Baltimore Immigration Museum — Local services in Baltimore

This small museum is a deeply researched labor of love by the docents who lead visitors through the well-documented exhibits. If you have family connections to the immigrants who came through Baltimore, it's fascinating to understand the place and experiences they likely had as they passed through, even if they immediately boarded trains at Locust Point for destinations in the midwest and beyond. It's also cool to see how existing immigrant communities in Baltimore supported the new immigrants who stayed in Baltimore. The museum is situated in a lovely 1904 German house that was built to house the pastor of the church next store and tens of immigrants as they got their feet on the ground, and a room is kept "as it was" to help envision was life was like then. The docents have assembled a great collection of photos...

Exhibits range from ok to interesting. My visit was spoiled by a tour guide that basically was lecturing a group of grade school kids on how wonderful Communism is and how she hated democracy, capitalism and the US. Every exhibit was an opportunity to tell the kids that if they were female, POC, or had ever had anyone insult them - the "Man" was against them and they needed to revolt against society. An opportunity to celebrate the hard work of immigrants in Baltimore was spoiled by the tour guide for the...

A small historic museum that is growing their audience and foot print. A fantastic local gem located in a Locust Point German immigration house telling the story of immigration in Baltimore. While small, the staff makes the history come alive. The husband and wife team curating this site have done a fantastic job. They are looking for funding to open the rest of the house to show how the tenants lived. I can't wait for that day as I am sure what they produce...