New Smithsonian museum in Baltimore?

Submitted by TheSpiritedMan t3_z8wksl in baltimore

There are a couple Smithsonian museums not in DC. Wouldn’t it be a nice gesture to have one of two new ones to be in Baltimore. Smithsonian needs to branch out of DC a bit more beyond the affiliates and establish full blown Smithsonian’s on in DC area in my opinion.

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Unusual-Thanks-2959 t1_iye16jd wrote

The B&O Railroad Museum is a Smithsonian affiliate and displays items on loan from them.

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baltosteve t1_iyeiqzw wrote

So is the National Museum of Dentistry on the UMB campus

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Willothwisp2303 t1_iydrqrc wrote

I think part of the joy of them is that you can go to see ALL of them at once. We have a lot of nice free museums already.

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DisentangledElm t1_iye0ygn wrote

Can't really say that for Air & Space.

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jabbadarth t1_iye2c2w wrote

That's a little more of a unique situation though since aircraft are so large. Kind of hard to keep a ton of aircraft in a museum in downtown DC, even harder to physically get them there.

The rest of the museums by and large have much smaller artifacts and exhibits than udvar hazy does.

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why_grapefruit_why t1_iye3r2z wrote

The new billion dollar renovation of the Air and Space museum just opened phase 1 of 3 and it’s pretty awesome so far. It’s right next to the Hirshhorn.

I hate that they keep the cool big stuff in Virginia hahah, but I don’t know the plans for the future space at the new spot. It’s massive.

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Timmah_1984 t1_iyezo6h wrote

The museum they have at Dulles is amazing though. The space in DC just wasn’t there. I saw a display they did there of The Enola Gay in the 90s. It was only part of the fuselage and some bits of the plane. It had been stored in pieces for decades. It’s nice to go there and see the whole thing in all of its glory. Plus they have an SR-71 and a space shuttle.

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barberbabybubbles t1_iyepyje wrote

National Aquarium in Baltimore is promoted as the “official” national aquarium since the one that used to be in DC closed.

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TYMATO t1_iyenzlj wrote

I can't remember where I read it, but from what I understand the B&O Museum in Bmore is the unofficial Smithsonian of trains, because they don't have the ability to display them all. I can't cite that source, so feel free to disregard.

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S-Kunst t1_iyf6qe7 wrote

Dream on. I grew up, just outside of DC. They think the sun rises and set in that town. Most DC area people are not from that area, so anything which happens outside of DC is off their radar as they are starry eyed about getting their pile of $$. They still are puzzled that Social Security Administration in just out side Baltimore, and at one time the regions IRS was in Baltimore. Most know Baltimore only as a name on I-95 highway sign, and a place which is about cops and robbers on TV.

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Cold-Yogurtcloset975 t1_iyf1ftx wrote

Yea some new people (tourist) supply that ends up getting to join the ghost tour ( as ghosts ) who in their right mind would want to come to Baltimore unless they want to see the trashed areas shitty roads want to get robbed or killed .

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