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Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218

From I-95 (southbound) or from I-695 (the Baltimore Beltway): Take the beltway toward Towson to exit 25. Take Charles Street south for about 7 miles (when Charles Street splits a block after Loyola College and Cold Spring Lane, take the right fork). As you approach the university and cross University Parkway, continue southbound but be sure to jog right onto the service road. After you pass the university on the right, turn right onto Art Museum Drive. Just after the Baltimore Museum of Art, bear right at the traffic island onto Wyman Park Drive. Take an almost immediate right through the university gates. A visitors' lot and parking meters will be on the left.

From I-95 (northbound): Take exit 53 onto I-395 north toward downtown Baltimore, then take the exit to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and follow the directions from Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard below.

From Maryland 295 (the Baltimore-Washington Parkway): Entering Baltimore, the parkway becomes Russell Street. Stay on Russell Street until (with the new Baltimore Ravens stadium to your right and Oriole Park at Camden Yards looming before you) you reach the right-hand exit marked Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (look carefully for this; the signs are small). This exit will put you very briefly on a service road parallel to Russell Street. Stay to the left and take the ramp marked Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Follow the directions (below) from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

From Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard: Take King Boulevard north until it ends at Howard Street (remain in one of the middle lanes of King Boulevard to avoid a premature forced right or left turn). Turn left at Howard Street and proceed about 2 miles. One block past 29th Street, turn left at the traffic island (just before the Baltimore Museum of Art) onto Wyman Park Drive. Take an almost immediate right through the university gates. A visitors' lot and parking meters will be on the left.

From the Jones Falls Expressway (I-83) southbound: Take the 28th Street exit to 28th Street east. Turn left on Howard Street. One block past 29th Street, turn left at the traffic island (just before the Baltimore Museum of Art) onto Wyman Park Drive. Take an almost immediate right through the university gates. A visitors' lot and parking meters will be on the left.

JHU and Baltimore

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In and Around Baltimore
Art, Events, Entertainment: Citypaper, Baltimore Sun
Opera/Classical Music: Baltimore Opera Company, Baltimore Symphony
Movies: The Charles Movie Theatre, JHUfilm, JHU - Trojka Movie Club
Live Music Venues: Rechertheatre, The Ottobar, The Vault
Art: Maryland Arts Place, Baltimore Museum of Art , Visionary Arts Museum
And don't forget: Washington DC tourism

The Hopkins community shares in the exciting, nationally recognized urban renaissance of Baltimore. Along the waterfront area, the city boasts Harborplace, the National Aquarium, and the Maryland Science Center. Historic sites include Fort McHenry, the Edgar Allan Poe House, and the first frigate of the US Navy, the U.S.F. Constellation. The Baltimore Museium of Art, adjacent to the Homewood campus, and the Walters Art Gallery house excellent permanent collections and attract important travelling exhibitions. Other cultural facilities and attractions include the Baltimore Opera Company, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Center Stage, the Lyric Opera House, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, and the Peabody Institute-now a division of the University.

Baltimore benefits from the numerous government, academic, and cultural institutions of nearby Washington D.C.. Commuter trains connect Baltimore and Washington, and downtown Washington can be reached by car in a little more than an hour.

The Chesapeake Bay is a strong part of the life and spirit of Baltimore. Swimming, sailing, and fishing in the Bay are all within 45 minutes of the Homewood campus. Baltimore is known for its numerous seafood restaurants, featuring everything from Maryland's own blue crabs to sushi. Maryland's Eastern Shore and oceanside resorts are within three hours of Baltimore. Annapolis, home of the U.S. Naval Academy and the capital of Maryland, is a 50-minute drive to the south. The Appalachian Trail, Catoctin National Park, Harper's Ferry, and the C & O Canal are among the recreational areas within a 90-minute ride from the Homewood campus. Western Maryland and neighboring areas in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are famous for their wilderness areas, the rugged terrain of the Appalachian mountains, and whitewater canoeing and rafting.

Photo credit: DoGEE PhD Marcelo Chamecki