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"Cumberland" Full Scale C&O Canal Boat Replica, The

Western Maryland

On-board stable, hay house, captain's cabin. �See how families lived and worked on the canal. ��Donations accepted.

107 House

Eastern Shore

Federal-period restored 1810 Colonial home with a Colonial basement kitchen; 19th-century wooden water tower moved to this site in the 1980s.

Aberdeen Room Archives & Museum, Inc.

Central Maryland

Tells the "Story of Aberdeen" through its library, displays, exhibits and interactive games for children and exterior story windows.

Accokeek Foundation/National Colonial Farm

Capital Region

Across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, farm shows lives of middle-class farmers. �Ecosystem farm demonstrates sustainable, organic farming. �Fishing, hiking also available.

African Art Museum of Maryland

Central Maryland

A collection exhibiting and preserving the art of Africa; in museum and outreach tours with video presentations, lectures, films, tours to Africa, workshops.

African-American Heritage House Museum

Southern Maryland

Depict the life and history and contributions of famous African Americans from Charles County; Artifacts used during the time of slavery.

African-American Schoolhouse Museum

Eastern Shore

One-room schoolhouse built 1890. �Showplace of 19th-and early 20th-century photographs, oral histories and artifacts of lives/contributions of Kent County's African-American community.

Airman Memorial Museum

Capital Region

Museum tells the stories of Air Force enlisted personnel; preserves the enlisted heritage of U.S. Airmen from the dawn of flight to the space era.

Alex Haley Memorial/Kunta Kinte Plaque

Central Maryland

Life-size bronze statue of Alex Haley, author of the epic [Roots], is next to the plaque honoring his ancestor, Kunta Kinte; designed by nationally acclaimed African-American sculptor Ed Dwight.

American Indian Cultural Center & Piscataway Indian Museum

Southern Maryland

Museum shows the life of Native Americans before European contact. Special events include an annual Pow-Wow.

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