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Port Discovery Children's Museum vs American Visionary Art Museum
Both are rated very highly by experts. On balance, American Visionary Art Museum ranks significantly higher than Port Discovery Children's Museum. American Visionary Art Museum ranks #3 in Baltimore with praise from 10 publications such as On the Grid, Afar Magazine and Fodor's.
Port Discovery Children's Museum
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35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
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Fodor's
"At this interactive museum, adults are encouraged to play every bit as much as children."
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A favorite attraction is the three-story KidWorks
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Two blocks north, Port Discovery is a converted fish market, which has a playhouse, a laboratory, a TV studio and even Pharaoh’s tomb. Wear your kids out here."
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Afar Magazine
"With three floors of exhibits, this children’s museum is bound to entertain a child for hours."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"A few blocks northeast of the Inner Harbor, Baltimore's late-19C fish market has been transformed into a museum geared to children between the ages of two and ten."
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"Ranked among top five U.S. children’s museums, three levels of activities to educate and entertain. "
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American Visionary Art Museum
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Lonely Planet
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800 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230
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Concierge
"This Federal Hill museum has a populist mission: to celebrate the self-taught artistry of factory workers and farmers, institutionalized patients, even a respected Maryland surgeon."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A showcase for self-taught (or 'outsider' art), a celebration of unbridled creativity."
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Travel + Leisure
"Dedicated to visionary art (which is, simply put, created by self-taught artists who play by their own rules) is more fun house than museum."
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Fodor's
"The nation's primary museum and education center for self-taught or "outsider" art has won great acclaim."
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Afar Magazine
"Baltimore is host to a very unique artistic culture, and none may be more different than what is on display at the American Visionary Art Museum."
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