MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

HOWARD COUNTY

African Art Museum of Maryland
11711 East Market Place, Maple Lawn Community, Fulton, MD 20759
(301) 490-6070
e-mail: africanartmuseumofmd@verizon.net
web: www.africanartmuseum.org
[photo, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Caboose (C-2149), Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station Museum, 3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland] Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum
3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4661
(410) 313-1945
e-mail: jfeirson@howardcountymd.gov
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/Baltimore-Ohio-Station-at-Ellicott-Cit

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Caboose (C-2149), Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station Museum, 3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Belmont Manor & Historic Park
6555 Belmont Woods Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
(410) 313-0200
e-mail: belmontmanormd@howardcountymd.gov
web: www.belmontmanormd.com/
(open to public for scheduled events)
[photo, Bollman Iron Truss Bridge at Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Maryland] Bollman Iron Truss Bridge (semi-suspension bridge, adjacent to Savage Mill)
Historic Savage Mill, 8650 Foundry St., Savage, MD 20763
(410) 792-2820
e-mail: info@savagemill.com

Bollman Iron Truss Bridge, 1869, built by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Maryland, January 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

This bridge is an example of the bridging system invented by Wendel Bollman, Baltimore engineer, in 1850. It spans the Little Patuxent River.

Carrollton Hall (summer estate of Charles Carroll)
12300 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 531-1400, ext. 101
web: www.carrolltonhall.org/
(open by appt. only)

Ellicott City Colored School
8683 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-0420
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/HistoricSites

[photo, Firehouse Museum, Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, Maryland] Firehouse Museum
3829 Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4436
(410) 313-0420
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/HistoricSites


Firehouse Museum, Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, Maryland, July 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Heritage Orientation Center (County's first courthouse)
8334 Main St., Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-0420
(destroyed in 2018 flood)

Howard County Center of African American Culture
5434 Vantage Point Road, Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 715-1921
e-mail: info@hccaacc.org
web: www.hccaacc.org/

[photo, Howard County Historical Society Museum, 8328 Court Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland] Howard County Historical Society Museum
8328 Court Ave., Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4986
(410) 480-3250
e-mail: info@hchsmd.org
web: http://hchsmd.org/museum/

Howard County Historical Society Museum, 8328 Court Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum
12985 Frederick Road, West Friendship, MD 21794
(410) 489-2345
web: www.farmheritage.org/museum.html

Howard County Police Department Museum
8267 Main St., Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-1447
e-mail: hcpdmuseum@howardcountymd.gov
web: www.hcpdmuseum.com/
(closed until further notice)

[photo, Mount Ida Mansion, 3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, Maryland] Mount Ida Mansion
3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 461-6908
e-mail: info@historicec.com
web: http://historicec.com/

Mount Ida Mansion, 3691 Sarahs Lane, Ellicott City, Maryland, October 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park (partially-restored ruins)
3655 Church Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/patapscofemaleinstitute

Pfeiffer's Corner Schoolhouse
Rockburn Branch Park, 6109 Rockburn Branch Park Road, Elkridge, MD 21227
(410) 313-7275

Robinson Nature Center
6692 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 313-0400
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/robinsonnaturecenter.htm

Savage Mill, Historic (former cotton mill)
8600 Foundry St., Savage, MD 20763 - 9512
(410) 792-2820
e-mail: info@savagemill.com
web: www.savagemill.com/

[photo, Thomas Isaac Log Cabin, 8394 Main St., Ellicott City, Maryland] Thomas Isaac Log Cabin
8394 Main St., Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-0420
web: www.howardcountymd.gov/HistoricSites
(closed until further notice)


Thomas Isaac Log Cabin, 8394 Main St., Ellicott City, Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Vintage BMW Motorcycle Museum
10630 Riggs Hill Rd. Suite Y, Jessup, MD 20794
(301) 497-8949, ext. 218
e-mail: bob@bobsbmw.com
web: www.bobsbmw.com/home/vintage-museum/

Waverly Mansion
2300 Waverly Mansion Drive, Marriottsville, MD 21104
(410) 313-0420, (301) 572-7744
web: www.historicwaverlymansion.com/
(open by appointment)

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