Contemporary Museum

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The Contemporary Museum was founded in 1989, on the occasion of the first Day Without Art, as a grass-roots agency with the express purpose of offering site-specific art with social- and political-critical intent in changing venues throughout Baltimore City.

In its first decade, the Museum presented exhibitions and events in refurbished and temporary spaces, and in the homes of such partner institutions as the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Historical Society, Peabody Conservatory and Walters Art Museum. Though the Contemporary has maintained its regional focus, it has consistently endeavored to distinguish itself from most community-based arts initiatives by working with artists and other arts professionals who are vital contributors to cultural production and critical dialogues of international import.

In September 1999, the Contemporary Museum secured and refurbished a permanent facility in the historic Mount Vernon district of downtown Baltimore adjacent to the Walters Art Museum. The facility was acquired to enable the Museum to consolidate a core audience for its programming in a neighborhood long recognized as the city's cultural hub. It also provides the Museum with a home base as it continues its history of presenting collaborative and community-based exhibitions and providing educational outreach to under-served communities throughout the city. Mount Vernon is Baltimore's de facto cultural district, and the Museum exists alongside ten other cultural organizations,museums, theaters, libraries and schools, all located within three blocks of the Washington Monument. A National Register Historic District, Mount Vernon is home to a diverse group of residents and businesses. Annually, more than 1.2 million visitors attend some 1,000 events there.

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Peabody Court - A Clarion Hotel
… between the arts and business districts. The surrounding
neighborhood in baltimore's cultural district features row …
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Mount Vernon Hotel
… eight blocks from inner harbor
less than one mile from the …
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Biltmore Suites Hotel
… of downtown baltimore, located 10 blocks from
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The Tremont Park Hotel
… the shopping, dining and entertainment of charles street.
Morris a. Mechanic theater and the walters …
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Tremont Plaza Hotel
… Walter's art gallery is a four blocks from
the hotel. Inner harbor is six blocks …
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Distances are calculated as the crow flies, and are provided as an aid in planning only.

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