American Dime Museum

The American Dime Museum was co-founded in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by artist and antique dealer Richard Horne and James Taylor, writer and publisher of the sideshow journal Shocked and Amazed!

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parkway Theatre and Baltimore Penn Station.

Parkway Theatre

Movie theater

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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway, or simply the Parkway, is a movie theater located at 5 West North Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The Parkway was opened on May 3, 2017, and is the permanent home of MdFF. Parkway Theatre is situated 440 feet east of American Dime Museum.

Baltimore Penn Station

Railway station

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Baltimore Penn Station—formally, Baltimore Pennsylvania Station—is the main inter-city passenger rail hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York City architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, it was constructed in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Baltimore Penn Station is situated 1,300 feet southeast of American Dime Museum.

Baltimore Streetcar Museum

Museum

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The Baltimore Streetcar Museum is a 501 nonprofit museum. It is located at 1911 Falls Road in Baltimore, Maryland. The museum is dedicated to preserving Baltimore's public transportation history, especially the streetcar era. Baltimore Streetcar Museum is situated 980 feet northwest of American Dime Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Station North Arts and Entertainment District and Midtown.

Station North Arts and Entertainment District

Locality

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The Station North Arts and Entertainment District is an area and official arts and entertainment district in the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is marked by a combination of artistically leaning commercial ventures, such as theaters and museums, as well as formerly abandoned warehouses that have since been converted into loft-style living.

Midtown

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Midtown is a district of Baltimore.

Greenmount West

Neighborhood

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Greenmount West is a neighborhood in the state-designated Station North Arts District of Baltimore. Its borders consist of Hargrove Alley to the west, Hoffman Street and the Amtrak railroad tracks to the south, the south side of North Avenue to the north, and Greenmount Avenue to the east.

American Dime Museum

Type: Museum
Description: defunct museum in Baltimore, Maryland, US
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.31028° or 39° 18′ 37″ north

Longitude

-76.61833° or 76° 37′ 6″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

87F5896J+4M

GeoNames ID

7151984

Wikidata ID

Q4743613

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