Visionary Museum again

I took the kids to my favorite museum in Baltimore, The American Art Visionary Museum.  We had a blast checking out the new exhibits and the fairy houses.   The kids didn't want to be in my pictures, but they loved the fart machine and the gift store and the man made out of electrical wire.  It is such a fun and wacky museum.

National Aquarium

We finally made it back to the National Aquarium, we went on a weekday after school and it was fantastic. No crowds and still all the cool stuff. We went to the Dolphin Show again and got to see the Jelly Fish Exhibit.  The kids were fascinated by the jellyfish.
Buddy took some of these pictures.

 Upside down jelly fish.

 These are the jelly fish that live near us and the ones that have stung 4 members of our family this summer.  They are pretty, but the kids will tell you how much they hurt.

The Coolest Art Museum

I took the kids to the American Visionary Art Museum in downtown Baltimore.  It was free as part of the Blue Star Initiative and was the most unique art museum I have ever seen.  It defines visionary as the following: (taken from their web page)

• Visionary art as defined for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself." In short, visionary art begins by listening to the inner voices of the soul, and often may not even be thought of as 'art' by its creator. 

They don't allow pictures in the museum, but these are the cool ones outside.

 The museum is immediately adjacent to Federal hill park with a playground on top and a great view of the entire Inner Harbor.  We had a lot of fun rolling and climbing down the hill.

  It also has the coolest gift shop around. With items like the ones we bought. It also had a great book section but I can't look at books with 4 kids playing around me. For now we just got cool toys and I will definitely go back.

PS.  If you ever go make sure you check out the Fart Machine on the lower level between the bathrooms.  It was my son's favorite part.