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Frederick Attractions
The Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park
1611 N. Market St.
Frederick, MD 21701 USA Phone: (301) 694-1650
The Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park, 1611 N. Market St., was the retirement home of Thomas Johnson, Maryland's first elected governor. Guided tours of the 1790s house as well as the carriages and garden are available. The museum depicts 19th-century family life; a blacksmith shop and a log cabin are on the grounds.
Hands-on displays in quilt-making, carding wool and operating a beaten biscuit machine and cream separator are of special interest.
Admission: Admission $5; over 54 and ages 3-17, $4
Attraction Type: Children's Attractions, Exhibits and Collections-Historical, Museums
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4, Apr.-Oct.; Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4, in Nov.
The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
40 S. Carroll St.
Frederick, MD 21701 USA Phone: (301) 698-0656
The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., houses works by prominent and local artists, crafts persons and photographers in seven galleries. Traveling exhibits also are featured.
Allow 1 hour minimum.
Admission: Donations
Attraction Type: Art Galleries & Museums, Exhibits & Collections-Art
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 1-4; closed federal holidays
Historical Society of Frederick County
24 E. Church St.
Frederick, MD 21701 USA Phone: (301) 663-1188
Historical Society of Frederick County, 24 E. Church St., features a collection of period furnishings, art and artifacts housed in a restored 1820s Federal-style mansion. A local history and genealogical library also is on the grounds.
Allow 1 hour minimum.
Admission: Admission $3, under 17 free
Attraction Type: Exhibits & Collections-Art, Exhibits and Collections-Historical, Genealogical Information, Historic Building and Houses, Museums
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4. Library Tues.-Sat. 10-4. Closed holidays
Mount Olivet Cemetery
515 S. Market St.
Frederick, MD 21701 USA Phone: (301) 662-1164
Mount Olivet Cemetery, s. end of Market St., contains the graves of Francis Scott Key and his wife; at least 408 "Unknown Confederates" from the battles of Antietam and Monocacy; Barbara Fritchie; and Thomas Johnson, Maryland's first elected governor. The Revolutionary War Hessian Barracks are nearby.
Admission: Free
Attraction Type: Cemeteries
Hours: Daily 8-dusk
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
48 E. Patrick St.
Frederick, MD 21705 USA Phone: (301) 695-1864
National Museum of Civil War Medicine, just e. of SR 355/Market St. at 48 E. Patrick St., portrays how coping with sickness and death during the Civil War ushered in a new era of medical treatment. Exhibits vividly illustrate different aspects of Civil War medicine and include such re-creations as a field dressing station and field and pavilion hospitals. Other exhibits highlight nursing and embalming. Special events and educational programs also are available.
Guided tours are available. Allow 1 hour minimum.
Admission: Admission $6.50; over 60 and military with ID $6; ages 10-16, $4.50
Attraction Type: Exhibits & Collections-Civil War, Exhibits and Collections-Science, Museums
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 11-5; closed Jan. 1, Easter, Thanksgiving and Dec. 24-25 and 31
Credit Cards: DS, MC, VI
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum
1110 Rosemont Ave.
Frederick, MD 21701 USA Phone: (301) 663-3885
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum is off US 15 Rosemont Ave. (exit 14) to 1110 Rosemont Ave. is a fine example of German Colonial architecture as well as of a fortified house from the French and Indian War era. Built in 1756, the house reveals early construction methods and is one of the oldest structures in Frederick.
Allow 30 minutes minimum.
Admission: Admission $3, under 12 free
Attraction Type: Historic Building and Houses, Museums
Hours: Thurs.-Sun. noon-4, Apr. 1 to mid-Dec. Hours may vary; phone ahead. Closed Easter and Thanksgiving
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