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Further Distractions Port Discovery, the Kid-Powered Museum Created by Walt Disney Imagineering, this unique museum is both fun and educational for the whole family. Some of its offerings include Kidworks, a three-story tree house, where kids climb, crawl and swing, and Adventure Expeditions, which recreates a trek to ancient Egypt. Visitors get to play detective at Miss Perception’s Mystery House, where every room is filled with clues as to the whereabouts of the Baffield Family. Other exhibits include Sensation Station, a sensory experience for four-year-old and younger tots, including arts and crafts, a TV studio and movable dinosaurs. 35 Market Place Tel: (410) 727 8120. Fax: (410) 727 3042. Website: www.portdiscovery.org Transport: MTA Bus 7, 10, 19 or 20; Metro Subway Shot Tower Marketplace. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1000-1700 (May-Sep); Fri-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700 (Sept), Tues-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700 (Oct-May). Admission: US$11; US$8.50 (children under 12 years); free (children under three years); concessions available. Lexington Market Open markets, such as Lexington Market, are the stuff of real life, with unusual characters, enjoyable smells and sights, the hubbub of commerce and the pleasures of people-watching – purchasing is purely optional but visitors should not be permitted to leave the market without sampling a Faidley crab cake. Lexington Market was established in 1782, on land donated by General John Eager Howard, a hero of the Revolutionary War. It quickly became a market for farmers, who sold directly from their wagons, since there were no streets at this time. As it gained popularity, other craftspeople and vendors joined the throng, so that this, the oldest farmers’ market in the USA, became more diversified. The building that visitors can see today, housing over 140 merchants, is the result of a fire in 1949. Lexington Market is closed on Sunday but weekend fever starts from around lunchtime on Friday, especially for happy hour at 1700. 400 West Lexington Street Tel: (410) 685 6169. E-mail: info@lexingtonmarket.com Website: www.lexingtonmarket.com Transport: Metro Subway Lexington Market; MTA Bus 15 or 23. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 0830-1800. Admission: Free. |
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