Contemporary Museum Baltimore
The Contemporary is an itinerant museum of contemporary art in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It does not collect artworks. It was started as the Contemporary Museum by George Ciscle in 1989.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum
- Also known as: “The Contemporary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Walters Art Museum and George Peabody Library.
Walters Art Museum
Museum
The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters.
George Peabody Library
Library
The George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University, focuses on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and it is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. George Peabody Library is situated 550 feet northeast of Contemporary Museum Baltimore.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Chinatown.
Mount Vernon
Neighborhood
Mount Vernon is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's downtown. It is named for George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, as the site of the city's Washington Monument.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland is home to a small Chinatown. Historically, Baltimore had at least two districts that were called "Chinatown" where the first one existed on the 200 block of Marion Street during the 1880s.
Seton Hill
Neighborhood
Seton Hill Historic District is a historic district in Baltimore, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It includes St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, which is a National Historic Landmark.
Contemporary Museum Baltimore
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.29639° or 39° 17′ 47″ north
Longitude
-76.61667° or 76° 37′ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87F579WM+H8
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- German: “Contemporary Museum”
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