Destinations
With such a rich African-American heritage, the city of Baltimore makes an ideal place of interest for those who are keen to learn about black history and culture. The city offers numerous sites from museums, monuments, landmarks to arts, and culinary experiences that let one explore the part African-American heritage played in the country’s past and present. Through a group tour of the city, you and your group can experience the numerous sites that celebrate great African-American heritage.
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Here are some of the destinations we can include to your African American Heritage Tour.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

Located in 830 E Pratt Street, this Smithsonian-affiliated museum named after Reginald F. Lewis, an African-American lawyer and one of the richest men of color in the 1980s, is the premier destination for Maryland’s black history and culture. This museum offers numerous exhibitions on African-American history, musical performances, workshops for kids, lectures, and extensive resources on genealogy. It even has a soul cafe on-site for that extra gastronomic experience.
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Could be dubbed as the Madame Tussaud’s of African-American people, this museum founded by Dr’s Elmer and Joanne Martin, gives the visitor the chance, not only to “meet” and learn about prominent black Americans in history but explore the culture and heritage of globally-known African figures as well. Located in 1601-03 E North Avenue, the facility contains various displays of more than 150 life-sized wax figures of important men and women of color as well as a comprehensive exhibition on the slave trade which includes a recreation of an African slave ship. The exhibits also give the visitors a glance at the contribution of African-Americans on different fields from war and politics to civil rights movements across the globe to science and technology and the arts and literature.
Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park
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Named after two prominent movers and thinkers who are men of color, this park and heritage site in 1417 Thames Street celebrates the contributions of the African-Americans in the nation’s maritime industry. Here one can experience first-hand the life of Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers as caulkers in a recreation of the first African-American shipyard and learn how Douglass freed himself from slavery and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and how he became a great orator. One can also take a look into the life of Isaac Myers, a free-born Black American who rose to prominence as a trade unionist and co-operative organizer.
Eubie Blake Jazz Museum and Cultural Center
Probably the highlight of any tour on Pennsylvania Avenue is a visit to the Eubie Blake Jazz Museum and Cultural Center. Named after a great Baltimorean pianist and jazz artist, legend Eubie Blake who wrote several materials for both white and black performers in Broadway, the center houses a collection of pictures of him and other Baltimorean jazz singers. It also as an extensive library of sheet music and videos of the Harlem Renaissance period and performance venue where one may catch a performance of up and coming artists.
Baltimore Civil War Museum
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Located near the President Street Station, it is the site of the first bloodshed of the Civil War when southern sympathizers clashed with Massachusetts volunteers transiting to Washington. The station, built-in 1849 and the oldest surviving railroad station in an urban setting, along with the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad were key parts of the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes used by slaves to escape to freedom in the northern states and Canada.