Things to do in Baltimore and DC

There's always a lot going on in the Baltimore/DC area, especially during the spring. The Baltimore Inner Harbor and Washington's National Mall (where the Smithsonian Museums are located) are perennial favorites. If you're looking for some specific events or exhibitions to go to while you're in town, here are some suggestions.

Baltimore

The Baltimore Orioles vs. the Kansas City Royals
Camden Yards, Baltimore
Saturday, May 3, 1:35pm
For those of you who wish to go to the game, Andy will be organizing a group outing for some ballpark hot dogs, beer, and hopefully a decent game. Please RSVP to Andy no later than Friday, April 25 by emailing him at acarvin@benton.org or calling 1-202-223-8822. Tickets to the game will run around $10-$15 each depending on availability.

The National Aquarium
501 East Pratt Street, Baltimore (right on the harbor)
http://www.aqua.org
Current exhibitions:

Seahorses: Beyond Imagination

Breakfast with the Sharks (breakfast with shark researchers and learn about their work. May 4, 8:30am)

Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore
(Corner of North Charles and 31st Streets)
http://www.artbma.org/
Current exhibitions:

A Grand Legacy: Five Centuries of European Art

Art of the Ballets Russes

William Morris: The Reactionary Revolutionary

Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street, Baltimore
http://www.thewalters.org
Current exhibitions:

The Fabergé Menagerie (requires exhibit tickets)

Origins of the Russian Avant-Garde

Russian and Hungarian Art: El Lissitzky and Moholy-Nagy

Wondrous Journeys: The Walters Collection from Egyptian Tombs to Medieval Castles

Art of the Ancient Americas

Washington DC

National Gallery of Art
On the National Mall, between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW
http://www.nga.gov
Current exhibitions:

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938

Frederic Remington: The Color of Night

Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond

Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur Sackler Gallery
1050 Independence Avenue, SW
(just west of the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall)
http://www.asia.si.edu/
Current exhibitions:

Whistler in Venice: The Pastels

Auto*Focus: Raghubir Singh's Way into India (photography)

Corcoran Museum of Art
17th and E Streets NW, on the west side of the White House
http://www.corcoran.org/
Current exhibitions:

Whistler and his Circle in Venice

Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
http://www.phillipscollection.org/
(Near Embassy Row, Dupont Circle, and our apartment)
Current exhibitions:

Margaret Bourke-White: The Photography of Design, 1927-1936

The National Zoo
3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, near the Woodley Park metro
http://natzoo.si.edu
Current exhibitions:

Elephant Training Demo, 11am each day

Meet the Giant Pandas, 9:3am-6pm each day

Seal or Sea Lion Training, 11:30am each day

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