and local guide Lou Fields lets you customize your tour based on the number of people in your group and the topics you want to cover. Learn about Baltimore’ s Underground Railroad, the role the city played in the Civil Rights Movement, our jazz history and more.
For lunch, head to Mama Koko’ s, a cozy Black-owned eatery in Old Goucher specializing in Black Southern, West African and Caribbean cuisines that honor the global African diaspora. Just a few blocks north is The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, the first wax museum in the nation dedicated to African American history. The museum showcases 150 life-size wax figures, including representations of Harriet Tubman, President Barack Obama, Henrietta Lacks and many more.
Close out your day with dinner at Magdalena. Situated in the regal yet homey Ivy Hotel, a boutique hotel with two Michelin Keys, the restaurant is helmed by Scott Bacon, the first Black executive chef at the upscale bistro’ s locally focused kitchen.
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IVY HOTEL, MOUNT VERNON
ITINERARIES
22 BALTIMORE. ORG
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