The Baltimore Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore in the United States. The museum's collection includes three historic museum ships and one lighthouse: A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on seas and lakes. ... The Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, is a historic seaport, tourist attraction and iconic landmark of the city. ... This article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. ... A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is an old ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...
All are National Historic Landmarks. The USCGC Taney is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter, notable as the last ship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... For other meanings, see cutter (baseball), cutter (tool) and self-harm. ... The USS Torsk (SS-423) is one of several Tench Class submarines still located inside the United States. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... The Lightship Chesapeake, or more officially named Lightship 116, is a National Historic Landmark and part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum. ... A lightvessel, or lightship, is a conventional ship which acts as a lighthouse. ... Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse was built in 1856 and is the oldest screwpile lighthouse in Maryland. ... The USS Arizona Memorial. ...
Baltimore is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time.
Baltimore's population peaked at 949,708 in the 1950 Census, which ranked it as the sixth-largest city in the country, behind Detroit and ahead of Cleveland.
Baltimore is in the north central part of the state of Maryland, on the Patapsco River, not far from the Chesapeake Bay.
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