The Upper Bay Museum in historic North East, Md., houses displays of hunting, boating and fishing artifacts native to the upper Chesapeake Bay.
Visitors can trace the history of the waterfowl hunter through exhibits of outlawed gunning rigs and skillfully carved decoys. Visitors can also follow the progress of bay boating and fishing with many boats, nets, and one of the country's best collections of antique marine engines
.Located in the "Crossroads of American History," the Museum of Frederick County History features exhibitions in an 1820 home in the heart of Historic Downtown Frederick.
Guided tours, special exhibitions and the Society’s rich collection of decorative and fine arts tell the story of Frederick County, Maryland, from the Colonial period, through the Civil War, to the present day.
The museum tells the history of medical innovations during the Civil War.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is the premier center for the preservation and research of the legacy of Civil War medical innovation.
The Museum was established in 1990 by a group of scholars and medical professionals who desired to share their interest in Civil War medicine with the public. What began as a private collection of medical artifacts has expanded beyond the doors of the original site to include two satellite museums; the Pry House Field Hospital Museum and Clara Barton’s Missing Soldier’s Office; the Letterman Institute of professional development; and the NMCWM Press, a publishing center.
This site commemorates the first town established on Herring Bay.
Find out about Beneficial Societies and understand why they were important. Learn how ordinary people lived before electricity and indoor plumbing. Show your children an outhouse. See how plaster and lath was used in homes. View a, dairy, corn house, and log smokehouse.
This museum overlooks and focuses on the history of St. Clement's Island, Maryland's first colonial landing spot in 1634.
This beautifully restored 19th century estate, which offers tours to the public, was home to George Calvert, grandson of the 5th Baron Baltimore.
Riversdale, an elegant Federal style plantation house, was constructed between 1801 and 1807 for Henri Stier, a Flemish aristocrat, and completed by his daughter Rosalie and her husband George Calvert. Today, this elegant architectural gem has been restored to reflect the lifestyle of the Calverts in the early 19th century. Archaeology, archival records, and oral histories are used to provide modern-day visitors with a better understanding of 19th century life. Rosalie Calvert's letters are used to piece together the life of a gentry-class woman living in rural Maryland. Adam Francis Plummer, an enslaved man owned by the Calverts, wrote a rare first-person account of slavery. Their stories have been preserved and are retold at Riversdale.
The Baltimore County Almshouse, built in 1782, is the Historical Society of Baltimore County's headquarters.
The Historical Society of Baltimore County houses more than 7,000 museum artifacts, 5,000 photographs from the 19th century to present, 3,100 library shelf holdings, 5,500 genealogy surname vertical files, and 1,000 subject vertical files. The Society also maintains and sells a plethora of maps, periodicals, and publications all related to Baltimore County history.
This museum highlights Maryland colonial life during the 1770s.
The Hammond-Harwood House was built for the 25-year-old tobacco planter Matthias Hammond of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The young Hammond had inherited not only a great deal of money but also a keen business sense. Indeed, Hammond managed to accrue more and more real estate while still successfully managing his various tobacco plantations. In April of 1773, Matthias Hammond was selected as a member of the vestry of St. Anne's Parish and in May of the same year he was elected to represent the City of Annapolis as a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly.
The museum of Uinta County displays artifacts from the region's history as well as art exhibits.
Uintah County Western Heritage Museum features displays of the pioneers, Native American Indians, miners, soldiers, lawmen and outlaws who helped shape the history of the area.
This museum holds the oldest, most diverse American railroad collection in the world.
The Museum’s locomotive and rolling stock collection contains many unique examples of historically significant pieces from the B&O and other Maryland railroads and includes the finest collection of 19th century steam locomotives. The Museum’s roster of locomotives and rolling stock represent the first, last, best or only of their kind in existence today.