Category Archives: Museums

Fells Point: The Antique Man

Posted on August 9, 2012 by atomictv

The Antique Man Cometh (The City That Breeds, 8/7/2012) If you’ve ever walked along Fleet Street during the daylight hours, chances are pretty high that you’ve walked past The Antique Man (1806-12 Fleet St., Fells Point), but were possibly too … Continue reading →

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Is the Edgar Allan Poe House haunted?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by atomictv

By Anthony C. Hayes (Baltimore Post-Examiner, 5/11/2012) Jeff Jerome is often asked if he’s ever spent a night in The Edgar Allan Poe House. His answer has always been a whimsical, “No.” But any lingering regrets on the part of … Continue reading →

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Civil War Mummy Arm Moves to Frederick Museum

Posted on March 1, 2012 by atomictv

Arm of the Unknown Soldier: A Friendly Wave (By Roadsideamerica.com, 2/29/2012) It’s been years since we last glimpsed the Arm of the Unknown Soldier, a grisly Civil War relic displayed in a box at the long-gone Antietam Battlefield Museum in … Continue reading →

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Poe fans call an end to ‘Toaster’ tradition

Posted on January 19, 2012 by atomictv

By Sarah Brumfield (Associated Press, 1/19/2011) BALTIMORE (AP) — Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer’s grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the “Poe Toaster” shall occur … Continue reading →

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