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Tattoo Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

The Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

Art

When planning your next museum visit in Baltimore, you will want to consider the Walters Art Museum-now open free of charge! The Walters is one of only a few museums worldwide to comprehensively present art from the third millennium B.C. to the early 20th century. Among its thousands of treasures, the Walters’ ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ethiopian, Asian, western medieval and Renaissance art collections are among the best in the nation. The Walters also holds one of the finest collections of decorative arts — ivories, bronzes, enamels and jewelry — in America. Highlights include Fabergé Easter eggs and jewelry by Tiffany and Lalique.

The Irish Railroad Workers Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Specialized

The Irish Railroad Workers Museum is a historic site in Baltimore Maryland that celebrates the history of the immense Irish presence in Southwest Baltimore City in the late 1840's. The museum officially opened on June 17th, 2002. This site consists of a group of 5 alley houses where the Irish immigrants who worked for the adjoining B&O Railroad lived. Two of the houses, 918 and 920 Lemmon St., are the museum. The Irish Railroad Workers Museum is the centerpiece of a larger historical district that includes the B&O Railroad Museum, St. Peter the Apostle Church, the Hollins Street Market, and St. Peter the Apostle Cemetery. The museum is a project of the Railroad Historical District Corporation, a non-profit organization