Baltimore Inner Harbor with teens...what not to miss?

[busy mom]

So far we have the National Aquarium on the list. Would love suggestions from those that have visited the Baltimore Inner Harbor.

Thank you!

 

[emij]

Fort McHenry! Take the water taxi across to it so you can have the Francis Scott Key angle of coming in thinking about bombs bursting in air and the flag still there. If you can time the tour right, you can help fold the giant flag when they take it down for the night. If the Orioles are in town, consider a baseball game.... Camden yards is the coolest MLB park of all, imo. One side is an old train station. Eat crabs of course.

 

[kimj88]

The Maryland Science Center is really nice. The view at the Top of the World, and the cool history things up there is nice too.

 

[FirstTimeCruiser]

The USS Torsk Submarine was pretty cool to walk around and was definitely more interesting than we thought it would be. Also, on Friday evenings after 5pm, National Aquarium tickets are half off all year long.

 

[HHMcG]

The aquarium is awesome. I've been dying to hit the The Maryland Science Center but last trip I thought my kids were still too young. Might not be prefect for older teens. Also touring a ship or two in the harbor might be good.

 

[Rhie]

Baltimore Zoo is fun. And, the huge Barnes & Noble in the old power plant.

 

[Ngwira]

I started a thread on this same topic a few months ago. You should do a search.

 

[Judique]

Definitely try to take in an Orioles game! You can get cheap seats that will give you the experience. When are you going? Sometimes there are giveaways such as tshirts, hats, etc.

 

[auralia]

This might sound childish but my husband and I went to the kids museum there when we were about 19 or 20 and had a blast

 

[snoopy5386]

Like others have mentioned an Orioles or Ravens game would be great if they happened to be there and your kids are sports fans. If there is not a game you can also do a stadium tour at both stadiums I think. We did the Orioles one a few years back and it was really neat. There is also the Babe Ruth birthplace museum at Camden Yards and Geppi's entertainment museum is there too, that's full of pop culture stuff.

Baltimore has two free art museums - The Walters and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Also the Visionary Art Museum which does have an admission cost.

There is also the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum in the harbor too and several ships to visit.

 

[cats mom]

Not sure if this interests you, but we really enjoyed the segway tour we took there. It gave us a great overview of where things were, our guide was a wealth of information, and it was just a lot of fun.