Unusual museums in Baltimore

Looking for unusual museums & collections in Baltimore? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, Baltimore Tattoo Museum, Fire Museum of Maryland and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Baltimore they'd never find on their own.

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Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry This Smithsonian-affiliated museum houses over 50,000 dental artifacts, celebrating the history of oral care… Downtown
Baltimore Tattoo Museum Operating since 1999, this combination parlor and museum is dedicated to the history of American electric tat… Fells Point
Fire Museum of Maryland One of the largest fire museums in America, this massive collection is dedicated entirely to the history of f… Lutherville
National Cryptologic Museum Run adjacent to the National Security Agency (NSA), this museum is a public gateway to the secretive world of… Annapolis Junction
American Visionary Art Museum The national museum of self-taught "outsider" visionary art — a mirror-mosaic egg out front, a three-story me… Federal Hill