We checked out the Baltimore Museum of Industry this week. It was a wonderful museum and hardly anyone was in it! There were lots of hands on activities for the kids. It was like stepping back in time to what Baltimore might have been like in the 30's, 40's, and 50's. The print shop showed the evolution of printing at "The Baltimore Banner".
A gas station had a fantastic old car that the kids could play in and pretend to fill up and clean.
Brother M could barely reach the pedals. The kids were impressed that the windows could be rolled up and down manually.
This cross section of a working engine was very well done. The colors showed which parts get hot and cold and where the water goes. The boys and I have had several conversations about this so it was nice to be able to see one in person. The pistons moved up and down as you turn the crank.
They had a real old pharmacy/soda shop set up.
The kids were excited about the ice cream...
I loved looking at the apothecary aspects of it. Look at that huge mortar and pestle on the bottom shelf. I wish I had one like that!
Practice connecting the fire hose to the hydrant.
This is a recreation of the Corner Grocery, which apparently was a real shop at one time.
It was fun to see all the old time labels and jars of candy on the counter.
We went into a re-creation of the first local cannery. The kids said that I needed a pressure canner this deep so that I could do all my jars quickly.
At the end their was a modern industry section showing how a video game design company develops its products. Then the kids were able to go in and make their own video games on the consoles inside.
We all agreed that we would like to visit this museum again one day.
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