An intimate museum inside the former home of civil rights leader Dr. Lillie Carroll Jackson, offering a local view into Baltimore's organizing, NAACP leadership, and civil rights legacy.

A nationally respected contemporary gallery focused on artists of the African diaspora. It gives visitors an elevated but approachable art experience rooted in culture, identity, history, and collecting.

A Black-owned tea brand and retail experience that pairs naturally with Vinyl & Pages next door, creating one of the guide's strongest slow, relaxing downtown stops.

A Black-owned cultural space inside Hooper House — part art gallery, part boutique, part literary salon. Come by during the day for the community energy, the upstairs shopping, and rotating creative programming.

A historic mansion transformed into a creative ecosystem for artists, designers, galleries, makers, and entrepreneurs — one address that lets visitors discover several Baltimore creatives, designers, galleries, and makers at once. Functions as an Explore Hub, not just a single listing.

A Black-owned, women-owned natural dye studio, dye garden, retail space, and educational facility. One of the strongest maker recommendations because the dye work, textiles, workshops, and dye garden make it feel genuinely one-of-one.

One of Baltimore's most important Black faith landmarks, often called the Mother Church of African American Methodism in Maryland. A quiet, powerful stop that ties the city's Black church history to education, organizing, and community leadership.

A Black-owned beauty and wellness spa offering a higher-end self-care option near the waterfront — a true spa/wellness stop for visitors who want to reset between sessions.

Happening Friday, July 10 (during the conference) — a district-wide evening where Station North's galleries, studios, and creative businesses open their doors. If your schedule allows, this is one of the easiest ways to explore multiple Black-owned and Black-forward creative spaces in a single evening while you're in town for AIM.

A compact neighborhood experience connecting Leadenhall Baptist Church, Sharp-Leadenhall's free Black history, Federal Hill proximity, and near-downtown architecture — a near-downtown faith and Black neighborhood history experience without needing a formal tour. Especially useful as a quieter faith/history route.

Maryland's flagship African American history and culture museum, and the best starting point for visitors who want context for Baltimore's Black communities, leadership, art, activism, and entrepreneurship before exploring the rest of Black Baltimore.

A uniquely Baltimore Black history museum using life-sized wax figures and immersive scenes to tell stories from ancient Africa through slavery, abolition, civil rights, and Black achievement.

A community museum inside one of Baltimore's most historic buildings, combining local storytelling, contemporary exhibitions, civic memory, and architecture — it tells Baltimore's history through the building itself, the exhibitions, and the community stories inside.

A waterfront museum connecting Frederick Douglass's Baltimore years, Isaac Myers's legacy, Black maritime labor, and one of the nation's earliest African American-owned shipyards.

A key Black art institution connected to Morgan State University, showcasing African American artists, African diaspora work, and exhibitions connected to HBCU cultural life.

A free museum a short walk from downtown, with a growing focus on African and African diaspora art — think Afrofuturism, jewelry, design, and rotating exhibitions that center Black cultural storytelling alongside the permanent collection.

The cultural home of legendary pianist and composer Eubie Blake, where Baltimore's Black music legacy comes alive through exhibitions, concerts, visual art, and educational programming. More than a museum, it's an active community space celebrating generations of Black artistic excellence — and an especially rewarding stop if you're drawn to jazz, history, or the creative pulse of the city.

A quiet, welcoming shop centered on books by Black authors and curated vinyl records — it feels like a local living room for books and music, and pairs perfectly with tea next door at Cuples.

A creative, community-centered space combining local art, maker goods, hospitality, and a welcoming atmosphere close to the Convention Center.

A custom menswear and tailoring studio known for high-touch service, custom suits, wedding styling, and craftsmanship. A strong fit for conference attendees interested in style, formalwear, and Baltimore design.

An intimate Black-owned, women-owned gallery and studio space inside Hooper House, ideal for visitors seeking contemporary art in a more personal creative environment.

A plant and lifestyle concept inside Hooper House that adds a softer home, plant, and gift layer to the creative hub experience.

An emerging fashion/streetwear brand inside Hooper House, adding to the building's role as a fashion and design ecosystem.

A vintage fashion destination that reflects Baltimore's growing North Avenue style scene. More than a thrift stop, it attracts stylists, photographers, creatives, and people interested in Baltimore's contemporary fashion culture — showing the city's current creative scene, not just its history.

A lifestyle brand by Michael Haskins Jr. and Erica Lee Page, representing the new wave of Baltimore fashion, design, and creative entrepreneurship in Station North.

A nationally recognized Baltimore-born Black-owned personal care brand. Best included if there is an active storefront, event, or retail partner visitors can access.

A contemporary gallery centered on artists of color, offering thoughtful exhibitions and a more intimate, local view into Baltimore's creative community.

An artist studio, gallery, and classroom rooted in Station North's Black-owned creative scene — a good stop if you want to see working artists, browse original work, or catch a workshop.

A long-running Station North gallery founded by curator Michelle Talibah, adding depth to the contemporary art and creative services layer of the guide.

A makeup studio and education concept identified by Station North. Potential fit for beauty, workshops, and creative entrepreneurship if visitor access is active.

A Black-owned fashion and styling boutique in Station North — the kind of neighborhood shop to duck into when you want local style, curated apparel, and a real conversation with the owner.

