnson, America's first African-American portrait artist, as well as 18th- and 19th-century Maryland landscape paintings juxtaposed against present-day photographs of the same places. Furniture manufactured and designed in Maryland from the 18th century to the present is on the third floor. There's also a library with 7 million works that relate to the state's history.

Cost: $8
Open: Museum: Wed.-Sun. 10-5; library: Wed.-Sat. 10-4:30

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