Family Adventure - Baltimore Museum of Industry - Families

Family Adventure - Baltimore Museum of Industry - Families
1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, 410-727-4808, www.thebmi.org
The mission of the Baltimore Museum of Industry is to collect, preserve, and interpret the industrial and technological heritage of the Baltimore region for the public, by presenting educational programs and exhibits that explore the stories of Maryland's industries and the people who created and worked in them.
Ongoing
Family Digital Ipod Tours
Museum Hours, Free with general admission. New Kids' Track coming in late 2010!
The tours include over 50 tracks divided into four categories:
1. Gil Sandler Tour: A compilation of several of Gil Sandler’s weekly WYPR broadcast entitled “Baltimore Stories.”
2. Helen Bentley Video Tour: Derived from Helen Bentley’s 1950’s television show “A Port That Built a City and State” which, like the Gil Sandler tracks, is a part of the BMI Collection.
3. Baltimore Voices Tour: A collection of histories from the Jewish Museum of Maryland, the Library of Congress, and the collection at the BMI.
4. The General Museum Tour:  Consists of clips recorded at the BMI by some BMI educators as well as local historians and BMI volunteers.

(©Baltimore's Child Inc.  – Updated Sept. 2010)