Baltimore MARITIME MUSEUM The Baltimore Maritime Museum features in its collection four National Historic Landmarks, namely, the USS Submarine Torsk, the Lightship Chesapeake, US Coast Guard Cutter Taney and the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse. The Torsk not only distinguished herself by sinking the last two enemy warships of WWII, but went on to a great career as a training sub, diving over 11,000 times. She trained the first crew of the USS Nautilus, many of whom accompanied the submarine on her historic voyage under the North Pole. The Taney remains the only surviving defender from the attack on Pearl Harbor. During WWII, she participated in the Pacific Theatre and as a convoy leader in the North Atlantic. She then served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, finally becoming active in fisheries patrol and drug intradiction. After 50 years of service, she was retired in 1986. The Lightship Chesapeake served in the pre sat-nav days, warning mariners of their approach to the continent. She spent her days off the mouths of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, where her powerful beacon, fog horn and bright red hull provided an early welcome and final farewell to sailors. The Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse, built of wrought iron in Baltimore in 1855, spent over a century literally screwed into the bottom of the Bay, near the mouth of Baltimore Harbor. The “screwpile” technique allowed early engineers to anchor structures before the advent of modern pile driving methods. The lighthouse is the first of this type to be used on the Bay. Each site has a well-prepared docent, ready to explain the significance of each exhibit, as well as the displays that they contain. The Museum is located just four blocks from the Convention Center. POINTS OF INTEREST Baltimore Convention Center 1 West Pratt St. 410-659-7300 Baltimore Arena 200 W. Baltimore St. 410-347-2020 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 W. Camden St. 410-685-9800 National Aquarium & Baltimore Mammal Pavilion Piers 3 & 4, Inner Harbor 410-576-3810 Maryland Science Center & IMAX Theatre 601 N. Light St. 410-685-5225 Fort McHenry E. Fort Avenue 410-962-4290 The Baltimore Zoo Druid Hill Park 410-366-5466 Harbor Cruises 300 Light Street 410-347-5552 Columbus Center Piers 5 & 6, Inner Harbor 410-576-5700 Harbor Place and the Gallery at Harbor Place Pratt, Light & Calvert St. 410-332-4191 Lexington Market Baltimore, Liberty, Greene & Franklin St. 410-685-6169 St. Jude Shrine Paca & Saratoga Streets 410-685-6062 Pride of Baltimore Memorial Rash Field 410-539-1151 Peabody Library N. Charles St. 410-659-8124 Washington Monument North Charles & Mt. Vernon Place Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive Charles Street @ 31st Street 410-396-7101 The Walters Art Gallery 600 Charles Street 410-547-9000 Babe Ruth Museum 216 Emory Street 410-727-1539 Baltimore City Life Museum 33 S. Front Street 410-396-3523 Baltimore Maritime Museum Pier 3, Pratt Street 410-396-3453 B & O Railroad Museum 901 W. Pratt Street 410-752-2490 The Great Blacks in Wax Museum 1601-3 E. North Avenue 410-563-3404 The Lacrosse Foundation & Hall of Fame Museum 410-235-6882 Morris A. Mechanic Theatre Hopkins Plaza 410-625-1400 Lyric Opera House Cathedral Street 410-484-4540 Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Cathedral Street 410-752-1200 Fells Point Historic Working Water Front Community Fine Restaurants & Shops Little Italy You can find true authentic Italian Cuisine in many fine restaurants Top of the World World Trade Center 401 E. Pratt Street 410-837-4515 Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street 410-516-8000 University of Maryland Medical System 22 S. Green Street 410-328-8667 University of Baltimore 1420 North Charles Street 410-837-4200 Baltimore City Hall 100 N. Holliday Street 410-393-3100