Indoor Activities in Baltimore
Poor weather doesn't need to put a damper on your Baltimore getaway.
As much as we’d love for your Charm City itinerary to include tours of our stunning Inner Harbor and scenic parks, we recognize that the weather doesn’t always allow for outdoor exploration. Luckily, there’s just as much fun to be had indoors in Baltimore. Spend a hot, cold or rainy day exploring a museum, watching a movie, getting your game on, unleashing your creativity or shopping for souvenirs—the water will be waiting for you when the sky clears.
Baltimore Museums for Every Interest
Leave bad weather at the door as you meander through Baltimore's many museums.
Kid-Friendly Museums
Get up close with all kinds of marine life at the National Aquarium.
A poor-weather day doesn’t have to squash your child’s play time. There are several kid-friendly museums in Baltimore that will keep your children’s bodies and brains active. With a giant ship, model diner, art studio, four-story Sky Climber and more, Port Discovery takes a hands-on approach to learning and encourages children to engage their imaginations. They’ll also get a hands-on experience at the National Aquarium’s Living Seashore exhibit, where you can pet horeshoe crabs, moon jellies and Atlantic stingrays. Across the water, the Maryland Science Center invites kids to dig for dinosaur fossils, touch a cloud, participate in lab experiments, try their hand at furniture making and more.
Art Museums
It follows that a city with as innovative and diverse a creative scene as Baltimore’s would be home to multiple art museums that uplift myriad mediums, cultures and artists. The American Visionary Art Museum is the place to discover unconventional works by self-taught artists and say hello to Fifi, the famous pink poodle that rolls through Charm City during the annual Kinetic Sculpture Race each May. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Museum of Art houses the world’s largest public collection of works by Henri Matisse, in addition to showcasing artists of color, women and local talents. And if you’re looking for a global art experience, head to the Walters Art Museum in Mount Vernon. Their collection of more than 36,000 objects spans seven millennia, and includes indigenous artifacts, Roman sarcophagi and Fabergé eggs.
Not your typical art museum, AVAM spotlights unconventional artists such as farmers, prison inmates, mathmeticians and more.
History Museums
At the Reginald F. Lewis museum, you’ll learn about the incredible accomplishments and struggles of African American Marylanders.
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