Glen Burnie Museums - Children's, Art & History Museums in Glen Burnie MD

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AFort McHenry National Monument Historic Shrine

Fort McHenry National Monument Historic Shrine
  • 2400 East Fort Avenue
    Baltimore, MD, 21230-5393
  • +1 410 962 4290
4.5
2+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Baltimore, Maryland (7.8 miles from Glen Burnie)
  • Overview The flag that flies at Fort McHenry is 30*42 feet, big enough for Francis Scott Key to "see by the dawn's early light." The flag's 15 stars and stripes still fly as boldly as they did that terrible night, when soldiers here stood once again to reclaim American independence. Today, the star-shaped... more on Frommers
  • Overview Fort McHenry, located at the end of the Federal Hill neighborhood's Fort Avenue, was the site of the repulse of the 1814 British attack. A replica of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" flies over ... more on Weather.com

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Fort McHenry National Monument Historic Shrine
2400 East Fort Avenue
Baltimore, MD, 21230-5393

BPort Discovery

Port Discovery
  • 35 Market Place
    Baltimore, MD 21202
  • +1 410 727 8120
3.5
4+ reviews, 2 sources
  • This place is really overpriced and I'm pretty skeptical of the "educational" content of the place because the shallow "exhibits" are overshadowed by the ... more on Yelp
  • Back when I worked as a nanny, I was visited a friend in Baltimore on a day off. I noticed this place called "Port Discovery" near the Inner Harbor. ... more on Yelp

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Port Discovery
35 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

CEnoch Pratt Free Library

  • 400 Cathedral St
    Baltimore, MD 21201
  • +1 410 396 5500
  • Overview This public library is one-block long. more on TripAdvisor
  • Overview Donated to the city of Baltimore in 1882 by its namesake, a wealthy merchant, the Enoch Pratt Free Library was one of the country's first free-circulation public libraries; it remains one of the country's largest. The Pratt was remarkable for allowing any citizen to borrow books at a time when on... more on Fodor's

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Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St
Baltimore, MD 21201

DPeabody Library

  • 17 E. Mount Vernon Pl.
    Baltimore, MD 21202
  • 410 / 659-8179
5.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Overview One of Baltimore's hidden treasures has reopened to the public after a 2-year restoration. The library, part of the Peabody Institute, is an architectural gem set into the historic Mount Vernon neighborhood that is also home to the Walters Art Museum and the Washington Monument. It's an academic ... more on Frommers

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Peabody Library
17 E. Mount Vernon Pl.
Baltimore, MD 21202

ECourtyard Washington Convention Center

Courtyard Washington Convention Center
  • 900 F St nw
    Washington, DC 20004
  • +1 800 368 9000
4.0
182+ reviews, 6 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (28.0 miles from Glen Burnie)
  • . Overall the hotel was great. more on MyTravelGuide
  • they treated us like we were right up there with the most important people in washington dc. more on MyTravelGuide

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Courtyard Washington Convention Center
900 F St nw
Washington, DC 20004

FU.S.S. Constellation

U.S.S. Constellation
  • 301 East Pratt Street
    Baltimore, MD 21202-3110
  • 4105391797
4.0
6+ reviews, 3 sources
  • Overview Keel laid June 25, 1853 - anti-slavery patrol from 1859 - 1861- Saw Civil War service in the Mediterranean protecting U.S. merchant shipping from Confederate ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Overview You can't miss the Constellation, docked for years at the Inner Harbor (predating Harborplace). A triple-masted sloop-of-war launched in 1854, the Constellation is the last Civil War-era vessel afloat. Tour her gun decks, visit the wardrooms, see a cannon fired, and learn about the life of a sail... more on Frommers

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U.S.S. Constellation
301 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-3110

GLibrary of Congress

  • 101 Independence Ave SE
    Washington, DC 20003
  • 2027075000
4.5
18+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (27.7 miles from Glen Burnie)
  • Overview The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in Washington, D.C., it is the largest by shelf space and one of the most important libraries in the world. Its collections include more than 30 million catalo... more on En.wikipedia.org
  • Overview The Library of Congress, the US's oldest cultural institution, is arguably the greatest hidden gem for family excursions. Sure, it is the largest library in the world, with an astronomical number of books, recordings, maps, photos, and manuscripts. But the Library is also host to concerts and poe... more on GoCityKids.com

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Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003

HFolger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library
  • 201 East Capitol Street South East
    Washington, DC 20003-1004
  • +1 202 544 7077
3.5
6+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Overview Shakespeare taught us that the little world of the heart is vaster, deeper, and richer than the spaces of astronomy," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1864. A decade later, Amherst student Henry Clay Folger was profoundly affected by a lecture Emerson gave similarly extolling the bard. Folger purchas... more on Frommers
  • Overview View the world's largest collection of original Shakespeare manuscripts and books. This attraction ... more on Weather.com

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Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street South East
Washington, DC 20003-1004

IHammond-Hardwood House

  • 19 Maryland Avenue
    Annapolis, Maryland 21401
  • +1 410 263 4683
  • Overview Collecting since 1938, the museum has long been the home of some of the finest decorative and fine arts the ... more on Hammondharwoodhouse.org
  • Overview Visit America?s ?most beautiful Anglo-Palladian house.? This jewel was built in 1774 by English architect William Buckland for wealthy tobacco planter Matthias Hammond. See one of America?s ... more on VisitAnnapolis.org

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Hammond-Hardwood House
19 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

JCollingwood Library and Museum on Americanism

  • 8301 East Boulevard Drive
    Alexandria, VA 22308-1316
  • +1 703 765 1652
  • Overview Originally part of George Washington's River Farm, the Collingwood Library is now a unique library on Americana. With its extensive collection of books on American heritage and a genealogy section on loan from the Mayflower Society of Washington, the library features replicas of the Constitution ... more on Virginia.org

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Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism
8301 East Boulevard Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308-1316

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