Frederick County, Maryland: Bicycle Adventures
We invite you to explore scenic, Frederick County, Maryland by bicycle. The unique geography provides a wealth of cycling opportunities to suit a wide variety of skill levels. Begin your bicycling journey at the Frederick Visitor Center and pick up a couple of bicycling brochures that offer a variety of tours throughout the terrain.
The Frederick History Bicycle Loop is a 10-mile loop through the City of Frederick, named a “Bicycle Friendly Community” by the League of American Bicyclists, with stops at 22 sites. Most of the sites have ties to Frederick’s rich history, from Schifferstadt Architectural Museum to the Hessian Barracks to the Francis Scott Key Memorial and Civil War sites. The Frederick History Bicycle Loop takes at least two hours to complete or it can be spread out over an entire day of exploration through the Frederick’s 50-block historic district.
The Frederick County Heritage Bicycle Tours brochure outlines five distinctly different tour routes throughout Frederick County, each offering unique experiences. From Civil War History to the covered bridges of northern Frederick County, this detailed bicycling brochure will get you out into the rolling hills of our scenic byways.
For more information on bicycling in Frederick County, visit visitfrederick.org or hipandhistoric.org
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The University of Maryland has won the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 in Washington, D.C. The university claimed top honors by designing, building, and operating the most cost effective, energy efficient and attractive solar powered house. Purdue University grabbed second place followed by New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington. Maryland earned 951.151 points out of a possible 1,000 to win the competition, followed by Purdue with 931.390 points, and New Zealand with 919.058 points.
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00:01:12 1 Etymology
00:01:48 2 Purpose
00:05:18 3 Most visited museums
00:05:52 4 History
00:06:01 4.1 Early museums
00:14:03 4.2 Modern museums
00:19:48 5 Management
00:23:55 5.1 Exhibition histories
00:25:30 6 Museum planning
00:28:55 6.1 Financial uses of museums
00:31:27 6.2 Museum funding
00:32:39 7 Exhibition design
00:38:04 8 Types
00:39:48 8.1 Agricultural museums
00:40:35 8.2 Architecture museums
00:43:40 8.3 Archaeology museums
00:44:19 8.4 Art museums
00:47:15 8.5 Biographical museums
00:48:16 8.6 Automobile museums
00:49:03 8.7 Children's museums
00:54:02 8.8 Design museums
00:54:34 8.9 Encyclopedic museums
00:55:47 8.10 Ethnology or ethnographic museums
00:56:20 8.11 Historic house museums
00:59:32 8.12 History museums
01:02:38 8.13 Living history museums
01:05:06 8.14 Maritime museums
01:05:59 8.15 Medical museums
01:08:21 8.16 Memorial museums
01:10:53 8.17 Military and war museums
01:12:09 8.18 Mobile museums
01:12:52 8.19 Natural history museums
01:13:47 8.20 Open-air museums
01:14:44 8.21 Pop-up museums
01:16:33 8.22 Science museums
01:20:20 8.23 Specialized museums
01:22:55 8.24 Virtual museums
01:23:59 8.25 Zoological parks and botanic gardens
01:24:57 9 See also
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A museum ( mew-ZEE-əm; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the general public. The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the general public.
There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. Amongst the world's largest and most visited museums are the Louvre in Paris, the National Museum of China in Beijing, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the British Museum and National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and Vatican Museums in Vatican City. According to International Council of Museums, there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries.