Baltimore Museum of Industry

Baltimore Museum of Industry

Baltimore Museum of Industry is a museum at Baltimore, Maryland.

Museum Interior

The BMI galleries recreate parts of a cannery, a garment loft from 1900, a machine shop from 1900, a print shop, Dr. Bunting's Pharmacy (where Noxzema was invented), as well as exhibits on the food industry (McCormick, Domino Sugar, Esskay). In the Decker Gallery, the Milestone wall documents inventions and processes discovered first in Baltimore, and Maryland. The BMI is also home to the Steam Tug Baltimore, the oldest surviving steam tug and a National Historic Landmark.

The library consists of over 5,000 volumes of rare and historic books. The manuscript collections cover all major industries in Baltimore from canning and the cloth trades, to violin making and the steel industry. The photographic collections consist of more than 250,000 prints and negatives, including the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Print and Negative Collection. To see the BG&E Photographic Collection, please see the Online Collections Database.

Tours & Special Activities

The museum hosts guided tours with hands on activities for children. Students can become workers in a garment loft and in the Kids Cannery to learn what life was like at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. [ [http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialStd/FT/Baltimore_Industry.html Baltimore Museum of Industry ] ] The museum rents the galleries and a pavilion on the water for private events.

History

The museum was founded in 1977 as a project by the Mayor's office to preserve theindustrial history of downtown Baltimore. [ [http://www.thebmi.org/content/index.cfm/ContentID/1825/SectionID/541 About The BMI ] ]

Location

The museum located on the site of the old Platt Oyster Cannery on the North-west branch of the Patapsco river at 1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230.

External links

* [http://www.thebmi.org/ Official Website]
* [http://www.steamtug.org/ Steam Tug Website]
* [http://www.thebmi.org/content/index.cfm/ContentID/2499/SectionID/538 Collections Database]
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2004/10/04/daily23.html BMI director resigns]
* [http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock26nov26,0,3668910.column?coll=bal-home-columnist Baltimore Sun]
* [http://www.citypaper.com/calendar/event.asp?whatID=84985 City Paper]

References

* [http://www.thebmi.org Official Website]
* [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/baltimore/A31657.html Frommer's]
* [http://www.baltimoremuseums.org/bmi.html Baltimore Museums]

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