Suggested adventure
Black Baltimore Essentials
Three museums that lay the groundwork — Black wax figures, civil rights archives, and a community museum inside one of Baltimore's oldest buildings. The city makes more sense after this loop.
The itinerary
- 01
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
Inner Harbor / Jonestown
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.
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The Peale
Downtown
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.
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Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
Bolton Hill
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.
On the map
drawing the city