Mid-Atlantic Region Arts Scene

Visual arts students at UMBC have abundant choices of art venues in the Mid-Atlantic region. UMBC’s location along the I-95 corridor makes it convenient to travel to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, or New York. Nearby Baltimore and D.C. invite students to visit some of the museums and galleries listed here

Baltimore Galleries & Museums

Baltimore Arts Organizations & Events

  • Artscape
  • Creative Alliance
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts
  • Baltimore Weekly FunSavers
  • The 14Karat Cabaret
  • High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music
  • The Red Room at Normals
  • Baltimore Cinema

    D.C. Galleries & Museums

  • Smithsonian Institution
  • National Gallery of Art
  • Smithsonian | Freer & Sackler Galleries
  • MOCA DC
  • WPA/Corcoran
  • DC Art Galleries
  • D.C. Arts Organizations & Events

  • TourOfDC
  • Washington City Paper
  • Washington D.C. > Arts & Culture > Daily Candy
  • Washington D.C. metro arts forum