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Comments:	The Maryland Science Center, located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, opened to the public in 1976. It includes three levels of exhibits, a planetarium, and an observatory. In 1987, an IMAX theater was added. In 2004, a large addition to the property was opened, and the modernized hands-on exhibits now include more than two dozen dinosaur skeletons. Subjects that the center displays include physical science, space, Earth science, the human body, and blue crabs that are native to the Chesapeake Bay.<br> Maryland Science Center won a 2006 Best of Baltimore award for "Best Place to Take Kids." In 2008 the Maryland Science Center was named one of the “10-Best Science Centers for Families” by Parent's magazine. <p> Both machines are located at the inner gift shop entrance. If you walk in the Science Center, and head left towards the gift shop, walk through the gift shop and out of the other end of it like your headed into the museum. You will see the machines on either side of the walkway. We didn't have to pay to get in, and weren't even questioned. <p> <b>8/21/25: You can purchase a booklet of 8 old pennies at the gift shop for $5. While supplies last. </b> <p> <b>Retired Machines: </b> <p> Retired 1: 1) "Explore Your World" with an image of a globe, 2) "Baltimore Orioles" with the Orioles Baseball Team logo, 3) "Baltimore...Charm City" with an image of a Crab, 4) Face of an alien.<br> Retired 2: Each has Einstein and the equation "E=MC2", 1) the Earth, Moon, spaceship, and satellite, 2) Albert Einstein and the equation "E=MC2", 3) a Brontosaurus, 4) a Crab and the words "Science Center.<br> Retired 3: 1) 'Our Place in Space', Man looking through Telescope, 2) 'Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab', Crab, 3) 'The Big Year', Head showing brain, 4) 'The Universe Inside Us', Man <br> Retired 4: 1) Hubble Space Telescope', Image of telescope, 2) 'Orioles', Oriel holding a bat, 3) 'Astrodon', Dinosaurs, 4) 'I Love Science', Atoms, genes <p> 8/21/2025: Science Center logo changed. Machine taken away. <br> However, you can purchase a booklet of 8 old pennys at the gift shop for $5. While supplies last.
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Maryland Science Center

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601 Light Street
Baltimore, MD , 21230

Phone: 410-685-5225

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The Maryland Science Center, located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, opened to the public in 1976. It includes three levels of exhibits, a planetarium, and an observatory. In 1987, an IMAX theater was added. In 2004, a large addition to the property was opened, and the modernized hands-on exhibits now include more than two dozen dinosaur skeletons. Subjects that the center displays include physical science, space, Earth science, the human body, and blue crabs that are native to the Chesapeake Bay.
Maryland Science Center won a 2006 Best of Baltimore award for "Best Place to Take Kids." In 2008 the Maryland Science Center was named one of the “10-Best Science Centers for Families” by Parent's magazine.

Both machines are located at the inner gift shop entrance. If you walk in the Science Center, and head left towards the gift shop, walk through the gift shop and out of the other end of it like your headed into the museum. You will see the machines on either side of the walkway. We didn't have to pay to get in, and weren't even questioned.

8/21/25: You can purchase a booklet of 8 old pennies at the gift shop for $5. While supplies last.

Retired Machines:

Retired 1: 1) "Explore Your World" with an image of a globe, 2) "Baltimore Orioles" with the Orioles Baseball Team logo, 3) "Baltimore...Charm City" with an image of a Crab, 4) Face of an alien.
Retired 2: Each has Einstein and the equation "E=MC2", 1) the Earth, Moon, spaceship, and satellite, 2) Albert Einstein and the equation "E=MC2", 3) a Brontosaurus, 4) a Crab and the words "Science Center.
Retired 3: 1) 'Our Place in Space', Man looking through Telescope, 2) 'Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab', Crab, 3) 'The Big Year', Head showing brain, 4) 'The Universe Inside Us', Man
Retired 4: 1) Hubble Space Telescope', Image of telescope, 2) 'Orioles', Oriel holding a bat, 3) 'Astrodon', Dinosaurs, 4) 'I Love Science', Atoms, genes

8/21/2025: Science Center logo changed. Machine taken away.
However, you can purchase a booklet of 8 old pennys at the gift shop for $5. While supplies last.

Booklet of 8 old pennys at the gift shop for $5. While supplies last.

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Retired 1

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Retired 3