Month: December 2007
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Holiday and Family Fun
December 03rd, 2007
Once a year, many of the top museums and other downtown
destinations only charge $1 admission. That makes it
a good time to check out some of those places you’ve
heard about but not visited.
DOLLAR OR LESS DAYS
Each year for one weekend only, Downtown's top attractions
reduce their admission to just $1 or less.
Mark your calendar for this year's Dollar or Less Days
on December 8 and 9, and plan to bring the whole family.
 American
Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway
$1 admission Sunday, 410.244.1900, www.avam.org
Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum,
216 Emory Street
$1 admission Sunday only, 410.727.1539, www.baberuthmuseum.com
Baltimore Maritime Museum, Piers 3
& 5
$1 admission (per site) Sunday, 410.396.3453, www.baltomaritimemuseum.org
Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415
Key Highway
$1 admission both days, 410.727.4808, www.thebmi.org
Baltimore Public Works Museum, 751
Eastern Avenue
$1 admission both days, 410.396.5565, www.baltimorepublicworksmuseum.org
Carroll Mansion, 800 E. Lombard Street
$1 admission both days, 410.605.2964, www.carrollmuseums.org
Contemporary Museum, 100 W. Centre
Street
Free admission both days, 410.783.5720, www.contemporary.org
Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum,
203 N. Amity Street
$1 admission Saturday, 410.396.7932, www.poecelebration.tripod.com
Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545
N. Charles Street
$1 admission both days, 410.516.0341, www.museums.jhu.edu
Homewood Museum, 3400 N. Charles Street
$1 admission both days, 410.516.5589, www.museums.jhu.edu
Immigration Time Porthole, 808 S.
Ann Street
$1 admission both days, 410.675.6750, www.preservationsociety.com
Irish Railroad Workers Museum & Shrine,
920 Lemmon Street
Free admission Saturday, 410.669.8154, www.irishshrine.org
Maryland Science Center, 601 Light
Street
$1 admission both days (exhibit hall only), 410.685.5225,
www.marylandsciencecenter.org
National Aquarium in Baltimore, 501
E. Pratt Street
$1 base admission both days 10am- 4pm, 410.576.3800,
www.aqua.org
National Museum of Dentistry, 31 S.
Greene Street
$1 admission both days, 410.706.0600, www.dentalmuseum.edu
Phoenix Shot Tower, 801 E. Fayette
Street
$1 admission both days, 410.605.2964, www.carrollmuseums.org
Port Discovery, the Children's Museum in Baltimore,
35 Market Place
$1 admission Sunday, 410.727.8120, www.portdiscovery.org
The Rectory, 24 W. Saratoga Street
Free admission Saturday, 410.685.2886, www.preservemd.org
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History & Culture, 830 E. Pratt
Street
$1 admission both days, 443.263.1800, www.africanamericanculture.org
Robert Long House, 812 S. Ann Street
$1 admission both days, 410.675.6750, www.preservationsociety.com
Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards,
301 W. Camden Street
$1 admission Saturday only, 410.727.1539, www.baberuthmuseum.com
Top of the World Observation Level, World Trade
Center, 401 E. Pratt Street
$1 admission both days, 410.837.VIEW, www.viewbaltimore.org
USS Constellation Museum, Pier 1,
301 E. Pratt Street
$1 admission Sunday, 410.539.1797, www.constellation.org
Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles
Street
Free admission both days to the permanent collection,
410.547.9000, www.thewalters.org
Washington Monument & Museum,
Mt. Vernon Place
Free admission both days, 410.396.1049
For more information: www.godowntownbaltimore.com
Some fun stuff for the holidays! The Miracle
on 34th Street is one of the big Baltimore traditions,
and is a lot of bright lights for the kiddos.
A Monumental Occasion, party starts
5:30 p.m., lighting right before 7 p.m. Dec. 6, 600
Mount Vernon Place, (410) 244-1030, www.godowntownbaltimore.com,
free. Can you name another city that forgoes a ginormous
fir in lieu of turning a monument of stone into its
own beautiful display of lights? The official lighting
includes fireworks and vendors selling bevies to warm
you up.
 Merry
F*cking Christmas, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16, Sonar,
407 East Saratoga St., (410) 327, 8333, www.sonarbaltimore.com,
$10. Ten bands (that's $1 per band) rock all of Sonar's
rooms in one massive, thrashing, pulsating holiday bash.
Downtown Dollar Days, Dec. 8-9. participating
places downtown are offering $1 admission for the weekend.
Visit www.godowntownbaltimore.com
for a list of which ones.
Miracle on 34th Street, starts around
6 p.m. nightly Nov. 24 through New Year's Eve, 34th
Street between Keswick Road and Chestnut Avenue, Hampden,
free. Cars line up for blocks and traffic cops guide
the patient onto the most festive street in Charm City,
but the decorations and lights are worth the trouble.
Rocket to Venus closeby for a drink.
20th Annual Parade of Lighted Boats,
6 p.m. Dec. 1, Inner Harbor and Fells Point, (410) 342-4858,
www.fpyc.net,
free. The Fells Point Yacht Club presents the 20th annual
parade of over 30 sail and power boats lit up like crazy
and making a couple passes through the Inner Harbor
and Fells Point. Perfect background for an evening stroll
in the chilly weather.
 Mount
Vernon Holly Tours Candle Light Tour,
6:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Daylight Tour 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dec. 9, Mount Vernon, www.hollytour.com,
Candle Light $100, Day $30, $25 advance. The evening
tour features four lovely Mount Vernon addresses to
covet, along with music and light fare, while the Day
tour includes 10 buildings and an optional, additional
seating for brunch at Sacha's 527 ($60, $55 advance).
And don't forget the finest Baltimore tradition ever:
http://www.unsilentbaltimore.com/
Unsilent Night is on December 21 this
year. Bring your boom box and prepare to march from
the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon to Joe Squared
for the post-unsilent party featuring the 2 Turntables
and a Saxophone of Hybrid Groove Project (http://www.hybridgrooveproject.com/).
-Tim
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