Great Marylanders at the Great Blacks in Wax Museum

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March 25, 2013

This Maryland Day, we take a moment to celebrate some of the state’s great African Americans.  The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, which is located in East Baltimore on North Avenue and Bond Street, has a room devoted to Marylanders, including Dr. Benjamin Carson, conductor Nathan Carter, and Senator Verda Welcome, the first African American female state senator, not just in Maryland, but anywhere in the country. Other exhibits include a life-size model of a slave ship, a scene depicting a lynching, and a wax figure of President Obama.  The museum was founded by Elmer and Joanne Martin.  Elmer Martin died in 2001.  

Several new wax figures are expected to be unveiled next month, and there are plans to expand the museum along the entire 1600 block of East North Avenue. 

Tom Hall talks with president and CEO of the museum Dr. Joanne Martin about some of the museum’s exhibits, including the Marylanders.