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Maryland Zoo in Baltimore

8 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Baltimore Heritage Team
This tour was developed by Sarah Evans, Senior Writer for The Maryland Zoo, with research support from graduate students in the UMBC Department of History and Dr. Denise Meringolo.

West Baltimore Squares

11 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore Heritage
Walk through West Baltimore neighborhoods and take in a few of the city's most exceptional rowhouses and religious buildings across a landscape defined also by segregation and urban renewal.

Downtown's West Side

12 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore Heritage
For over two hundred years this neighborhood has been a center of activity to entrepreneurs and merchants of all kinds, suffragists and civil rights protesters, and much more. Start from Lexington Market and explore the rich history of Downtown's west side. Many of these stories were created in partnership with the University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of History, Public History Track.

Druid Hill Park

11 Locations ~ Curated by Friends of Druid Hill Park
This tour of Druid Hill Park was created in partnership with the Friends of Druid Hill Park, Dr. Denise Meringolo and students from the UMBC Department of History, Public History Track.

South Baltimore: In the Shadow of Industry

10 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore Museum of Industry
Explore the industrial roots that shaped South Baltimore through this walking tour developed by the Baltimore Museum of Industry (BMI). Using artifacts and historic images from the BMI’s collections, this tour honors the workers who built Baltimore into a maritime powerhouse and examines the legacy that manufacturing, shipbuilding, and other heavy industries have left on the peninsula. Enjoy this self-guided walking tour on foot (parking in the BMI’s lot is free to tour participants), by car,…
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Explore Baltimore Heritage helps historians, students, and residents tell the stories behind Baltimore's buildings and neighborhoods. Read on to learn more about historic parks, theaters, rowhouses and more! Do you have an idea for a story? An old photograph you'd like to share? Please get in touch.

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