Baltimore’s Top 10 for Kids

At the Baltimore Museum of Industry [1], kids can learn how the city’s fortunes (and the city itself) rose and fell during the past 200 years.

At the B&O Railroad Museum [2], little ones can play on huge iron locomotives, and even board a train for a three-mile trip.

Check out Fort McHenry National Monument [3], where, in 1814, U.S. troops held off a British invasion — and a flag above the fort inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The Maryland Science Center [4] has plenty of experiments, dinosaurs, and gizmos for kids to energetically embrace.

Head to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore [5] (early to watch the animals wake up and eat their breakfast (families can also breakfast at the zoo on warm weekends).

Dive in to the National Aquarium in Baltimore [6], where options range from breakfast with the dolphins to overnight sleepovers.

Have a fun, crab-smashing dinner at Obrycki’s Crab House [7] in Fell’s Point.

Unleash your kids into a world of exhibits about everything from nature to robots at Port Discovery Children’s Museum [8].

Take a land and water tour of town with Ride the Ducks [9], featuring DUKWs — big, lumbering amphibious vehicles.

On weekends, kids can sign up as “powder monkeys” on the U.S.S. Constellation [10], to learn what life was like for children working on a Civil War– era warship.

Links:
[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/more-great-baltimore-sights/baltimore-museum-industry
[2] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/more-great-baltimore-sights/bo-railroad-museum
[3] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/fort-mchenry-national-monument
[4] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/more-great-baltimore-sights/maryland-science-center
[5] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/more-great-baltimore-sights/maryland-zoo-baltimore
[6] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/national-aquarium-baltimore
[7] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-restaurants/more-great-baltimore-restaurants/obrycki-s-crab-house
[8] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/more-great-baltimore-sights/port-discovery-children-s-museum
[9] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-arts-leisure/more-baltimore-s-arts-leisure/ride-the-ducks-baltimore
[10] http://www.moon.com/destinations/baltimore/baltimore-s-best-sights/more-great-baltimore-sights/uss-constellation