A vintage and vintage-inspired boutique identified by Station North. Potential fit for the fashion/design category if currently operating for visitors.

A florist identified by Station North that could add floral design, gifts, and legacy small business texture to the guide if visitor-facing hours are active.

A Black-owned artisan coffee roaster listed by Station North with a cafe presence at Open Works. Good fit as a creative hub stop.

One of Baltimore's biggest maker spaces — a creative hub where local artists, entrepreneurs, and designers build, prototype, and teach. Worth a stop if you're into design, fabrication, or the infrastructure behind a creative city.

A multidisciplinary arts center and major Station North anchor, useful for exhibitions, events, resident artists, and understanding the neighborhood's creative ecosystem.

A jewelry and metalsmithing center that adds hands-on design, classes, exhibitions, and maker culture to the creative district.

A downtown shop featuring products made by Baltimore City creatives. This is a practical stop for visitors who want to support local makers and take home Baltimore-made gifts.

A cultural retail stop for African-inspired art, books, clothing, jewelry, and gifts that feel more meaningful than standard souvenirs.

A respected cultural bookstore and community resource focused on African and African American literature, history, and cultural materials.

A community-centered independent bookstore with a strong focus on Black authors, local writers, and meaningful literary culture.

A beloved independent bookstore and record shop. Not necessarily Black-owned, but a strong Baltimore cultural stop for visitors who love books, records, and browsing.

A Black creativity experience blending visual art, apparel, and shopping. Strong fit for visitors who want contemporary Black art in an accessible, shoppable format.

A large-scale showcase of Black artists and creators that lets visitors discover many artists in one accessible downtown experience.

A historic African Methodist Episcopal congregation with roots tied to Richard Allen's Baltimore preaching and the formation of free Black worship communities — a strong faith legacy stop that helps visitors understand Baltimore's role in early Black Methodist faith communities.

One of Baltimore's oldest African American church buildings, in a historically Black neighborhood close to the Inner Harbor and Federal Hill — a near-downtown faith-history stop most visitors would never find on their own, strong for anyone interested in Black faith, architecture, and neighborhood memory.

A historically significant Black church connected to abolitionist organizing and Underground Railroad history, connecting Baltimore's faith history to freedom work and abolitionist memory. Include if current visitor access and interpretation can be confirmed.

A Black-owned skincare storefront and spa in downtown Baltimore offering housemade skincare products and services such as facials, waxing, brows, and lashes — a downtown self-care option that fills an important beauty-and-wellness gap while supporting a Baltimore Black-owned brand.

A spiritually oriented retail shop at Harborplace's BOOST Boutique with candles, quartz, incense, waist beads, jewelry, and gifts — close, browseable, giftable, and connected to the Black-owned Harborplace BOOST ecosystem. Strong fit for visitors looking for meaningful small items near the Convention Center.

A Black-owned boutique at Harborplace's BOOST Boutique focused on trendy women's gifts and accessories — an easy local retail stop within walking distance of the Convention Center that helps make the Inner Harbor useful for local shopping rather than generic souvenir browsing.

A fashion brand specializing in Afrofuturistic styles, contemporary pieces, traditional prints, and custom work — brings Black design, Afrofuturism, and wearable culture into the walkable Inner Harbor cluster. One of the best fits for the fashion/design layer of the guide.

A radical street librarian concept using book pop-ups and vending machines to promote reading in book deserts — turns book access into a creative, community-centered experience.

A nonalcoholic bottle shop in Fells Point stocked with zero-proof beer, wine, and spirits — a genuinely useful stop for anyone who wants a great evening drink without the alcohol.

A wellness-oriented waterfront experience offering private yacht charters, onboard massages, dockside wellness events, and themed cruises — turns the harbor into a wellness experience instead of only a sightseeing backdrop.

A high-energy Black creative market featuring vintage sellers, artists, fashion, handmade goods, music, and local entrepreneurs — gives visitors a concentrated dose of Baltimore's Black creative economy in one place. If it happens during AIM week, it should be featured prominently.

Made In Baltimore champions local manufacturers and makers through retail and events, so one stop lets you support a lot of Baltimore creators at once. If a pop-up or market is running while you're in town, it's a great shopping afternoon.

A useful resource for historic walking routes, heritage interpretation, and context — helps turn scattered landmarks into an intentional history walk. Include if a specific Black Baltimore route or self-guided itinerary can be tied to it.

A guided Black history tour that connects Baltimore's landmarks, neighborhoods, churches, and cultural institutions into one meaningful story that no single landmark can tell on its own.

Stand where one of the most important stages in Black entertainment history once welcomed legends like Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin. The original theater is gone, but the site still carries the weight of Pennsylvania Avenue's era as one of America's great Black entertainment districts — a short, meaningful stop that grounds the rest of the trail.

Founded in 1905, Arch Social Club is one of the nation's oldest continuously operating African American social clubs — and its story runs straight through Baltimore's jazz scene, civic leadership, and the golden era of Pennsylvania Avenue. Even just standing outside, you're looking at more than a century of Black community life gathered in one building.

One of the country's premier intimate jazz venues, where internationally acclaimed artists and rising musicians perform just a few feet from the audience. Whether you're a lifelong jazz fan or just looking for an unforgettable night out, an evening here is one of Baltimore's signature cultural experiences.